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Psalms 78

## The Book of Psalms

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| # Chapter 79
#### 1 | A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance; Thy holy temple have they defiled; They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
#### 2 | The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be food unto the birds of the heavens, The flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
#### 3 | Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; And there was none to bury them.
#### 4 | We are become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to them that are round about us.
#### 5 | How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
#### 6 | Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, And upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name.
#### 7 | For they have devoured Jacob, And laid waste his habitation.
#### 8 | Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers: Let thy tender mercies speedily meet us; For we are brought very low.
#### 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.
#### 10 | Wherefore 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.
#### 11 | Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee: According to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to death;
#### 12 | And render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom Their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
#### 13 | So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture Will give thee thanks for ever: We will show forth thy praise to all generations.

Psalms 80

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