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Psalm 79:1-2
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A Psalm of Asaph

A Prayer for Jerusalem

79 God, nations have invaded your land[a]
    to desecrate your holy Temple,
        to destroy Jerusalem,
2 to give the corpses of your servants
    as food for the birds of the skies
and the flesh of your godly ones
    to the beasts of the earth;

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  1. Psalm 79:1 Lit. your possession; or your inheritance
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Psalm 79:1-2
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Psalm 79

A psalm of Asaph.

1 O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance;(A)
    they have defiled(B) your holy temple,
    they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.(C)
2 They have left the dead bodies of your servants
    as food for the birds of the sky,(D)
    the flesh of your own people for the animals of the wild.(E)

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