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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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Ó Deus, as nações invadiram a tua herança. Profanaram o teu santo templo. Reduziram Jerusalém a ruínas.
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Deram os cadáveres dos teus servos como comida às aves do céu, e a carne dos teus santos aos animais da terra.
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Derramaram o sangue deles como água ao redor de Jerusalém. E não houve quem os sepultasse.
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Nós nos tornamos motivo de vergonha para os nossos vizinhos, de zombaria e escárnio para os que estão ao nosso redor.
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Até quando, SENHOR? Ficarás irado para sempre? Arderá o teu ciúme como fogo?
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Derrama a tua ira sobre as nações que não te conhecem, sobre os reinos que não invocam o teu nome,
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pois eles devoraram Jacó, e destruíram a sua terra.
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Não cobres de nós as iniquidades dos nossos antepassados. Que as tuas ternas misericórdias venham depressa ao nosso encontro, pois estamos em extrema necessidade.
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Ajuda-nos, ó Deus da nossa salvação, pela glória do teu nome. Livra-nos e perdoa os nossos pecados, por amor do teu nome.
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Por que as nações diriam: “Onde está o Deus deles?” Que seja conhecida entre as nações, diante dos nossos olhos, a vingança pelo sangue derramado dos teus servos.
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Que o gemido do prisioneiro chegue à tua presença. De acordo com a grandeza do teu poder, preserva aqueles que estão condenados à morte.
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Retribui aos nossos vizinhos, sete vezes em seu seio, a afronta com que te afrontaram, Senhor.
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Então nós, o teu povo e as ovelhas do teu pasto, te daremos graças para sempre. Nós te louvaremos para sempre, a todas as gerações.
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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