Psalms 79 : 1 (HCSB)
*A psalm of Asaph. God, the nations have invaded Your inheritance, desecrated Your holy temple, and turned Jerusalem into ruins.
Psalms 79 : 2 (HCSB)
They gave the corpses of Your servants to the birds of the sky for food, the flesh of Your godly ones to the beasts of the earth.
Psalms 79 : 3 (HCSB)
They poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there was no one to bury *them .
Psalms 79 : 4 (HCSB)
We have become an object of reproach to our neighbors, a source of mockery and ridicule to those around us.
Psalms 79 : 5 (HCSB)
How long, LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy keep burning like fire?
Psalms 79 : 6 (HCSB)
Pour out Your wrath on the nations that don't acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that don't call on Your name,
Psalms 79 : 7 (HCSB)
for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.
Psalms 79 : 8 (HCSB)
Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come to us quickly, for we have become weak.
Psalms 79 : 9 (HCSB)
God of our salvation, help us-- for the glory of Your name. Deliver us and atone for our sins, because of Your name.
Psalms 79 : 10 (HCSB)
Why should the nations ask, "Where is their God?" Before our eyes, let vengeance for the shed blood of Your servants be known among the nations.
Psalms 79 : 11 (HCSB)
Let the groans of the prisoners reach You; according to Your great power, preserve those condemned to die.
Psalms 79 : 12 (HCSB)
Pay back sevenfold to our neighbors the reproach they have hurled at You, Lord.
Psalms 79 : 13 (HCSB)
Then we, Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; we will declare Your praise to generation after generation.
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