Psalm 79:1-4

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1} A Psalm of Asaph.

O God, the ^(A)nations have ^(a)invaded ^(B)Your inheritance;
They have defiled Your ^(C)holy temple;
They have ^(D)laid Jerusalem in ruins.

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They have given the ^(E)dead bodies of Your servants for food to the birds of the heavens,
The flesh of Your godly ones to the beasts of the earth.

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They have poured out their blood like water round about Jerusalem;
And there was ^(F)no one to bury them.

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We have become a ^(G)reproach to our neighbors,
A scoffing and derision to those around us.

a. Psalm 79:1: ['Lit ', come into]

A. Psalm 79:1: Lamentations 1:10

B. Psalm 79:1: Psalm 74:2

C. Psalm 79:1: Psalm 74:3; Psalm 74:7

D. Psalm 79:1: Jeremiah 26:18; Jeremiah 52:12-14; Micah 3:12

E. Psalm 79:2: Deuteronomy 28:26; Jeremiah 7:33; Jeremiah 16:4; Jeremiah 19:7; Jeremiah 34:20

F. Psalm 79:3: Jeremiah 14:16; Jeremiah 16:4

G. Psalm 79:4: Psalm 44:13; Psalm 80:6; Daniel 9:16