Psalms 79:9

⁹Help 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.a

Psalm 79 is a communal lament, a raw cry from a people who have watched their holy city Jerusalem fall, their temple defiled, and their neighbors slaughtered. The psalmist, traditionally Asaph, does not flinch from describing the horror: bodies left unburied, blood flowing like wate