79:1 God, the Gentiles have entered your inheritance and they have defiled your holy temple; they have made Jerusalem desolate.
79:2 They gave the corpses of your Servants as food for birds of the sky and the flesh of your righteous ones to the animals of the Earth.
79:3 They shed their blood like water around Jerusalem and there is no one to bury them.
79:4 We were a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and a laughingstock to those around us.
79:5 How long will you be angry, Lord Jehovah - forever? Your wrath burns like fire!
79:6 Pour out your wrath upon the Gentiles, those who have not known you, and upon those kingdoms that have not called upon your Name.
79:7 Because they have consumed Jacob and they have made his dwelling desolate.
79:8 Do not remember our former sins against us; let your mercies quickly precede us because we are very humbled.
79:9 Help us, God our Savior, for the honor of your Name; pardon and save us from our sins because of your Name.
79:10 Lest the Gentiles say, “Where is your God?”, let the vengeance of the blood of your Servants that is shed be known among the Gentiles before our eyes.
79:11 Let the groaning of the prisoners enter before you; by the greatness of your arm release the children from death.
79:12 And pay our neighbors each by sevens into their bosom, the reproach of those reproaching you, Lord Jehovah!
79:13 And we are your people and the sheep of your pasture; we will give thanks for eternity, and to a generation of generation we shall tell your wonders!
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