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Chapter 79
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O god, the heathen are come into thine inheritance;
thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem
on heaps. |
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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. |
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Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem;
and there was none to bury them. |
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We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn
and derision to them that are round about us. |
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How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall
thy jealousy burn like fire? |
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Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known
thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon
thy name. |
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For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling
place. |
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O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy
tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought
very low. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according
to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that
are appointed to die; |
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And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their
bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached
thee, O Lord. |
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So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give
thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to
all generations. |
