Psalm 79:1
Verse 1 of 13. The 79th of 150 chapters in Psalms, in Poetry and Wisdom.
1O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
2The 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.
3Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.
4We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
5How long, Lord? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
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Psalm 79:1 in the World English Bible
A Psalm by Asaph. God, the nations have come into your inheritance. They have defiled your holy temple. They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.Read Psalm 79:1 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Psalm 79:1
Against places, v. 1. They did all the mischief they could, (1.) To the holy land; they invaded that, and made inroads into it: "The heathen have come into thy inheritance, to plunder that, and lay it waste."
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King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.