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Psalm 79:1 (show verse)
God, the nations have come into your inheritance. They have defiled your holy temple. 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
Temple » General references to
Temple » Solomon's » Holy temple
Worship » Temples » General references to
Psalm 79:2 (show verse)
They have given the dead bodies of your servants to be food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your holy ones to the animals of the earth.
Psalm 79:3 (show verse)
Their blood they have shed like water around Jerusalem. There was no one to bury them.
Psalm 79:4 (show verse)
We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and derision to those who are around us.
Psalm 79:5 (show verse)
How long, LORD? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?
Psalm 79:6 (show verse)
Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not know you; on the kingdoms that do not call on your name;
Psalm 79:7 (show verse)
For they have devoured Jacob, and destroyed his homeland.
Psalm 79:8 (show verse)
Do not hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us. Let your tender mercies speedily meet us, for we are in desperate need.
Psalm 79:9 (show verse)
Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name. Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name's sake.
Psalm 79:10 (show verse)
Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let it be known among the nations, before our eyes, that vengeance for your servants' blood is being poured out.
Psalm 79:11 (show verse)
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you. According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to death.
Psalm 79:12 (show verse)
Pay back to our neighbors seven times into their bosom their reproach with which they have reproached you, Lord.
Psalm 79:13 (show verse)
So we, your people and sheep of your pasture, will give you thanks forever. We will praise you forever, to all generations.