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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)O God, pagan nations have conquered your land, your special possession. They have defiled your holy Temple and made Jerusalem a heap of ruins.

Context of Psalms 79:1

O God, the nations have come into your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins. 2They have given the bodies of your servants to the birds of the heavens for food, the flesh of your faithful to the beasts of the earth. 3They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there was no one to bury them.

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 74:1O God, why do you cast us off forever? Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?
• Psalms 74:3Direct your steps to the perpetual ruins; the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary!
• Psalms 80:12Why then have you broken down its walls, so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?
• 2 Kings 21:12therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing upon Jerusalem and Judah such disaster that the ears of everyone who hears of it will 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, by the king's garden, and the Chaldeans were around the city. And they went in the direction of the Arabah.
• 2 Chronicles 36:3Then the king of Egypt deposed him in Jerusalem and laid on the land a tribute of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
• Luke 21:24They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive among all nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
• Revelation 11:2but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months.
• Psalms 74:2Remember your congregation, which you have purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your heritage! Remember Mount Zion, where you have dwelt.
• Psalms 78:71from following the nursing ewes he brought him to shepherd Jacob his people, Israel his inheritance.
• Exodus 15:17You will bring them in and plant them on your own mountain, the place, O Lord, which you have made for your abode, the sanctuary, O Lord, which your hands have established.
• Isaiah 47:6I was angry with my people; I profaned my heritage; I gave them into your hand; you showed them no mercy; on the aged you made your yoke exceedingly heavy.
• Psalms 74:7They set your sanctuary on fire; they profaned the dwelling place of your name, bringing it down to the ground.
• 2 Kings 24:13and carried off all the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold in the temple of the Lord, which Solomon king of Israel had made, as the Lord had foretold.
• Lamentations 1:10The enemy has stretched out his hands over all her precious things; for she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary, those whom you forbade to enter your congregation.
• Ezekiel 7:20His beautiful ornament they used for pride, and they made their abominable images and their detestable things of it. Therefore I make it an unclean thing to them.

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

In the dictionaries

• 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