Psalms 79

DOUAI-RHEIMS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 A psalm for Asaph. O God, the heathens are come into thy inheritance, they have defiled thy holy temple: they have made Jerusalem as a place to keep fruit.	1 Unto the end. For those who will be changed. The testimony of Asaph. A Psalm.
2 They have given the dead bodies of thy servants to be meat for the fowls of the air: the flesh of thy saints for the beasts of the earth.	2 The One who reigns over Israel: Be attentive. For you lead Joseph like a sheep. The One who sits upon the cherubim: Shine forth
3 They have poured out their blood as water, round about Jerusalem and there was none to bury them.	3 in the presence of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Awaken your power and draw near, so as to accomplish our salvation.
4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours: a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.	4 Convert us, O God. And reveal your face, and we will be saved.
5 How long, O Lord, wilt thou be angry for ever: shall thy zeal be kindled like a fire?	5 O Lord, God of hosts, how long will you be angry over the prayer of your servant?
6 Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that have not known thee: and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.	6 How long will you feed us the bread of tears, and give us to drink a full measure of tears?
7 Because they have devoured Jacob; and have laid waste his place.	7 You have set us as a contradiction to our neighbors. And our enemies have ridiculed us.
8 Remember not our former iniquities: let thy mercies speedily prevent us, for we are become exceeding poor.	8 O God of hosts, convert us. And reveal your face, and we will be saved.
9 Help us, O God, our saviour: and for the glory of thy name, O Lord, deliver us: and forgive us our sins for thy name's sake:	9 You have transferred a vineyard from Egypt. You have cast out the Gentiles, and planted it.
10 Lest they should say among the Gentiles: Where is their God? And let him be made known among the nations before our eyes, By the revenging the blood of thy servants, which hath been shed:	10 You were the leader of the journey in its sight. You planted its roots, and it filled the earth.
11 let the sighing of the prisoners come in before thee. According to the greatness of thy arm, take possession of the children of them that have been put to death.	11 Its shadow covered the hills, and its branches covered the cedars of God.
12 And render to our neighbours sevenfold in their bosom: the reproach wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.	12 It extended its new branches even to the sea, and its new seedlings even to the river.
13 But we thy people, and the sheep of thy pasture, will give thanks to thee for ever. We will shew forth thy praise, unto generation and generation.	13 So then, why have you destroyed its walls, so that all those who pass by the way gather its grapes?
	14 The wild boar of the forest has trampled it, and a single wild beast has laid waste to it.
	15 Turn back, O God of hosts. Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vineyard;
	16 and complete what your right hand has planted, and look upon the son of man, whom you have confirmed for yourself.
	17 Whatever has been set on fire and dug under will perish at the rebuke of your countenance.
	18 Let your hand be over the man on your right, and over the son of man, whom you have confirmed for yourself.
	19 For we do not depart from you, and you will revive us. And we will invoke your name.
	20 O Lord, God of hosts, convert us. And reveal your face, and we will be saved.