Psalms 79
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PSALM 79
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
A Psalm of Asaph.
1O God, the heathen enter'd have
thine heritage; by them
Defiled is thy house: on heaps
they laid Jerusalem.
2The bodies of thy servants they
have cast forth to be meat
To rav'nous fowls; thy dear saints' flesh
they gave to beasts to eat.
3Their blood about Jerusalem
like water they have shed;
And there was none to bury them
when they were slain and dead.
4Unto our neighbours a reproach
most base become are we;
A scorn and laughingstock to them
that round about us be.
5How long, Lord, shall thine anger last?
wilt thou still keep the same?
And shall thy fervent jealousy
burn like unto a flame?
6On heathen pour thy fury forth,
that have thee never known,
And on those kingdoms which thy name
have never call'd upon.
7For these are they who Jacob have
devoured cruelly;
And they his habitation
have caused waste to lie.
8Against us mind not former sins;
thy tender mercies show;
Let them prevent us speedily,
for we're brought very low.
9For thy name's glory help us, Lord,
who hast our Saviour been:
Deliver us; for thy name's sake,
O purge away our sin.
10Why say the heathen, Where's their God?
let him to them be known;
When those who shed thy servants' blood
are in our sight o'erthrown.
11O let the pris'ner's sighs ascend
before thy sight on high;
Preserve those in thy mighty pow'r
that are design'd to die.
12And to our neighbours' bosom cause
it sev'n-fold render'd be,
Ev'n the reproach wherewith they have,
O Lord, reproached thee.
13So we thy folk, and pasture-sheep,
shall give thee thanks always;
And unto generations all
we will shew forth thy praise.
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Psalm 79
79
A Lament over the Destruction of Jerusalem
A Psalm of Asaph.
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2 Kgs 25.8-10; 2 Chr 36.17-19; Jer 52.12-14. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance;
thy holy temple have they defiled;
they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
2The 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.
3Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem;
and there was none to bury them.
4We are become a reproach to our neighbors,
a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
5How long, Lord? Wilt thou be angry for ever?
Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
6Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee,
and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.
7For they have devoured Jacob,
and laid waste his dwelling place.
8O remember not against us former iniquities:
let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us;
for we are brought very low.
9Help 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.
10Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God?
Let him be known among the heathen in our sight
by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.
11Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee;
according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
12and render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom
their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
13So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture
will give thee thanks for ever:
we will show forth thy praise to all generations.
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