Psalms 79:2

79:2 They have given the corpses of your servants

to the birds of the sky; ¹ 

the flesh of your loyal followers

to the beasts of the earth.

Psalms 79:4

79:4 We have become an object of disdain to our neighbors;

those who live on our borders taunt and insult us. ² 

[79:2]  ¹ tn Heb “[as] food for the birds of the sky.”

[79:4]  ² tn Heb “an [object of] taunting and [of] mockery to those around us.” See Ps 44:13.