Psalms:79

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* &lt ;&lt ;A Psalm of Asaph .&gt ;&gt ; O God , the Gentiles are come into thine inheritance ; they have defiled the temple of thy holiness ; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps . * The dead bodies of thy servants they have given [to be ] food unto the fowls of the heavens , the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth . * They have shed their blood like water round about Jerusalem , and [there was ] no one to bury [them ]. * We are reproached by our neighbours , scorned , and derided by those that are round about us . * How long , LORD ? wilt thou be angry for ever ? shall thy jealousy burn like fire ? * Pour out thy wrath upon the Gentiles that do not know thee and upon the kingdoms that do not call upon thy name . * For they have devoured Jacob and laid waste his dwelling place . * O remember not against us former iniquities ; let thy tender mercies speedily meet us on the way , for we are very poor . * Help us , O God , our saving health , for the honor of thy name and deliver us and purge away our sins , for thy name 's sake . * Why should the Gentiles say , Where [is ] their God ? let him be known among the Gentiles in our sight [by ] the revenging of the blood of thy servants [which is ] shed . * Let the sighing of the prisoners come before thee ; according to the greatness of thy power preserve those that are appointed to die * and render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach , with which they have reproached thee , O Lord . * So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever : from generation to generation we will sing thy praises .:

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