Tree of Life Version
Psalms 79:7
7For they have devoured Jacob and laid waste his country.
Psalms 79:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.
- New International Version (NIV)for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For they have devoured Jacob and laid waste his habitation.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For they have devoured Jacob, And laid waste his dwelling place.
Context of Psalms 79:7
5How long, Adonai, will You be angry? Forever? Will Your jealousy keep blazing like fire? 6Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob and laid waste his country. 8Do not hold against us the sins of our fathers. May Your mercies come quickly to meet us, for we are brought very low. 9Help us, God of our salvation— for the sake of the glory of Your Name. Deliver us, and atone for our sins— for Your name’s sake.
Read all of Psalms 79Psalms 79:7 word by word
כִּ֭י אָכַ֣ל אֶֽת־יַעֲקֹ֑ב וְֽאֶת־נָוֵ֥הוּ הֵשַֽׁמּוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 79:7
- Psalms 80:13Why have You broken down its fences, so all who pass by the way pick its fruit?
- Isaiah 9:12Yet the people will not turn back to the One who strikes them, nor will they seek Adonai-Tzva’ot.
- Jeremiah 50:7Everyone finding them devoured them. Their foes said: ‘We’re not guilty!’ Instead, they sinned against Adonai, the habitation of justice—Adonai, the hope of their fathers.”
- Jeremiah 51:34“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me, crushed me, set me aside like an empty dish, swallowed me up like a dragon, filled his belly with my delicacies, rinsed me away.”
- Zechariah 1:15and I am infuriated with the haughty nations. I was a little angry with them, but they furthered their own calamity.”
- 2 Chronicles 36:21in fulfillment of the word of Adonai by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had paid back her Shabbat rests—for as long as it lay desolate—the Shabbat rest was kept till 70 years were complete.
- Isaiah 24:1Behold, Adonai makes the land empty and makes it waste, twists its face, and scatters its inhabitants.
- Isaiah 64:10Our holy and beautiful House, where our fathers praised You, Has been burned with fire— all our pleasant things are laid waste.
Commentaries on Psalms 79:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Laid waste his dwelling-place - The Chaldee understands this of the temple. This, by way of eminence, was Jacob's place. I have already remarked that these two verses are almost similar to Jeremiah 10:25, which has led many to believe that Jeremiah was the author of this Psalm.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7For they have devoured Jacob - literally, “They have eaten.” That is, they have eaten up what the land produced. And laid waste his dwelling-place - His home; his habitation; the residence of Jacob, or of the people of Israel.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. 5-8The intensity of God’s judgment surprises the people; they cry out in despair for compassion, forgiveness, and relief. Verse 6–7 are nearly identical to Jeremiah 10:25.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-76-7. (Compare Jr 10:25). Though we deserve much, do not the heathen deserve more for their violence to us (Jr 51:3-5; Zec 1:14)? The singular denotes the chief power, and the use of the plural indicates the combined confederates. called upon--or, "by" thy name--proclaimed Thy attributes and professed allegiance (Is 12:4; Ac 2:21).Read the comment
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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
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