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A Prayer for the Nation's Deliverance[a]

79 (A)O God, the heathen have invaded your land.
    They have desecrated your holy Temple
    and left Jerusalem in ruins.
They left the bodies of your people for the vultures,
    the bodies of your servants for wild animals to eat.
They shed your people's blood like water;
    blood flowed like water all through Jerusalem,
    and no one was left to bury the dead.
The surrounding nations insult us;
    they laugh at us and mock us.

Lord, will you be angry with us forever?
    Will your anger continue to burn like fire?
Turn your anger on the nations that do not worship you,
    on the people who do not pray to you.
For they have killed your people;
    they have ruined your country.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 79:1 HEBREW TITLE: A psalm by Asaph.

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