Psalm 79:1 O god, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. MC VC

Psalm 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. MC VC

Psalm 79:3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them. MC VC

Psalm 79:4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us. MC VC

Psalm 79:5 How long, Lord? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire? MC VC

Psalm 79:6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name. MC VC

Psalm 79:7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place. MC VC

Psalm 79:8 O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. MC VC

Psalm 79:9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name’s sake. 9 I MC VC

Psalm 79:10 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed. MC VC