Psalms 79:13

Psalms 79:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.
• New International Version (NIV)Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will praise you forever; from generation to generation we will proclaim your praise.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will give thanks to you forever; from generation to generation we will recount your praise.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So we, Your people and sheep of Your pasture, Will give You thanks forever; We will show forth Your praise to all generations.

Context of Psalms 79:13

11Listen to the painful cries of the prisoners! Use your great strength to set free those condemned to die! 12Pay back our neighbors in full! May they be insulted the same way they insulted you, O Lord! Then we, your people, the sheep of your pasture, will continually thank you. We will tell coming generations of your praiseworthy acts.

Psalms 79:13 word by word

וַאֲנַ֤חְנוּ עַמְּךָ֨׀ וְצֹ֥אן מַרְעִיתֶךָ֮ נ֤וֹדֶ֥ה לְּךָ֗ לְע֫וֹלָ֥ם לְדֹ֥ר וָדֹ֑ר נְ֝סַפֵּ֗ר תְּהִלָּתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So we thy peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• and sheepצֹאןtsô'n tse'ôn · flockH6629
• of thy pastureמַרְעִיתmir‛îyth · pasturingH4830
• will give thee thanksיָדָהyâdâh · to give thanksH3034
• for everעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
• we will shew forthסָפַרsâphar · to recountH5608
• thy praiseתְּהִלָּהtehillâh · praiseH8416
• to allדּוֹרdôr dôr · generationH1755

Cross-references for Psalms 79:13

• Psalms 74:1Why, O God, have you permanently rejected us? Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture?
• Psalms 95:7For he is our God; we are the people of his pasture, the sheep he owns. Today, if only you would obey him!
• Psalms 100:3Acknowledge that the Lord is God! He made us and we belong to him; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
• Psalms 45:17I will proclaim your greatness through the coming years, then the nations will praise you forever.
• Psalms 74:18Remember how the enemy hurls insults, O Lord, and how a foolish nation blasphemes your name!
• Psalms 145:4One generation will praise your deeds to another, and tell about your mighty acts!
• Isaiah 43:21the people whom I formed for myself, so they might praise me.”

Commentaries on Psalms 79:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13We thy people - Whom thou hast chosen from among all the people of the earth. And sheep of thy pasture - Of whom thou thyself art the Shepherd. Let us not be destroyed by those who are thy enemies; and we, in all our generations, will give thanks unto thee for ever.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13So we thy people, and sheep of thy pasture - See the notes at Psalm 74:1. Will give thee thanks for ever - Will praise thee always; will acknowledge thee as our God, and will evermore render thee thanksgiving. We will shew forth thy praise to all generations - Margin, as in Hebrew, to generation and generation. That is, We will make arrangements that the memory of these gracious acts shall be transmitted to future times; to distant generations. This was…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. 1-13This lament describes the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC. Israel’s early history of rebellion, described in Psalm 78, angered God. As a result, Zion was destroyed. The temple was defiled, and the bodies of the dead lay across the land. The psalmist then prays for forgiveness and rescue (Psalm 79:8–9) and asks God to repay the nation's enemies (Psalm 79:12–13). Other psalms lamenting the exile include Psalms 42–44, 102, 107, 126, and 137.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. sheep ... pasture--(Compare Psa 74:1; 78:70).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 79:13

• God Continued...
• Praise
• Thankfulness

In the dictionaries

• Asaph
• Jealousy
• Psalms
• Purge
• God
• Intercession
• Korahites; Sons of Korah
• Psalms, Book of
• Sheep
• Worship

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