Psalms 79:7

For Jacob they devoured, they have desolated his home.

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For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.

In Context

6Pour out your wrath on the nations that don’t know you, on the kingdoms that do not call on your name.

8Do not remember against us our ancestors’ sins; O meet us soon with your pity, for utterly weak are we.

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Cross References

Psalms 80:13to be gnawed by the boar from the forest, and devoured by the beasts of the field?

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 →

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