American Standard Version
" O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance; Thy holy temple have they defiled; They have laid Jerusalem in heaps. "
— Psalms 79:1, American Standard Version
“O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.”
“God, the nations have come into your inheritance. They have defiled your holy temple. They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.”
“A psalm of Asaph. O God, foreigners have invaded your chosen land; they have polluted your holy temple and turned Jerusalem into a heap of ruins.”
“Unto the end, for them that shall be changed, a testimony for Asaph, a psalm.”
“ O God, the nations have come into your heritage; they have made your holy Temple unclean; they have made Jerusalem a mass of broken walls.”
“O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.”
O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance; Thy holy temple have they defiled; They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be food unto the birds of the heavens, The flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; And there was none to bury them.
We are become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to them that are round about us.