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Psalms 79:1-4

King James Version (KJV)

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— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

1. 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. 2. The dead bodies of thy servants have they given [to be] meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth. 3. Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and [there was] none to bury [them]. 4. We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

Psalms 79:1-4 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 79:1

Theological / Devotional

Heathen. Or, “nations” (see on Ps. 2:1). Verses 1–4 graphically lament the terrible calamities that have come upon Israel.

Inheritance. See Ps. 28:9 ; 74:2; 78:62.

Have they defiled. By breaking into it, stealing the sacred furniture, demolishing its appointments, setting fire to it, the Babylonians had polluted the Temple (see 2 Chron. 36:17, 18; Jer. 52:17–23; cf. Ps. 74:4–7).

On heaps. See 2 Chron. 36:19; Jer. 9:11; 26:18; Micah 3:12.

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