Psalmorum 79
1 Psalmus Asaph. Deus venerunt Gentes in hereditatem tuam, polluerunt templum sanctum tuum: posuerunt Ierusalem in pomorum custodiam.
A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
2 Posuerunt morticina servorum tuorum, escas volatilibus caeli: carnes sanctorum tuorum bestiis terrae.
The dead bodies of thy servants have they given [to be] meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
3 Effuderunt sanguinem eorum tamquam aquam in circuitu Ierusalem: et non erat qui sepeliret.
Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and [there was] none to bury [them].
4 Facti sumus opprobrium vicinis nostris: subsannatio et illusio his, qui in circuitu nostro sunt.
We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
5 Usquequo Domine irasceris in finem: accendetur velut ignis zelus tuus?
How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
6 Effunde iram tuam in Gentes, quae te non noverunt: et in regna, quae nomen tuum non invocaverunt:
Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.
7 Quia comederunt Iacob: et locum eius desolaverunt.
For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.
8 Ne memineris iniquitatum nostrarum antiquarum, cito anticipent nos misericordiae tuae: quia pauperes facti sumus nimis.
O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
9 Adiuva nos Deus salutaris noster: et propter gloriam nominis tui Domine libera nos: et propitius esto peccatis nostris, propter nomen tuum:
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.
10 Ne forte dicant in Gentibus: Ubi est Deus eorum? et innotescat in nationibus coram oculis nostris. Ultio sanguinis servorum tuorum, qui effusus est:
Wherefore should the heathen say, Where [is] their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight [by] the revenging of the blood of thy servants [which is] shed.
11 introeat in conspectu tuo gemitus compeditorum. Secundum magnitudinem brachii tui, posside filios mortificatorum.
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
12 Et redde vicinis nostris septuplum in sinu eorum: improperium ipsorum, quod exprobraverunt tibi Domine.
And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
13 Nos autem populus tuus, et oves pascuae tuae, confitebimur tibi in saeculum: In generatione et generationem annunciabimus laudem tuam.
So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.
