Thematic Bible
Psalm 79:1 (show verse)
They have defiled Your sacred temple;
They have laid Jerusalem in ruins.
Church » Holy temple
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)
They have given the dead bodies of Your servants as food to the birds of the heavens,
The flesh of Your godly ones to the beasts of the earth.
Psalm 79:3 (show verse)
They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem,
And there was no one to bury them.
Psalm 79:4 (show verse)
We have become an object of taunting to our neighbors [because of our humiliation],
A derision and mockery to those who encircle us.
Psalm 79:5 (show verse)
How long, O Lord? Will You be angry forever?
Will Your jealousy [which cannot endure a divided allegiance] burn like fire?
Psalm 79:6 (show verse)
Pour out Your wrath on the [Gentile] nations that do not know You,
And on the kingdoms that do not call on Your name.
Psalm 79:7 (show verse)
For they have devoured Jacob
And made his pasture desolate.
Psalm 79:8 (show verse)
O do not remember against us the sins and guilt of our forefathers.
Let Your compassion and mercy come quickly to meet us,
For we have been brought very low.
Psalm 79:9 (show verse)
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name;
Rescue us, forgive us our sins for Your name’s sake.
Psalm 79:10 (show verse)
Why should the [Gentile] nations say, “Where is their God?”
Let there be known [without delay] among the nations in our sight [and to this generation],
Your vengeance for the blood of Your servants which has been poured out.
Psalm 79:11 (show verse)
Let the groaning and sighing of the prisoner come before You;
According to the greatness of Your power keep safe those who are doomed to die.
Psalm 79:12 (show verse)
And return into the lap of our neighbors sevenfold
The taunts with which they have taunted You, O Lord.
Psalm 79:13 (show verse)
So we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture,
Will give You thanks forever;
We will declare and publish Your praise from generation to generation.