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Chapter 79
Psal LITV 79:1  A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the nations have come into Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple; they have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
Psal LITV 79:2  They have given the bodies of Your servants as food for the birds of the heavens; the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.
Psal LITV 79:3  They have shed their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one burying.
Psal LITV 79:4  We have become a shame to our neighbors a scorn and a mockery to those who are around us.
Psal LITV 79:5  Until when, O Jehovah? Will You be angry with us forever? Shall Your jealousy burn like fire?
Psal LITV 79:6  Pour out Your wrath on the nations who have not known You, and on the kingdoms who have not called on Your name.
Psal LITV 79:7  For they have eaten up Jacob, and laid waste to his dwelling-place.
Psal LITV 79:8  Oh do not remember for us the sins of our first ones; let Your tender mercies meet us speedily, for we have been brought very low.
Psal LITV 79:9  Help us, O God of our salvation, for the matter of the glory of Your name; and deliver us and atone for our sins, for Your name's sake.
Psal LITV 79:10  Why should the nations say, Where is their God? Let Him be known among the nations before our eyes, the avenging of the blood of Your servants that has been poured out.
Psal LITV 79:11  Let the groaning of the prisoner come before You; according to the greatness of Your arm, preserve the sons of death.
Psal LITV 79:12  And reward our neighbors sevenfold, Give into their bosom their curse with which they have cursed You, O Lord.
Psal LITV 79:13  Then we Your people, and sheep of Your pasture, will give thanks to You forever; we will declare Your praise to all generations.