Psalms 79

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 A psalm of Asaph. O God, the nations have invaded your heritage; they have defiled your holy temple, have laid Jerusalem in ruins.	1 Unto the end. For those who will be changed. The testimony of Asaph. A Psalm.
2 They have left the corpses of your servants as food for the birds of the heavens, the flesh of your faithful 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 spilled their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and no one is left 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 have become the reproach of our neighbors, the scorn and derision of those around us.	4 Convert us, O God. And reveal your face, and we will be saved.
5 How long, LORD? Will you be angry forever? Will your rage keep burning like fire?	5 O Lord, God of hosts, how long will you be angry over the prayer of your servant?
6 Pour out your wrath on nations that reject you, on kingdoms that do not call on your name,	6 How long will you feed us the bread of tears, and give us to drink a full measure of tears?
7 For they have devoured Jacob, laid waste his home.	7 You have set us as a contradiction to our neighbors. And our enemies have ridiculed us.
8 Do not hold past iniquities against us; may your compassion come quickly, for we have been brought very low.	8 O God of hosts, convert us. And reveal your face, and we will be saved.
9 Help us, God our savior, for the glory of your name. Deliver us, pardon our sins for your name's sake.	9 You have transferred a vineyard from Egypt. You have cast out the Gentiles, and planted it.
10 Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Before our eyes make clear to the nations that you avenge the blood of your servants.	10 You were the leader of the journey in its sight. You planted its roots, and it filled the earth.
11 Let the groans of prisoners come before you; by your great power free those doomed to death.	11 Its shadow covered the hills, and its branches covered the cedars of God.
12 Lord, inflict on our neighbors seven fold the disgrace they inflicted on you.	12 It extended its new branches even to the sea, and its new seedlings even to the river.
13 Then we, your people, the sheep of your pasture, will give thanks to you forever; through all ages we will declare your praise.	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.