Psalm 79 is a gut-wrenching lament written by Asaph apparently following the invasion of Jerusalem by the Babylonians and the destruction of the temple. Initially the chaotic scene of destruction is depicted with the temple defiled, the city reduced to rubble, people's bodies serving as food for vultures with no-one available to bury the dead. How long will this mess last? - the people cry out... may your mercy come quickly to meet us because we are in desperate need... help us, O God our Saviour, for the glory of your name... may you avenge the blood of your servants and stops the nations asking "where is their God"?... hear the groans of the prisoners... pay back our neighbours seven times... and we will praise you forever!
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