­PSA 79:1  O god, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple

 have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.

 

­PSA 79:2  The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the

 fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.

 

­PSA 79:3  Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and

 there was none to bury them.

 

­PSA 79:4  We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision

 to them that are round about us.

 

­PSA 79:5  How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn

 like fire?

 

­PSA 79:6  Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and

 upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.

 

­PSA 79:7  For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.

 

­PSA 79:8  O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies

 speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.

 

­PSA 79:9  Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and

 deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.

 

­PSA 79:10  Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be

 known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy

 servants which is shed.

 

­PSA 79:11  Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the

 greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;

 

­PSA 79:12  And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their

 reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

 

­PSA 79:13  So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for

 ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.