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79:1  A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the nations have come into your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.
79:2  They have given the bodies of your servants to the birds of the heavens for food, the flesh of your faithful to the beasts of the earth.
79:3  They have poured out their blood like water all round Jerusalem, and there was no one to bury them.
79:4  We have become a taunt to our neighbours, mocked and derided by those around us.
79:5  How long, O Lord? Will you be angry for ever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?
79:6  Pour out your anger on the nations that do not know you, and on the kingdoms that do not call upon your name!
79:7  For they have devoured Jacob and laid waste his habitation.
79:8  Do not remember against us our former iniquities; let your compassion come speedily to meet us, for we are brought very low.
79:9  Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; deliver us, and atone for our sins, for your name's sake!
79:10  Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Let the avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants be known among the nations before our eyes!
79:11  Let the groans of the prisoners come before you; according to your great power, preserve those doomed to die!
79:12  Return sevenfold into the lap of our neighbours the taunts with which they have taunted you, O Lord!
79:13  But we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will give thanks to you for ever; from generation to generation we will recount your praise.