Holy Scripture
Psalms 78:4
A church father on this verse
“"How great the things we have heard and known." These little verses, from "Attend, my people, to my law" up to this verse, "I will utter propositions from the beginning," are spoken from the person of Christ; the Savior himself speaks. Now the remaining verses, up to the end of the psalm, we must take as from the pers…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
4We are become a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
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2They have given the dead bodies of thy servants To be food for the birds of the sky, The flesh of thy holy ones for the wild beasts of the earth.
3They have shed their blood as water, Round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.
— Psalms 78:4 —
5How long, O Lord? wilt thou be angry forever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
6Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, And upon the kingdoms which have not called upon thy name.