Psalm 79: A Prayer For Mercy, Justice, And Renewal

Psalm 79: A Prayer For Mercy, Justice, And Renewal

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

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 ofthe earth.

Psalm 79:3 Their blood has they shed like water round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them.

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

Psalm 79:5 How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry forever? shall thy jealousy bum like fire?

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.

Psalm 79:7 For they have[ÿlevoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.

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.

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.

Psalm 79:11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;

Psalm 79:12 And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

Psalm 79:13 So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks forever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.

Psalm 80: A Cry For Help, Hope, And Restoration

Psalm 80:1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.

Psalm 80:3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

Psalm 80:4 O LORO God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

Psalm 80:5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears, and givest them tears to drink in great measure.

Psalm 80:6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.

Psalm 80:9 Thou prepared room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.

Psalm 80:10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.

Psalm 80:12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?

Psalm 80:13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast ofthe field doth devour it.

Psalm 80:14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;

Psalm 80:15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.

Psalm 80:16 is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

Psalm 80:17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.

Psalm 80:19 Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved

Psalm 81: God’s Call To Worship And Faithful Living

Psalm 81:1 Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob

Psalm 81:4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law ofthe God of Jacob.

Psalm 81:5 This he ordained in Joseph/or testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.

Psalm 81:6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.

Psalm 81:7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

Psalm 81:8 Hear, O my people and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

Psalm 81:9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god

Psalm 81:10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

Psalm 81:12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

Psalm 81:14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

Psalm 81:15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured forever.