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Psalm 79
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Psalm 79 . 1
1 A Psalm of Asaph. The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.TOSKPsalm 79:1
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2 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.TOSKPsalm 79:2
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3 They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.TOSKPsalm 79:3
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4 We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.TOSKPsalm 79:4
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5 How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?TOSKPsalm 79:5
Psalm 79 . 6
6 Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,IPJeremiah 10:23TOSKPsalm 79:6
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7 for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.IPJeremiah 10:23TOSKPsalm 79:7
Psalm 79 . 8
8 Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.TOSKPsalm 79:8
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9 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.TOSKPsalm 79:9
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10 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.TOSKPsalm 79:10
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11 May the groans of the captives reach You; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death.TOSKPsalm 79:11
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12 Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.TOSKPsalm 79:12
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13 Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.TOSKPsalm 79:13