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Psalms 79:1-5

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Psalm 79

Grieving over the Destruction of Jerusalem, and Prayer for Help.

A Psalm of Asaph.

1God, the nations have invaded Your inheritance;

They have defiled Your holy temple;

They have laid Jerusalem in ruins.

2They have given the dead bodies of Your servants to the birds of the sky as food,

The flesh of Your godly ones to the animals of the earth.

3They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem;

And there was no one to bury them.

4We have become a disgrace before our neighbors,

An object of derision and ridicule to those around us.

5How long, Lord? Will You be angry forever?

Will Your jealousy burn like fire?