Psalms 79:4
Turn us, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be delivered.
Brenton Septuagint
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
3before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasse, stir up thy power, and come to deliver us.
5O Lord God of hosts, how long art thou angry with the prayer of thy servant?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:37And thou shalt be there for a wonder, and a parable, and a tale, among all the nations, to which the Lord thy God shall carry thee away.
Nehemiah 1:3And they said to me, The remnant, even those that are left of the captivity, are there in the land, in great distress and reproach: and the walls of Jerusalem are thrown down, and its gates are burnt with fire.
Nehemiah 4:1Now it came to pass, when Sanaballat heard that we were building the wall, that it was grievous to him, and he was very angry, and railed against the Jews.
Psalms 44:14All her glory is that of the daughter of the king + 44:14 Alex. ἔσωθεν, within, so Heb.of Esebon, robed as she is in golden fringed garments,
Jeremiah 24:9And I will cause them to be dispersed into all the kingdoms of the earth, and they shall be for a reproach, and a proverb, and an object of hatred, and a curse, in every place whither I have driven 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 →