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79:1  A psalm of Asaph. O God, the nations have invaded your heritage; they have profaned your holy temple and turned Jerusalem into a heap of ruins.
79:2  They have given the corpses of your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth.
79:3  They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and no one is left to bury them.
79:4  We have become the scorn of our neighbors, mocked and derided by those around us.
79:5  How long, O Lord? Will you be angry forever? How long will your rage continue to blaze like a fire?
79:6  Pour out your wrath on the nations that refuse to acknowledge you, on the kingdoms that fail to call on your name.
79:7  For they have devoured Jacob and ravaged his homeland.
79:8  Do not hold against us the sins of our ancestors; let your mercy come quickly to meet us, for we are in desperate straits.
79:9  Help us, O God, our Savior, for the glory of your name; deliver us and wipe away our sins for your name’s sake.
79:10  Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes make it clearly known among those nations that you avenge the blood of your servants.
79:11  Let the groans of the captives come before you; through your great power save those who have been sentenced to death.
79:12  Repay our neighbors sevenfold in their breasts, O Lord, for the insults with which they taunted you.
79:13  Then we, your people, the sheep of your pasture, will offer thanks to you forever; from generation to generation we will proclaim your praise.