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Psalms 79

13 aligned verses; 13 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Verse KJV King James Version BSB Berean Standard Bible
O god, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled ; they have laid Jerusalem on 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 meat unto the fowls of the heaven , 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 neighbours , a scorn 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, LORD? 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 heathen that have not known thee , and upon the kingdoms that have not called 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 dwelling place .
for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland .
O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent 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 purge away 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 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 .
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 die;
May the groans of the captives reach You ; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death.
And render unto our neighbours 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 shew forth thy praise to all generations .
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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