57 lines
1.6 KiB
Markdown
57 lines
1.6 KiB
Markdown
How Long, O LORD?
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# Chapter 79
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1. O God, the nations have come into your inheritance;
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they have defiled your holy temple;
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they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.
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2. They have given the bodies of your servants
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to the birds of the heavens for food,
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the flesh of your faithful to the beasts of the earth.
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3. They have poured out their blood like water
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all around Jerusalem,
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and there was no one to bury them.
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4. We have become a taunt to our neighbors,
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mocked and derided by those around us.
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5. How long, O LORD? Will you be angry forever?
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Will your jealousy burn like fire?
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6. Pour out your anger on the nations
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that do not know you,
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and on the kingdoms
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that do not call upon your name!
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7. For they have devoured Jacob
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and laid waste his habitation.
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8. Do not remember against us our former iniquities;
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let your compassion come speedily to meet us,
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for we are brought very low.
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9.
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Help us, O God of our salvation,
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for the glory of your name;
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deliver us, and atone for our sins,
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for your name's sake!
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10. Why should the nations say,
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"Where is their God?"
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Let the avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants
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be known among the nations before our eyes!
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11. Let the groans of the prisoners come before you;
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according to your great power, preserve those doomed to die!
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12. Return sevenfold into the lap of our neighbors
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the taunts with which they have taunted you, O Lord!
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13. But we your people, the sheep of your pasture,
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will give thanks to you forever;
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from generation to generation we will recount your praise.
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