{"book":"Psalms","slug":"psalms","ch":79,"genre":"poetry","sub":"The Book of Psalms","prev":"psalms/78","next":"psalms/80","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"1 The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple [and] reduced Jerusalem to rubble.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"1 The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they have defiled Your holy temple"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[and] reduced Jerusalem to rubble."}],"h":"A Prayer for Deliverance","style":"pshdg"},{"v":2,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They have given the corpses of Your servants"},{"style":"indent2","t":"as food to the birds of the air,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and [there is] no one to bury [the dead].","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They have poured out their blood like water"},{"style":"indent2","t":"all around Jerusalem,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and [there is] no one to bury [the dead]."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"We have become a reproach to our neighbors,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a scorn and derision to those around us."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"How long, O LORD?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Will You be angry forever?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Will Your jealousy burn like fire?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":6,"t":"Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Pour out Your wrath on the nations"},{"style":"indent2","t":"that do not acknowledge You,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"on the kingdoms"},{"style":"indent2","t":"that refuse to call on Your name,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"for they have devoured Jacob"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and devastated his homeland."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Do not hold past sins against us;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"let Your compassion come quickly,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for we are brought low."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":9,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Help us, O God of our salvation,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for the glory of Your name;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"deliver us and atone for our sins,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for the sake of Your name."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Why should the nations ask,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"“ Where is their God?”"},{"style":"indent1","t":"Before our eyes, make known among the nations"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"May the groans of the captives reach You; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"May the groans of the captives reach You;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":12,"t":"Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Pay back into the laps of our neighbors"},{"style":"indent2","t":"sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"will thank You forever;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"from generation to generation"},{"style":"indent2","t":"we will declare Your praise."}],"style":"indent1"}],"superscription":"A Psalm of Asaph."}