Psalms, verse by verse

[Joy]

Psalm 78:62
He also gave His people over to the sword,
And was furious with His inheritance.

 

[redrose26]

Psalm 78:63
Fire devoured His young men, And His virgins had no wedding songs.

 

[James 1:27]

Psalm 78:64 (NIV)

their priests were put to the sword,
and their widows could not weep.

 

[Keemah]

Psalm 78:65 - Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

 

[doc329]

Psalms 78:66 (KJV) And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.

 

[doc329]

Psalms 78:67 (KJV) Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:

 

[barb754]

Psalms 78:68 (KJV) But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.

 

[barb754]

Psalms 78:69 (KJV) And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.

 

[doc329]

Psalms 78:70 (KJV) He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

 

[doc329]

Psalms 78:71 (KJV) From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

 

[doc329]

Psalms 78:72 (KJV) So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.

 

[James 1:27]

Psalm 79:1 NIV

O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance;
they have defiled your holy temple,
they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.

 

[James 1:27]

Psalm 79:2 NIV

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.

 

[James 1:27]

Psalm 79:3 NIV

They have poured out blood like water
all around Jerusalem,
and there is no one to bury the dead.

 

[James 1:27]

Psalm 79:4 NIV

We are objects of reproach to our neighbors,
of scorn and derision to those around us.

 

[James 1:27]

Psalm 79:5 NIV

How long, O Lord? Will you be angry forever?
How long will your jealousy burn like fire?

 

[doc329]

Psalms 79:6 (KJV) Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.

 

[doc329]

Psalms 79:7 (KJV) For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.

 

[doc329]

Psalms 79:8 (KJV) O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.

 

[doc329]

Psalms 79:9 (KJV) Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.