Psalms 79:10

Psalms 79:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.
• New International Version (NIV)Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations that you avenge the outpoured blood of your servants.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let the avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants be known among the nations before our eyes!
• New King James Version (NKJV)Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Let there be known among the nations in our sight The avenging of the blood of Your servants which has been shed.

Context of Psalms 79:10

8Do not hold us responsible for the guilty deeds of our forefathers; Let Your compassion come quickly to meet us, For we have become very low. 9Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; And save us and forgive our sins for the sake of Your name. Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Let vengeance for the blood of Your servants which has been shed Be known among the nations in our sight. 11Let the groaning of the prisoner come before You; According to the greatness of Your power, let those who are doomed to die remain. 12And return to our neighbors seven times as much into their lap Their taunts with which they have taunted You, Lord.

Psalms 79:10 word by word

לָ֤מָּה׀ יֹאמְר֣וּ הַגּוֹיִם֮ אַיֵּ֪ה אֱֽלֹהֵ֫יהֶ֥ם יִוָּדַ֣ע בַּגּוֹיִ֣ם לְעֵינֵ֑ינוּ נִ֝קְמַ֗ת דַּֽם־עֲבָדֶ֥יךָ הַשָּׁפֽוּךְ׃Read the interlinear

• Whyמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
• should the nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Whereאַיֵּה'ayêh · where?H346
• is their Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• vengeanceנְקָמָהneqâmâh · vengeanceH5360
• for the bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• of Your servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• which has been shedשָׁפַךְshâphak · to pour: pourH8210
• Be knownיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• in our sightעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869

Cross-references for Psalms 79:10

• Psalms 42:3My tears have been my food day and night, While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
• Psalms 115:2Why should the nations say, “Where, then, is their God?”
• Joel 2:17Let the priests, the Lord’s ministers, Weep between the porch and the altar, And let them say, “Spare Your people, Lord, And do not make Your inheritance a disgrace, With the nations jeering at them. Why should those among the peoples say, ‘Where is their God?’”
• Micah 7:10Then my enemy will see, And shame will cover her who said to me, “Where is the Lord your God?” My eyes will look at her; At that time she will be trampled down Like mud of the streets.
• Psalms 9:16The Lord has made Himself known; He has executed judgment. A wicked one is ensnared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion Selah
• Psalms 58:11And people will say, “There certainly is a reward for the righteous; There certainly is a God who judges on the earth!”
• Psalms 83:17May they be ashamed and dismayed forever, And may they be humiliated and perish,
• Exodus 6:7Then I will take you as My people, and I will be your God; and you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the labors of the Egyptians.
• Exodus 7:5Then the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I extend My hand over Egypt and bring out the sons of Israel from their midst.”
• Ezekiel 36:23And I will vindicate the holiness of My great name which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord,” declares the Lord God, “when I show Myself holy among you in their sight.
• Ezekiel 39:21“And I will place My glory among the nations; and all the nations will see My judgment which I have executed, and My hand which I have laid on them.
• Jeremiah 51:35May the violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,” The inhabitant of Zion will say; And, “May my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,” Jerusalem will say.
• Revelation 18:20Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced judgment for you against her.”
• Romans 12:19Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written: “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.

Commentaries on Psalms 79:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Where is their God? - Show where thou art by rising up for our redemption, and the infliction of deserved punishment upon our enemies.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Wherefore should the heathen say Where is their God? - The nations. Why should such a course of forbearance toward them be pursued as to lead them to ask the question whether God is able to punish them, or to come to the conclusion that he is not the God of those who profess to worship him. See Psalm 42:3, note; Psalm 42:10, note. Let him be known among the heathen - Let him so manifest himself among them that they cannot but see that he is God; that he…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-13Verses 6-13 Those who persist in ignorance of God, and neglect of prayer, are the ungodly. How unrighteous soever men were, the Lord was righteous in permitting them to do what they did. Deliverances from trouble are mercies indeed, when grounded upon the pardon of sin; we should therefore be more earnest in prayer for the removal of our sins than for the removal of afflictions. They had no hopes but from God's mercies, his tender mercies. They plead no…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-11The people ask God to rescue them. Although Israel’s sins caused the tragedy, the pagan nations must also be held responsible for the bloodshed.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. This ground of pleading often used (Ex 32:12; Nu 14:13-16). blood ... shed--(Psa 79:3).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 79:10

• Prayer
• War

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Asaph
• Jealousy
• Psalms
• Purge
• Intercession
• Korahites; Sons of Korah
• Psalms, Book of
• Revenge; Revenger

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