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Psalm 79:1 (show verse)
{A Psalm of Asaph.} O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance: thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
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Gentiles » Often ravaged and defiled the holy land and sanctuary
Gentiles/heathen » The gentiles/heathen treading jerusalem under their feet
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Calamities of
Jerusalem » Calamities of
Jerusalem » The gentiles treading jerusalem under their feet
Jews, the » Captivity of » Calamities of
Jews, the » Denunciations against those who » Slaughtered
Temple » Solomon's » Destroyed by nebuchadnezzar, and the valuable contents carried to babylon
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Temple » Solomon's » Holy temple
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Gentiles » Often ravaged and defiled the holy land and sanctuary
Gentiles/heathen » The gentiles/heathen treading jerusalem under their feet
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Calamities of
Jerusalem » Calamities of
Jerusalem » The gentiles treading jerusalem under their feet
Jews, the » Captivity of » Calamities of
Jews, the » Denunciations against those who » Slaughtered
Temple » Solomon's » Destroyed by nebuchadnezzar, and the valuable contents carried to babylon
Temple » General references to
Temple » Solomon's » Holy temple
Worship » Temples » General references to
Psalm 79:2 (show verse)
The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowl of the heavens, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth:
Psalm 79:3 (show verse)
Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them.
Psalm 79:4 (show verse)
We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision to them that are round about us.
Psalm 79:5 (show verse)
How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
Psalm 79:6 (show verse)
Pour out thy fury upon the nations that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name:
Psalm 79:7 (show verse)
For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his habitation.
Psalm 79:8 (show verse)
Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers; let thy tender mercies speedily come to meet us: for we are brought very low.
Psalm 79:9 (show verse)
Help us, O God of our salvation, because of the glory of thy name; and deliver us, and forgive our sins, for thy name's sake.
Psalm 79:10 (show verse)
Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants that is shed be known among the nations in our sight.
Psalm 79:11 (show verse)
Let the groaning of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thine arm, preserve those that are appointed to die;
Psalm 79:12 (show verse)
And render unto our neighbours, sevenfold into their bosom, their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
Psalm 79:13 (show verse)
And we, thy people and the sheep of thy pasture, will give thanks unto thee for ever; we will shew forth thy praise from generation to generation.