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Psalms 79
A lament after catastrophe: the nations have entered God's inheritance, defiled the temple, and left Jerusalem in heaps with corpses unburied (vv.1-3). The grief is not abstract — it is the wreckage of a sacked city and the taunts of neighbors. The prayer turns from describing ruin to pressing God on his own reputation: "Why should the nations say, 'Where is their God?'" (v.10). Watch how the plea ties Israel's rescue to God's name.
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God, the nations have come into your inheritance. They have defiled your holy temple. They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
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They have given the dead bodies of your servants to be food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your saints to the animals of the earth.
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They have shed their blood like water around Jerusalem. There was no one to bury them.
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We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and derision to those who are around us.
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How long, LORD? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?
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Pour out your wrath on the nations that don’t know you, on the kingdoms that don’t call on your name,
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for they have devoured Jacob, and destroyed his homeland.
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Don’t hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us. Let your tender mercies speedily meet us, for we are in desperate need.
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Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name. Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name’s sake.
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Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Let it be known among the nations, before our eyes, that vengeance for your servants’ blood is being poured out.
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Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you. According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to death.
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Pay back to our neighbors seven times into their bosom their reproach with which they have reproached you, Lord.
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So we, your people and sheep of your pasture, will give you thanks forever. We will praise you forever, to all generations.
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Salmo de Asaph. OH Dios, vinieron las gentes á tu heredad; el templo de tu santidad han contaminado; pusieron á Jerusalem en montones.
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Dieron los cuerpos de tus siervos por comida á las aves de los cielos; la carne de tus santos á las bestias de la tierra.
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Derramaron su sangre como agua en los alrededores de Jerusalem; y no hubo quien los enterrase.
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Somos afrentados de nuestros vecinos, escarnecidos y burlados de los que están en nuestros alrededores.
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¿Hasta cuándo, oh Jehová? ¿has de estar airado para siempre? ¿arderá como fuego tu celo?
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Derrama tu ira sobre las gentes que no te conocen, y sobre los reinos que no invocan tu nombre.
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Porque han consumido á Jacob, y su morada han asolado.
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No recuerdes contra nosotros las iniquidades antiguas: anticípennos presto tus misericordias, porque estamos muy abatidos.
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Ayúdanos, oh Dios, salud nuestra, por la gloria de tu nombre: y líbranos, y aplácate sobre nuestros pecados por amor de tu nombre.
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Porque dirán las gentes: ¿Dónde está su Dios? Sea notoria en las gentes, delante de nuestros ojos, la venganza de la sangre de tus siervos, que fué derramada.
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Entre ante tu acatamiento el gemido de los presos: conforme á la grandeza de tu brazo preserva á los sentenciados á muerte.
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Y torna á nuestros vecinos en su seno siete tantos de su infamia, con que te han deshonrado, oh Jehová.
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Y nosotros, pueblo tuyo, y ovejas de tu dehesa, te alabaremos para siempre: por generación y generación cantaremos tus alabanzas.
From grief to argument
The psalm asks God to forgive "for your name's sake" (v.9) and to repay the neighbors' reproach sevenfold (v.12) — the appeal is less about Israel's merit than about the honor of God's name being mocked among the nations.
It closes by naming the relationship that survives the ruin: "we, your people and sheep of your pasture" (v.13). The flock language quietly links this lament to Asaph's shepherd theme nearby.
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