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Chapter 79
Psal OEB 79:1  Heathen, O God, have come into your land, defiling your holy temple, and laying Jerusalem in ruins.
Psal OEB 79:2  They have given the bodies of your dead servants to the birds of the air to devour, and the flesh of your faithful to the beasts of the field.
Psal OEB 79:3  Round about Jerusalem they have poured out their blood like water; and there was no one to bury them.
Psal OEB 79:4  On every side our neighbours revile us and mock us and jeer at us.
Psal OEB 79:5  How long will you be angry, O Lord? Will your jealousy burn like fire forever?
Psal OEB 79:6  Pour out your wrath on the nations that don’t know you, on the kingdoms that do not call on your name.
Psal OEB 79:7  For Jacob they devoured, they have desolated his home.
Psal OEB 79:8  Do not remember against us our ancestor's sins; O meet us soon with your pity, for utterly weak are we.
Psal OEB 79:9  Help us, O God our saviour, for the renown of your name: for your reputation deliver us and cover over our sins.
Psal OEB 79:10  Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Let revenge for the outpoured blood of your servants be shown on the heathen before our eyes.
Psal OEB 79:11  May the groans of the prisoner come before you; free the children of death by your mighty arm.
Psal OEB 79:12  Pay our neighbours back sevenfold for the scorn they have heaped upon you, O Lord.
Psal OEB 79:13  Then we, your people, the flock of your pasture, will give thanks to you for evermore, and tell your praise to all generations.