Psalms 79:2-5

79:2 They have given the corpses of your servants

to the birds of the sky; ¹ 

the flesh of your loyal followers

to the beasts of the earth.

79:3 They have made their blood flow like water

all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury them. ² 

79:4 We have become an object of disdain to our neighbors;

those who live on our borders taunt and insult us. ³ 

79:5 How long will this go on, O Lord? ⁴ 

Will you stay angry forever?

How long will your rage ⁵  burn like fire?

[79:2]  ¹ tn Heb “[as] food for the birds of the sky.”

[79:3]  ² tn Heb “they have poured out their blood like water, all around Jerusalem, and there is no one burying.”

[79:4]  ³ tn Heb “an [object of] taunting and [of] mockery to those around us.” See Ps 44:13.

[79:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “How long, O Lord?”

[79:5]  ⁵ tn Or “jealous anger.”