Psalm 79:5–10

4 How long, Lord God Almighty,

will your anger smolder

against the prayers of your people?

5 You have fed them with the bread of tears;

you have made them drink tears by the bowlful.

6 You have made us an object of derision to our neighbors,

and our enemies mock us.

7 Restore us, God Almighty;

make your face shine on us,

that we may be saved.

8 You transplanted a vine from Egypt;

you drove out the nations and planted it.

9 You cleared the ground for it,

and it took root and filled the land.

4 O Lord God of hosts,

how long will you be angry with your people’s prayers?

5 You have fed them with the bread of tears

and given them tears to drink in full measure.

6 You make us an object of contention for our neighbors,

and our enemies laugh among themselves.

7 Restore us, O God of hosts;

let your face shine, that we may be saved!

8 You brought a vine out of Egypt;

you drove out the nations and planted it.

9 You cleared the ground for it;

it took deep root and filled the land.

4 O Lord God of hosts,

How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears;

And givest them tears to drink in great measure.

6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours:

And our enemies laugh among themselves.

7 Turn us again, O God of hosts,

And cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt:

Thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.

9 Thou preparedst room before it,

And didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.

4 O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies,

how long will you be angry with our prayers?

5 You have fed us with sorrow

and made us drink tears by the bucketful.

6 You have made us the scorn of neighboring nations.

Our enemies treat us as a joke.

7 Turn us again to yourself, O God of Heaven’s Armies.

Make your face shine down upon us.

Only then will we be saved.

8 You brought us from Egypt like a grapevine;

you drove away the pagan nations and transplanted us into your land.

9 You cleared the ground for us,

and we took root and filled the land.

4 O Lord God of hosts,

How long will You be angry

Against the prayer of Your people?

5 You have fed them with the bread of tears,

And given them tears to drink in great measure.

6 You have made us a strife to our neighbors,

And our enemies laugh among themselves.

7 Restore us, O God of hosts;

Cause Your face to shine,

And we shall be saved!

8 You have brought a vine out of Egypt;

You have cast out the nations, and planted it.

9 You prepared room for it,

And caused it to take deep root,

And it filled the land.

4 Lord God All-Powerful,

how long will you be angry

at the prayers of your people?

5 You have fed your people with tears;

you have made them drink many tears.

6 You made those around us fight over us,

and our enemies make fun of us.

7 God All-Powerful, take us back.

Show us your kindness so we can be saved.

8 You brought us out of Egypt as if we were a vine.

You forced out other nations and planted us in the land.

9 You cleared the ground for us.

Like a vine, we took root and filled the land.

4 O Jehovah God of hosts,

How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

5 Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears,

And given them tears to drink in large measure.

6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors;

And our enemies laugh among themselves.

7 Turn us again, O God of hosts;

And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

8 Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt:

Thou didst drive out the nations, and plantedst it.

9 Thou preparedst room before it,

And it took deep root, and filled the land.

4 Jehovah, God of hosts, how long will thine anger smoke against the prayer of thy people? 5 Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure: 6 Thou hast made us a strife unto our neighbours, and our enemies mock among themselves. 7 Restore us, O God of hosts; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

8 Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt; thou didst cast out the nations, and plant it: 9 Thou preparedst space before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land;

4 O Lord God, commander of armies, how long will you smolder in anger 

against the prayer of your people? 

5 You made them eat tears as food. 

You often made them drink ⸤their own⸥ tears. 

6 You made us a source of conflict to our neighbors, 

and our enemies made fun of us. 

7 O God, commander of armies, restore us and smile on us 

so that we may be saved. 

8 You brought a vine from Egypt. 

You forced out the nations and planted it. 

9 You cleared the ground for it 

so that it took root and filled the land. 

4 Lord God of Hosts,

how long will You be angry

with Your people’s prayers?

5 You fed them the bread of tears

and gave them a full measure

of tears to drink.

6 You make us quarrel with our neighbors;

our enemies make fun of us.

7 Restore us, God of Hosts;

look on us with favor, and we will be saved.

8 You uprooted a vine from Egypt;

You drove out the nations and planted it.

9 You cleared a place for it;

it took root and filled the land.

4 O Lord God of hosts,

how long will you be angry with your people’s prayers?

5 You have fed them with the bread of tears

and given them tears to drink in full measure.

6 You make us the scorn of our neighbors;

our enemies laugh among themselves.

7 Restore us, O God of hosts;

let your face shine, that we may be saved.

8 You brought a vine out of Egypt;

you drove out the nations and planted it.

9 You cleared the ground for it;

it took deep root and filled the land.

4 O Yahweh God of hosts,

how long will you be angry

against the prayer of your people?

5 You have fed them the bread of tears;

you have given them tears to drink in full measure.

6 You have made us an object of strife to our neighbors,

and our enemies mock among themselves.

7 O God of hosts, restore us

and cause your face to shine that we may be saved.

8 You uprooted a vine from Egypt;

you drove out the nations and planted it.

9 You prepared a place before it,

and it took deep root and filled the land.

4 Lord God who rules over all,

how long will your anger burn

against the prayers of your people?

5 You have given us tears as our food.

You have made us drink tears by the bowlful.

6 You have let our neighbors fight against us.

Our enemies laugh at us.

7 God who rules over all, make us new again.

Let your face smile on us with favor.

Then we will be saved.

8 You brought Israel out of Egypt.

Israel was like a vine.

After you drove the nations out of Canaan,

you planted the vine in their land.

9 You prepared the ground for it.

It took root and spread out over the whole land.

4 O Lord God of hosts,

How long will You be angry with the prayer of Your people?

5 You have fed them with the bread of tears,

And You have made them to drink tears in large measure.

6 You make us an object of contention to our neighbors,

And our enemies laugh among themselves.

7 O God of hosts, restore us

And cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved.

8 You removed a vine from Egypt;

You drove out the nations and planted it.

9 You cleared the ground before it,

And it took deep root and filled the land.