Psalms 79:7

For [one] hath devoured Jacob, And his habitation they have made desolate.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

6Pour Thy fury on the nations who have not known Thee, And on kingdoms that have not called in Thy name.

8Remember not for us the iniquities of forefathers, Haste, let Thy mercies go before us, For we have been very weak.

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Cross References

Psalms 80:13A boar out of the forest doth waste it, And a wild beast of the fields consumeth it.

Isaiah 24:1Lo, Jehovah is emptying the land, And is making it waste, And hath overturned [it on] its face, And hath scattered its inhabitants.

Isaiah 64:10Thy holy cities have been a wilderness, Zion a wilderness hath been, Jerusalem a desolation.

Jeremiah 51:34Devoured us, crushed us, hath Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, He hath set us [as] an empty vessel, He hath swallowed us as a dragon, He hath filled his belly with my dainties, He hath driven us away.

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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