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Psalm 79:1-2
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Psalm 79[a]

A psalm of Asaph.

79 O God, foreigners[b] have invaded your chosen land;[c]
they have polluted your holy temple
and turned Jerusalem into a heap of ruins.
2 They have given the corpses of your servants
to the birds of the sky,[d]
the flesh of your loyal followers
to the beasts of the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 79:1 sn Psalm 79. The author laments how the invading nations have destroyed the temple and city of Jerusalem. He asks God to forgive his people and to pour out his vengeance on those who have mistreated them.
  2. Psalm 79:1 tn Or “nations.”
  3. Psalm 79:1 tn Heb “have come into your inheritance.”
  4. Psalm 79:2 tn Heb “[as] food for the birds of the sky.”
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