Psalms 79 (NET)

Psalms 79:1¹O God, foreigners have invaded your chosen land; they have polluted your holy temple and turned Jerusalem into a heap of ruins.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 36:19Lam 1:10Mic 3:12Ps 74:1-4Jer 26:18Ps 74:7-82 Chr 36:172 Chr 36:3-42 Chr 36:6-72 Kgs 24:13

Psalms 79:2²They have given the corpses of your servants to the birds of the sky, the flesh of your loyal followers to the beasts of the earth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 7:33Jer 34:20Jer 16:4Deut 28:26Jer 15:3Jer 19:7

Psalms 79:3³They have made their blood flow like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 14:16Jer 16:4Rev 11:9Jer 15:3Jer 25:33Jer 34:20Jer 8:1-2Matt 23:35Ps 141:7Ps 79:10

Psalms 79:4⁴We have become an object of disdain to our neighbors; those who live on our borders taunt and insult us.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 80:6Ezek 36:15Lam 5:1Ps 89:411 Kgs 9:7Dan 9:16Deut 28:37Ezek 35:12Ezek 36:3Jer 24:9

Psalms 79:5⁵How long will this go on, O Lord? Will you stay angry forever? How long will your rage burn like fire?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 89:46Ps 74:1Ps 85:5Deut 29:20Zeph 3:8Ezek 36:5Ps 13:1-2Ps 74:9-10Ps 80:4Deut 32:16

Psalms 79:6⁶Pour out your anger on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the kingdoms that do not pray to you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 10:252 Thess 1:8Ps 14:4Ps 53:4Ps 69:24Isa 45:4-5Rom 1:28Acts 17:23Isa 13:1-22Isa 21:1-17

Psalms 79:7⁷For they have devoured Jacob and destroyed his home.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 51:34-35Zech 1:15Isa 24:1-12Isa 64:10-11Jer 50:72 Chr 36:21Ps 80:13Isa 9:12

Psalms 79:8⁸Do not hold us accountable for the sins of earlier generations. Quickly send your compassion our way, for we are in serious trouble.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 64:9Ps 116:6Ps 142:6Ps 21:3Rev 18:5Hos 9:9Matt 23:32-361 Kgs 17:18Dan 9:16Deut 28:43

Psalms 79:9⁹Help us, O God, our deliverer! For the sake of your glorious reputation, rescue us. Forgive our sins for the sake of your reputation.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 14:72 Chr 14:11Ps 25:11Isa 48:9Jer 14:21Ezek 20:14Dan 9:19Ezek 20:9Isa 43:25Ps 31:3

Psalms 79:10¹⁰Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Before our very eyes may the shed blood of your servants be avenged among the nations.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 42:10Exod 6:7Exod 7:5Ezek 39:21-22Mic 7:10Ps 115:2Ps 42:3Ps 94:1Rev 18:20Ezek 36:23

Psalms 79:11¹¹Listen to the painful cries of the prisoners. Use your great strength to set free those condemned to die.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 102:20Isa 33:2Isa 42:7Ps 146:6-7Exod 2:23-24Ps 12:5Ps 69:33Eph 3:20Matt 6:13Num 14:17-19

Psalms 79:12¹²Pay back our neighbors in full. May they be insulted the same way they insulted you, O Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 32:18Gen 4:15Lev 26:21Lev 26:28Luke 6:38Prov 6:31Ps 74:18-22Isa 65:5-7Ps 44:16Ps 74:10

Psalms 79:13¹³Then we, your people, the sheep of your pasture, will continually thank you. We will tell coming generations of your praiseworthy acts.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 95:7Isa 43:21Ps 100:3Ps 74:1Ps 145:4Ps 44:8Ps 45:17Ps 74:18Ps 74:22