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Psalms 79

Psalms 79

Psalms 79:1 ^
A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance; Thy holy temple have they defiled; They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
Psalms 79:1 ^
A Psalm. Of Asaph. O God, the nations have come into your heritage; they have made your holy Temple unclean; they have made Jerusalem a mass of broken walls.
Psalms 79:2 ^
The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be food unto the birds of the heavens, The flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
Psalms 79:2 ^
They have given the bodies of your servants as food to the birds of the air, and the flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth.
Psalms 79:3 ^
Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; And there was none to bury them.
Psalms 79:3 ^
Their blood has been flowing like water round about Jerusalem; there was no one to put them in their last resting-place.
Psalms 79:4 ^
We are become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to them that are round about us.
Psalms 79:4 ^
We are looked down on by our neighbours, we are laughed at and made sport of by those who are round us.
Psalms 79:5 ^
How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
Psalms 79:5 ^
How long, O Lord? will you be angry for ever? will your wrath go on burning like fire?
Psalms 79:6 ^
Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, And upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name.
Psalms 79:6 ^
Let your wrath be on the nations who have no knowledge of you, and on the kingdoms who have not made prayer to your name.
Psalms 79:7 ^
For they have devoured Jacob, And laid waste his habitation.
Psalms 79:7 ^
For they have taken Jacob for their meat, and made waste his house.
Psalms 79:8 ^
Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers: Let thy tender mercies speedily meet us; For we are brought very low.
Psalms 79:8 ^
Do not keep in mind against us the sins of our fathers; let your mercy come to us quickly, for we have been made very low.
Psalms 79:9 ^
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name; And deliver us, and forgive our sins, for thy name's sake.
Psalms 79:9 ^
Give us help, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; take us out of danger and give us forgiveness for our sins, because of your name.
Psalms 79:10 ^
Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed Be known among the nations in our sight.
Psalms 79:10 ^
Why may the nations say, Where is their God? Let payment for the blood of your servants be made openly among the nations before our eyes.
Psalms 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 death;
Psalms 79:11 ^
Let the cry of the prisoner come before you; with your strong arm make free the children of death;
Psalms 79:12 ^
And render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom Their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
Psalms 79:12 ^
And give punishment seven times over into the breast of our neighbours for the bitter words which they have said against you, O Lord.
Psalms 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.
Psalms 79:13 ^
So we your people, and the sheep of your flock, will give you glory for ever: we will go on praising you through all generations.
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