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Selected Verse: Psalms 79:1 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
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| Ps 79:1 |
Strong Concordance |
A Psalm [04210] of Asaph [0623]. O God [0430], the heathen [01471] are come [0935] into thine inheritance [05159]; thy holy [06944] temple [01964] have they defiled [02930]; they have laid [07760] Jerusalem [03389] on heaps [05856]. |
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King James |
A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
This Psalm, like the seventy-fourth, probably depicts the desolations of the Chaldeans (Jer 52:12-24). It comprises the usual complaint, prayer, and promised thanks for relief. (Psa 79:1-13)
(Compare Psa 74:2-7). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance - The nations; a foreign people. See Psa 2:1, note; Psa 2:8; note; Psa 78:55, note. The term is one that would be applicable to the Chaldeans, or Babylonians, and the probable allusion here is to their invasion of the holy land under Nebuchadnezzar. Ch2 36:17-21.
Thy holy temple have they defiled - They have polluted it. By entering it; by removing the sacred furniture; by cutting down the carved work; by making it desolate. See Ch2 36:17-18. Compare the notes at Psa 74:5-7.
They have laid Jerusalem on heaps - See Ch2 36:19 : "And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof." |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The Psalm begins with a plaintive description, and in fact one that makes complaint to God. Its opening sounds like Lam 1:10. The defiling does not exclude the reducing to ashes, it is rather spontaneously suggested in Psa 74:7 in company with wilful incendiarism. The complaint in Psa 79:1 reminds one of the prophecy of Micah, Mic 3:12, which in its time excited so much vexation (Jer 26:18); and Psa 79:2, Deu 28:26. עבדיך confers upon those who were massacred the honour of martyrdom. The lxx renders לעיים by εἰς ὀπωροφυλάκιον, a flourish taken from Isa 1:8. Concerning the quotation from memory in 1 Macc. 7:16f., vid., the introduction to Ps 74. The translator of the originally Hebrew First Book of the Maccabees even in other instances betrays an acquaintance with the Greek Psalter (cf. 1 Macc. 1:37, καὶ ἐξέχεαν αἷμα ἀθῷον κύκλῳ τοῦ ἁγιάσματος). "As water," i.e., (cf. Deu 15:23) without setting any value upon it and without any scruple about it. Psa 44:14 is repeated in Psa 79:4. At the time of the Chaldaean catastrophe this applied more particularly to the Edomites. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The heathen are come into thine inheritance - Thou didst cast them out, and take thy people in; they have cast us out, and now taken possession of the land that belongs to thee. They have defiled the temple, and reduced Jerusalem to a heap of ruins; and made a general slaughter of thy people. |
2 Remember [02142] thy congregation [05712], which thou hast purchased [07069] of old [06924]; the rod [07626] of thine inheritance [05159], which thou hast redeemed [01350]; this mount [02022] Zion [06726], wherein thou hast dwelt [07931].
3 Lift up [07311] thy feet [06471] unto the perpetual [05331] desolations [04876]; even all that the enemy [0341] hath done wickedly [07489] in the sanctuary [06944].
4 Thine enemies [06887] roar [07580] in the midst [07130] of thy congregations [04150]; they set up [07760] their ensigns [0226] for signs [0226].
5 A man was famous [03045] according as he had lifted up [0935] [04605] axes [07134] upon the thick [05442] trees [06086].
6 But now they break down [01986] the carved work [06603] thereof at once [03162] with axes [03781] and hammers [03597].
7 They have cast [07971] fire [0784] into thy sanctuary [04720], they have defiled [02490] by casting down the dwelling place [04908] of thy name [08034] to the ground [0776].
1 A Psalm [04210] of Asaph [0623]. O God [0430], the heathen [01471] are come [0935] into thine inheritance [05159]; thy holy [06944] temple [01964] have they defiled [02930]; they have laid [07760] Jerusalem [03389] on heaps [05856].
2 The dead bodies [05038] of thy servants [05650] have they given [05414] to be meat [03978] unto the fowls [05775] of the heaven [08064], the flesh [01320] of thy saints [02623] unto the beasts [02416] of the earth [0776].
3 Their blood [01818] have they shed [08210] like water [04325] round about [05439] Jerusalem [03389]; and there was none to bury [06912] them.
4 We are become a reproach [02781] to our neighbours [07934], a scorn [03933] and derision [07047] to them that are round about [05439] us.
5 How long, LORD [03068]? wilt thou be angry [0599] for ever [05331]? shall thy jealousy [07068] burn [01197] like fire [0784]?
6 Pour out [08210] thy wrath [02534] upon the heathen [01471] that have not known [03045] thee, and upon the kingdoms [04467] that have not called [07121] upon thy name [08034].
7 For they have devoured [0398] Jacob [03290], and laid waste [08074] his dwelling place [05116].
8 O remember [02142] not against us former [07223] iniquities [05771]: let thy tender mercies [07356] speedily [04118] prevent [06923] us: for we are brought [01809] very [03966] low [01809].
9 Help [05826] us, O God [0430] of our salvation [03468], for [01697] the glory [03519] of thy name [08034]: and deliver [05337] us, and purge away [03722] our sins [02403], for thy name's [08034] sake.
10 Wherefore should the heathen [01471] say [0559], Where is their God [0430]? let him be known [03045] among the heathen [01471] in our sight [05869] by the revenging [05360] of the blood [01818] of thy servants [05650] which is shed [08210].
11 Let the sighing [0603] of the prisoner [0615] come [0935] before [06440] thee; according to the greatness [01433] of thy power [02220] preserve [03498] thou those that are appointed [01121] to die [08546];
12 And render [07725] unto our neighbours [07934] sevenfold [07659] into their bosom [02436] their reproach [02781], wherewith they have reproached [02778] thee, O Lord [0136].
13 So we thy people [05971] and sheep [06629] of thy pasture [04830] will give thee thanks [03034] for ever [05769]: we will shew forth [05608] thy praise [08416] to all [01755] generations [01755].
12 Now in the fifth [02549] month [02320], in the tenth [06218] day of the month [02320], which was the nineteenth [08672] [06240] [08141] year [08141] of Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894], came [0935] Nebuzaradan [05018], captain [07227] of the guard [02876], which served [05975] [06440] the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], into Jerusalem [03389],
13 And burned [08313] the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and the king's [04428] house [01004]; and all the houses [01004] of Jerusalem [03389], and all the houses [01004] of the great [01419] men, burned [08313] he with fire [0784]:
14 And all the army [02428] of the Chaldeans [03778], that were with the captain [07227] of the guard [02876], brake down [05422] all the walls [02346] of Jerusalem [03389] round about [05439].
15 Then Nebuzaradan [05018] the captain [07227] of the guard [02876] carried away captive [01540] certain of the poor [01803] of the people [05971], and the residue [03499] of the people [05971] that remained [07604] in the city [05892], and those that fell away [05307], that fell [05307] to the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and the rest [03499] of the multitude [0527].
16 But Nebuzaradan [05018] the captain [07227] of the guard [02876] left [07604] certain of the poor [01803] of the land [0776] for vinedressers [03755] and for husbandmen [03009].
17 Also the pillars [05982] of brass [05178] that were in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and the bases [04350], and the brasen [05178] sea [03220] that was in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], the Chaldeans [03778] brake [07665], and carried [05375] all the brass [05178] of them to Babylon [0894].
18 The caldrons [05518] also, and the shovels [03257], and the snuffers [04212], and the bowls [04219], and the spoons [03709], and all the vessels [03627] of brass [05178] wherewith they ministered [08334], took they away [03947].
19 And the basons [05592], and the firepans [04289], and the bowls [04219], and the caldrons [05518], and the candlesticks [04501], and the spoons [03709], and the cups [04518]; that which was of gold [02091] in gold [02091], and that which was of silver [03701] in silver [03701], took [03947] the captain [07227] of the guard [02876] away [03947].
20 The two [08147] pillars [05982], one [0259] sea [03220], and twelve [08147] [06240] brasen [05178] bulls [01241] that were under the bases [04350], which king [04428] Solomon [08010] had made [06213] in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068]: the brass [05178] of all these vessels [03627] was without weight [04948].
21 And concerning the pillars [05982], the height [06967] of one [0259] pillar [05982] was eighteen [08083] [06240] cubits [0520]; and a fillet [02339] of twelve [08147] [06240] cubits [0520] did compass [05437] it; and the thickness [05672] thereof was four [0702] fingers [0676]: it was hollow [05014].
22 And a chapiter [03805] of brass [05178] was upon it; and the height [06967] of one [0259] chapiter [03805] was five [02568] cubits [0520], with network [07639] and pomegranates [07416] upon the chapiters [03805] round about [05439], all of brass [05178]. The second [08145] pillar [05982] also and the pomegranates [07416] were like unto these.
23 And there were ninety [08673] and six [08337] pomegranates [07416] on a side [07307]; and all the pomegranates [07416] upon the network [07639] were an hundred [03967] round about [05439].
24 And the captain [07227] of the guard [02876] took [03947] Seraiah [08304] the chief [07218] priest [03548], and Zephaniah [06846] the second [04932] priest [03548], and the three [07969] keepers [08104] of the door [05592]:
19 And they burnt [08313] the house [01004] of God [0430], and brake down [05422] the wall [02346] of Jerusalem [03389], and burnt [08313] all the palaces [0759] thereof with fire [0784], and destroyed [07843] all the goodly [04261] vessels [03627] thereof.
5 A man was famous [03045] according as he had lifted up [0935] [04605] axes [07134] upon the thick [05442] trees [06086].
6 But now they break down [01986] the carved work [06603] thereof at once [03162] with axes [03781] and hammers [03597].
7 They have cast [07971] fire [0784] into thy sanctuary [04720], they have defiled [02490] by casting down the dwelling place [04908] of thy name [08034] to the ground [0776].
17 Therefore he brought [05927] upon them the king [04428] of the Chaldees [03778], who slew [02026] their young men [0970] with the sword [02719] in the house [01004] of their sanctuary [04720], and had no compassion [02550] upon young man [0970] or maiden [01330], old man [02205], or him that stooped for age [03486]: he gave [05414] them all into his hand [03027].
18 And all the vessels [03627] of the house [01004] of God [0430], great [01419] and small [06996], and the treasures [0214] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and the treasures [0214] of the king [04428], and of his princes [08269]; all these he brought [0935] to Babylon [0894].
17 Therefore he brought [05927] upon them the king [04428] of the Chaldees [03778], who slew [02026] their young men [0970] with the sword [02719] in the house [01004] of their sanctuary [04720], and had no compassion [02550] upon young man [0970] or maiden [01330], old man [02205], or him that stooped for age [03486]: he gave [05414] them all into his hand [03027].
18 And all the vessels [03627] of the house [01004] of God [0430], great [01419] and small [06996], and the treasures [0214] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and the treasures [0214] of the king [04428], and of his princes [08269]; all these he brought [0935] to Babylon [0894].
19 And they burnt [08313] the house [01004] of God [0430], and brake down [05422] the wall [02346] of Jerusalem [03389], and burnt [08313] all the palaces [0759] thereof with fire [0784], and destroyed [07843] all the goodly [04261] vessels [03627] thereof.
20 And them that had escaped [07611] from the sword [02719] carried he away [01540] to Babylon [0894]; where they were servants [05650] to him and his sons [01121] until the reign [04427] of the kingdom [04438] of Persia [06539]:
21 To fulfil [04390] the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] by the mouth [06310] of Jeremiah [03414], until the land [0776] had enjoyed [07521] her sabbaths [07676]: for as long as [03117] she lay desolate [08074] she kept sabbath [07673], to fulfil [04390] threescore and ten [07657] years [08141].
55 He cast out [01644] the heathen [01471] also before [06440] them, and divided [05307] them an inheritance [05159] by line [02256], and made the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478] to dwell [07931] in their tents [0168].
8 Ask [07592] of me, and I shall give [05414] thee the heathen [01471] for thine inheritance [05159], and the uttermost parts [0657] of the earth [0776] for thy possession [0272].
1 Why do the heathen [01471] rage [07283], and the people [03816] imagine [01897] a vain thing [07385]?
4 We are become a reproach [02781] to our neighbours [07934], a scorn [03933] and derision [07047] to them that are round about [05439] us.
14 Thou makest [07760] us a byword [04912] among the heathen [01471], a shaking [04493] of the head [07218] among the people [03816].
23 Only thou shalt not eat [0398] the blood [01818] thereof; thou shalt pour [08210] it upon the ground [0776] as water [04325].
8 And the daughter [01323] of Zion [06726] is left [03498] as a cottage [05521] in a vineyard [03754], as a lodge [04412] in a garden of cucumbers [04750], as a besieged [05341] city [05892].
26 And thy carcase [05038] shall be meat [03978] unto all fowls [05775] of the air [08064], and unto the beasts [0929] of the earth [0776], and no man shall fray them away [02729].
2 The dead bodies [05038] of thy servants [05650] have they given [05414] to be meat [03978] unto the fowls [05775] of the heaven [08064], the flesh [01320] of thy saints [02623] unto the beasts [02416] of the earth [0776].
18 Micah [04320] the Morasthite [04183] prophesied [05012] in the days [03117] of Hezekiah [02396] king [04428] of Judah [03063], and spake [0559] to all the people [05971] of Judah [03063], saying [0559], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635]; Zion [06726] shall be plowed [02790] like a field [07704], and Jerusalem [03389] shall become heaps [05856], and the mountain [02022] of the house [01004] as the high places [01116] of a forest [03293].
12 Therefore shall Zion [06726] for your sake [01558] be plowed [02790] as a field [07704], and Jerusalem [03389] shall become heaps [05856], and the mountain [02022] of the house [01004] as the high places [01116] of the forest [03293].
1 A Psalm [04210] of Asaph [0623]. O God [0430], the heathen [01471] are come [0935] into thine inheritance [05159]; thy holy [06944] temple [01964] have they defiled [02930]; they have laid [07760] Jerusalem [03389] on heaps [05856].
7 They have cast [07971] fire [0784] into thy sanctuary [04720], they have defiled [02490] by casting down the dwelling place [04908] of thy name [08034] to the ground [0776].
10 The adversary [06862] hath spread out [06566] his hand [03027] upon all her pleasant things [04261]: for she hath seen [07200] that the heathen [01471] entered [0935] into her sanctuary [04720], whom thou didst command [06680] that they should not enter [0935] into thy congregation [06951].