Psalms 79
1. <<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.
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.
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.
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.
