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But he chose the tribe of iuda:/ mount sion which he loved./ And he built his sanctuary as of unicorns:/ in the land which he has founded forever./ And he chose his servant david:/ and took him from the flocks of sheep/ he took him from behind the ewes./ To feed iacob his servant:/ and israhel his inheritance./ And he fed them in the innocence of his heart:/ and he conducted them by the skilfulness of his hands./


Psalm 78
God the nations are come

GOD the nations ARE COME/ into your inheritance: they have defiled/ your holy temple:/ they have set aside ierusulem./ They have set aside the carcasses/ of your servants as food for the fowls of the air:/

Transcription

sed elegit tribu[m] iuda: / montem sion quem dilexit. / Et [a]edificavit sicut unicornis s[an]c[t]ificiu[m] suu[m]: / in terra quam fundavit in s[ae]c[u]la. / Et elegit david servum suum: / et sustulit eum de gregib[us] ovium / de post f[a]etantes accepit eum. / Pascere iacob servum suum: / et isr[ahe]l h[a]ereditatem suam. / Et pavit eos in innocenta cordis sui: / et in intellectib[us] manuu[m] suaru[m] deduxit eos. /
D[eu]s venerunt gentes
D[EU]S VENER[UN]T / gentes in h[a]eredi/tate[m] tua[m]: polluer[un]t / templu[m] s[an]c[tu]m tuu[m]: / posuer[un]t ier[usu]l[e]m. / Posuer[un]t morticina / servor[um] tuor[um] / escas volatib[us] c[a]eli: /

Translation

But he chose the tribe of iuda:/ mount sion which he loved./ And he built his sanctuary as of unicorns:/ in the land which he has founded forever./ And he chose his servant david:/ and took him from the flocks of sheep/ he took him from behind the ewes./ To feed iacob his servant:/ and israhel his inheritance./ And he fed them in the innocence of his heart:/ and he conducted them by the skilfulness of his hands./


Psalm 78
God the nations are come

GOD the nations ARE COME/ into your inheritance: they have defiled/ your holy temple:/ they have set aside ierusulem./ They have set aside the carcasses/ of your servants as food for the fowls of the air:/

 

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