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Psalms 79

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¹ A psalm of Asaph. ⓗ [1] God, the nations have invaded your inheritance, desecrated your holy temple, and turned Jerusalem into ruins. ⓘ

² They gave the corpses of your servants to the birds of the sky for food, the flesh of your faithful ones to the beasts of the earth. ⓙ

³ They poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there was no one to bury them. ⓚ

⁴ We have become an object of reproach to our neighbors, a source of mockery and ridicule to those around us. ⓛ

⁵ How long, LORD? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy keep burning like fire? ⓜ

⁶ Pour out your wrath on the nations that don’t acknowledge you, on the kingdoms that don’t call on your name, ⓝ

⁷ for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland. ⓐ

⁸ Do not hold past iniquities [1] against us; let your compassion come to us quickly, for we have become very weak. ⓑ

⁹ God of our salvation, help us ⓒ — for the glory of your name. Rescue us and atone for our sins, for your name’s sake. ⓓ

¹⁰ Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” ⓔ Before our eyes, let vengeance for the shed blood of your servants be known among the nations. ⓕ

¹¹ Let the groans of the prisoners reach you; according to your great power, preserve those condemned to die. ⓖ

¹² Pay back sevenfold to our neighbors ⓗ the reproach they have hurled at you, Lord. ⓘ

¹³ Then we, your people, the sheep of your pasture, ⓙ will thank you forever; we will declare your praise to generation after generation. ⓚ

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1	A psalm of Asaph. ⓗ [1] God, the nations have invaded your inheritance, desecrated your holy temple, and turned Jerusalem into ruins. ⓘ
2	They gave the corpses of your servants to the birds of the sky for food, the flesh of your faithful ones to the beasts of the earth. ⓙ
3	They poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there was no one to bury them. ⓚ
4	We have become an object of reproach to our neighbors, a source of mockery and ridicule to those around us. ⓛ
5	How long, LORD? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy keep burning like fire? ⓜ
6	Pour out your wrath on the nations that don’t acknowledge you, on the kingdoms that don’t call on your name, ⓝ
7	for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland. ⓐ
8	Do not hold past iniquities [1] against us; let your compassion come to us quickly, for we have become very weak. ⓑ
9	God of our salvation, help us ⓒ — for the glory of your name. Rescue us and atone for our sins, for your name’s sake. ⓓ
10	Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” ⓔ Before our eyes, let vengeance for the shed blood of your servants be known among the nations. ⓕ
11	Let the groans of the prisoners reach you; according to your great power, preserve those condemned to die. ⓖ
12	Pay back sevenfold to our neighbors ⓗ the reproach they have hurled at you, Lord. ⓘ
13	Then we, your people, the sheep of your pasture, ⓙ will thank you forever; we will declare your praise to generation after generation. ⓚ

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