Psalms 79:3

Psalms 79:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.
• New International Version (NIV)They have poured out blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there was no one to bury them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Their blood they have shed like water all around Jerusalem, And there was no one to bury them.

Context of Psalms 79:3

1The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble. 2They have given the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth. They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead. 4We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us. 5How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?

Psalms 79:3 word by word

שָׁפְכ֬וּ דָמָ֨ם׀ כַּמַּ֗יִם סְֽבִ֘יב֤וֹת יְֽרוּשָׁלִָ֗ם וְאֵ֣ין קוֹבֵֽר׃Read the interlinear

• They have poured outשָׁפַךְshâphak · to pour: pourH8210
• their bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• like waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
• all aroundסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• and there is no oneאַ֫יִן'ayin · nothingH369
• to buryקָבַרqâbar · to buryH6912

Cross-references for Psalms 79:3

• Psalms 79:10Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.
• Matthew 23:35And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
• Romans 8:36As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
• Revelation 16:6For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”
• Revelation 17:6I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her.
• Revelation 18:24And there was found in her the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who had been slain on the earth.
• Psalms 141:7As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
• Jeremiah 8:1“At that time,” declares the LORD, “the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of the officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem will be removed from their graves.
• Jeremiah 14:16And the people to whom they prophesy will be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem because of famine and sword. There will be no one to bury them or their wives, their sons or their daughters. I will pour out their own evil upon them.
• Jeremiah 15:3I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.
• Jeremiah 16:4“They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and beasts of the earth.”
• Jeremiah 25:33Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying on the ground.
• Jeremiah 34:20I will deliver into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
• Revelation 11:9For three and a half days all peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will view their bodies and will not permit them to be laid in a tomb.

Commentaries on Psalms 79:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3There was none to bury them - The Chaldeans would not; and the Jews who were not slain were carried into captivity.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem - They have poured it out in such quantities that it seems to flow like water - not an uncommon occurrence in war. There was no event in the history of the Hebrews to which this description would be more applicable than to the Babylonian invasion. The language might indeed be applicable to the desolation of the city by Antiochus Epiphanes, and also to its destruction by the Romans; but, of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4The poet laments the defilement of the temple and the success of the enemy.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-32-3. (Compare Jr 15:3; 16:4).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 79:3

• War

In the dictionaries

• Jerusalem
• Asaph
• Jealousy
• Psalms
• Purge
• Burial
• God
• Intercession
• Korahites; Sons of Korah
• Psalms, Book of

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