Translations
Modern
Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.
Traditional
So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.
Literal
Then we, Your people, and the sheep of Your pasture, will give thanks to You forever; for generation and generation we will declare Your praise.
Latin
Nos autem populus tuus, et oves pascuæ tuæ, confitebimur tibi in sæculum; in generationem et generationem annuntiabimus laudem tuam.
Original
Hebrew
English
Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.
Notes
This lament describes the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC. Israel’s early history of rebellion, described in Psalm 78, angered God. As a result, Zion was destroyed. The temple was defiled, and the bodies of the dead lay across the land.
The psalmist then prays for forgiveness and rescue (Psalm 79:8–9) and asks God to repay the nation's enemies (Psalm 79:12–13). Other psalms lamenting the exile include Psalms 42–44, 102, 107, 126, and 137.
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God: Love of, Exemplified Praise: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Sheep of the Jews Thankfulness: Exemplified