June 23, 2025
Read Psalm Chapter 79
Key Verses: Psalm 79:8-9…
“A Psalm of Asaph”
1 O God, pagan nations have conquered Your land,
Your special possession.
They have defiled Your holy Temple
and made Jerusalem a heap of ruins.
2 They have left the bodies of Your servants
as food for the birds of heaven.
The flesh of Your godly ones
has become food for the wild animals.
3 Blood has flowed like water all around Jerusalem;
no one is left to bury the dead.
4 We are mocked by our neighbors,
an object of scorn and derision to those around us.
5 O Lord, how long will You be angry with us? Forever?
How long will Your jealousy burn like fire?
6 Pour out Your wrath on the nations that refuse to acknowledge You—
on kingdoms that do not call upon Your name.
7 For they have devoured Your people Israel,
making the land a desolate wilderness.
8 Do not hold us guilty for the sins of our ancestors!
Let Your compassion quickly meet our needs,
for we are on the brink of despair.
9 Help us, O God of our salvation!
Help us for the glory of Your name.
Save us and forgive our sins
for the honor of Your name.
10 Why should pagan nations be allowed to scoff,
asking, “Where is their God?”
Show us Your vengeance against the nations,
for they have spilled the blood of Your servants.
11 Listen to the moaning of the prisoners.
Demonstrate Your great power by saving those condemned to die.
12 O Lord, pay back our neighbors seven times
for the scorn they have hurled at You.
13 Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture,
will thank You forever and ever,
praising Your greatness from generation to generation.
PRAYER:
Heavenly Father, when I read throughout Scripture about the Israelites (Your chosen people) and the persecution they were enduring, I realize it is because they refused to obey Your Word. Father, I pray that I would learn from what the Israelites had to go through and not follow in the footsteps of their disobedience. Just as they pleaded, please Father, do not hold me guilty for the sins of my ancestors. I pray that my sin would be quickly forgiven so I don’t fall out of Your grace. My life’s purpose is to honor and glorify Your Name. As I confess my shortcomings, come quickly with Your presence, help me before I am on the brink of despair. Thank You Father God, for Your salvation, for Your compassion and for Your forgiveness. I will praise Your Name and only Your Name. Amen.