Psalms 79:4-11

⁴We have been made a mockery before our neighbors, ridiculed and laughed at by those around us.

⁵How long, Lord? Will you be angry with us forever? Will your jealousy always burn like fire?

⁶Pour out your anger on the heathen nations that don't know you, and on those kingdoms that don't worship you!

⁷For they have destroyed the descendants of Jacob, and turned our country into a wasteland.

⁸Don't hold the sins of our forefathers against us! Come to us quickly for we desperately need your compassion.

⁹Help us, God of our salvation, because of your wonderful character! Save us and forgive us our sins because that's the kind of person you are!

¹⁰Why should the heathen nations be able to say, “Where is their God?” May they experience your punishment for shedding the blood of your servants, and may we see it.

¹¹Listen to the groans of the prisoners; with your great power save those condemned to die.