Psalm 79

Psalm 79

A Psalm ^||of Asaph.

¹O God, ^athe heathen are come into ^bthine inheritance;

^cThy holy temple have they defiled;

^dThey have laid Jerusalem on heaps.

^2eThe dead bodies of thy servants have they given

To be meat unto the fowls of the heaven,

^fThe flesh of ^gthy saints unto the ^hbeasts of the earth.

³Their blood have they ⁱshed like water

Round about Jerusalem; and there was ^jnone to bury them.

⁴We are become a ^klreproach to our neighbours,

^lA scorn and derision ^kto them that are round about us.

^5mnHow long, Lord? wilt thou be angry ⁿfor ever?

Shall thy ^ojealousy ^ooburn like fire?

^6ipPour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have ^qnot known thee,

And upon the kingdoms that have ^rnot called upon thy name.

⁷For they have devoured Jacob,

And laid waste his ^sdwelling place.

^8tO remember not against us ^||former iniquities:

Let thy tender mercies speedily ^uprevent us:

^xFor we are brought very low.

^9yHelp us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name:

And deliver us, and ^zpurge away our sins, ^afor thy name’s sake.

^10bWherefore 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 ^cthe sighing of the prisoner come before thee;

According to the greatness of ^†thy power

^†Preserve thou ^cthose that are appointed to die;

¹²And render unto ^eour neighbours ^fsevenfold ^ginto their bosom

^hTheir reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

¹³So we ^hthy people and ⁱsheep of thy pasture

Will give thee thanks for ever:

^kWe will shew forth thy praise ^†to all generations.