American Standard Version
Psalms 79:1
1O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance;Thy holy temple have they defiled;They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
Psalms 79:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
- New International Version (NIV)O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple, they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
- English Standard Version (ESV)O God, the nations have come into your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.
- New King James Version (NKJV)O God, the nations have come into Your inheritance; Your holy temple they have defiled; They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
Context of Psalms 79:1
O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance; Thy holy temple have they defiled; They have laid Jerusalem in heaps. 2The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be food unto the birds of the heavens, The flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth. 3Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; And there was none to bury them.
Read all of Psalms 79Psalms 79:1 word by word
אֱֽלֹהִ֡ים בָּ֤אוּ גוֹיִ֨ם׀ בְּֽנַחֲלָתֶ֗ךָ טִ֭מְּאוּ אֶת־הֵיכַ֣ל קָדְשֶׁ֑ךָ שָׂ֖מוּ אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֣ם לְעִיִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
- Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
- comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachălâh · inheritanceH5159
- holyקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
- templeהֵיכָלhêykâl · templeH1964
- defiledטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930
- Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
Cross-references for Psalms 79:1
- Psalms 74:1O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
- Psalms 74:3Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual ruins, All the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.
- Psalms 80:12Why hast thou broken down its walls, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck it?
- 2 Kings 21:12therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Behold, I bring such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.
- 2 Kings 25:4Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden (now the Chaldeans were against the city round about); and the king went by the way of the Arabah.
- 2 Chronicles 36:3And the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and fined the land a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
- Luke 21:24And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led captive into all the nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
- Revelation 11:2And the court which is without the temple leave without, and measure it not; for it hath been given unto the nations: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
- Psalms 74:2Remember thy congregation, which thou hast gotten of old, Which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thine inheritance; Andmount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
- Psalms 78:71From following the ewes that have their young he brought him, To be the shepherd of Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
- Exodus 15:17Thou wilt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, The place, O Jehovah, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, The sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.
- Isaiah 47:6I was wroth with my people, I profaned mine inheritance, and gave them into thy hand: thou didst show them no mercy; upon the aged hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
- Psalms 74:7They have set thy sanctuary on fire; They have profaned the dwelling-place of thy name by casting it to the ground.
- 2 Kings 24:13And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold, which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of Jehovah, as Jehovah had said.
- Lamentations 1:10The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: For she hath seen that the nations are entered into her sanctuary, Concerning whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thine assembly.
- Ezekiel 7:20As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty; but they made the images of their abominations and their detestable things therein: therefore have I made it unto them as an unclean thing.
Commentaries on Psalms 79:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1The 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.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance - The nations; a foreign people. See Psalm 2:1, note; Psalm 2:8; note; Psalm 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. 2 Chronicles 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…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The deplorable condition of the people of God. (1-5) A petition for relief. (6-13) Verses 1-5 God is complained to: whither should children go but to a Father able and willing to help them? See what a change sin made in the holy city, when the heathen were suffered to pour in upon them. God's own people defiled it by their sins, therefore he suffered their enemies to defile it by their insolence. They desired that God would be reconciled. Those who desire…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1Your inheritance: This phrase might refer to the land, the temple (see Psalm 61:5), or the people (see 79:2; 78:71).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-131. (Compare Psa 74:2-7).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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