Sixteenth Day: Morning Prayer
79Deus, venerunt
1O God, the heathen have come into your inheritance;
they have profaned your holy temple; *
they have made Jerusalem a heap of rubble.
2They have given the bodies of your servants as food for the birds of the air, *
and the flesh of your faithful ones to the beasts of the field.
3They have shed their blood like water on every side of Jerusalem, *
and there was no one to bury them.
4We have become a reproach to our neighbors, *
an object of scorn and derision to those around us.
5How long will you be angry, O Lord? *
will your fury blaze like fire for ever?
6Pour out your wrath upon the heathen who have not known you *
and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon your Name.
7For they have devoured Jacob *
and made his dwelling a ruin.
8Remember not our past sins;
let your compassion be swift to meet us; *
for we have been brought very low.
9Help us, O God our Savior, for the glory of your Name; *
deliver us and forgive us our sins, for your Name’s sake.
