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

O God, the nations have invaded the land that belongs to you. They have dishonored your holy temple. They have left Jerusalem in ruins. 2They have given the dead bodies of your servants to the birds for food. They have given the flesh of your godly ones to the animals. 3They have shed the blood of your people around Jerusalem as though it were water. There is no one to bury your people.

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 74:1Why, O God, have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep in your care?
• Psalms 74:3Turn your steps toward these pathetic ruins. The enemy has destroyed everything in the holy temple.
• Psalms 80:12Why did you break down the stone fences around this vine? All who pass by are picking its fruit.
• 2 Kings 21:12So this is what I, the Lord God of Israel, said: I’m going to bring such a disaster on Jerusalem and Judah that the ears of everyone who hears about it will ring.
• 2 Kings 25:4The enemy broke through the city walls that night. All Judah’s soldiers left on the road of the gate between the two walls beside the king’s garden. While the Babylonians were attacking the city from all sides, the king took the road to the plain ⌞of Jericho⌟.
• 2 Chronicles 36:3The king of Egypt removed him from office in Jerusalem and fined the country 7,500 pounds of silver and 75 pounds of gold.
• Luke 21:24Swords will cut them down, and they will be carried off into all nations as prisoners. Nations will trample Jerusalem until the times allowed for the nations ⌞to do this⌟ are over.
• Revelation 11:2But do not measure the temple courtyard. Leave that out, because it is given to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.
• Psalms 74:2Remember your congregation. Long ago you made it your own. You bought this tribe to be your possession. This tribe is Mount Zion, where you have made your home.
• Psalms 78:71He brought him from tending the ewes that had lambs so that David could be the shepherd of the people of Jacob, of Israel, the people who belonged to the Lord.
• Exodus 15:17You will bring them and plant them on your own mountain, the place where you live, O Lord, the holy place that you built with your own hands, O Lord.
• Isaiah 47:6I was angry with my people. I dishonored those who belong to me. I put them under your control. You showed them no mercy. You placed a heavy burden on old people.
• Psalms 74:7They burned your holy place to the ground. They dishonored the place where you live among us.
• 2 Kings 24:13He also took away all the treasures in the Lord’s temple and the royal palace. As the Lord had predicted, Nebuchadnezzar stripped the gold off all the furnishings that King Solomon of Israel had made for the Lord’s temple.
• Lamentations 1:10The enemies laid their hands on all of the city’s treasures. Jerusalem has seen the nations enter the holy place. ‘O Lord, they are the same people you have forbidden to enter your congregation.’
• Ezekiel 7:20They were proud of their beautiful jewels and used them to make disgusting and detestable statues ⌞of false gods⌟. That is why I will make their jewels disgusting.

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
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• 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