Psalm 79
Overview
79:1 The psalmist complains of the desolation of Jerusalem;
79:8 He prays for deliverance;
79:13 and promises thankfulness.
This Psalm is supposed, with much probability, to have been written on the destruction of the city and temple of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar. Verse 1 of Asaphor, for Asaph, Psalm 74:1 *title, marg:the heathen 74:3, 74:4, 80:12, 80:13; 2 Kings 21:12-16, 25:4-10; 2 Chronicles 36:3, 36:4, 36:6, 36:7, 36:17; Luke 21:24; Revelation 11:2 into Psalm 74:2, 78:71; Exodus 15:17; Isaiah 47:6 holy Psalm 74:7, 74:8; 2 Kings 24:13; Lamentations 1:10; Ezekiel 7:20, 7:21, 9:7 have laid 2 Kings 25:9, 25:10; 2 Chronicles 36:19; Jeremiah 26:18, 39:8, 52:13; Micah 3:12 Reciprocal Deuteronomy 28:26 - General; 1 Samuel 4:13 - his heart; 1 Chronicles 6:39 - Asaph; 25:2 - Asaph; 2 Chronicles 35:15 - according; 36:16 - the wrath; Psalm 31:2 - deliver; 102:14 - General; 137:3 - wasted us; Isaiah 64:10 - General; Jeremiah 9:11 - Jerusalem; 19:13 - defiled; 50:11 - ye destroyers; 51:51 - for strangers; Lamentations 5:2 - General; Ezekiel 5:14 - I will; 24:21 - I will; Daniel 9:2 - the desolations; 1 Corinthians 3:17 - any Verse 2 Jeremiah 7:33, 15:3, 16:4, 34:20 Reciprocal 2 Chronicles 36:17 - who slew; Psalm 44:22 - killed; 94:5 - break; Jeremiah 14:16 - be cast; 19:7 - and their; Lamentations 5:2 - General; Ezekiel 32:4 - General; Daniel 9:2 - the desolations; Zephaniah 1:17 - and their blood; Revelation 11:8 - their dead; 11:9 - and shall not Verse 3 Their Psalm 79:10; Matthew 23:35; Romans 8:36; Revelation 16:6, 17:6, 18:24 and thereetc. Either there was no friend or relation left to bury them, or none was allowed to perform this last sad office. The despotism of eastern princes often proceeds to such a degree of extravagance as to fill the mind with astonishment and horror. In Morocco, no person dares to bury the body of a malefactor without an order from the emperor; and Windus, speaking of a man who was to have been sawn in two, informs us, that "his body must have remained to be eaten by the dogs, if the emperor had not pardoned him." Psalm 141:7; Jeremiah 8:1, 8:2, 14:16, 15:3, 16:4, 25:33, 34:20; Revelation 11:9 Reciprocal Genesis 50:5 - bury me; 2 Samuel 14:14 - as water; 2 Chronicles 36:17 - who slew; Psalm 44:22 - killed; 94:5 - break; Jeremiah 7:33 - General; 19:7 - and their; Ezekiel 16:38 - shed; 23:32 - thou shalt be; 32:4 - General; Zephaniah 1:17 - they shall; Revelation 11:8 - their dead Verse 4 become Psalm 44:13, 44:14, 80:6, 89:41; Deuteronomy 28:37; Jeremiah 24:9, 25:18, 42:18; Lamentations 2:15, 2:16; 5:1; Ezekiel 35:12, 36:3, 36:15 scorn 1 Kings 9:7; Nehemiah 2:19, 4:1-4 Reciprocal 1:3 - reproach; 2:17 - a reproach; Psalm 30:1 - hast not; 39:8 - make; 74:10 - General; Isaiah 43:28 - and have; Jeremiah 48:27 - was not; 51:51 - are confounded; Lamentations 1:7 - the adversaries; 3:14 - General; 3:46 - have; Ezekiel 5:15 - an instruction; 22:4 - have I; 36:4 - a prey; Daniel 9:16 - Jerusalem; Joel 2:17 - and give; Zechariah 8:13 - a curse Verse 5 How long Psalm 13:1, 13:2, 74:1, 74:9, 74:10, 80:4, 89:46; Revelation 6:10 wilt Psalm 85:5, 103:9; Isaiah 64:9; Micah 7:18 jealousy Deuteronomy 29:20, 32:16, 32:22; Ezekiel 36:5; Zephaniah 1:18, 3:8 Reciprocal Genesis 44:18 - anger; Esther 1:12 - burned; Psalm 38:19 - are lively; 77:7 - and will; 78:58 - moved; 80:16 - burned; 94:3 - Lord; Isaiah 30:27 - burning; 42:25 - he hath poured; 64:12 - General; Jeremiah 3:12 - I will; Lamentations 2:3 - he burned; 5:20 - dost; Daniel 8:13 - How; 9:19 - defer; Zechariah 1:2 - Lord Verse 6 Pour Psalm 69:24; Isaiah 42:25; Revelation 16:1-21 upon Isaiah 13:1-22, 21:1-17, 23:1-18; Jeremiah 10:25, 25:29, 46:1-51:64 not known Psalm 9:16, 9:17; Isaiah 45:4, 45:5; John 16:3, 17:25; Acts 17:23; Romans 1:28; 2 Thessalonians 1:8 not called Psalm 14:4, 53:4, 145:18; Romans 10:12-14; 1 Corinthians 1:2 Reciprocal 2 Chronicles 12:7 - and my wrath; Job 18:21 - knoweth; Psalm 9:19 - let the; 136:15 - for his mercy; Isaiah 43:22 - thou hast not; 63:19 - are thine; Ezekiel 7:8 - pour; Daniel 9:19 - for thy; Zechariah 1:2 - Lord Verse 7 For they Psalm 80:13; Isaiah 9:12; Jeremiah 50:7, 51:34, 51:35; Zechariah 1:15 laid 2 Chronicles 36:21; Isaiah 24:1-12, 64:10, 64:11 Reciprocal 1 Samuel 4:2 - and they; 2 Chronicles 36:19 - they burnt; Psalm 94:5 - break; 102:14 - General; Jeremiah 10:25 - Pour; Ezekiel 19:14 - she hath Verse 8 remember Psalm 25:7, 130:3; Exodus 32:34; 1 Kings 17:18; Isaiah 64:9; Hosea 8:13, 9:9; Revelation 18:5 former iniquitiesor, the iniquities of them that were before us, Genesis 15:16; Ezekiel 2:3; Daniel 9:16; Matthew 23:32-36 let thy Psalm 21:3, 69:16, 69:17 we are 106:43, 116:6, 142:6; Deuteronomy 28:43 Reciprocal Exodus 20:5 - visiting; 1 Samuel 4:2 - and they; 2 Samuel 19:19 - remember; Psalm 6:4 - for; 59:10 - prevent; 85:2 - forgiven; 119:124 - Deal; 137:7 - Remember; Isaiah 43:25 - will not; Jeremiah 44:21 - did; Ezekiel 29:16 - bringeth; Daniel 9:19 - thine Verse 9 for the Psalm 115:1; 2 Chronicles 14:11; Malachi 2:2; Ephesians 1:6 purge Psalm 25:11, 65:3; Daniel 9:9, 9:19 for thy Joshua 7:9; Isaiah 43:25, 48:9; Jeremiah 14:7, 14:21; Ezekiel 20:9, 20:14 Reciprocal Exodus 32:12 - should; 1 Chronicles 16:35 - Save us; Psalm 6:4 - for; 18:46 - the God; 23:3 - for his; 25:5 - God; 31:3 - for thy; 60:1 - O turn; 74:22 - Arise; 85:2 - forgiven; 88:1 - Lord; 109:21 - But do; Isaiah 17:10 - the God; Jeremiah 30:17 - they; Ezekiel 20:22 - wrought; 20:44 - when I; John 17:11 - thine Verse 10 Wherefore Psalm 42:3, 42:10, 115:2; Joel 2:17; Micah 7:10 let him Psalm 9:16, 58:11, 83:17, 83:18; Exodus 6:7, 7:5; Ezekiel 36:23, 39:21, 39:22 by the Jeremiah 51:35; Revelation 18:20 revengingHeb. vengeance, Romans 12:19 Reciprocal Exodus 32:12 - should; 1 Kings 20:28 - therefore will; 1 Chronicles 16:35 - Save us; 2 Chronicles 14:11 - man; Psalm 9:5 - rebuked; 12:5 - oppression; 30:1 - hast not; 74:22 - Arise; 79:3 - Their; 89:50 - General; 109:21 - But do; 115:1 - unto us; Isaiah 25:5 - shalt bring; 64:2 - to make; Jeremiah 14:21 - for; Lamentations 3:46 - have; Ezekiel 20:22 - wrought; 36:3 - and ye; 37:28 - the heathen; 2 Thessalonians 1:6 - General Verse 11 sighing Psalm 12:5, 69:33, 102:20; Exodus 2:23, 2:24; Isaiah 42:7 according Psalm 146:6, 146:7; Numbers 14:17-19; Matthew 6:13; Ephesians 3:20 thy powerHeb. thine arm, Isaiah 33:2 preserve thou those that are appointed to dieHeb. reserve the children of death, Psalm 102:20 *marg.Reciprocal 1 Samuel 20:31 - shall surely die; 26:16 - worthy to die; Psalm 88:2 - General; Proverbs 31:8 - such; Isaiah 21:2 - all the; Lamentations 3:34 - all; Acts 16:26 - and every Verse 12 render Genesis 4:15; Leviticus 26:21, 26:28; Isaiah 65:5-7; Jeremiah 32:18; Luke 6:38 wherewithSee note on Psalm 44:16, and see note on 74:18-22.Reciprocal Numbers 15:30 - reproacheth; 1 Samuel 17:26 - reproach; 2 Kings 19:16 - which hath sent; Nehemiah 2:17 - a reproach; 4:4 - turn; Psalm 5:10 - let; 42:3 - while; 59:12 - For the; Isaiah 37:17 - hear; 65:6 - but; Jeremiah 51:51 - are confounded; Lamentations 5:1 - behold; Habakkuk 3:1 - by reproaches Verse 13 thy people Psalm 74:1, 95:7, 100:3 we will 45:17, 74:18, 74:22, 145:4; Isaiah 43:21 all generationsHeb. generation and generationReciprocal Psalm 9:14 - That; 23:1 - my; 61:8 - sing; 80:18 - So will; 102:21 - General; Isaiah 64:9 - we are; Matthew 25:33 - the sheep; John 10:7 - the sheep; Colossians 1:12 - Giving