| Chapter
79 |
| 1 | O god,
the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled;
they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. |
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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. |
| 5 | How long, LORD?
wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire? |
| 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. |
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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; |
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12 | And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their
bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord. |
| 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. |
