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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.
79:2  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.
79:3  Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.
79:4  We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
79:5  How long, O LORD, wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
79:6  Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name.
79:7  For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his habitation.
79:8  Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
79:9  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.
79:10  Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed be known among the heathen in our sight.
79:11  Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to death;
79:12  And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
79:13  So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.