Mga Awit 79
Magandang Balita Biblia (with Deuterocanon)
Panalangin Upang Iligtas ang Buong Bansa
Awit ni Asaf.
79 O(A) Diyos,
pinasok ng Hentil ang lupang pangako, hayo't iyong masdan!
Winasak ang lunsod, ang banal mong templo ay nilapastangan;
2 ang mga katawan
ng mga lingkod mo ay ginawang pagkain ng mga ibon,
ang kanilang laman, sa mga halimaw ay ipinalamon.
3 Dugo ng bayan mo'y
ibinubo nila, sa buong palibot nitong Jerusalem,
katulad ay tubig; sa dami ng patay ay walang maglibing.
4 Ang karatig-bansang
doo'y nakasaksi, kami'y kinutya at nagtatawa sila,
lahat sa palibot ay humahalakhak sa gayong nakita.
5 Iyang iyong galit
sa amin, O Yahweh, hanggang kailan ba kaya matatapos?
Di na ba titigil ang pagkagalit mong sa ami'y tutupok?
6 Doon mo ibaling
ang matinding galit sa maraming bansang ayaw kang kilanlin,
mga kahariang ang banal mong ngala'y ayaw na tawagin.
7 Masdan ang ginawa
nila sa bayan mo, ang mga lingkod mo ay pinatay nila,
pati ang tahanan nila ay winasak, walang itinira.
8 Huwag mong parusahan
kaming mga anak, sa pagkakasala ng aming magulang,
ikaw ay mahabag sa mga lingkod mong pag-asa'y pumanaw.
9 Mahabag ka sana,
kami ay tulungan, Diyos na aming Tagapagligtas,
dahil sa ngalan mo, kaming nagkasala'y patawaring ganap;
at sa karangalan ng iyong pangalan, kami ay iligtas.
10 Bakit magtatanong
itong mga bansa ng katagang ito: “Ang Diyos mo'y nasaan?”
Ipaghiganti mo ang mga lingkod mong kanilang pinatay,
ang pagpaparusa'y iyong ipakita sa iyong mga hirang.
11 Iyong kahabagan
ang mga bilanggong kanilang hinuli, dinggin mo ang daing,
sa taglay mong lakas, iligtas mo silang takdang papatayin.
12 Iyong parusahan
yaong mga bansang sa iyo, O Yahweh, lumalapastangan,
parusahan sila ng pitong ibayo sa gawang pag-uyam.
13 Kaya nga, O Yahweh,
kaming iyong lingkod, parang mga tupa sa iyong pastulan,
magpupuring lagi't magpapasalamat sa iyong pangalan!
Psalm 79
Expanded Bible
The Nation Cries for Jerusalem
A psalm of Asaph [C a Levitical musician, a descendant of Gershon, at the time of David; 1 Chr. 6:39; 15:17; 2 Chr. 5:12].
79 God, nations have come against your ·chosen people [L inheritance].
They have ·ruined [profaned] your holy Temple.
They have turned Jerusalem into ·ruins [a dump; 2 Kin. 25:9–10].
2 They have given the bodies of your servants as food to the ·wild birds [L birds of the sky/heavens].
They have given the ·bodies [L flesh] of ·those who worship you [your faithful ones; saints] to the wild animals [Jer. 34:20].
3 They have spilled blood like water all around Jerusalem.
No one was left to bury the dead.
4 We are a ·joke [reproach; scorn] to the ·other nations [L residents];
·they [L the people around us] ·laugh [ridicule] and make fun of us.
5 Lord, how long?
Will you be angry forever?
How long will your jealousy burn like a fire?
6 ·Be angry with [L Pour out your wrath on] the nations that do not know you
and ·with [or on] the kingdoms that do not ·honor you [L call on your name].
7 They have ·gobbled up [devoured] the people of Jacob
and ·destroyed [desolated] their ·land [pasturage].
8 Don’t ·punish us for our past sins [L remember our former guilt].
Show your ·mercy [compassion] to us soon,
because we are ·helpless [very low]!
9 God our ·Savior [Victor], help us
·so people will praise you [L for the glory of your name].
·Save [Protect] us and ·forgive [atone for] our sins
·so people will honor you [L for your name].
10 Why should the nations say,
“Where is their God?”
·Tell [Inform] the other nations ·in our presence [L before our eyes]
that you ·punish [avenge] ·those who kill your servants [L the blood of your servants that has been poured out].
11 ·Hear the moans of the prisoners [Let the groans of the prisoner come before you].
Use your great ·power [L arm]
to save those ·sentenced [doomed] to die.
12 Repay ·those around [L into the bosom of those around] us seven times over
for their ·insults to [reproach/scorn of] you, Lord.
13 We are your people, the sheep of your ·flock [pasture].
We will ·thank [praise] you always;
·forever and ever [from generation to generation] we ·will praise you [L recount your praise].
Psalm 79
New International Reader's Version
A psalm of Asaph.
79 God, an army from the nations has attacked your land.
They have polluted your holy temple.
They have completely destroyed Jerusalem.
2 They have left the dead bodies of your people.
They have left them as food for the birds in the sky.
They have left the bodies of your faithful people.
They have left them for the wild animals.
3 They have poured out the blood of your people like water.
It is all around Jerusalem.
No one is left to bury the dead.
4 We are something our neighbors joke about.
The nations around us laugh at us and make fun of us.
5 Lord, how long will you be angry with us? Will it be forever?
How long will your jealousy burn like fire?
6 Bring your great anger against the nations
that don’t pay any attention to you.
Bring it against the kingdoms
that don’t worship you.
7 They have swallowed up the people of Jacob.
They have destroyed Israel’s homeland.
8 Don’t hold against us the sins of our people who lived before us.
May you be quick to show us your tender love.
We are in great need.
9 God our Savior, help us.
Then glory will come to you.
Save us and forgive our sins.
Then people will honor your name.
10 Why should the nations say,
“Where is their God?”
Show the nations that you punish those who kill your people.
We want to see it happen.
11 Listen to the groans of the prisoners.
Use your strong arm
to save people sentenced to death.
12 Lord, our neighbors have laughed at you.
Pay them back seven times for what they have done.
13 We are your people, your very own sheep.
We will praise you forever.
For all time to come
we will keep on praising you.
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