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79:1 A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen have come into thy inheritance;they have defiled thy holy temple;they have laid Jerusalem in ruins. 79:2 They have given the bodies of thy servants to the birds of the air for food, the flesh of thy saints to the beasts of the earth. 79:3 They have poured out their blood like water round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them. 79:4 We have become a taunt to our neighbors, mocked and derided by those round about us. 79:5 How long, O LORD? Wilt thou be angry for ever? Will thy jealous wrath burn like fire? 79:6 Pour out thy anger on the nations that do not know thee, and on the kingdoms that do not call on 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 compassion come speedily to meet us, for we are brought very low. 79:9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name;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 outpoured blood of thy servants be known among the nations before our eyes! 79:11 Let the groans of the prisoners come before thee;according to thy great power preserve those doomed to die! 79:12 Return sevenfold into the bosom of our neighbors the taunts with which they have taunted thee, O Lord! 79:13 Then we thy people, the flock of thy pasture, will give thanks to thee for ever;from generation to generation we will recount thy praise.