Psalm 79 (kjv)
A Psalm of Asaph.
- O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy
holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on
heaps.
- 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.
- Their blood have they shed like water round about
Jerusalem; and [there was] none to bury [them].
- We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and
derision to them that are round about us.
- How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy
jealousy burn like fire?
- Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known
thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy
name.
- For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his
dwelling place.
- O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy
tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very
low.
- 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.
- 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.
- Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee;
according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those
that are appointed to die;
- And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their
bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee,
O Lord.
- So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give
thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all
generations.