Psalm 79:1

World English Bible (WEB)

A Psalm by Asaph.

God, the nations have come into your inheritance. They have defiled your holy temple. They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.

In context

1 God, the nations have come into your inheritance. They have defiled your holy temple. They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.

2 They have given the dead bodies of your servants to be food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your saints to the animals of the earth.

3 They have shed their blood like water around Jerusalem. There was no one to bury them.

WEB World English Bible: God, the nations have come into your inheritance. They have defiled your holy temple. They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
KJV King James Version: O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
BSB Berean Standard Bible: The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
ASV American Standard Version: O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance; Thy holy temple have they defiled; They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: A Psalm of Asaph. O God, nations have come into Thy inheritance, They have defiled Thy holy temple, They made Jerusalem become heaps,
DBY Darby Translation: O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance: thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
WBS Webster Bible: A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen have come into thy inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.