Psalms 79

NEW JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 [Psalm Of Asaph] God, the pagans have invaded your heritage, they have defiled your holy temple,they 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 air, the bodies of your faithful forthe wild beasts.	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 Around Jerusalem they have shed blood like water, leaving no one 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 the scorn of our neighbours, the butt and laughing-stock of those around us.	4 Convert us, O God. And reveal your face, and we will be saved.
5 How long will you be angry, Yahweh? For ever? Is your jealousy to go on smouldering like a fire?	5 O Lord, God of hosts, how long will you be angry over the prayer of your servant?
6 Pour out your anger on the nations who do not acknowledge you, and on the kingdoms that do not callon 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 and devastated his home.	7 You have set us as a contradiction to our neighbors. And our enemies have ridiculed us.
8 Do not count against us the guilt of former generations, in your tenderness come quickly to meet us,for we are utterly weakened;	8 O God of hosts, convert us. And reveal your face, and we will be saved.
9 help us, God our Saviour, for the glory of your name; Yahweh, wipe away our sins, rescue us for thesake of your name.	9 You have transferred a vineyard from Egypt. You have cast out the Gentiles, and planted it.
10 Why should the nations ask, 'Where is their God?' Let us see the nations suffer vengeance forshedding your servants' blood.	10 You were the leader of the journey in its sight. You planted its roots, and it filled the earth.
11 May the groans of the captive reach you, by your great strength save those who are condemned todeath!	11 Its shadow covered the hills, and its branches covered the cedars of God.
12 Repay our neighbours sevenfold for the insults they have level ed at you, Lord.	12 It extended its new branches even to the sea, and its new seedlings even to the river.
13 And we, your people, the flock that you pasture, will thank you for ever, wil recite your praises fromage to age.	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.