Psalms 79:1 (BSB)
A Psalm of Asaph. The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.

Psalms 79:2 (BSB)
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.

Psalms 79:3 (BSB)
They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.

Psalms 79:4 (BSB)
We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.

Psalms 79:5 (BSB)
How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?

Psalms 79:6 (BSB)
Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,

Psalms 79:7 (BSB)
for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.

Psalms 79:8 (BSB)
Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.

Psalms 79:9 (BSB)
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.

Psalms 79:10 (BSB)
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.

Psalms 79:11 (BSB)
May the groans of the captives reach You; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death.

Psalms 79:12 (BSB)
Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.

Psalms 79:13 (BSB)
Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.
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