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<p class="indent2"> Will You be angry forever? <p class="indent2"> Will Your jealousy burn like fire? <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/79-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Pour out Your wrath on the nations <p class="indent2"> that do not acknowledge You, <p class="indent1"> on the kingdoms <p class="indent2"> that refuse to call on Your name, <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/79-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>for they have devoured Jacob <p class="indent2"> and devastated his homeland. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/79-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Do not hold past sins against us; <p class="indent2"> let Your compassion come quickly, <p class="indent2"> for we are brought low. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/79-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Help us, O God of our salvation, <p class="indent2"> for the glory of Your name; <p class="indent1"> deliver us and atone for our sins, <p class="indent2"> for the sake of Your name. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/79-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Why should the nations ask, <p class="indent2">“Where is their God?” <p class="indent1"> Before our eyes, make known among the nations <p class="indent2"> Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/79-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>May the groans of the captives reach You; <p class="indent2"> by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/79-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Pay back into the laps of our neighbors <p class="indent2"> sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord. <A name=""></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/79-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, <p class="indent2"> will thank You forever; <p class="indent1"> from generation to generation <p class="indent2"> we will declare Your praise.</p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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