Geneva Bible Notes (1560)Psalm 79

^{1 !} The Israelites complaine to God for the great calamitie and oppression that thei suffred by Gods enemies.

^{1 a} The people crye vnot God against the barbarous tyranie of the Babylonians, who spoiled Gods inheritance, polluted his Temple, destroied his religion & murthered his people.

^{2 b} The Prophet sheweth to what extremities God Suffreth sometime his Church to fall, to exercise their faith before he set to his hand to deliuer them.

^{3 c} Their frends & kinsfolkes durst not burie them for feare of the enemies.

^{4 d} Whereof some came of Abraham, but were degenerate: & others were open enemies to thy religion, but thei bothe laughed at our miseries.

^{5 e} Wilt you vtterly consume vs for our sinnes, before you takest vs to mercies?

^{8 !} And confessing their sinnes, flee to Gods mercies with ful hope of deliuerance,

^{8 f} Which we & our fathers haue committed.

^{8 g} And staie not til we haue recompenced for our sinnes.

^{9 h} Seing we haue none other Sauiour, nether can we helpe our selues, and also by our saluacion thy Name shalbe praised, therefore, O Lord, helpe vs.

^{10 !} Because their calamities were joyned with the contempt of his Name,

^{11 k} Which were captiues among their enemies, & colde loke for nothing but death.

^{11 i} Who thoug in respect of God thei were justely punished for their sinnes, yet in consideration of teir cuase, were vnjustly murthered.

^{13 !} For the which their promes to be thankeful.

^{13 l} We oght to desire no benefite of God, but on this condition to praise his Name, {Isa. 43, 21}