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    Psalms 79

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    Jerusalem is rubble, the sacred dead are left to birds and beasts, and a prayer asks for a sevenfold return of the neighbours’ reproach—an oddly exact account settled in laps.

    Rubble, blood, and the birds of the airvv. 1–4

    The nations invade the inheritance, defile the holy temple, and reduce Jerusalem to rubble. The dead receive no burial: servants and saints become food for birds and beasts, while blood runs around the city like water. The survivors are left as a reproach and a laughing-stock to their neighbours—a dreadful scene, with the wildlife given a strangely prominent part.

    A plea with an arithmetic flourishvv. 5–13

    The lament turns into an appeal: how long will the LORD’s anger burn, and why should the nations be allowed to ask where their God is? The speaker asks that past sins not be held against the people, that captives and those condemned to death be preserved, and that the nations be repaid sevenfold for their reproach. The ending looks beyond the wreckage to perpetual thanks from the sheep of the pasture, generation after generation.

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    1. Ps 79:1A Psalm of Asaph. The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.

    2. Ps 79:2They have given the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.

    3. Ps 79:3They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.

    4. Ps 79:4We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.

    5. Ps 79:5How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?

    6. Ps 79:6Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,

    7. Ps 79:7for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.

    8. Ps 79:8Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.

    9. Ps 79:9Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for the sake of Your name.

    10. Ps 79:10Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.

    11. Ps 79:11May the groans of the captives reach You; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death.

    12. Ps 79:12Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.

    13. Ps 79:13Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.

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    • 9Jeremiah 14:7Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.
    • 11Psalms 102:20to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,
    • 8Isaiah 64:9Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people!
    • 9Psalms 25:11For the sake of Your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great.
    • 92 Chronicles 14:11Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal prevail against You.”
    • 2Jeremiah 7:33The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away.
    • 5Psalms 89:46How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
    • 6Jeremiah 10:25Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off; they have devastated his homeland.
    • 9Jeremiah 14:21For the sake of Your name do not despise us; do not disgrace Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it.
    • 11Isaiah 42:7to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.
    • 8Psalms 116:6The LORD preserves the simplehearted; I was helpless, and He saved me.
    • 8Psalms 142:6Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.
    • 9Isaiah 48:9For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut off.
    • 9Ezekiel 20:14But I acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
    • 13Psalms 95:7For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,
    • 13Isaiah 43:21The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.

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