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Psalms 79

13 aligned verses; 13 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Verse ASV American Standard Version BSB Berean Standard Bible
O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance; Thy holy temple have they defiled ; They have laid Jerusalem in heaps .
A Psalm of Asaph. The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance ; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble .
The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be food unto the birds of the heavens , The flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
They have given the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the air , the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.
Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem ; And there was none to bury them .
They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem , and there is no one to bury the dead .
We are become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to them that are round about us.
We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.
How long, O Jehovah ? wilt thou be angry for ever ? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
How long, O LORD ? Will You be angry forever ? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, And upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name .
Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You , on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name ,
For they have devoured Jacob , And laid waste his habitation .
for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland .
Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers: Let thy tender mercies speedily meet us ; For we are brought very low.
Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name; And deliver us , and forgive our sins, for thy name's sake.
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for the sake of Your name .
Wherefore should the nations say , Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed Be known among the nations in our sight .
Why should the nations ask , Where is their God? Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants .
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee: According to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to death ;
May the groans of the captives reach You; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death .
And render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom Their reproach , wherewith they have reproached thee , O Lord.
Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You , O Lord.
So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture Will give thee thanks for ever: We will show forth thy praise to all generations . Psalm 80 For the Chief Musician, set to Shoshanim Eduth.. A Psalm of Asaph.
Then we Your people , the sheep of Your pasture , will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.

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