Psalms 79:7
You have set us as a contradiction to our neighbors. And our enemies have ridiculed us.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.
In Context
6How long will you feed us the bread of tears, and give us to drink a full measure of tears?
8O God of hosts, convert us. And reveal your face, and we will be saved.
Cross References
Psalms 80:13And so, I sent them away, according to the desires of their heart. They will go forth according to their own inventions.
Isaiah 24:1Behold, the Lord will lay waste to the earth, and he will strip it, and he will afflict its surface, and he will scatter its inhabitants.
Isaiah 64:10The city of your sanctuary has become a desert. Zion has become a desert. Jerusalem is desolate.
Jeremiah 51:34“Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, has consumed me, has devoured me. He has made me like an empty vessel. He has swallowed me like a dragon. He has filled his belly with my tender ones, and he has cast me out.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 79:7-13
Petitions for Succor and Relief; Petitions for Deliverance. 6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name. 7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place. 8 O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. 9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake. 10 Wherefore should the… Read the whole commentary →