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Psalms 79:10
10Why 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.
Psalms 79:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.
- New International Version (NIV)Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations that you avenge the outpoured blood of your servants.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let the avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants be known among the nations before our eyes!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Let there be known among the nations in our sight The avenging of the blood of Your servants which has been shed.
Context of Psalms 79:10
8O 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. 9Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; Rescue us, forgive us our sins for Your name’s sake. 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. 11Let 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. 12And return into the lap of our neighbors sevenfold The taunts with which they have taunted You, O Lord.
Read all of Psalms 79Psalms 79:10 word by word
לָ֤מָּה׀ יֹאמְר֣וּ הַגּוֹיִם֮ אַיֵּ֪ה אֱֽלֹהֵ֫יהֶ֥ם יִוָּדַ֣ע בַּגּוֹיִ֣ם לְעֵינֵ֑ינוּ נִ֝קְמַ֗ת דַּֽם־עֲבָדֶ֥יךָ הַשָּׁפֽוּךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Wherefore should the heathenגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
- sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- their Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- let him be knownיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
- in our sightעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
- the revengingנְקָמָהneqâmâh · vengeanceH5360
- of the bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
- of thy servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
- shedשָׁפַךְshâphak · to pour: pourH8210
Cross-references for Psalms 79:10
- Psalms 42:3My tears have been my food day and night, While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
- Psalms 115:2Why should the nations say, “Where, now, is their God?”
- Joel 2:17Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, Weep between the porch and the altar, And let them say, “Have compassion and spare Your people, O Lord, And do not make Your inheritance (Israel) an object of ridicule, Or a [humiliating] byword among the [Gentile] nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’ ”
- Micah 7:10Then my enemy [all the pagan nations] shall see it, And shame [for despising the Lord] will cover her who said to me, “Where is the Lord your God?” My eyes will look on her [with satisfaction at her judgment]; Now she (unbelievers) will be trampled down Like mud of the streets.
- Psalms 9:16The Lord has made Himself known; He executes judgment; The wicked are trapped by the work of their own hands. Higgaion (meditation) Selah.
- Psalms 58:11Men will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous; Surely there is a God who judges on the earth.”
- Psalms 83:17Let them be ashamed and dismayed forever; Yes, let them be humiliated and perish,
- Exodus 6:7Then I will take you for My people, and I will be your God; and you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who redeemed you and brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
- Exodus 7:5The Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch out My hand on Egypt and bring out the children of Israel from among them.”
- Ezekiel 36:23I will vindicate the holiness of My great name which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord,” says the Lord God, “when I prove Myself holy among you in their sight.
- Ezekiel 39:21“And I will bring [and manifest] My glory among the nations; and all the nations will see My judgment and justice [in the punishment] which I have executed and My hand which I have laid on them.
- Jeremiah 51:35May the violence done to me and to my flesh and blood be upon Babylon,” The inhabitant of Zion will say; And, “May my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,” Jerusalem will say.
- Revelation 18:20Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints (God’s people) and apostles and prophets [who were martyred], because God has executed vengeance for you [through righteous judgment] upon her.”
- Romans 12:19Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave the way open for God’s wrath [and His judicial righteousness]; for it is written [in Scripture], “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.
Commentaries on Psalms 79:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Where is their God? - Show where thou art by rising up for our redemption, and the infliction of deserved punishment upon our enemies.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Wherefore should the heathen say Where is their God? - The nations. Why should such a course of forbearance toward them be pursued as to lead them to ask the question whether God is able to punish them, or to come to the conclusion that he is not the God of those who profess to worship him. See Psalm 42:3, note; Psalm 42:10, note. Let him be known among the heathen - Let him so manifest himself among them that they cannot but see that he is God; that he…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-13Verses 6-13 Those who persist in ignorance of God, and neglect of prayer, are the ungodly. How unrighteous soever men were, the Lord was righteous in permitting them to do what they did. Deliverances from trouble are mercies indeed, when grounded upon the pardon of sin; we should therefore be more earnest in prayer for the removal of our sins than for the removal of afflictions. They had no hopes but from God's mercies, his tender mercies. They plead no…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-11The people ask God to rescue them. Although Israel’s sins caused the tragedy, the pagan nations must also be held responsible for the bloodshed.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. This ground of pleading often used (Ex 32:12; Nu 14:13-16). blood ... shed--(Psa 79:3).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 79
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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