Psalm 78:1–2

1 A 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.

2 They 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.

Psalm 78:1–2 — New International Version (2011) (NIV)

Title A psalm of Asaph.

1 O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance;

they have defiled your holy temple,

they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.

2 They have left the dead bodies of your servants

as food for the birds of the sky,

the flesh of your own people for the animals of the wild.

Psalm 78:1–2 — English Standard Version (ESV)

Title A Psalm of Asaph.

1 O God, the nations have come into your inheritance;

they have defiled your holy temple;

they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.

2 They have given the bodies of your servants

to the birds of the heavens for food,

the flesh of your faithful to the beasts of the earth.

Psalm 78:1–2 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Title A Psalm of Asaph.

1 O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance;

Thy holy temple have they defiled;

They have laid Jerusalem on heaps.

2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given

To be meat unto the fowls of the heaven,

The flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.

Psalm 78:1–2 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Title A psalm of Asaph.

1 O God, pagan nations have conquered your land,

your special possession.

They have defiled your holy Temple

and made Jerusalem a heap of ruins.

2 They have left the bodies of your servants

as food for the birds of heaven.

The flesh of your godly ones

has become food for the wild animals.

Psalm 78:1–2 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Title A Psalm of Asaph.

1 O God, the nations have come into Your inheritance;

Your holy temple they have defiled;

They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.

2 The dead bodies of Your servants—

They have given as food for the birds of the heavens,

The flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.

Psalm 78:1–2 — New Century Version (NCV)

Title A psalm of Asaph.

1 God, nations have come against your chosen people.

They have ruined your holy Temple.

They have turned Jerusalem into ruins.

2 They have given the bodies of your servants as food to the wild birds.

They have given the bodies of those who worship you to the wild animals.

Psalm 78:1–2 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Title A Psalm of Asaph.

1 O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance;

Thy holy temple have they defiled;

They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.

2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be food unto the birds of the heavens,

The flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.

Psalm 78:1–2 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Title A Psalm of Asaph.

1 O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance: thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem in heaps. 2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowl of the heavens, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth:

Psalm 78:1–2 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Title A psalm by Asaph.

1 O God, the nations have invaded the land that belongs to you.

They have dishonored your holy temple.

They have left Jerusalem in ruins.

2 They have given the dead bodies of your servants

to the birds for food.

They have given the flesh of your godly ones

to the animals.

Psalm 78:1–2 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Title A psalm of Asaph.

1 God, the nations have invaded Your inheritance,

desecrated Your holy temple,

and turned Jerusalem into ruins.

2 They gave the corpses of Your servants

to the birds of the sky for food,

the flesh of Your godly ones

to the beasts of the earth.

Psalm 78:1–2 — New Revised Standard Version: Updated Edition (NRSVue)

Title A Psalm of Asaph.

1 O God, the nations have come into your inheritance;

they have defiled your holy temple;

they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.

2 They have given the bodies of your servants

to the birds of the air for food,

the flesh of your faithful to the wild animals of the earth.

Psalm 78:1–2 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Title A psalm of Asaph.

1 O God, the nations have entered your inheritance;

they have defiled your holy temple;

they have reduced Jerusalem to ruins.

2 They have given the bodies of your servants

as food for the birds of the heavens,

the flesh of your faithful to the beasts of the earth.

Psalm 78:1–2 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Title A psalm of Asaph.

1 God, an army from the nations has attacked your land.

They have polluted your holy temple.

They have completely destroyed Jerusalem.

2 They have given the dead bodies of your people

as food to the birds of the air.

They have given the bodies of your faithful people

to the animals of the earth.

Psalm 78:1–2 — New American Standard Bible (1995) (NASB95)

Title A Psalm of Asaph.

1 O God, the nations have invaded Your inheritance;

They have defiled Your holy temple;

They have laid Jerusalem in ruins.

2 They have given the dead bodies of Your servants for food to the birds of the heavens,

The flesh of Your godly ones to the beasts of the earth.

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