Old Testament · Poetry and wisdom
Psalms chapter 79
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A song of .
God, the have invaded your land.
They have .
They have turned Jerusalem into a heap of rubble.They have left the dead bodies of your
as food for the birds of the sky,
the flesh of your
for the wild animals of the earth.They have
all around Jerusalem,
and there was .We have become an object of to our neighbors,
by everyone around us.How long, ? Will you be angry forever?
How long will your burn like fire?Pour out your on the nations
that refuse to you,
on the kingdoms
that do not .Because they have devoured
and to his homeland.Do not hold against us the of those who came before us.
Let your come quickly to meet us,
because we are .Help us, God our ,
for the honor of your name.
Pull us out of this and
.Why should the nations say, “”
Let us see the nations
for the blood of your servants that was spilled.Let the of the prisoners reach you.
With the greatness of your power,
preserve those .Pay back our neighbors ,
,
for the contempt they hurled at you, .Then we, ,
,
will thank you forever.
From one generation to the next,
we will .