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Will you be angry forever?</p><p class="poem">Will your jealousy keep burning like fire?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.79.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.79.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/79-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Pour out your wrath on the nations</p><p class="poem">that don’t acknowledge you,</p><p class="poem">on the kingdoms that don’t call on your name,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.79.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.79.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/79-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>for they have devoured Jacob</p><p class="poem">and devastated his homeland.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.79.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.79.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/79-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Do not hold past iniquities<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.79.8.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> against us;</p><p class="poem">let your compassion come to us quickly,</p><p class="poem">for we have become very weak.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.79.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.79.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/79-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>God of our salvation, help us,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.79.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">for the glory of your name.</p><p class="poem">Rescue us and atone for our sins,</p><p class="poem">for your name’s sake.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.79.9.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.79.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/79-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Why should the nations ask,</p><p class="poem">“Where is their God? ”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.79.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">Before our eyes,</p><p class="poem">let vengeance for the shed blood of your servants</p><p class="poem">be known among the nations.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.79.10.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.79.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/79-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Let the groans of the prisoners reach you;</p><p class="poem">according to your great power,</p><p class="poem">preserve those condemned to die.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.79.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.79.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/79-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Pay back sevenfold to our neighbors<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.79.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">the reproach they have hurled at you, Lord.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.79.12.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.79.13" /> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/79-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then we, your people, the sheep of your pasture,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.79.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">will thank you forever;</p><p class="poem">we will declare your praise</p><p class="poem">to generation after generation.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.79.13.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Psalms.79" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Psalms.79.8.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.79.8">79:8</a></span> Or <span class="italic">hold the sins of past generations</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Psalms.79" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Psalms.79.title"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#csb-Psalms.79">79:title</a></span> 1Ch 16:5,7</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.79.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.79.1">79:1</a></span> Jr 26:18; Lm 1:10; Mc 3:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.79.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.79.2">79:2</a></span> Dt 28:26; Jr 7:33; 16:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.79.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.79.3">79:3</a></span> Jr 14:16; 16:4; 22:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.79.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.79.4">79:4</a></span> Ps 44:13–14; 80:6; Dn 9:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.79.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.79.5">79:5</a></span> Ps 74:10; 78:58; 80:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.79.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.79.6">79:6</a></span> Ps 14:4; Jr 10:25</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.79.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.79.7">79:7</a></span> Ps 53:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.79.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.79.8">79:8</a></span> Ps 142:6; Is 64:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.79.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.79.9">79:9</a></span> 1Ch 16:35; Ps 85:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.79.9.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.79.9">79:9</a></span> Ps 25:11; 106:8; Jr 14:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.79.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.79.10">79:10</a></span> Ps 42:3,10; 115:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.79.10.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.79.10">79:10</a></span> Dt 32:43; Ps 94:1–2; Jr 46:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.79.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.79.11">79:11</a></span> Ps 102:20</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.79.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.79.12">79:12</a></span> Lv 26:21,28</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.79.12.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.79.12">79:12</a></span> Ps 74:10,18,22</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.79.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.79.13">79:13</a></span> Ps 74:1; 100:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.79.13.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.79.13">79:13</a></span> Ps 89:1; Is 43:21</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Psalms.79" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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