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Psalm 79 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:1 - A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen have come into thy inheritance; they have defiled thy holy temple; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:2 - They have given the bodies of thy servants to the birds of the air for food, the flesh of thy saints to the beasts of the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:3 - They have poured out their blood like water round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:4 - We have become a taunt to our neighbors, mocked and derided by those round about us.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:5 - How long, O LORD? Wilt thou be angry for ever? Will thy jealous wrath burn like fire?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:6 - Pour out thy anger on the nations that do not know thee, and on the kingdoms that do not call on thy name!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:7 - For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his habitation.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:8 - Do not remember against us the iniquities of our forefathers; let thy compassion come speedily to meet us, for we are brought very low.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:9 - Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name; deliver us, and forgive our sins, for thy name's sake!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:10 - Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let the avenging of the outpoured blood of thy servants be known among the nations before our eyes!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:11 - Let the groans of the prisoners come before thee; according to thy great power preserve those doomed to die!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:12 - Return sevenfold into the bosom of our neighbors the taunts with which they have taunted thee, O Lord!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:13 - Then we thy people, the flock of thy pasture, will give thanks to thee for ever; from generation to generation we will recount thy praise.
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Source: Transcribed from: The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version containing the Old and New Testaments, translated from the original tongues: being the version set forth A.D. 1611, revised A.D. 1881-1885 and A.D. 1901: compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1946-52. — 2nd ed. of New Testament A.D. 1971. There should be enough in the rest of the description to identify the text.

Language: English

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