Salmos 79

1Salmo de Asaf. Oh Dios, los gentiles han invadido tu heredad, han profanado el Templo de tu santidad, han hecho de Jerusalén un montón de ruinas.

2Dieron los cadáveres de tus siervos por pasto a las aves del cielo; las carnes de tus santos a las bestias de la tierra.

3Derramaron su sangre como agua, en rededor de Jerusalén, y no hubo quien les diera sepultura.

4Hemos venido a ser el escarnio de nuestros vecinos, fábula y ludibrio de los que nos rodean.

5¿Hasta cuándo, Señor? ¿Ha de durar tu ira para siempre? ¿Arderán tus celos como el fuego?

6Derrama tu cólera sobre las gentes que no te conocen, y sobre los reinos que no invocan tu Nombre;

7porque ellos han devorado a Jacob y han asolado su morada.

8No quieras recordar contra nosotros las iniquidades de nuestros mayores; venga pronto a encontrarnos tu misericordia, porque estamos muy abatidos.

9Acude a socorrernos, oh Dios, Salvador nuestro, por la gloria de tu Nombre. Líbranos y olvida nuestros pecados, a causa de tu Nombre.

10¿Por qué han de decir los gentiles: “¿Dónde está el Dios de estos?” Sea manifiesta contra los gentiles, delante de nuestros ojos, la venganza por la sangre vertida de tus siervos.

11Suba hasta Ti el gemido de los cautivos, según la potencia de tu brazo, salva a los destinados a la muerte.

12Derrama en retorno, sobre el seno de nuestros vecinos, septuplicado el ultraje que arrojaron sobre Ti, Señor.

13Y nosotros, tu pueblo, y ovejas de tu grey, te daremos gracias eternamente, y cantaremos tu alabanza, de generación en generación.

1Psalmus Asaph. [Deus, venerunt gentes in hæreditatem tuam; polluerunt templum sanctum tuum; posuerunt Jerusalem in pomorum custodiam.

2Posuerunt morticina servorum tuorum escas volatilibus cæli; carnes sanctorum tuorum bestiis terræ.

3Effuderunt sanguinem eorum tamquam aquam in circuitu Jerusalem, et non erat qui sepeliret.

4Facti sumus opprobrium vicinis nostris; subsannatio et illusio his qui in circuitu nostro sunt.

5Usquequo, Domine, irasceris in finem? accendetur velut ignis zelus tuus?

6Effunde iram tuam in gentes quæ te non noverunt, et in regna quæ nomen tuum non invocaverunt:

7quia comederunt Jacob, et locum ejus desolaverunt.

8Ne memineris iniquitatum nostrarum antiquarum; cito anticipent nos misericordiæ tuæ, quia pauperes facti sumus nimis.

9Adjuva nos, Deus salutaris noster, et propter gloriam nominis tui, Domine, libera nos: et propitius esto peccatis nostris, propter nomen tuum.

10Ne forte dicant in gentibus: Ubi est Deus eorum? et innotescat in nationibus coram oculis nostris ultio sanguinis servorum tuorum qui effusus est.

11Introëat in conspectu tuo gemitus compeditorum; secundum magnitudinem brachii tui posside filios mortificatorum:

12et redde vicinis nostris septuplum in sinu eorum; improperium ipsorum quod exprobraverunt tibi, Domine.

13Nos autem populus tuus, et oves pascuæ tuæ, confitebimur tibi in sæculum; in generationem et generationem annuntiabimus laudem tuam.]

1A 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.

2They 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.

3They have poured out their blood as water, round about Jerusalem and there was none to bury them.

4We are become a reproach to our neighbours: a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

5How long, O Lord, wilt thou be angry for ever: shall thy zeal be kindled like a fire?

6Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that have not known thee: and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.

7Because they have devoured Jacob; and have laid waste his place.

8Remember not our former iniquities: let thy mercies speedily prevent us, for we are become exceeding poor.

9Help 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:

10Lest 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:

11Let 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.

12And render to our neighbours sevenfold in their bosom: the reproach wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

13But 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.