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Chapter 79 |
| 1 | O god, the
heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled;
they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. |
| 2 | The dead bodies of thy servants
have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy
saints unto the beasts of the earth. |
| 3 | Their blood have they shed like
water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them. |
| 4 | We are
become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are
round about us. |
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5 | How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall
thy jealousy burn like fire? |
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6 | Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen
that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy
name. |
| 7 |
For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling
place. |
| 8 |
O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender
mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. |
| 9 | Help us, O
God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away
our sins, for thy name's sake. |
| 10 | Wherefore should the heathen
say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the
revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed. |
| 11 | Let the
sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy
power preserve thou those that are appointed to die; |
| 12 | And render
unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they
have reproached thee, O Lord. |
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13 | So we thy people and sheep of thy
pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all
generations. |
