| Chapter 79 |
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A Psalm of Asaph. O God, nations have come into Thy inheritance, They have defiled Thy holy temple, They made Jerusalem become heaps, --
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They gave the dead bodies of Thy servants Food for the fowls of the heavens, The flesh of Thy saints For the wild beast of the earth. --
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They have shed their blood As water round about Jerusalem, And there is none burying. --
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We have been a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a derision to our surrounders. --
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Till when, O Jehovah? art Thou angry for ever? Thy jealousy doth burn as fire. --
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Pour Thy fury on the nations who have not known Thee, And on kingdoms that have not called in Thy name. --
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For [one] hath devoured Jacob, And his habitation they have made desolate. --
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Remember not for us the iniquities of forefathers, Haste, let Thy mercies go before us, For we have been very weak. --
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Help us, O God of our salvation, Because of the honour of Thy name, And deliver us, and cover over our sins, For Thy name's sake. --
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Why do the nations say, 'Where [is] their God?' Let be known among the nations before our eyes, The vengeance of the blood of Thy servants that is shed. --
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Let the groaning of the prisoner come in before Thee, According to the greatness of Thine arm, Leave Thou the sons of death. --
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And turn Thou back to our neighbours, Sevenfold unto their bosom, their reproach, Wherewith they reproached Thee, O Lord. --
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And we, Thy people, and the flock of Thy pasture, We give thanks to Thee to the age, To all generations we recount Thy praise! --
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