| Chapter 79 |
1 | A Psalm of Asaph. O God, nations have come into Thy inheritance, They have defiled Thy holy temple, They made Jerusalem become heaps,
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2 | They gave the dead bodies of Thy servants Food for the fowls of the heavens, The flesh of Thy saints For the wild beast of the earth.
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3 | They have shed their blood As water round about Jerusalem, And there is none burying.
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4 | We have been a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a derision to our surrounders.
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5 | Till when, O Jehovah? art Thou angry for ever? Thy jealousy doth burn as fire.
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6 | Pour Thy fury on the nations who have not known Thee, And on kingdoms that have not called in Thy name.
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7 | For [one] hath devoured Jacob, And his habitation they have made desolate.
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8 | Remember not for us the iniquities of forefathers, Haste, let Thy mercies go before us, For we have been very weak.
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9 | Help us, O God of our salvation, Because of the honour of Thy name, And deliver us, and cover over our sins, For Thy name's sake.
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10 | Why do the nations say, 'Where [is] their God?' Let be known among the nations before our eyes, The vengeance of the blood of Thy servants that is shed.
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11 | Let the groaning of the prisoner come in before Thee, According to the greatness of Thine arm, Leave Thou the sons of death.
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12 | And turn Thou back to our neighbours, Sevenfold unto their bosom, their reproach, Wherewith they reproached Thee, O Lord.
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13 | And we, Thy people, and the flock of Thy pasture, We give thanks to Thee to the age, To all generations we recount Thy praise!
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