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Psalms 79
World English Bible British Edition · Berean Standard Bible
God, the nations have come into your inheritance.
A Psalm of Asaph. The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
They have given the dead bodies of your servants to be food for the birds of the sky,
They have given the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.
They have shed their blood like water around Jerusalem.
They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.
We have become a reproach to our neighbours,
We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.
How long, LORD?
How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
Pour out your wrath on the nations that don’t know you,
Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,
Don’t hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us.
Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.
Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name.
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for the sake of Your name.
Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”
Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you.
May the groans of the captives reach You; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death.
Pay back to our neighbours seven times into their bosom
Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.
So we, your people and sheep of your pasture,
Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.