Psalm 79

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1 The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.

2 They have given the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.

3 They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.

4 We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.

5 How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?

6 Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,

7 for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.

8 Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.

9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for the sake of Your name.

10 Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.

11 May the groans of the captives reach You; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death.

12 Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.

13 Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.

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Jerusalem in ruins: 'O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled.' The dead bodies of thy servants given to the birds; blood shed like water round about Jerusalem, and none to bury. 'How long, O Jehovah?' Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers; 'help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name… wherefore should the nations say, Where is their God?' Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee. 'So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever.'

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.

Context

Poetry · David, Asaph, Sons of Korah, others — Psalms overview

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Jeremiah 142 verses
- Jeremiah 14:7Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.
- Jeremiah 14:16And the people to whom they prophesy will be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem because of famine and sword. There will be no one to bury them or their wives, their sons or their daughters. I will pour out their own evil upon them.
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Psalms 892 verses
- Psalms 89:41All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.
- Psalms 89:46How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
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Psalms 741 verse
- Psalms 74:1Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
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Jeremiah 161 verse
- Jeremiah 16:4“They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and beasts of the earth.”
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Lamentations 11 verse
- Lamentations 1:10The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary—those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly.
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2 Chronicles 361 verse
- 2 Chronicles 36:19Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.
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Jeremiah 71 verse
- Jeremiah 7:33The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away.
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Jeremiah 341 verse
- Jeremiah 34:20I will deliver into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
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Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and OpenBible.info.