Psalm 79

Faith amid Confusion

A psalm of Asaph.(A)

God, the nations have invaded Your inheritance,
desecrated Your holy temple,
and turned Jerusalem into ruins.(B)

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Psalm 79

A psalm of Asaph.

O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance;(A)
    they have defiled(B) your holy temple,
    they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.(C)

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79 O god, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.

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18 Your holy people had a possession[a]
for a little while,
but our enemies have trampled down
Your sanctuary.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 63:18 Or Your people possessed Your holy place

18 For a little while(A) your people possessed your holy place,
    but now our enemies have trampled(B) down your sanctuary.(C)

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18 The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.

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13 Then I heard a holy one speaking,(A) and another holy one said to the speaker, “How long will the events of this vision last(B)—the daily sacrifice, the rebellion that makes desolate, and the giving over of the sanctuary and of the host to be trampled?”(C)

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13 Then I heard a holy one(A) speaking, and another holy one said to him, “How long will it take for the vision to be fulfilled(B)—the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, the rebellion that causes desolation, the surrender of the sanctuary and the trampling underfoot(C) of the Lord’s people?”

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13 Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?

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But exclude the courtyard outside the sanctuary. Don’t measure it, because it is given to the nations,[a] and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 11:2 Or Gentiles

But exclude the outer court;(A) do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles.(B) They will trample on the holy city(C) for 42 months.(D)

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But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.

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