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Psalm 79 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Psa 79:1

Psa 79:1<A Psalm. Of Asaph.> O God, the nations have come into your heritage; they have made your holy Temple unclean; they have made Jerusalem a mass of broken walls.

Psa 79:2

Psa 79:2They have given the bodies of your servants as food to the birds of the air, and the flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth.

Psa 79:3

Psa 79:3Their blood has been flowing like water round about Jerusalem; there was no one to put them in their last resting-place.

Psa 79:4

Psa 79:4We are looked down on by our neighbours, we are laughed at and made sport of by those who are round us.

Psa 79:5

Psa 79:5How long, O Lord? will you be angry for ever? will your wrath go on burning like fire?

Psa 79:6

Psa 79:6Let your wrath be on the nations who have no knowledge of you, and on the kingdoms who have not made prayer to your name.

Psa 79:7

Psa 79:7For they have taken Jacob for their meat, and made waste his house.

Psa 79:8

Psa 79:8Do not keep in mind against us the sins of our fathers; let your mercy come to us quickly, for we have been made very low.

Psa 79:9

Psa 79:9Give us help, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; take us out of danger and give us forgiveness for our sins, because of your name.

Psa 79:10

Psa 79:10Why may the nations say, Where is their God? Let payment for the blood of your servants be made openly among the nations before our eyes.

Psa 79:11

Psa 79:11Let the cry of the prisoner come before you; with your strong arm make free the children of death;

Psa 79:12

Psa 79:12And give punishment seven times over into the breast of our neighbours for the bitter words which they have said against you, O Lord.

Psa 79:13

Psa 79:13So we your people, and the sheep of your flock, will give you glory for ever: we will go on praising you through all generations.
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