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Psalm 79

The Iſraelites complaine to God for the great calamitie and oppreſsion that thei ſuffred by Gods enemies, & confeſsing their ſinnes, flee to Gods mercies with ful hope of deliuerance, becauſe their calamities were ioyned with the contẽpt of his Name, for the which thei promes to be thankful.
¶ A Pſalme committed to Aſáph.
1.O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance: thine holie Temple haue they defiled, & made Ieruſalém heapes of ſtones.
2.The dead bodies of thy ſeruants haue thei giuen to be meat vnto foules of the heauen: and the fleſh of thy Sainctes vnto the beaſtes of the earth.
3.Their blood haue thei ſhed like waters round about Ieruſalém, and there was none to burye them.
4.We are a reproche to our neighbours, euen a ſcorne and deriſion vnto them that are round about vs.
5.Lord, how long wilt thou be angrie for euer? ſhal thy ielouſie burne like fyer?
6.Powre out thy wrath vpon the heathen that haue not knowen thee, and vpon the kingdomes that haue not called vpon thy Name.
7.For thei haue deuoured Iaakób and made his dwelling place deſolate.
8.Remember not againſt vs the former iniquities, but make haſte & let thy tendre mercies preuent vs: for we are in great miſerie.
9.Helpe vs, ô God of our ſaluacion, for the glorie of thy Name, and deliuer vs, and be merciful vnto our ſinnes for thy names ſake.
10.Wherefore ſhuld the heathen ſaie, Where is their God? let him be knowen among the heathen in our ſight by the vengeance of the blood of thy ſeruants that is ſhed.
11.Let the ſighing of the priſoners come before thee: according to thy mightie arme preſerue the children of death,
12.And render to our neighbours ſeuen folde into their boſome their reproche, wherewith they haue reproched the, ô Lord.
13.So we thy people, and ſhepe of thy paſture ſhal praiſe thee for euer: and from generation to generation we wil ſet forthe thy praiſe.

Notes

1:a.
The people crye vnto God againſt ye barbarous tyrannie of ye Babylonians, who ſpoiled Gods inheritance, polluted his Tẽple, deſtroied his religion & murthered his people.
2:b.
The Prophet ſheweth to what extremities God ſuffreth ſometime his Church to fall, to exerciſe their faith before he ſet his hand to deliuer them.
3:c.
Their frends & kinsfolkes durſt not burie them for feare of ye enemies.
4:d.
Whereof ſome came of Abrahám, but were degenerate: & others were open enemies to thy religion, but thei bothe laughed at our miſeries.
5:e.
Wilt yu vtterly conſume vs for our ſinnes, before yu takeſt vs to mercie?
6:*.
Iere. 10.25.
8:f.
Which we & our fathers haue committed.
8:g.
And ſtaye not til we haue recõpenced for our ſinnes.
9:h.
Seĩg we haue none other Sauiour nether can we helpe our ſelues, and alſo by our ſaluacion thy Name ſhalbe praiſed, therefore, ô Lord, help vs
11:p.
Who thogh in reſpect of God thei were iuſtly puniſhed for their ſinnes, yet in cõſideration of their cauſe, were vniuſtly murthered
11:q.
Which were captiues amõg their enemies, & colde loke for nothig but death.
13:r.
We oght to deſire no bene fite of God, but on this condition to praiſe his Name, Iſa. 43.21.