Psalm 79 NKJV

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width="99%" valign="top">New King James Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nkjv/kjv/psalms/79.shtml" style=color:#001320 title=Parallel Chapters> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"> <h3>A Dirge and a Prayer for Israel, Destroyed by Enemies</span></h3><h4 class="psalm-title"><span class="text Ps-79-1">A Psalm of Asaph.</span></h4><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="chapter-2"><span class="text Ps-79-1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/79-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>O God, the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[a]</a></span>nations have come into Your inheritance;</span></span><br /><span class="text Ps-79-1">Your holy temple they have defiled;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-79-1">They have laid Jerusalem <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>in heaps.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/79-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The dead bodies of Your servants</span><br /><span class="text Ps-79-2">They have given <i>as</i> food for the birds of the heavens,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-79-2">The flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/79-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Their blood they have shed like water all around Jerusalem,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-79-3">And <i>there was</i> no one to bury <i>them.</i></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/79-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>We have become a reproach to our neighbors,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-79-4">A scorn and derision to those who are around us.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/79-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>How long, <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>?</span><br /><span class="text Ps-79-5">Will You be angry forever?</span><br /><span class="text Ps-79-5">Will Your jealousy burn like fire?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/79-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Pour out Your wrath on the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>nations that do not know You,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-79-6">And on the kingdoms that do not call on Your name.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/79-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For they have devoured Jacob,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-79-7">And laid waste his dwelling place.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/79-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Oh, do not remember <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>former iniquities against us!</span><br /><span class="text Ps-79-8">Let Your tender mercies come speedily to meet us,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-79-8">For we have been brought very low.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/79-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Help us, O God of our salvation,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-79-9">For the glory of Your name;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-79-9">And deliver us, and provide atonement for our sins,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-79-9">For Your name’s sake!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/79-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Why should the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span>nations say,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-79-10">“Where <i>is</i> their God?”</span><br /><span class="text Ps-79-10">Let there be known among the nations in our sight</span><br /><span class="text Ps-79-10">The avenging of the blood of Your servants <i>which has been</i> shed.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/79-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Let the groaning of the prisoner come before You;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-79-11">According to the greatness of Your <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span>power</span><br /><span class="text Ps-79-11">Preserve those who are appointed to die;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/79-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And return to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom</span><br /><span class="text Ps-79-12">Their reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/79-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>So we, Your people and sheep of Your pasture,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-79-13">Will give You thanks forever;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-79-13">We will show forth Your praise to all generations.</span></p></div> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-15187a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 79:1">Psalm 79:1</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>Gentiles</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-15187b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 79:1">Psalm 79:1</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>in ruins</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-15192c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 79:6">Psalm 79:6</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>Gentiles</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-15194d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 79:8">Psalm 79:8</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>against us the iniquities of those who were before us</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-15196e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 79:10">Psalm 79:10</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>Gentiles</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-15197f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 79:11">Psalm 79:11</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>arm</i></span></li></ol></div> </span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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