Psalms 79:1

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

God, foreign nations have attacked your own land. They have spoiled your holy temple. They have destroyed the buildings in Jerusalem. 2They have let birds come down and eat the dead bodies of your people. Your servants have become food for wild animals to eat. 3The blood of your servants has poured out all over the streets of Jerusalem. There is nobody left there to bury their bodies.

Psalms 79:1 word by word

אֱֽלֹהִ֡ים בָּ֤אוּ גוֹיִ֨ם׀ בְּֽנַחֲלָתֶ֗ךָ טִ֭מְּאוּ אֶת־הֵיכַ֣ל קָדְשֶׁ֑ךָ שָׂ֖מוּ אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֣ם לְעִיִּֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• O Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• the heathenגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• are comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• into thine inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachălâh · inheritanceH5159
• thy holyקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• templeהֵיכָלhêykâl · templeH1964
• have they defiledטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930
• they have laidשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• on heapsעִי‛îy · ruinH5856

Cross-references for Psalms 79:1

• Psalms 74:1God, have you turned against us for ever? Why are you so angry with us? We belong to you, so please take care of us, like a shepherd takes care of his sheep.
• Psalms 74:3Come and look at our buildings! Your enemies have completely destroyed them. They have also destroyed everything that is in your temple.
• Psalms 80:12Why have you knocked down the walls that protected us? Now, anyone who passes can rob our fruit.
• 2 Kings 21:12So the Lord, Israel's God, says this: “I will cause great trouble to happen in Jerusalem and in all the kingdom of Judah. Everyone who hears the news about it will be very surprised.
• 2 Kings 25:4Then Babylon's army broke down Jerusalem's wall so that they could go into the city. Their soldiers were all around the city. So the king of Judah and all his army tried to escape in the night. They went through the gate that was near the king's garden. The path went between the two walls of the city. They ran towards the Jordan Valley.
• 2 Chronicles 36:3The king of Egypt stopped Jehoahaz from ruling in Jerusalem. He made Judah pay tax to him. It was 3,400 kilograms of silver and 34 kilograms of gold.
• Luke 21:24At that time, enemies will fight God's people and kill many of them in war. They will take some of them away as prisoners to live in all the other countries. They will not be free to return home. People that are not Jews will destroy Jerusalem. They will rule here until it is time for them to stop.’
• Revelation 11:2But do not measure the yard that is outside God's house. Do not measure it, because God has given that yard to Gentiles who do not believe in him. They will stamp all over God's own city for 42 months and they will destroy it.
• Psalms 74:2Remember that we are your people. Long ago you chose us for yourself. You rescued us from being slaves, so that we could be your special nation of people. So please think about us, as well as your home on Mount Zion.
• Psalms 78:71so that he no longer took care of his father's sheep. He became like a shepherd, to lead his people, Jacob's descendants. He ruled the people that belonged to God, the Israelite people.
• Exodus 15:17You will bring your people in safely. You will bring them to live on your own mountain. Lord, that is the place that you have prepared for your home. It is the holy place that you have built, Lord.
• Isaiah 47:6I was angry with my own people. They belonged to me as my special people, but I punished them like ordinary people. I gave you the power to hurt them, and you were not kind to them. You were very cruel to old people.
• Psalms 74:7They completely burned your temple. They knocked it down to the ground! They caused your special place to become useless!
• 2 Kings 24:13King Nebuchadnezzar took all the valuable things from the Lord's temple and from the king's palace. He cut away all the gold things that King Solomon had made for the Lord's temple. The Lord had already warned that this would happen.
• Lamentations 1:10The enemies have taken away all Jerusalem's valuable things. Foreign people have walked into God's holy house. But God had said that people like that must not go in there. They are not his people.
• Ezekiel 7:20They were proud of their beautiful jewels. They used them to make disgusting idols and images. That is why I, the Lord, have made them hate their valuable things.

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

Topics related to Psalms 79:1

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Church
• Temple
• War

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• God
• Jerusalem
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Asaph
• Jealousy
• Psalms
• Purge
• Temple
• Defile; Defilement
• Heap

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