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Deus, venerunt gentes in hæreditatem...
Language: Latin 
1  [Psalmus Asaph.]
   Deus, venerunt gentes in hæreditatem tuam;
   polluerunt templum sanctum tuum;
   posuerunt Jerusalem in pomorum custodiam.
2  Posuerunt morticina servorum tuorum escas volatilibus cæli;
   carnes sanctorum tuorum bestiis terræ.
3  Effuderunt sanguinem eorum tamquam aquam in circuitu Jerusalem,
   et non erat qui sepeliret.
4  Facti sumus opprobrium vicinis nostris;
   subsannatio et illusio his qui in circuitu nostro sunt.
5  Usquequo, Domine, irasceris in finem?
   accendetur velut ignis zelus tuus?
6  Effunde iram tuam in gentes quæ te non noverunt,
   et in regna quæ nomen tuum non invocaverunt:
7  quia comederunt Jacob,
   et locum ejus desolaverunt.
8  Ne memineris iniquitatum nostrarum antiquarum;
   cito anticipent nos misericordiæ tuæ,
   quia pauperes facti sumus nimis.
9  Adjuva nos, Deus salutaris noster,
   et propter gloriam nominis tui, Domine, libera nos:
   et propitius esto peccatis nostris, propter nomen tuum.
10 Ne forte dicant in gentibus: Ubi est Deus eorum?
   et innotescat in nationibus coram oculis nostris
   ultio sanguinis servorum tuorum qui effusus est.
11 Introëat in conspectu tuo gemitus compeditorum;
   secundum magnitudinem brachii tui posside filios mortificatorum:
12 et redde vicinis nostris septuplum in sinu eorum;
   improperium ipsorum quod exprobraverunt tibi, Domine.
13 Nos autem populus tuus, et oves pascuæ tuæ,
   confitebimur tibi in sæculum;
   in generationem et generationem annuntiabimus laudem tuam.

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•   E. Fine 

E. Fine sets lines 1-5

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Text Authorship:

  • by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Psalmus 78 (79)" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Elaine Fine (b. 1959), "Psalm 79", 2010, lines 1-5 [soprano, 2 violins, viola, cello] [ sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in English, a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Psalm 79" ; composed by Henry Purcell.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-08-20
Line count: 32
Word count: 208

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