(A)Pour out Your wrath upon the nations which (B)do not know You,
And upon the kingdoms which (C)do not call upon Your name.
For they have (D)devoured Jacob
And (E)laid waste his [a]settlement.

(F)Do not [b]hold us responsible for [c]the guilty deeds of our forefathers;
Let Your compassion come quickly to (G)meet us,
For we have (H)become very low.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 79:7 Lit pasture
  2. Psalm 79:8 Lit remember against us
  3. Psalm 79:8 Or our former sins

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