PSALM 79. _Deus, venerunt_.
O God, 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.