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Psalms 79:1-13

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Psalm 79

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

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?

⁶Pour out Your wrath upon the nations which do not know You, And upon the kingdoms which do not call upon Your name.

⁷For they have devoured Jacob And laid waste his settlement.

⁸¶Do not hold us responsible for the guilty deeds of our forefathers; Let Your compassion come quickly to meet us, For we have become very low.

⁹Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; And save us and forgive our sins for the sake of Your name.

¹⁰Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Let vengeance for the blood of Your servants which has been shed Be known among the nations in our sight.

¹¹Let the groaning of the prisoner come before You; According to the greatness of Your power, let those who are doomed to die remain.

¹²And return to our neighbors seven times as much into their lap Their taunts with which they have taunted You, Lord.

¹³So we Your people and the sheep of Your pasture Will give thanks to You forever; To all generations we will tell of Your praise.

Psalms 79:1-13 (NASB)