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Psalm 79:1–4

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

They have polluted your holy temple.

They have completely destroyed Jerusalem.

2They 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.

3They have poured out the blood of your people like water

all around Jerusalem.

No one is left to bury the dead.

4We are something our neighbors joke about.

The nations around us laugh at us and make fun of us.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

O God, the nations have come into your inheritance;

they have defiled your holy temple;

they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.

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.

They have poured out their blood like water

all around Jerusalem,

and there was no one to bury them.

We have become a taunt to our neighbors,

mocked and derided by those around us.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance;

they have defiled your holy temple,

they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.

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.

They have poured out blood like water

all around Jerusalem,

and there is no one to bury the dead.

We are objects of contempt to our neighbors,

of scorn and derision to those around us.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

God, the nations have invaded your inheritance,

desecrated your holy temple,

and turned Jerusalem into ruins.

They gave the corpses of your servants

to the birds of the sky for food,

the flesh of your faithful ones

to the beasts of the earth.

They poured out their blood

like water all around Jerusalem,

and there was no one to bury them.

We have become an object of reproach

to our neighbors,

a source of mockery and ridicule

to those around us.

NLTNew Living Translation

O God, pagan nations have conquered your land,

your special possession.

They have defiled your holy Temple

and made Jerusalem a heap of ruins.

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.

Blood has flowed like water all around Jerusalem;

no one is left to bury the dead.

We are mocked by our neighbors,

an object of scorn and derision to those around us.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

O God, the nations have entered your inheritance;

they have defiled your holy temple;

they have reduced Jerusalem to ruins.

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.

They have poured out their blood like water

all around Jerusalem,

and there was none to bury them.

We have become a taunt to our neighbors,

a derision and a scorn to those around us.

KJV 1900King James Version

O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance;

Thy holy temple have they defiled;

They have laid Jerusalem on heaps.

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.

Their blood have they shed like water

Round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.

We are become a reproach to our neighbours,

A scorn and derision to them that are round about us.