Psalms 79:8
Turn us, O Lord God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. Pause.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
7Thou hast made us a strife to our neighbours; and our enemies have mocked at us.
9Thou hast transplanted a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
Cross References
Genesis 15:16And in the fourth generation they shall return hither, for the sins of the Amorites are not yet filled up, even until now.
Deuteronomy 28:43The stranger that is within thee shall get up very high, and thou shalt come down very low.
Psalms 21:3O my God, I will cry to thee by day, but thou wilt not hear: and by night, and it shall not be accounted for folly to me.
Psalms 142:6I spread forth my hands to thee; my soul thirsts for thee, as a dry land. Pause.
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 →