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79:1  A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the nations have invaded [the land of Your people] Your inheritance; They have defiled Your sacred temple; They have laid Jerusalem in ruins.
79:2  They have given the dead bodies of Your servants as food to the birds of the heavens, The flesh of Your godly ones to the beasts of the earth.
79:3  They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, And there was no one to bury them.
79:4  We have become an object of taunting to our neighbors [because of our humiliation], A derision and mockery to those who encircle us.
79:5  How long, O Lord? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy [which cannot endure a divided allegiance] burn like fire?
79:6  Pour out Your wrath on the [Gentile] nations that do not know You, And on the kingdoms that do not call on Your name.
79:7  For they have devoured Jacob And made his pasture desolate.
79:8  O do not remember against us the sins and guilt of our forefathers. Let Your compassion and mercy come quickly to meet us, For we have been brought very low.
79:9  Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; Rescue us, forgive us our sins for Your name’s sake.
79:10  Why should the [Gentile] nations say, “Where is their God?” Let there be known [without delay] among the nations in our sight [and to this generation], Your vengeance for the blood of Your servants which has been poured out.
79:11  Let the groaning and sighing of the prisoner come before You; According to the greatness of Your power keep safe those who are doomed to die.
79:12  And return into the lap of our neighbors sevenfold The taunts with which they have taunted You, O Lord.
79:13  So we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, Will give You thanks forever; We will declare and publish Your praise from generation to generation.