Psalms Chapter 79 (NIV)
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Psalm 79A psalm of Asaph.O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance;they have defiled your holy temple,they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
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They have given the dead bodies of your servantsas food to the birds of the air,the flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth.
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They have poured out blood like waterall around Jerusalem,and there is no one to bury the dead.
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We are objects of reproach to our neighbors,of scorn and derision to those around us.
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How long, O Lord? Will you be angry forever?How long will your jealousy burn like fire?
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Pour out your wrath on the nationsthat do not acknowledge you,on the kingdomsthat do not call on your name;
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for they have devoured Jacoband destroyed his homeland.
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Do not hold against us the sins of the fathers;may your mercy come quickly to meet us,for we are in desperate need.
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Help us, O God our Savior,for the glory of your name;deliver us and forgive our sinsfor your name’s sake.
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Why should the nations say,“Where is their God?”Before our eyes, make known among the nationsthat you avenge the outpoured blood of your servants.
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May the groans of the prisoners come before you;by the strength of your armpreserve those condemned to die.
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Pay back into the laps of our neighbors seven timesthe reproach they have hurled at you, O Lord.
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Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture,will praise you forever;from generation to generationwe will recount your praise.
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