oremus Bible Browser : Psalms 76, 79

Psalm 76

Israel’s God—Judge of All the Earth

To the leader: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song.
¹ In Judah God is known,
   his name is great in Israel.
² His abode has been established in Salem,
   his dwelling-place in Zion.
³ There he broke the flashing arrows,
   the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war.
          Selah

⁴ Glorious are you, more majestic
   than the everlasting mountains.^*
⁵ The stout-hearted were stripped of their spoil;
   they sank into sleep;
none of the troops
   was able to lift a hand.
⁶ At your rebuke, O God of Jacob,
   both rider and horse lay stunned.

⁷ But you indeed are awesome!
   Who can stand before you
   when once your anger is roused?
⁸ From the heavens you uttered judgement;
   the earth feared and was still
⁹ when God rose up to establish judgement,
   to save all the oppressed of the earth.
          Selah

¹⁰ Human wrath serves only to praise you,
   when you bind the last bit of your^* wrath around you.
¹¹ Make vows to the Lord your God, and perform them;
   let all who are around him bring gifts
   to the one who is awesome,
¹² who cuts off the spirit of princes,
   who inspires fear in the kings of the earth.

Psalm 79

Plea for Mercy for Jerusalem

A Psalm of Asaph.
¹ O God, the nations have come into your inheritance;
   they have defiled your holy temple;
   they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.
² They have given the bodies of your servants
   to the birds of the air for food,
   the flesh of your faithful to the wild animals of the earth.
³ They have poured out their blood like water
   all around Jerusalem,
   and there was no one to bury them.
⁴ We have become a taunt to our neighbours,
   mocked and derided by those around us.

⁵ How long, O Lord? Will you be angry for ever?
   Will your jealous wrath burn like fire?
⁶ Pour out your anger on the nations
   that do not know you,
and on the kingdoms
   that do not call on your name.
⁷ For they have devoured Jacob
   and laid waste his habitation.

⁸ Do not remember against us the iniquities of our ancestors;
   let your compassion come speedily to meet us,
   for we are brought very low.
⁹ Help us, O God of our salvation,
   for the glory of your name;
deliver us, and forgive our sins,
   for your name’s sake.
¹⁰ Why should the nations say,
   ‘Where is their God?’
Let the avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants
   be known among the nations before our eyes.

¹¹ Let the groans of the prisoners come before you;
   according to your great power preserve those doomed to die.
¹² Return sevenfold into the bosom of our neighbours
   the taunts with which they taunted you, O Lord!
¹³ Then we your people, the flock of your pasture,
   will give thanks to you for ever;
   from generation to generation we will recount your praise.