O G.o.d, the heathen are come into thine inheritance: thy holy temple have they defiled, and made Jerusalem an heap of stones.
2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the air: and the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the land.
3 Their blood have they shed like water on every side of Jerusalem: and there was no man to bury them.
4 We are become an open shame to our enemies: a very scorn and derision unto them that are round about us.
5 Lord, how long wilt thou be angry: shall thy jealousy burn like fire for ever?
6 Pour out thine indignation upon the heathen that have not known thee: and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy Name.
7 For they have devoured Jacob: and laid waste his dwelling-place.
8 O remember not our old sins, but have mercy upon us, and that soon: for we are come to great misery.
9 Help us, O G.o.d of our salvation, for the glory of thy Name: O deliver us, and be merciful unto our sins, for thy Name"s sake.
10 Wherefore do the heathen say: Where is now their G.o.d?
11 O let the vengeance of thy servants blood that is shed: be openly shewed upon the heathen in our sight.
12 O let the sorrowful sighing of the prisoners come before thee: according to the greatness of thy power, preserve thou those that are appointed to die.
13 And for the blasphemy wherewith our neighbours have blasphemed thee: reward thou them, O Lord, seven-fold into their bosom.
14 So we, that are thy people, and sheep of thy pasture, shall give thee thanks for ever: and will alway be shewing forth thy praise from generation to generation.
PSALM 80. _Qui regis Israel_.
Hear, O thou Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep: shew thyself also, thou that sittest upon the cherubims.
2 Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Mana.s.ses: stir up thy strength, and come and help us.
3 Turn us again, O G.o.d: shew the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole.
4 O Lord G.o.d of hosts: how long wilt thou be angry with thy people that prayeth?
5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears: and givest them plenteousness of tears to drink.
6 Thou hast made us a very strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh us to scorn.
7 Turn us again, thou G.o.d of hosts: shew the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole.
8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
9 Thou madest room for it: and when it had taken root it filled the land.
10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it: and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedar-trees.
11 She stretched out her branches unto the sea: and her boughs unto the river.
12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedge: that all they that go by pluck off her grapes?
13 The wild boar out of the wood doth root it up: and the wild beasts of the field devour it.
14 Turn thee again, thou G.o.d of hosts, look down from heaven: behold, and visit this vine;
15 And the place of the vineyard that thy right hand hath planted: and the branch that thou madest so strong for thyself.
16 It is burnt with fire, and cut down: and they shall perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand: and upon the son of man, whom thou madest so strong for thine own self.
18 And so will not we go back from thee: O let us live, and we shall call upon thy Name.
19 Turn us again, O Lord G.o.d of hosts: shew the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole.
PSALM 81. _Exultate Deo_.
Sing we merrily unto G.o.d our strength: make a cheerful noise unto the G.o.d of Jacob.
2 Take the psalm, bring hither the tabret: the merry harp with the lute.
3 Blow up the trumpet in the new-moon: even in the time appointed, and upon our solemn feast-day.
4 For this was made a statute for Israel: and a law of the G.o.d of Jacob.
5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony: when he came out of the land of Egypt, and had heard a strange language.
6 I eased his shoulder from the burden: and his hands were delivered from making the pots.
7 Thou calledst upon me in troubles, and I delivered thee: and heard thee what time as the storm fell upon thee.
8 I proved thee also: at the waters of strife.
9 Hear, O my people, and I will a.s.sure thee, O Israel: if thou wilt hearken unto me,
10 There shall no strange G.o.d be in thee: neither shalt thou worship any other G.o.d.
11 I am the Lord thy G.o.d, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I shall fill it.
12 But my people would not hear my voice: and Israel would not obey me.
13 So I gave them up unto their own hearts* l.u.s.ts: and let them follow their own imaginations.
14 O that my people would have hearkened unto me: for if Israel had walked in my ways,
15 I should soon have put down their enemies: and turned my hand against their adversaries.