Psalms

Psalm 79:1–4

¹A Psalm of Asaph.

The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance;

they have defiled Your holy temple

and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.

²They have given the corpses of Your servants

as food to the birds of the air,

the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.

³They have poured out their blood like water

all around Jerusalem,

and there is no one to bury the dead.

⁴We have become a reproach to our neighbors,

a scorn and derision to those around us.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
A Psalm	מִזְמ֗וֹר	miz·mō·wr	Noun - masculine singular	H4210 melody
of Asaph	לְאָ֫סָ֥ף	lə·’ā·sāp̄	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H623 Asaph
The nations	גוֹיִ֨ם׀	ḡō·w·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H1471 nation, people
O God	אֱ‍ֽלֹהִ֡ים	’ĕlō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
have invaded	בָּ֤אוּ	bā·’ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H935 come in, come, go in, go
Your inheritance	בְּֽנַחֲלָתֶ֗ךָ	bə·na·ḥă·lā·ṯe·ḵā	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H5159 possession, property, inheritance
they have defiled	טִ֭מְּאוּ	ṭim·mə·’ū	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural	H2930 be or become unclean
Your holy	קָדְשֶׁ֑ךָ	qāḏ·še·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H6944 sacred, sanctity
temple	הֵיכַ֣ל	hê·ḵal	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1964 palace, temple
reduced	שָׂ֖מוּ	śā·mū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H7760 put, place, set
Jerusalem	יְרוּשָׁלִַ֣ם	yə·rū·šā·lim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem
to rubble	לְעִיִּֽים׃	lə·‘î·yîm	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural	H5856 ruin, heap of ruins

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They have given	נָֽתְנ֡וּ	nā·ṯə·nū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H5414 give, put, set
the corpses	נִבְלַ֬ת	niḇ·laṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H5038 carcass, corpse
of Your servants	עֲבָדֶ֗יךָ	‘ă·ḇā·ḏe·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H5650 slave, servant
as food	מַ֭אֲכָל	ma·’ă·ḵāl	Noun - masculine singular	H3978 food
to the birds	לְע֣וֹף	lə·‘ō·wp̄	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H5775 flying creatures, fowl, insects
of the air	הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם	haš·šā·mā·yim	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
the flesh	בְּשַׂ֥ר	bə·śar	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1320 flesh
of Your saints	חֲ֝סִידֶ֗יךָ	ḥă·sî·ḏe·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H2623 kind, pious
to the beasts	לְחַיְתוֹ־	lə·ḥay·ṯōw-	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H2416 alive, living
of the earth	אָֽרֶץ׃	’ā·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They have poured out	שָׁפְכ֬וּ	šā·p̄ə·ḵū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H8210 pour out, pour
their blood	דָמָ֨ם׀	ḏā·mām	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H1818 blood
like water	כַּמַּ֗יִם	kam·ma·yim	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H4325 water, juice, urine
all around	סְֽבִ֘יב֤וֹת	sə·ḇî·ḇō·wṯ	Adverb	H5439 circuit, round about
Jerusalem	יְֽרוּשָׁלִָ֗ם	yə·rū·šā·lim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem
and	וְאֵ֣ין	wə·’ên	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
to bury	קוֹבֵֽר׃	qō·w·ḇêr	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H6912 bury

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
We have become	הָיִ֣ינוּ	hā·yî·nū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
a reproach	חֶ֭רְפָּה	ḥer·pāh	Noun - feminine singular	H2781 reproach
to our neighbors	לִשְׁכֵנֵ֑ינוּ	liš·ḵê·nê·nū	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural	H7934 inhabitant, neighbour
a scorn	לַ֥עַג	la·‘aḡ	Noun - masculine singular	H3933 mocking, derision
and derision	וָ֝קֶ֗לֶס	wā·qe·les	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H7047 derision
to those around us	לִסְבִיבוֹתֵֽינוּ׃	lis·ḇî·ḇō·w·ṯê·nū	Preposition-l; Adverb; first person common plural	H5439 circuit, round about