[[Psalm 78|<< Psalm 78]] | [[Psalms|Psalms]] | [[Psalm 80|Psalm 80 >>]] ### Psalm 79 > A Psalm of Asaph. 1 O GOD, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. ^1 2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given _to_ _be_ meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth. ^2 3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and _there_ _was_ none to bury _them_. ^3 4 We are become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us. ^4 5 How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire? ^5 6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name. ^6 7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place. ^7 8 O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. ^8 9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake. ^9 10 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where _is_ their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight _by_ the revenging of the blood of thy servants _which_ _is_ shed. ^10 11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die; ^11 12 And render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord. ^12 13 So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will show forth thy praise to all generations. ^13