1A psalm for Asaph. O God, the heathens are come into thy inheritance, they have defiled thy holy temple: they have made Jerusalem as a place to keep fruit.

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2They have given the dead bodies of thy servants to be meat for the fowls of the air: the flesh of thy saints for the beasts of the earth.

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Isaiah 55:3, Isaiah 51:4, Isaiah 55:3, Isaiah 51:4, Psalms 49:1

3They have poured out their blood as water, round about Jerusalem and there was none to bury them.

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Matthew 13:34, Matthew 13:35, Matthew 13:34, Matthew 13:35, Mark 4:34

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

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Psalms 44:1, Psalms 44:1, Psalms 48:8, Exodus 13:8, Exodus 13:14

5How long, O Lord, wilt thou be angry for ever: shall thy zeal be kindled like a fire?

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Deuteronomy 11:19, Deuteronomy 11:19, Psalms 145:4, Psalms 145:6, Psalms 145:4

6Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that have not known thee: and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.

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Deuteronomy 6:7, Deuteronomy 6:7, Ephesians 6:4, Ephesians 6:4, Psalms 81:5

7Because they have devoured Jacob; and have laid waste his place.

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Psalms 102:18, Psalms 102:18, Joel 1:3, Psalms 22:31, Psalms 145:4

8Remember not our former iniquities: let thy mercies speedily prevent us, for we are become exceeding poor.

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Deuteronomy 5:29, Deuteronomy 5:29, Revelation 14:12, Revelation 14:12, 1 John 5:3

9Help us, O God, our saviour: and for the glory of thy name, O Lord, deliver us: and forgive us our sins for thy name's sake:

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Psalms 78:37, Psalms 78:37, Exodus 32:9, Exodus 32:9, 2 Kings 17:14

10Lest they should say among the Gentiles: Where is their God? And let him be made known among the nations before our eyes, By the revenging the blood of thy servants, which hath been shed:

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Deuteronomy 1:41, Deuteronomy 1:44, Joshua 17:16, Joshua 17:18, Deuteronomy 1:41

11Let the sighing of the prisoners come in before thee. According to the greatness of thy arm, take possession of the children of them that have been put to death.

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Judges 2:10, Judges 2:12, Nehemiah 9:26, Nehemiah 9:29, Deuteronomy 31:16

12And render to our neighbours sevenfold in their bosom: the reproach wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

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Psalms 106:13, Psalms 106:13, Psalms 78:7, Jeremiah 2:32, Deuteronomy 32:18

13But we thy people, and the sheep of thy pasture, will give thanks to thee for ever. We will shew forth thy praise, unto generation and generation.

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Numbers 13:22, Numbers 13:22, Ezekiel 30:14, Isaiah 19:11, Ezekiel 30:14