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Psalm 79:2-4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Psalm 79:2-4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 They have left the corpses of your servants
as food for the birds of the sky,
the flesh of those devoted to you for the beasts of the earth.(A)
3 They have poured out their blood like water
all around Jerusalem,
and no one is left to do the burying.(B)
4 We have become the reproach of our neighbors,
the scorn and derision of those around us.(C)
Psalm 79:2-4
New International Version
Psalm 79:2-4
New International Version
2 They have left the dead bodies of your servants
as food for the birds of the sky,(A)
the flesh of your own people for the animals of the wild.(B)
3 They have poured out blood like water
all around Jerusalem,
and there is no one to bury(C) the dead.(D)
4 We are objects of contempt to our neighbors,
of scorn(E) and derision to those around us.(F)
Psalm 79:2-4
King James Version
Psalm 79:2-4
King James Version
2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.
4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
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