English / ERV
Psalms 79
Easy-to-Read Version, 2006
- 1God, some people from other nations came to fight your people. They ruined your holy Temple. They left Jerusalem in ruins.
- 2They left the bodies of your servants for the wild birds to eat. They let wild animals eat the bodies of your followers.
- 3Blood flowed like water all over Jerusalem. No one is left to bury the bodies.
- 4The countries around us insult us. The people around us laugh at us and make fun of us.
- 5LORD, will you be angry with us forever? Will your strong feelings[1] continue to burn like a fire?
- 6Turn your anger against the nations that do not know you, against the people who do not honor you as God.
- 7Those nations killed Jacob’s family and destroyed their land.
- 8Please don’t punish us for the sins of our ancestors. Hurry, show us your mercy! We need you so much!
- 9Our God and Savior, help us! That will bring glory to your name. Save us and forgive our sins for the good of your name.
- 10Don’t give the other nations a reason to say, “Where is their God? Can’t he help them?” Let us see you punish those people. Punish them for killing your servants.
- 11Listen to the sad cries of the prisoners! Use your great power to free those who are sentenced to die.
- 12Punish the nations around us! Pay them back seven times for what they did to us. Punish them for insulting you.
- 13We are your people, the sheep of your flock. We will praise you forever. We will praise you forever and ever!