Psalms 79:4
We are become a reproach to our neighbours: a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
In Context
3They have poured out their blood as water, round about Jerusalem and there was none to bury them.
5How long, O Lord, wilt thou be angry for ever: shall thy zeal be kindled like a fire?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:37And thou shalt be lost, as a proverb and a byword to all people, among whom the Lord shall bring thee in.
Nehemiah 1:3And they said to me: They that have remained, and are left of the captivity there in the province, are in great affliction, and reproach: and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and the gates thereof are burnt with fire.
Nehemiah 4:1And it came to pass, that when Sanaballat heard that we were building the wall he was angry: and being moved exceedingly he scoffed at the Jews.
Psalms 44:14Thou hast made us a reproach to our neighbours, a scoff and derision to them that are round about us.
Psalms 89:41Thou hast broken down all his hedges: thou hast made his strength fear.
Jeremiah 24:9And I will deliver them up to vexation, and affliction, to all the kingdoms of the earth: to be a reproach, and a byword, and a proverb, and to be a curse in all places, to which I have cast them out.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 79:2-6
Mournful Complaints. 1 O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. 2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth. 3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them. 4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us. 5 How long, Lord ? wilt thou be… Read the whole commentary →