Psalms 79:3

Psalms 79:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.
• New International Version (NIV)They have poured out blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there was no one to bury them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Their blood they have shed like water all around Jerusalem, And there was no one to bury them.

Context of Psalms 79:3

1God, the nations have invaded Your inheritance; They have defiled Your holy temple; They have laid Jerusalem in ruins. 2They have given the dead bodies of Your servants to the birds of the sky as food, The flesh of Your godly ones to the animals of the earth. They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem; And there was no one to bury them. 4We have become a disgrace before our neighbors, An object of derision and ridicule to those around us. 5How long, Lord? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?

Psalms 79:3 word by word

שָׁפְכ֬וּ דָמָ֨ם׀ כַּמַּ֗יִם סְֽבִ֘יב֤וֹת יְֽרוּשָׁלִָ֗ם וְאֵ֣ין קוֹבֵֽר׃Read the interlinear

• They have pouredשָׁפַךְshâphak · to pour: pourH8210
• outשָׁפַךְshâphak · to pour: pourH8210
• their bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• like waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
• allסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• And thereאַ֫יִן'ayin · nothingH369
• to buryקָבַרqâbar · to buryH6912

Cross-references for Psalms 79:3

• Psalms 79:10Why 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.
• Matthew 23:35so that upon you will fall the guilt of all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
• Romans 8:36Just as it is written: “For Your sake we are killed all day long; We were regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”
• Revelation 16:6for they poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink. They deserve it.”
• Revelation 17:6And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered greatly.
• Revelation 18:24And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slaughtered on the earth.”
• Psalms 141:7As when one plows and breaks open the earth, Our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
• Jeremiah 8:1“At that time,” declares the Lord, “they will bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of its leaders, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem from their graves.
• Jeremiah 14:16And the people to whom they are prophesying will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and there will be no one to bury them--neither them, nor their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters. For I will pour out their own wickedness upon them.
• Jeremiah 15:3And I will appoint over them four kinds of doom,” declares the Lord: “the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the sky and the animals of the earth to devour and destroy.
• Jeremiah 16:4“They will die of deadly diseases, they will not be mourned or buried; they will be like dung on the surface of the ground. And they will perish by sword and famine, and their dead bodies will become food for the birds of the sky and for the animals of the earth.”
• Jeremiah 25:33“Those put to death by the Lord on that day will be from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried; they will be like dung on the face of the ground.
• Jeremiah 34:20I will hand them over to their enemies and to those who seek their lives. And their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the sky and the animals of the earth.
• Revelation 11:9Those from the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations will look at their dead bodies for three and a half days, and will not allow their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb.

Commentaries on Psalms 79:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3There was none to bury them - The Chaldeans would not; and the Jews who were not slain were carried into captivity.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem - They have poured it out in such quantities that it seems to flow like water - not an uncommon occurrence in war. There was no event in the history of the Hebrews to which this description would be more applicable than to the Babylonian invasion. The language might indeed be applicable to the desolation of the city by Antiochus Epiphanes, and also to its destruction by the Romans; but, of…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. 2-32-3. (Compare Jr 15:3; 16:4).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 79:3

• War

In the dictionaries

• Jerusalem
• Asaph
• Jealousy
• Psalms
• Purge
• Burial
• God
• Intercession
• Korahites; Sons of Korah
• Psalms, Book of

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