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Psalms 79:2 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" 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 79:2
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1 O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
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.
3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury
4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about
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Psalms 79:1
"O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps."
Psalms 79:3
"Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury"
Psalms 79:4
"We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about"
Psalms 79:5
"How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?"
Psalms 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."
Psalms 79:7
"For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place."
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