37 lines
1.5 KiB
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37 lines
1.5 KiB
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# Chapter 79
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1 O God, the nations have come into Your inheritance;
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Your holy temple they have defiled;
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They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
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2 The dead bodies of Your servants
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They have given as food for the birds of the heavens,
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The flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.
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3 Their blood they have shed 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 a reproach to our neighbors,
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A scorn and derision to those who are around us.
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5 How long, Lord?
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Will You be angry forever?
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Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
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6 Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not know You,
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And on the kingdoms that do not call on Your name.
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7 For they have devoured Jacob,
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And laid waste his dwelling place.
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8 Oh, do not remember former iniquities against us!
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Let Your tender mercies come speedily to meet us,
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For we have been brought very low.
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9 Help us, O God of our salvation,
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For the glory of Your name;
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And deliver us, and provide atonement 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 there be known among the nations in our sight
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The avenging of the blood of Your servants which has been shed.
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11 Let the groaning of the prisoner come before You;
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According to the greatness of Your power
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Preserve those who are appointed to die;
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12 And return to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom
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Their reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord.
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13 So we, Your people and sheep of Your pasture,
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Will give You thanks forever;
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We will show forth Your praise to all generations. |