PS-79:1 A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into thine

inheritance;

thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on

heaps.

PS-79:2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given [to be]

meat unto the

fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of

the earth.

PS-79:3 Their blood have they shed like water round about

Jerusalem; and

[there was] none to bury [them].

PS-79:4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and

derision to

them that are round about us.

PS-79:5 How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy

jealousy burn

like fire?

PS-79:6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known

thee, and upon

the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.

PS-79:7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his

dwelling place.

PS-79:8 O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy

tender mercies

speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.

PS-79:9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy

name: and

deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.

PS-79:10 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where [is] their God?

let him be

known among the heathen in our sight [by] the revenging of the

blood of thy

servants [which is] shed.

PS-79:11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee;

according to the

greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to

die;

PS-79:12 And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their

bosom their

reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

PS-79:13 So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give

thee thanks for

ever: we will show forth thy praise to all generations.

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