## Psalms Chapter 79

###### Psalms 79:1
[Psalms 79:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/79:1)

מִזְמ֗וֹר לְאָ֫סָ֥ף אֱֽלֹהִ֡ים בָּ֤אוּ גוֹיִ֨ם**׀** בְּֽנַחֲלָתֶ֗ךָ טִ֭מְּאוּ אֶת־הֵיכַ֣ל קׇדְשֶׁ֑ךָ שָׂ֖מוּ אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלַ֣͏ִם לְעִיִּֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A Psalm of Asaf. O God, heathen nations are come into Thy inheritance; Thy holy temple they have defiled; they have laid Yerushalayim in heaps.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A psalm of Asaf. O G d, heathens have come into Your inheritance. They have defiled Your holy sanctuary. They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.


###### Psalms 79:2
[Psalms 79:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/79:2)

נָתְנ֡וּ אֶת־נִבְלַ֬ת עֲבָדֶ֗יךָ מַ֭אֲכָל לְע֣וֹף הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם בְּשַׂ֥ר חֲ֝סִידֶ֗יךָ לְחַיְתוֹ־אָֽרֶץ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The dead bodies of Thy servants they have given to be food to the birds of the sky, the flesh of Thy pious ones to the beasts of the earth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They have made the dead bodies of Your servants food for the birds of the sky; the flesh of Your saints [(“saints” after having received their punishment)], [food] for the beasts of the earth.


###### Psalms 79:3
[Psalms 79:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/79:3)

שָׁפְכ֬וּ דָמָ֨ם**׀** כַּמַּ֗יִם סְֽבִ֘יב֤וֹת יְֽרוּשָׁלָ֗͏ִם וְאֵ֣ין קוֹבֵֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Their blood have they shed like water round about Yerushalayim; and there was none to bury them.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They have spilled their blood as water around Jerusalem with none to bury them.


###### Psalms 79:4
[Psalms 79:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/79:4)

הָיִ֣ינוּ חֶ֭רְפָּה לִשְׁכֵנֵ֑ינוּ לַ֥עַג וָ֝קֶ֗לֶס לִסְבִיבוֹתֵֽינוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
We are become a taunt to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to those round about us.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
We have become an [object of] shame to our neighbors; mockery and [(derisive)] byword to those around us.


###### Psalms 79:5
[Psalms 79:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/79:5)

עַד־מָ֣ה יְ֭הֹוָה תֶּאֱנַ֣ף לָנֶ֑צַח תִּֽבְעַ֥ר כְּמוֹ־אֵ֝֗שׁ קִנְאָתֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
How long, Lord? wilt Thou be angry for ever? will Thy jealousy burn like fire?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
How long, O L rd? Will You be incensed forever? Will Your anger [ever] burn as fire?


###### Psalms 79:6
[Psalms 79:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/79:6)

שְׁפֹ֤ךְ חֲמָתְךָ֗ אֶֽל־הַגּוֹיִם֮ אֲשֶׁ֢ר לֹא־יְדָ֫ע֥וּךָ וְעַ֥ל מַמְלָכ֑וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּ֝שִׁמְךָ֗ לֹ֣א קָרָֽאוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Pour out Thy wrath upon the nations that do not know Thee, and upon the kingdoms that do not call upon Thy name.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Pour out Your wrath upon the nations which did not know You and upon the kingdoms which did not call out in Your name.


###### Psalms 79:7
[Psalms 79:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/79:7)

כִּ֭י אָכַ֣ל אֶֽת־יַעֲקֹ֑ב וְֽאֶת־נָוֵ֥הוּ הֵשַֽׁמּוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For they have devoured Ya῾aqov, and laid waste his dwelling place.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For they have devoured Jacob and laid waste his habitation.


###### Psalms 79:8
[Psalms 79:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/79:8)

אַֽל־תִּזְכׇּר־לָנוּ֮ עֲוֺנֹ֢ת רִאשֹׁ֫נִ֥ים מַ֭הֵר יְקַדְּמ֣וּנוּ רַחֲמֶ֑יךָ כִּ֖י דַלּ֣וֹנוּ מְאֹֽד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O remember not against us former iniquities: let Thy tender mercies speedily come to meet us: for we are brought very low.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Remember not unto us our former sins. Let Your mercies quickly come before us, for we are greatly impoverished.


###### Psalms 79:9
[Psalms 79:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/79:9)

עׇזְרֵ֤נוּ**׀** אֱלֹ֘הֵ֤י יִשְׁעֵ֗נוּ עַֽל־דְּבַ֥ר כְּבֽוֹד־שְׁמֶ֑ךָ וְהַצִּילֵ֥נוּ וְכַפֵּ֥ר עַל־חַ֝טֹּאתֵ֗ינוּ לְמַ֣עַן שְׁמֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Thy name: and deliver us, and forgive our sins, for Thy name’s sake.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Help us, O G d of our salvation for the honor of Your name, and save us and atone our sins for the sake of Your name.


###### Psalms 79:10
[Psalms 79:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/79:10)

לָ֤מָּה**׀** יֹאמְר֣וּ הַגּוֹיִם֮ אַיֵּ֢ה אֱֽלֹהֵ֫יהֶ֥ם יִוָּדַ֣ע (בגיים) [בַּגּוֹיִ֣ם] לְעֵינֵ֑ינוּ נִ֝קְמַ֗ת דַּֽם־עֲבָדֶ֥יךָ הַשָּׁפֽוּךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Why should the nations say, Where is their God? let the revenging of the blood of Thy servants which is shed be made manifest among the nations, and before our eyes.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Why should the nations say: Where is their G d? Let there be known in the nations before our eyes the vengeance of the spilled-out blood of Your servants.


###### Psalms 79:11
[Psalms 79:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/79:11)

תָּ֤ב֣וֹא לְפָנֶיךָ֮ אֶנְקַ֢ת אָ֫סִ֥יר כְּגֹ֥דֶל זְרוֹעֲךָ֑ ה֝וֹתֵ֗ר בְּנֵ֣י תְמוּתָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let the groaning of the prisoners come before thee; according to the greatness of Thy power preserve a remnant of those who are appointed to die;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let there come before You the groaning of the fettered one. In the greatness of Your arm [i.e., Your strength], free the children of the dying one [(Israel, who dies for Your name)].


###### Psalms 79:12
[Psalms 79:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/79:12)

וְהָ֘שֵׁ֤ב לִשְׁכֵנֵ֣ינוּ שִׁ֭בְעָתַיִם אֶל־חֵיקָ֑ם חֶרְפָּ֘תָ֤ם אֲשֶׁ֖ר חֵרְפ֣וּךָ אֲדֹנָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and render to our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their insult, wherewith they have insulted Thee, O Lord.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And return to our neighbors, seven-fold into their bosoms, the shame wherewith they shamed the L rd.


###### Psalms 79:13
[Psalms 79:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/79:13)

וַאֲנַ֤חְנוּ עַמְּךָ֨**׀** וְצֹ֥אן מַרְעִיתֶךָ֮ נ֤וֹדֶ֥ה לְּךָ֗ לְע֫וֹלָ֥ם לְד֥וֹר וָדֹ֑ר נְ֝סַפֵּ֗ר תְּהִלָּתֶֽךָ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
So we Thy people and the sheep of Thy pasture will give Thee thanks for ever: we will relate Thy praise to all generations.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And we, Your people, the flock of Your grazing, will thank You forever. Throughout the generations we will tell Your praises.