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         <div class="label">79</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 79</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of Asaph.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.79.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.79.1"><span class="content">they have defiled your holy temple,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.79.1"><span class="content">they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.79.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.79.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">They have left the dead bodies of your servants</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.79.2"><span class="content">as food for the birds of the sky,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.79.2"><span class="content">the flesh of your own people for the animals of the wild.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.79.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.79.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They have poured out blood like water</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.79.3"><span class="content">all around Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.79.3"><span class="content">and there is no one to bury the dead.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.79.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.79.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">We are objects of contempt to our neighbors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.79.4"><span class="content">of scorn and derision to those around us.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.79.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.79.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">How long, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">? Will you be angry forever?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.79.5"><span class="content">How long will your jealousy burn like fire?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.79.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.79.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Pour out your wrath on the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.79.6"><span class="content">that do not acknowledge you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.79.6"><span class="content">on the kingdoms</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.79.6"><span class="content">that do not call on your name;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.79.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.79.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">for they have devoured Jacob</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.79.7"><span class="content">and devastated his homeland.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.79.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.79.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Do not hold against us the sins of past generations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.79.8"><span class="content">may your mercy come quickly to meet us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.79.8"><span class="content">for we are in desperate need.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.79.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.79.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Help us, God our Savior,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.79.9"><span class="content">for the glory of your name;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.79.9"><span class="content">deliver us and forgive our sins</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.79.9"><span class="content">for your name&#8217;s sake.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.79.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.79.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Why should the nations say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.79.10"><span class="content">&#8220;Where is their God?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.79.10"><span class="content">Before our eyes, make known among the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.79.10"><span class="content">that you avenge the outpoured blood of your servants.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.79.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.79.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">May the groans of the prisoners come before you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.79.11"><span class="content">with your strong arm preserve those condemned to die.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.79.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.79.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Pay back into the laps of our neighbors seven times</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.79.12"><span class="content">the contempt they have hurled at you, Lord.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.79.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.79.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.79.13"><span class="content">will praise you forever;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.79.13"><span class="content">from generation to generation</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.79.13"><span class="content">we will proclaim your praise.</span></span></div>
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