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Psalm 79:2

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.

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Psalm 79:2 in other translations

They have given the dead bodies of your servants to be food for the birds of the sky,
the flesh of your saints to the animals of the earth.

Psalm 79:2 · World English Bible

Psalm 79:2 in context

  1. 1O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance; Thy holy temple have they defiled; They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
  2. 2The 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.
  3. 3Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; And there was none to bury them.
  4. 4We are become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to them that are round about us.