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80">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="d">(A psalm by Asaph.)</h3><h3 class="s1">Have Pity on Jerusalem</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v19_79_1"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.79.1" class="v19_79_1">1</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.79.1!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Our God, foreign nations</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_79_1">have taken your land,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_79_1">disgraced your temple,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_79_1">and left Jerusalem in ruins.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_79_2"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.79.2" class="v19_79_2">2</span>They have fed the bodies</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_79_2">of your servants</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_79_2">to flesh-eating birds;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_79_2">your loyal people are food</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_79_2">for savage animals.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_79_3"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.79.3" class="v19_79_3">3</span>All Jerusalem is covered</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_79_3">with their blood,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_79_3">and there is no one left</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_79_3">to bury them.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_79_4"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.79.4" class="v19_79_4">4</span>Every nation around us</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_79_4">sneers and makes fun.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_79_5"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.79.5" class="v19_79_5">5</span>Our <span class="nd">Lord</span>, will you keep on</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_79_5">being angry?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_79_5">Will your angry feelings</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_79_5">keep flaming up like fire?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_79_6"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.79.6" class="v19_79_6">6</span>Get angry with those nations</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_79_6">that don't know you</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_79_6">and won't worship you!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_79_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.79.7" class="v19_79_7">7</span>They have gobbled up</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_79_7">Jacob's descendants</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_79_7">and left the land in ruins.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_79_8"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.79.8" class="v19_79_8">8</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.79.8!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Don't make us pay for the sins</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_79_8">of our ancestors.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_79_8">Have pity and come quickly!</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_79_8">We are completely helpless.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_79_9"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.79.9" class="v19_79_9">9</span>Our God, you keep us safe.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_79_9">Now help us! Rescue us.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_79_9">Forgive our sins</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_79_9">and bring honor to yourself.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_79_10"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.79.10" class="v19_79_10">10</span>Why should nations ask us,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_79_10">“Where is your God?”</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_79_10">Let us and the other nations</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_79_10">see you take revenge</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_79_10">for your servants who died</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_79_10">a violent death.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_79_11"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.79.11" class="v19_79_11">11</span>Listen to the prisoners groan!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_79_11">Let your mighty power save all</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_79_11">who are sentenced to die.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_79_12"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.79.12" class="v19_79_12">12</span>Each of those nations sneered</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_79_12">at you, our Lord.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_79_12">Now let others sneer at them,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_79_12">seven times as much.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_79_13"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.79.13" class="v19_79_13">13</span>Then we, your people,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_79_13">will always thank you.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_79_13">We are like sheep</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_79_13">with you as our shepherd,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_79_13">and all generations</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_79_13">will hear us praise you.</span></p> </div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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