Psalms 79:1-8
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1 O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
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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.
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3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.
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4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
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5 How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
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6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.
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7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.
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8 O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.