Psalms 79:4

Psalms 79:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
• New International Version (NIV)We are objects of contempt to our neighbors, of scorn and derision to those around us.
• English Standard Version (ESV)We have become a taunt to our neighbors, mocked and derided by those around us.
• New King James Version (NKJV)We have become a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and derision to those who are around us.

Context of Psalms 79:4

2The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowl 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]. We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision to them that are round about us. 5How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire? 6Pour out thy fury upon the nations that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name:

Psalms 79:4 word by word

הָיִ֣ינוּ חֶ֭רְפָּה לִשְׁכֵנֵ֑ינוּ לַ֥עַג וָ֝קֶ֗לֶס לִסְבִיבוֹתֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear

• areהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• reproachחֶרְפָּהcherpâh · reproachH2781
• roundסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439

Cross-references for Psalms 79:4

• Psalms 44:13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision for them that are round about us;
• Psalms 80:6Thou hast made us a strife unto our neighbours, and our enemies mock among themselves.
• Psalms 89:41All that pass by the way plunder him; he is become a reproach to his neighbours.
• Deuteronomy 28:37And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither Jehovah shall lead thee.
• Jeremiah 24:9And I will give them over to be driven hither and thither unto all the kingdoms of the earth for evil, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them;
• Jeremiah 25:18Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a waste, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is this day;
• Jeremiah 42:18For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: As mine anger and my fury have been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt; and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach, and ye shall see this place no more.
• Lamentations 2:15All that pass by clap [their] hands at thee; they hiss and shake their head at the daughter of Jerusalem: Is this the city which they called, The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
• Lamentations 5:1Remember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us; consider, and see our reproach.
• Ezekiel 35:12And thou shalt know that I Jehovah have heard all thy reproaches, which thou hast uttered against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to devour.
• Ezekiel 36:3therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because, yea, because they have made [you] desolate, and have swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the remnant of the nations, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and in the defaming of the people:
• 1 Kings 9:7then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and the house, which I have hallowed to my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a by word among all peoples;
• Nehemiah 2:19And Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobijah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it; and they mocked us and despised us, and said, What is this thing which ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
• Nehemiah 4:1And it came to pass that when Sanballat heard that we built the wall, he was angry and very indignant, and mocked the Jews.

Commentaries on Psalms 79:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4We are become a reproach to our neighbors - The Idumeans, Philistines, Phoenicians, Ammonites, and Moabites, all gloried in the subjugation of this people; and their insults to them were mixed with blasphemies against God.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4We are become a reproach to our neighbours - See the language in this verse explained in the notes at Psalm 44:13. The words in the Hebrew are the same, and the one seems to have been copied from the other.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. 44. (Compare Psa 44:13; Jr 42:18; La 2:15).Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Asaph
• Jealousy
• Psalms
• Purge
• God
• Intercession
• Korahites; Sons of Korah
• Psalms, Book of
• Scorn
• Worship

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