Psalms 79:4
O Lord God of hosts, how long are you angry with the prayer of your servant? 1
LXX2012 (US English)
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
3Turn us, O God, and cause your face to shine; and we shall be delivered. 1
5You will feed us with bread of tears; and will cause us to drink tears by measure. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:37And you shall be there for a wonder, and a parable, and a tale, among all the nations, to which the Lord your God shall carry you 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 44:14in embroidered clothing: virgins shall be brought to the king after her: her fellows shall be brought to you. 1
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 →