{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/79","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T01:56:24.912Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":79,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":78,"nextChapter":80,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":13},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"A psalm for Asaph. O God, the heathens are come into thy inheritance, they have defiled thy holy temple: they have made Jerusalem as a place to keep fruit. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"They have given the dead bodies of thy servants to be meat for the fowls of the air: the flesh of thy saints for the beasts of the earth. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"They have poured out their blood as water, round about Jerusalem and there was none to bury them. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"We are become a reproach to our neighbours: a scorn and derision to them that are round about us. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"How long, O Lord, wilt thou be angry for ever: shall thy zeal be kindled like a fire? "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that have not known thee: and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Because they have devoured Jacob; and have laid waste his place. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Remember not our former iniquities: let thy mercies speedily prevent us, for we are become exceeding poor. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Help us, O God, our saviour: and for the glory of thy name, O Lord, deliver us: and forgive us our sins for thy name's sake: "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Lest they should say among the Gentiles: Where is their God? And let him be made known among the nations before our eyes, By the revenging the blood of thy servants, which hath been shed: "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"let the sighing of the prisoners come in before thee. According to the greatness of thy arm, take possession of the children of them that have been put to death. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And render to our neighbours sevenfold in their bosom: the reproach wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"But we thy people, and the sheep of thy pasture, will give thanks to thee for ever. We will shew forth thy praise, unto generation and generation. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 79 (DRB)","markdown":"[Psalms 79](https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/79)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/79 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}