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Psalm 79 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

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How Long, O Lord?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:1 - A Psalm of Asaph.
O God, the nations have come into your inheritance;
they have defiled your holy temple;
they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:2 - They have given the bodies of your servants
to the birds of the heavens for food,
the flesh of your faithful to the beasts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:3 - They have poured out their blood like water
all around Jerusalem,
and there was no one to bury them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:4 - We have become a taunt to our neighbors,
mocked and derided by those around us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:5 - How long, O LORD? Will you be angry forever?
Will your jealousy burn like fire?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 79:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:6 - Pour out your anger on the nations
that do not know you,
and on the kingdoms
that do not call upon your name!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:7 - For they have devoured Jacob
and laid waste his habitation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:8 - Do not remember against us our former iniquities;[fn]
let your compassion come speedily to meet us,
for we are brought very low.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 79:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:9 - Help us, O God of our salvation,
for the glory of your name;
deliver us, and atone for our sins,
for your name’s sake!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 79:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:10 - Why should the nations say,
“Where is their God?”
Let the avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants
be known among the nations before our eyes!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:11 - Let the groans of the prisoners come before you;
according to your great power, preserve those doomed to die!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:12 - Return sevenfold into the lap of our neighbors
the taunts with which they have taunted you, O Lord!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:13 - But we your people, the sheep of your pasture,
will give thanks to you forever;
from generation to generation we will recount your praise.
See the ESV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
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Or the iniquities of former generations
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Psalm Chapter 79 — Additional Translations:

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