Psalms Chapter 79

79 : 1 O God, the nations have come into thine inheritance. They have defiled thy holy temple. They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.

79 : 2 They have given the dead bodies of thy servants to be food to the birds of the heavens, the flesh of thy sanctified to the beasts of the earth.

79 : 3 They have shed their blood like water round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them.

79 : 4 We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and derision to those who are round about us.

79 : 5 How long, O Jehovah? Will thou be angry forever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

79 : 6 Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that do not know thee, and upon the kingdoms that do not call upon thy name.

79 : 7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his habitation.

79 : 8 Do not remember against us the iniquities of our forefathers. Let thy tender mercies speedily meet us, for we are brought very low.

79 : 9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name. And deliver us, and forgive our sins, for thy name's sake.

79 : 10 Why should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed be known among the nations in our sight.

79 : 11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee. According to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those who are appointed to death,

79 : 12 and render to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom their reproach with which they have reproached thee, O Lord,

79 : 13 so we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks forever. We will show forth thy praise to all generations.