| The Holy Bible: King James Version. 2000. | | The Psalms | | 79 |
A Lament over the Destruction of Jerusalem |
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O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance;
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The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven,
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the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth. |
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Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem;
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and there was none to bury them. |
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We are become a reproach to our neighbors,
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a scorn and derision to them that are round about us. |
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How long, LORD? Wilt thou be angry for ever?
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Shall thy jealousy burn like fire? |
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Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee,
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and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name. |
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For they have devoured Jacob,
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and laid waste his dwelling place. |
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O remember not against us former iniquities:
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let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us; |
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for we are brought very low. |
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Help us, O God of our salvation,
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for the glory of thy name: |
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and deliver us, and purge away our sins, |
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for thy name's sake. |
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Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God?
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Let him be known among the heathen in our sight |
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by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed. |
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Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee;
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according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die; |
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and render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom
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their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord. |
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So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture
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will give thee thanks for ever: |
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we will show forth thy praise to all generations. |
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