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79.5 :How long will Thy jealousy burn like fire?
 * Pour out Thy wrath upon the nations that know Thee not,
 * And upon the kingdoms that call not upon Thy name.
 * For they have devoured Jacob,
 * And laid waste his habitation.
 * Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers;
 * Let Thy compassions speedily come to meet us;
 * For we are brought very low.


 * Help us, O God of our salvation, for the sake of the glory of Thy name;
 * And deliver us, and forgive our sins, for Thy name's sake.
 * Wherefore should the nations say: 'Where is their God?'
 * Let the avenging of Thy servants' blood that is shed
 * Be made known among the nations in our sight. Let the groaning of the prisoner come before Thee;
 * According to the greatness of Thy power set free those that are appointed to death;
 * And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom
 * Their reproach, wherewith they have reproached Thee, O Lord.
 * So we that are Thy people and the flock of Thy pasture
 * Will give Thee thanks for ever;
 * We will tell of Thy praise to all generations.

For the Leader; upon Shoshannim. A testimony. A Psalm of Asaph.


 * Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel,
 * Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock;
 * Thou that art enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth.
 * Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Thy might,
 * And come to save us.
 * O God, restore us;
 * And cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.


 * O God of hosts,
 * How long wilt Thou be angry against the prayer of Thy people?
 * Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears,
 * And given them tears to drink in large measure.
 * Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours;
 * And our enemies mock as they please.
 * O God of hosts, restore us;
 * And cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.


 * Thou didst pluck up a vine out of Egypt;
 * Thou didst drive out the nations, and didst plant it.
 * Thou didst clear a place before it,
 * And it took deep root, and filled the land.
 * The mountains were covered with the shadow of it,
 * And the mighty cedars with the boughs thereof.
 * She sent out her branches unto the sea,
 * And her shoots unto the River.
 * Why hast Thou broken down her fences,
 * So that all they that pass by the way do pluck her?
 * The boar out of the wood doth ravage it,
 * That which moveth in the field feedeth on it.