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Psalm 79
New International Version

### Psalm 79

#### A psalm of Asaph.

1 O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance;(A)
they have defiled(B) your holy temple,
they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.(C)
2 They have left the dead bodies of your servants
as food for the birds of the sky,(D)
the flesh of your own people for the animals of the wild.(E)
3 They have poured out blood like water
all around Jerusalem,
and there is no one to bury(F) the dead.(G)
4 We are objects of contempt to our neighbors,
of scorn(H) and derision to those around us.(I)

5 How long,(J) Lord? Will you be angry(K) forever?
How long will your jealousy burn like fire?(L)
6 Pour out your wrath(M) on the nations
that do not acknowledge(N) you,
on the kingdoms
that do not call on your name;(O)
7 for they have devoured(P) Jacob
and devastated his homeland.

8 Do not hold against us the sins of past generations;(Q)
may your mercy come quickly to meet us,
for we are in desperate need.(R)
9 Help us,(S) God our Savior,
for the glory of your name;
deliver us and forgive our sins
for your name’s sake.(T)
10 Why should the nations say,
“Where is their God?”(U)

Before our eyes, make known among the nations
that you avenge(V) the outpoured blood(W) of your servants.
11 May the groans of the prisoners come before you;
with your strong arm preserve those condemned to die.
12 Pay back into the laps(X) of our neighbors seven times(Y)
the contempt they have hurled at you, Lord.
13 Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture,(Z)
will praise you forever;(AA)
from generation to generation
we will proclaim your praise.

#### Cross references

1. Psalm 79:1 : S Ex 34:9
2. Psalm 79:1 : S Lev 20:3
3. Psalm 79:1 : S 2Ki 25:9; S Ne 4:2; S Isa 6:11
4. Psalm 79:2 : Rev 19:17-18
5. Psalm 79:2 : S Dt 28:26; Jer 7:33
6. Psalm 79:3 : Jer 25:33; Rev 11:9
7. Psalm 79:3 : Jer 16:4
8. Psalm 79:4 : S Ps 39:8; S Eze 5:14
9. Psalm 79:4 : Ps 44:13; 80:6
10. Psalm 79:5 : S Ps 74:10
11. Psalm 79:5 : Ps 74:1; 85:5
12. Psalm 79:5 : S Dt 29:20; Ps 89:46; Zep 3:8
13. Psalm 79:6 : S Ps 2:5; 69:24; 110:5; Rev 16:1
14. Psalm 79:6 : Ps 147:20; Jer 10:25
15. Psalm 79:6 : S Ps 14:4
16. Psalm 79:7 : Isa 9:12; Jer 10:25
17. Psalm 79:8 : S Ge 9:25; Jer 44:21
18. Psalm 79:8 : Ps 116:6; 142:6
19. Psalm 79:9 : S 2Ch 14:11
20. Psalm 79:9 : Ps 25:11; 31:3; Jer 14:7
21. Psalm 79:10 : S Ps 42:3
22. Psalm 79:10 : Ps 94:1; S Rev 6:10
23. Psalm 79:10 : ver 3
24. Psalm 79:12 : Isa 65:6; Jer 32:18
25. Psalm 79:12 : S Ge 4:15
26. Psalm 79:13 : S Ps 74:1
27. Psalm 79:13 : Ps 44:8

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