Psalms 79

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 79 of 150

¹ A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the nations have come into Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple; they have laid Jerusalem in heaps.

² They have given the bodies of Your servants as food for the birds of the heavens; the flesh of Your godly ones to the beasts of the earth.

³ They have shed their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one burying.

Chapter Summary

The psalmist complains of the desolation of Jerusalem. A Psalm of Asaph.

חֵרְפ֣וּ remain in harvest time H2778 · TWOT 750

יַעֲקֹ֑ב Jacob H3290 · TWOT 1676f

קָדְשֶׁ֑ apartness H6944 · TWOT 1990a

בְּשַׂ֥ר flesh H1320 · TWOT 291a

ה֝וֹתֵ֗ר remain over H3498 · TWOT 936

Jerusalem in Ruins

Nations come into the inheritance, defile the temple, lay Jerusalem in heaps, and leave bodies for birds and beasts.

Jerusalem in Ruins

Nations come into the inheritance, defile the temple, lay Jerusalem in heaps, and leave bodies for birds and beasts.

Psalms 79:1-3

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