Psalms 79

¹The title of the nyne and seuentithe salm. To victorie; this salm is witnessing of Asaph for lilies.

²Thou that gouernest Israel, yyue tent; that leedist forth Joseph as a scheep. Thou that sittist on cherubym; be schewid bifore Effraym,

³Beniamyn, and Manasses. Stire thi power, and come thou; that thou make vs saaf.

⁴God of vertues, turne thou vs; and schewe thi face, and we schulen be saaf.

⁵Lord God of vertues; hou longe schalt thou be wrooth on the preier of thi seruaunt?

⁶Hou longe schalt thou feede vs with the breed of teeris; and schalt yyue drynke to vs with teeris in mesure?

⁷Thou hast set vs in to ayenseiyng to oure neiyboris; and oure enemyes han scornyde vs.

⁸God of vertues, turne thou vs; and schewe thi face, and we schulen be saaf.

⁹Thou translatidist a vyne fro Egipt; thou castidist out hethene men, and plauntidist it.

¹⁰Thou were leeder of the weie in the siyt therof; and thou plauntidist the rootis therof, and it fillide the lond.

¹¹The schadewe therof hilide hillis; and the braunchis therof filliden the cedris of God.

¹²It streiyte forth hise siouns til to the see, and the generacioun ther of `til to the flood.

¹³Whi hast thou destried the wal therof; and alle men that goen forth bi the weie gaderiden awei the grapis therof?

¹⁴A boor of the wode distriede it; and a singuler wielde beeste deuouride it.

¹⁵God of vertues, be thou turned; biholde thou fro heuene, and se, and visite this vyne.

¹⁶And make thou it perfit, which thi riythond plauntide; and biholde thou on the sone of man, which thou hast confermyd to thee.

¹⁷Thingis brent with fier, and vndurmyned; schulen perische for the blamyng of thi cheer.

¹⁸Thin hond be maad on the man of thi riythond; and on the sone of man, whom thou hast confermed to thee.

¹⁹And we departiden not fro thee; thou schalt quykene vs, and we schulen inwardli clepe thi name.

²⁰Lord God of vertues, turne thou vs; and schewe thi face, and we schulen be saaf.

Psalms 79

¹O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.

²The 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.

³Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.

⁴We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

⁵How long, Lord? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

⁶Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.

⁷For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.

⁸O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.

⁹Help 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.

¹⁰Wherefore 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.

¹¹Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;

¹²And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

¹³So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.