Psalms 79:1-5
Psalms 79:1
A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
Psalms 79:2
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.
Psalms 79:3
Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.
Psalms 79:4
We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
Psalms 79:5
How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?