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Psalms 79:2
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A Dirge and a Prayer for Israel, Destroyed by Enemies

A Psalm of Asaph.

1 O God, the1 nations have come into aYour inheritance;
Your holy temple they have defiled;
bThey have laid Jerusalem1 in heaps. 
2 aThe dead bodies of Your servants
They have given as food for the birds of the heavens,
The flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth. 
3 Their blood they have shed like water all around Jerusalem,
And there was no one to bury them.
4 We have become a reproach to our aneighbors,
A scorn and derision to those who are around us. 
5 aHow long, Lord?
Will You be angry forever?
Will Your bjealousy burn like fire? 
Verse Comparison: Psalms 79:2

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American Standard Version
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.

Amplified® Bible
The dead bodies of Your servants they have given as food to the birds of the heavens, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.

Contemporary English Version
They have fed the bodies of your servants to flesh-eating birds; your loyal people are food for savage animals.

Darby English Version
The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowl of the heavens, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth:

Good News Bible
They left the bodies of your people for the vultures, the bodies of your servants for wild animals to eat.

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.

New American Standard Bible
They have given the dead bodies of Your servants for food to the birds of the heavens, The flesh of Your godly ones to the beasts of the earth.

New International Version
They have given the dead bodies of your servants
as food to the birds of the air,
the flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth.

New King James Version
The dead bodies of Your servants
They have given as food for the birds of the heavens,
The flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
They have given the dead bodies of Your servants for food to the birds of the heavens, The flesh of Your godly ones to the beasts of the earth.

Revised Standard Version
They have given the bodies of thy servants to the birds of the air for food, the flesh of thy saints to the beasts of the earth.

Young's Literal Translation
They gave the dead bodies of Thy servants Food for the fowls of the heavens, The flesh of Thy saints For the wild beast of the earth.


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