Psalms 79:7-12

⁷For they have destroyed the descendants of Jacob, and turned our country into a wasteland.

⁸Don't hold the sins of our forefathers against us! Come to us quickly for we desperately need your compassion.

⁹Help us, God of our salvation, because of your wonderful character! Save us and forgive us our sins because that's the kind of person you are!

¹⁰Why should the heathen nations be able to say, “Where is their God?” May they experience your punishment for shedding the blood of your servants, and may we see it.

¹¹Listen to the groans of the prisoners; with your great power save those condemned to die.

¹²Pay each of these neighbors back seven times for the scorn and ridicule they directed against you, Lord.