79:1O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance;
Thy holy temple have they defiled;
They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
79:2The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be food unto the birds of the heavens,
The flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
79:3Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem;
And there was none to bury them.
79:4We are become a reproach to our neighbors,
A scoffing and derision to them that are round about us.
79:5How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever?
Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
79:6Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not,
And upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name.
79:7For they have devoured Jacob,
And laid waste his habitation.
79:8Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers:
Let thy tender mercies speedily meet us;
For we are brought very low.
79:9Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name;
And deliver us, and forgive our sins, for thy name's sake.
79:10Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their God?
Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed
Be known among the nations in our sight.
79:11Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee:
According to the greatness those that are appointed to death;
79:12And render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom
Their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
79:13So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture
Will give thee thanks for ever:
We will show forth thy praise to all generations.
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