Psalm 79:1-9

American Standard Version

79 O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance;
Thy holy temple have they defiled;
They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
² 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.
³ Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem;
And there was none to bury them.
⁴ We are become a reproach to our neighbors,
A scoffing and derision to them that are round about us.
⁵ How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever?
Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
⁶ Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not,
And upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name.
⁷ For they have devoured Jacob,
And laid waste his ^[a]habitation.
⁸ Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers:
Let thy tender mercies speedily meet us;
For we are brought very low.
⁹ Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name;
And deliver us, and ^[b]forgive our sins, for thy name’s sake.