61 lines
1.4 KiB
Markdown
61 lines
1.4 KiB
Markdown
Psalm 79Faith amid Confusion
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1. God, the nations have invaded your inheritance,
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desecrated your holy temple,
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and turned Jerusalem into ruins.
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2. They gave the corpses of your servants
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to the birds of the sky for food,
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the flesh of your faithful ones
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to the beasts of the earth.
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3. They poured out their blood
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like water all around Jerusalem,
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and there was no one to bury them.
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4. We have become an object of reproach
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to our neighbors,
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a source of mockery and ridicule
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to those around us.
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5. How long, Lord? Will you be angry forever?
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Will your jealousy keep burning like fire?
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6. Pour out your wrath on the nations
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that don't acknowledge you,
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on the kingdoms that don't call on your name,
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7. for they have devoured Jacob
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and devastated his homeland.
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8. Do not hold past iniquities against us;
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let your compassion come to us quickly,
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for we have become very weak.
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9. God of our salvation, help us,
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for the glory of your name.
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Rescue us and atone for our sins,
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for your name's sake.
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10. Why should the nations ask,
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"Where is their God?"
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Before our eyes,
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let vengeance for the shed blood of your servants
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be known among the nations.
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11. Let the groans of the prisoners reach you;
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according to your great power,
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preserve those condemned to die.
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12. Pay back sevenfold to our neighbors
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the reproach they have hurled at you, Lord.
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13. Then we, your people, the sheep of your pasture,
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will thank you forever;
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we will declare your praise
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to generation after generation.
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