Psalms 79:1-7
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Psalm 79
A psalm of Asaph.
O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance;
they have defiled your holy temple,
they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
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They have given the dead bodies of your servants
as food to the birds of the air,
the flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth.
3
They have poured out blood like water
all around Jerusalem,
and there is no one to bury the dead.
4
We are objects of reproach to our neighbors,
of scorn and derision to those around us.
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How long, O Lord? Will you be angry forever?
How long will your jealousy burn like fire?
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Pour out your wrath on the nations
that do not acknowledge you,
on the kingdoms
that do not call on your name;
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for they have devoured Jacob
and destroyed his homeland.