| The Book of Psalms. The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
| Book III |
| LXXIX |
| A Lament over the Destruction of Jerusalem, and Prayer for Help |
| A Psalm of Asaph. |
| [1] | O GOD, the nations are come into thine inheritance; Thy holy temple have they defiled; They have laid Jerusalem in heaps. |
| [2] | The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be food unto the birds of the heavens, The flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth. |
| [3] | Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; And there was none to bury them. |
| [4] | We are become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to them that are round about us. |
| [5] | How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire? |
| [6] | Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, And upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name. |
| [7] | For they have devoured Jacob, And laid waste his habitation. 1 |
| [8] | Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers: Let thy tender mercies speedily meet us; For we are brought very low. |
| [9] | Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name; And deliver us, and forgive 2 our sins, for thy name’s sake. |
| [10] | Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed Be known among the nations in our sight. |
| [11] | Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee: According to the greatness of thy 3 power preserve thou those 4 that are appointed to death; |
| [12] | And render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom. Their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord. |
| [13] | So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture Will give thee thanks for ever: We will show forth thy praise to all generations. |
| Note 1. Or, pasture. [back] |
| Note 2. Or, expiate. [back] |
| Note 3. Heb. thine arm. [back] |
| Note 4. Heb. the children of death. [back] |
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