The Book of Psalms 79 |
The Douay-Rheims Version Online Bible (DRV) |
Psalms 79:1 | Unto the end, for them that shall he changed, a testimony for Asaph, a psalm. |
Psalms 79:2 | Give ear, O thou that rulest Israel: thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep. Thou that sittest upon the cherubims, shine forth |
Psalms 79:3 | before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasses. Stir up thy might, and come to save us. |
Psalms 79:4 | Convert us, O God: and shew us thy face, and we shall be saved. |
Psalms 79:5 | O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy servant? |
Psalms 79:6 | How long wilt thou feed us with the bread of tears: and give us for our drink tears in measure? |
Psalms 79:7 | Thou hast made us to be a contradiction to our neighbours: and our enemies have scoffed at us. |
Psalms 79:8 | O God of hosts, convert us: and shew thy face, and we shall be saved. |
Psalms 79:9 | Thou hast brought a vineyard out of Egypt: thou hast cast cut the Gentiles and planted it. |
Psalms 79:10 | Thou wast the guide of its journey in its sight: thou plantedst the roots thereof, and it filled the land. |
Psalms 79:11 | The shadow of it covered the hills: and the branches thereof the cedars of God. |
Psalms 79:12 | It stretched forth its branches unto the sea, and its boughs unto the river. |
Psalms 79:13 | Why hast thou broken down the hedge thereof, so that all they who pass by the way do pluck it? |
Psalms 79:14 | The boar out of the wood hath laid it waste: and a singular wild beast hath devoured it. |
Psalms 79:15 | Turn again, O God of hosts, look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vineyard: |
Psalms 79:16 | And perfect the same which thy right hand hath planted: and upon the son of man whom thou hast confirmed for thyself. |
Psalms 79:17 | Things set on fire and dug down shall perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. |
Psalms 79:18 | Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand: and upon the son of man whom thou hast confirmed for thyself. |
Psalms 79:19 | And we depart not from thee, thou shalt quicken us: and we will call upon thy name. |
Psalms 79:20 | O Lord God of hosts, convert us: and shew thy face, and we shall be saved. |