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| 1 A Psalm of Asaph. |
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| O God, nations have come into Thy inheritance, They have defiled Thy holy temple, They made Jerusalem become heaps, |
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| 2 They gave the dead bodies of Thy servants Food for the fowls of the heavens, The flesh of Thy saints For the wild beast of the earth. |
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| 3 They have shed their blood As water round about Jerusalem, And there is none burying. |
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| 4 We have been a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a derision to our surrounders. |
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| 5 Till when, O Jehovah art Thou angry for ever Thy jealousy doth burn as fire. |
Burn like fire – In the time of trouble. "Fire of my jealousy." (Zeph. 3:8) D528
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| 6 Pour Thy fury on the nations who have not known Thee, And on kingdoms that have not called in Thy name. |
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| 7 For [one] hath devoured Jacob, And his habitation they have made desolate. |
Jacob – Natural Israel. A300
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| 8 Remember not for us the iniquities of forefathers, Haste, let Thy mercies go before us, For we have been very weak. |
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| 9 Help us, O God of our salvation, Because of the honour of Thy name, And deliver us, and cover over our sins, For Thy name's sake. |
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| 10 Why do the nations say, 'Where [is] their God ' Let be known among the nations before our eyes, The vengeance of the blood of Thy servants that is shed. |
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| 11 Let the groaning of the prisoner come in before Thee, According to the greatness of Thine arm, Leave Thou the sons of death. |
Of the prisoner – Death's captives. A112
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| 12 And turn Thou back to our neighbours, Sevenfold unto their bosom, their reproach, Wherewith they reproached Thee, O Lord. |
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| 13 And we, Thy people, and the flock of Thy pasture, We give thanks to Thee to the age, To all generations we recount Thy praise! |
Sheep of thy pasture – The Jews are referred to as God's sheep. R5383:2
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