--- title: "Psalms 79 - Study King James Bible with trapps complete commentary" description: "Read Psalms 79 with trapps complete commentary commentary. 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 serva" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/trapps-complete-commentary/psalms/79" --- [ Read](/kjv/psalms/79)[ Commentary](/study/psalms/79)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/psalms/79) Audio 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 angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire? 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 heathen say, Where *is* their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight *by* the revenging of the blood of thy servants *which is* shed.* 11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;** 12 And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord. 13 So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.* [Psalms 78](/study/psalms/78) [Psalms 80](/study/psalms/80) ## Commentary To verse 1 [Psalms 79:1](/kjv/psalms/79/1) « A Psalm of Asaph. » O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. **A Psalm** ] Of like subject with [Psalms 74:1-23](/kjv/psalms/74/1-23) , bewailing the same calamity of the Jews, whether under Nebuchadnezzar or Antiochus is uncertain; but foreseen by Asaph, or described by some other prophet, and committed to some of Asaph’s successors to be sung. *Cantant iusti etiam in adversis;* as birds in the spring tune most sweetly when it raineth most sadly. **** Ver. 1. **O God, the heathen** ] *Ex abrupto orditur; q.d.* Canst thou endure it? Is it not high time for thee to set in? Lo, they have filled the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel, [Isaiah 8:8](/kjv/isaiah/8/8) , that is, O thou who art God with us, who givest with the Father, who prayest with the suitor ( *Cum parte dater, inter nos petitor.* Aug.), and who in all our afflictions art afflicted. **** **Thy holy temple have they defiled** ] *Spoliando, funestando, et omnia profana impiaque munera obeundo.* See [Psalms 74:7](/kjv/psalms/74/7) . **** **They have laid Jerusalem on heaps** ] *In rudera,* into an orchard keeper’s cottage, saith the Vulgate, οπωροφυλακιον (Sept.). 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