Thematic Bible
Psalm 79:1 (show verse)
{A Psalm of Asaph} O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled, and made Jerusalem a heap of stones.
Psalm 79:2 (show verse)
The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the air, and the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the land.
Psalm 79:3 (show verse)
Their blood have they shed like water on every side of Jerusalem, and there was no man to bury them.
Psalm 79:4 (show verse)
We are become an open shame unto our enemies, a very scorn and derision unto them that are round about us.
Psalm 79:5 (show verse)
LORD, how long wilt thou be angry? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire forever?
Psalm 79:6 (show verse)
Pour out thine indignation upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name.
Psalm 79:7 (show verse)
For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.
Psalm 79:8 (show verse)
O remember not our old sins, but have mercy upon us, and that soon; for we are come to great misery.
Psalm 79:9 (show verse)
Help us, O God our saviour, for the glory of thy name; O deliver us, and forgive us our sins for thy name's sake.
Psalm 79:10 (show verse)
Wherefore shall the heathen say, "Where is now their God?" O let the vengeance of thy servant's blood that is shed, be openly showed upon the heathen in our sight.
Psalm 79:11 (show verse)
O let the sorrowful sighing of the prisoners come before thee; and according unto the power of thy arm, preserve those that are appointed to die.
Psalm 79:12 (show verse)
And for the blasphemy wherewith our neighbours have blasphemed thee, reward them, O LORD, seven fold into their bosom.
Psalm 79:13 (show verse)
So we, that be the people and sheep of thy pasture, shall give thee thanks forever, and will always be showing forth thy praise, from generation to generation.