God, Nations Have Come Into Your Inheritance...

Psalm 78

A Contemplation of Asaph

God, nations have come into your inheritance;
they have defiled your holy temple;
they have laid Jerusalem in siege.
They have given the dead bodies of your servants
as food to the birds of the sky,
the flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth;
their blood was poured out like water
around Jerusalem, and there was no one to bury them.
We became a reproach to our neighbors,
a reproach and a derision to those around us.
How long, Lord, will you be angry forever?
Will your zeal burn like fire?
Pour out your wrath upon the nations that do not know you
and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon your name,
for they have devoured Jacob
and laid waste his habitation.
Do not remember our sins of old;
let your mercies quickly overtake us,
for we are brought very low.
Save us, O God our Savior;
for the glory of your name, Lord, deliver us
and forgive our sins for the sake of your name,
lest the nations say, Where is their God?
And let it be known among the nations before our eyes
the vengeance for the blood of your servants that has been shed.
Let the groaning of the prisoners come before you,
according to the greatness of your arm
take care of the children of those who have been killed.
Repay our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom
the reproach they have reproached you, O Lord.
We, your people and the sheep of your pasture,
will confess to you forever,
and proclaim your praise from generation to generation.



PSALMI 78 / LXX

Ὁ θεός, ἤλθοσαν ἔθνη εἰς τὴν κληρονομίαν σου,
ἐμίαναν τὸν ναὸν τὸν ἅγιόν σου,
ἔθεντο Ιερουσαλημ εἰς ὀπωροφυλάκιον.
ἔθεντο τὰ θνησιμαῖα τῶν δούλων σου
βρώματα τοῖς πετεινοῖς τοῦ οὐρανοῦ,
τὰς σάρκας τῶν ὁσίων σου τοῖς θηρίοις τῆς γῆς·
ἐξέχεαν τὸ αἷμα αὐτῶν ὡς ὕδωρ
κύκλῳ Ιερουσαλημ, καὶ οὐκ ἦν ὁ θάπτων.
ἐγενήθημεν ὄνειδος τοῖς γείτοσιν ἡμῶν,
μυκτηρισμὸς καὶ χλευασμὸς τοῖς κύκλῳ ἡμῶν.
ἕως πότε, κύριε, ὀργισθήσῃ εἰς τέλος,
ἐκκαυθήσεται ὡς πῦρ ὁ ζῆλός σου;
ἔκχεον τὴν ὀργήν σου ἐπὶ ἔθνη τὰ μὴ γινώσκοντά σε
καὶ ἐπὶ βασιλείας, αἳ τὸ ὄνομά σου οὐκ ἐπεκαλέσαντο,
ὅτι κατέφαγον τὸν Ιακωβ
καὶ τὸν τόπον αὐτοῦ ἠρήμωσαν.
μὴ μνησθῇς ἡμῶν ἀνομιῶν ἀρχαίων·
ταχὺ προκαταλαβέτωσαν ἡμᾶς οἱ οἰκτιρμοί σου,
ὅτι ἐπτωχεύσαμεν σφόδρα.
βοήθησον ἡμῖν, ὁ θεὸς ὁ σωτὴρ ἡμῶν·
ἕνεκα τῆς δόξης τοῦ ὀνόματός σου, κύριε, ῥῦσαι ἡμᾶς
καὶ ἱλάσθητι ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις ἡμῶν ἕνεκα τοῦ ὀνόματός σου,
μήποτε εἴπωσιν τὰ ἔθνη Ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ θεὸς αὐτῶν;
καὶ γνωσθήτω ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἐνώπιον τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν ἡμῶν
ἡ ἐκδίκησις τοῦ αἵματος τῶν δούλων σου τοῦ ἐκκεχυμένου.
εἰσελθάτω ἐνώπιόν σου ὁ στεναγμὸς τῶν πεπεδημένων,
κατὰ τὴν μεγαλωσύνην τοῦ βραχίονός σου
περιποίησαι τοὺς υἱοὺς τῶν τεθανατωμένων.
ἀπόδος τοῖς γείτοσιν ἡμῶν ἑπταπλασίονα εἰς τὸν κόλπον αὐτῶν
τὸν ὀνειδισμὸν αὐτῶν, ὃν ὠνείδισάν σε, κύριε.
ἡμεῖς δὲ λαός σου καὶ πρόβατα τῆς νομῆς σου
ἀνθομολογησόμεθά σοι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα,
εἰς γενεὰν καὶ γενεὰν ἐξαγγελοῦμεν τὴν αἴνεσίν σου.

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