Salmos 79

1 Salmo de Asaph. OH Dios, vinieron las gentes á tu heredad; el templo de tu santidad han contaminado; pusieron á Jerusalem en montones.

God, other people-groups have invaded your land. They have (desecrated your temple/caused your temple to be unfit for worship), and they have destroyed all the buildings in Jerusalem.

2 Dieron los cuerpos de tus siervos por comida á las aves de los cielos; la carne de tus santos á las bestias de la tierra.

[Instead of burying] the corpses of your people [whom they killed], they allowed vultures and wild animals to eat the flesh of those corpses,

3 Derramaron su sangre como agua en los alrededores de Jerusalem; y no hubo quien [los] enterrase.

When they killed your people, your people’s blood flowed like water through [the streets of] Jerusalem, and there was [almost] no one [HYP] left to bury their corpses.

4 Somos afrentados de nuestros vecinos, escarnecidos y burlados de los que están en nuestros alrededores.

The people-groups that live in countries that surround our land insult us; they laugh at us and deride/belittle us.

5 ¿Hasta cuándo, oh Jehová? ¿has de estar airado para siempre? ¿arderá como fuego tu celo?

Yahweh, how long [will this continue]? Will you be angry with us forever? Will your being angry [destroy us like] a burning fire [destroys things]?

6 Derrama tu ira sobre las gentes que no te conocen, y sobre los reinos que no invocan tu nombre.

[Instead of being angry with us], be angry with the people-groups that do not know/worship you! Be angry with kingdoms whose people do not pray to you,

7 Porque han consumido á Jacob, y su morada han asolado.

because they have killed Israeli people and they have ruined your country.

8 No recuerdes contra nosotros las iniquidades antiguas: anticípennos presto tus misericordias, porque estamos muy abatidos.

Do not punish us because of the sins that our ancestors committed! Be merciful to us now/quickly, because we are very discouraged.

9 Ayúdanos, oh Dios, salud nuestra, por la gloria de tu nombre: y líbranos, y aplácate sobre nuestros pecados por amor de tu nombre.

God, you have saved/rescued [us many times], [so] help us [now]; rescue us and forgive us for having sinned in order that other people will honor you [MTY].

10 Porque dirán las gentes: ¿Dónde está su Dios? Sea notoria en las gentes, delante de nuestros ojos, la venganza de la sangre de tus siervos, que fué derramada.

It is not right that [RHQ] other people-groups say [about us], “If their God [is very powerful], (surely he should help them/why does he not [help them])?” Allow us to see you punishing the people of other nations in return for their shedding our blood; they have killed many of us, your people.

11 Entre ante tu acatamiento el gemido de los presos: conforme á la grandeza de tu brazo preserva á los sentenciados á muerte.

Listen to your people groaning while they are in prison, and by your great power free those whom our enemies say that they will certainly execute.

12 Y torna á nuestros vecinos en su seno siete tantos de su infamia, con que te han deshonrado, oh Jehová.

In return for their having [often] insulted you, punish them seven times as much!

13 Y nosotros, pueblo tuyo, y ovejas de tu dehesa, te alabaremos para siempre: por generación y generación cantaremos tus alabanzas.

After you do that, we, whom you [take care of like a shepherd takes care of] his sheep, will continue praising you; we will continue to praise you forever [HYP].