{"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/web/psalms/79","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T23:38:03.246Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":79,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":78,"nextChapter":80,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":13},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"God, the nations have come into your inheritance. They have defiled your holy temple. They have laid Jerusalem in heaps."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Their blood they have shed like water around Jerusalem. There was no one to bury them."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and derision to those who are around us."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"How long, Yahweh? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Pour out your wrath on the nations that don't know you; on the kingdoms that don't call on your name;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"For they have devoured Jacob, and destroyed his homeland."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Don't hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us. Let your tender mercies speedily meet us, for we are in desperate need."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name. Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name's sake."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you. According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to death."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Pay back to our neighbors seven times into their bosom their reproach with which they have reproached you, Lord."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"So we, your people and sheep of your pasture, will give you thanks forever. We will praise you forever, to all generations. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of |The Lilies of the Covenant.| A Psalm by Asaph."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 79 (WEB)","markdown":"[Psalms 79](https://primebible.com/web/psalms/79)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/psalms/79 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}