The Help of God - Psalm 79

O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy  temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.  Psalm 79:1 

Psalm 79:2 The 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.  

Psalm 79:3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and  there was none to bury them.  

Psalm 79:4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and  derision to them that are round about us.   

Psalm 79:5 How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy  burn like fire?  

Psalm 79:6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee,  and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.  

Psalm 79:7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.  

Psalm 79:8 O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender  mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.  

Psalm 79:9 Help 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.  

Psalm 79:10 Wherefore 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.  

Psalm 79:11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to  the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed  to die;  

Psalm 79:12 And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their  reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.  

Psalm 79:13 So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks  for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.  KJV

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