rsv Psalms:79
rsv@Psalms:79:1 @ A Psalm of Asaph.
rsv@Psalms:79:2 @ O God, the heathen have come into thy inheritance; they have defiled thy holy temple; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.
rsv@Psalms:79:3 @ They have given the bodies of thy servants to the birds of the air for food, the flesh of thy saints to the beasts of the earth.
rsv@Psalms:79:4 @ They have poured out their blood like water round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them.
rsv@Psalms:79:5 @ We have become a taunt to our neighbors, mocked and derided by those round about us.
rsv@Psalms:79:6 @ How long, O LORD? Wilt thou be angry for ever? Will thy jealous wrath burn like fire?
rsv@Psalms:79:7 @ Pour out thy anger on the nations that do not know thee, and on the kingdoms that do not call on thy name!
rsv@Psalms:79:8 @ For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his habitation.
rsv@Psalms:79:9 @ Do not remember against us the iniquities of our forefathers; let thy compassion come speedily to meet us, for we are brought very low.
rsv@Psalms:79:10 @ Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name; deliver us, and forgive our sins, for thy name's sake!
rsv@Psalms:79:11 @ Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let the avenging of the outpoured blood of thy servants be known among the nations before our eyes!
rsv@Psalms:79:12 @ Let the groans of the prisoners come before thee; according to thy great power preserve those doomed to die!
rsv@Psalms:79:13 @ Return sevenfold into the bosom of our neighbors the taunts with which they have taunted thee, O Lord! [ (Psalms strkjv@79:14) Then we thy people, the flock of thy pasture, will give thanks to thee for ever; from generation to generation we will recount thy praise. ]