Psalm 79
A Lament over the
Destruction of Jerusalem |
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O God, the heathen are come into thine
inheritance;
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The dead bodies of thy servants have they
given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven,
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the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the
earth. |
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Their blood have they shed like water
round about Jerusalem;
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and there was none to bury them. |
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We are become a reproach to our
neighbors,
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a scorn and derision to them that are round about
us.
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How long, LORD? Wilt
thou be angry for ever?
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Shall thy jealousy burn like
fire? |
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Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that
have not known thee,
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and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy
name. |
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For they have devoured Jacob,
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and laid waste his dwelling place.
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O remember not against us former
iniquities:
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let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us; |
for we are brought very
low. |
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Help us, O God of our salvation,
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for the glory of thy name: |
and deliver us, and purge away our sins, |
for thy name's
sake. |
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Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God?
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Let him be known among the heathen in our
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by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.
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Let the sighing of the prisoner come
before thee;
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according to the greatness of thy power preserve
thou those that are appointed to
die; |
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and render unto our neighbors sevenfold
into their bosom
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their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee,
O Lord. |
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So we thy people and sheep of thy
pasture
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will give thee thanks for ever: |
we will show forth thy praise to all
generations. |
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