Psalm 79:8-13

Good News Translation

⁸ Do not punish us for the sins of our ancestors.
    Have mercy on us now;
    we have lost all hope.
⁹ Help us, O God, and save us;
    rescue us and forgive our sins
    for the sake of your own honor.
¹⁰ Why should the nations ask us,
    “Where is your God?”
Let us see you punish the nations
    for shedding the blood of your servants.

¹¹ Listen to the groans of the prisoners,
    and by your great power free those who are condemned to die.
¹² Lord, pay the other nations back seven times
    for all the insults they have hurled at you.
¹³ Then we, your people, the sheep of your flock,
    will thank you forever
    and praise you for all time to come.