Faith amid Confusion
1 A psalm of Asaph.(A)
God, the nations have invaded Your inheritance,
desecrated Your holy temple,
and turned Jerusalem into ruins.(B)
2 desecrated Your holy temple,
and turned Jerusalem into ruins.(B)
They gave the corpses of Your servants
to the birds of the sky for food,
the flesh of Your godly ones
to the beasts of the earth.(C)
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4 to the birds of the sky for food,
the flesh of Your godly ones
to the beasts of the earth.(C)
We have become an object of reproach
to our neighbors,
a source of mockery and ridicule
to those around us.(E)
to our neighbors,
a source of mockery and ridicule
to those around us.(E)
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Pour out Your wrath on the nations
that don’t acknowledge You,
on the kingdoms that don’t call on Your name,(G)
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8 that don’t acknowledge You,
on the kingdoms that don’t call on Your name,(G)
Do not hold past sins(a) against us;
let Your compassion come to us quickly,
for we have become weak.(I)
let Your compassion come to us quickly,
for we have become weak.(I)
Footnotes:
a.
Psalm 79:8: Or hold the sins of past generations
b.
Psalm 79:9: Or and wipe out, or and forgive
Cross references:
H.
Psalm 79:7:
Psalm 53:4