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    "language": "en",
    "book": "psalms",
    "chapter": 79
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    "n": 79,
    "bookSlug": "psalms",
    "bookCode": "PSA",
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    "paragraphs": [{
        "n": 1,
        "refId": "PSA-79:1",
        "verseRef": "Ps.79.1",
        "text": "O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance; Thy holy temple have they defiled; They have laid Jerusalem in heaps."
      },{
        "n": 2,
        "refId": "PSA-79:2",
        "verseRef": "Ps.79.2",
        "text": "The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be       food unto the birds of the heavens, The flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth."
      },{
        "n": 3,
        "refId": "PSA-79:3",
        "verseRef": "Ps.79.3",
        "text": "Their blood have they shed like water round about       Jerusalem; And there was none to bury them."
      },{
        "n": 4,
        "refId": "PSA-79:4",
        "verseRef": "Ps.79.4",
        "text": "We are become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to them that are round about us."
      },{
        "n": 5,
        "refId": "PSA-79:5",
        "verseRef": "Ps.79.5",
        "text": "How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?"
      },{
        "n": 6,
        "refId": "PSA-79:6",
        "verseRef": "Ps.79.6",
        "text": "Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, And upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name."
      },{
        "n": 7,
        "refId": "PSA-79:7",
        "verseRef": "Ps.79.7",
        "text": "For they have devoured Jacob, And laid waste his habitation."
      },{
        "n": 8,
        "refId": "PSA-79:8",
        "verseRef": "Ps.79.8",
        "text": "Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers: Let thy tender mercies speedily meet us; For we are brought very low."
      },{
        "n": 9,
        "refId": "PSA-79:9",
        "verseRef": "Ps.79.9",
        "text": "Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy       name; And deliver us, and forgive our sins, for thy name`s sake."
      },{
        "n": 10,
        "refId": "PSA-79:10",
        "verseRef": "Ps.79.10",
        "text": "Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed Be known among the nations in our sight."
      },{
        "n": 11,
        "refId": "PSA-79:11",
        "verseRef": "Ps.79.11",
        "text": "Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee: According to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that       are appointed to death;"
      },{
        "n": 12,
        "refId": "PSA-79:12",
        "verseRef": "Ps.79.12",
        "text": "And render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom Their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord."
      },{
        "n": 13,
        "refId": "PSA-79:13",
        "verseRef": "Ps.79.13",
        "text": "So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture Will give thee thanks for ever: We will show forth thy praise to all generations.           Psalm 80  For the Chief Musician, set to Shoshanim Eduth.. A Psalm of Asaph."
      }
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