Psalms 78:2

They have given the dead bodies of thy servants to be food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of thy holy ones for the wild beasts of the earth.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

In Context

1A Psalm for Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; they have polluted thy holy temple; they have made Jerusalem a storehouse of fruits.

3They have shed their blood as water, round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:28And the Lord removed them from their land in anger, and wrath, and very great indignation, and cast them out into another land as at present.

Psalms 49:5Assemble ye his saints to him, those that have engaged in a covenant with him upon sacrifices.

Isaiah 46:9and remember the former things that were of old: for I am God, and there is none other beside me,

Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:2-9

The Importance of Religious Instruction. 1 Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. 2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: 3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. 4 We will not hide them from their children, showing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord , and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. 5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our… Read the whole commentary →

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