79:1 The psalmist complains of the desolation of Jerusalem;
79:8 He prays for deliverance;
79:13 and promises thankfulness.

This Psalm is supposed, with much probability, to have been written on the destruction of the city and temple of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar. Verse 1of Asaphor, for Asaph, Psalm 74:1 *title, marg:the heathen74:3, 74:4, 80:12, 80:13; 2 Kings 21:12-16, 25:4-10; 2 Chronicles 36:3, 36:4, 36:6, 36:7, 36:17; Luke 21:24; Revelation 11:2 intoPsalm 74:2, 78:71; Exodus 15:17; Isaiah 47:6 holyPsalm 74:7, 74:8; 2 Kings 24:13; Lamentations 1:10; Ezekiel 7:20, 7:21, 9:7 have laid2 Kings 25:9, 25:10; 2 Chronicles 36:19; Jeremiah 26:18, 39:8, 52:13; Micah 3:12ReciprocalDeuteronomy 28:26 - General; 1 Samuel 4:13 - his heart; 1 Chronicles 6:39 - Asaph; 25:2 - Asaph; 2 Chronicles 35:15 - according; 36:16 - the wrath; Psalm 31:2 - deliver; 102:14 - General; 137:3 - wasted us; Isaiah 64:10 - General; Jeremiah 9:11 - Jerusalem; 19:13 - defiled; 50:11 - ye destroyers; 51:51 - for strangers; Lamentations 5:2 - General; Ezekiel 5:14 - I will; 24:21 - I will; Daniel 9:2 - the desolations; 1 Corinthians 3:17 - any Verse 2Jeremiah 7:33, 15:3, 16:4, 34:20Reciprocal2 Chronicles 36:17 - who slew; Psalm 44:22 - killed; 94:5 - break; Jeremiah 14:16 - be cast; 19:7 - and their; Lamentations 5:2 - General; Ezekiel 32:4 - General; Daniel 9:2 - the desolations; Zephaniah 1:17 - and their blood; Revelation 11:8 - their dead; 11:9 - and shall not Verse 3TheirPsalm 79:10; Matthew 23:35; Romans 8:36; Revelation 16:6, 17:6, 18:24 and thereetc. Either there was no friend or relation left to bury them, or none was allowed to perform this last sad office. The despotism of eastern princes often proceeds to such a degree of extravagance as to fill the mind with astonishment and horror. In Morocco, no person dares to bury the body of a malefactor without an order from the emperor; and Windus, speaking of a man who was to have been sawn in two, informs us, that "his body must have remained to be eaten by the dogs, if the emperor had not pardoned him." Psalm 141:7; Jeremiah 8:1, 8:2, 14:16, 15:3, 16:4, 25:33, 34:20; Revelation 11:9ReciprocalGenesis 50:5 - bury me; 2 Samuel 14:14 - as water; 2 Chronicles 36:17 - who slew; Psalm 44:22 - killed; 94:5 - break; Jeremiah 7:33 - General; 19:7 - and their; Ezekiel 16:38 - shed; 23:32 - thou shalt be; 32:4 - General; Zephaniah 1:17 - they shall; Revelation 11:8 - their dead Verse 4becomePsalm 44:13, 44:14, 80:6, 89:41; Deuteronomy 28:37; Jeremiah 24:9, 25:18, 42:18; Lamentations 2:15, 2:16; 5:1; Ezekiel 35:12, 36:3, 36:15 scorn1 Kings 9:7; Nehemiah 2:19, 4:1-4Reciprocal1:3 - reproach; 2:17 - a reproach; Psalm 30:1 - hast not; 39:8 - make; 74:10 - General; Isaiah 43:28 - and have; Jeremiah 48:27 - was not; 51:51 - are confounded; Lamentations 1:7 - the adversaries; 3:14 - General; 3:46 - have; Ezekiel 5:15 - an instruction; 22:4 - have I; 36:4 - a prey; Daniel 9:16 - Jerusalem; Joel 2:17 - and give; Zechariah 8:13 - a curse Verse 5How longPsalm 13:1, 13:2, 74:1, 74:9, 74:10, 80:4, 89:46; Revelation 6:10 wiltPsalm 85:5, 103:9; Isaiah 64:9; Micah 7:18 jealousyDeuteronomy 29:20, 32:16, 32:22; Ezekiel 36:5; Zephaniah 1:18, 3:8ReciprocalGenesis 44:18 - anger; Esther 1:12 - burned; Psalm 38:19 - are lively; 77:7 - and will; 78:58 - moved; 80:16 - burned; 94:3 - Lord; Isaiah 30:27 - burning; 42:25 - he hath poured; 64:12 - General; Jeremiah 3:12 - I will; Lamentations 2:3 - he burned; 5:20 - dost; Daniel 8:13 - How; 9:19 - defer; Zechariah 1:2 - Lord Verse 6PourPsalm 69:24; Isaiah 42:25; Revelation 16:1-21 uponIsaiah 13:1-22, 21:1-17, 23:1-18; Jeremiah 10:25, 25:29, 46:1-51:64 not knownPsalm 9:16, 9:17; Isaiah 45:4, 45:5; John 16:3, 17:25; Acts 17:23; Romans 1:28; 2 Thessalonians 1:8 not calledPsalm 14:4, 53:4, 145:18; Romans 10:12-14; 1 Corinthians 1:2Reciprocal2 Chronicles 12:7 - and my wrath; Job 18:21 - knoweth; Psalm 9:19 - let the; 136:15 - for his mercy; Isaiah 43:22 - thou hast not; 63:19 - are thine; Ezekiel 7:8 - pour; Daniel 9:19 - for thy; Zechariah 1:2 - Lord Verse 7For theyPsalm 80:13; Isaiah 9:12; Jeremiah 50:7, 51:34, 51:35; Zechariah 1:15 laid2 Chronicles 36:21; Isaiah 24:1-12, 64:10, 64:11Reciprocal1 Samuel 4:2 - and they; 2 Chronicles 36:19 - they burnt; Psalm 94:5 - break; 102:14 - General; Jeremiah 10:25 - Pour; Ezekiel 19:14 - she hath Verse 8rememberPsalm 25:7, 130:3; Exodus 32:34; 1 Kings 17:18; Isaiah 64:9; Hosea 8:13, 9:9; Revelation 18:5 former iniquitiesor, the iniquities of them that were before us, Genesis 15:16; Ezekiel 2:3; Daniel 9:16; Matthew 23:32-36 let thyPsalm 21:3, 69:16, 69:17 we are106:43, 116:6, 142:6; Deuteronomy 28:43ReciprocalExodus 20:5 - visiting; 1 Samuel 4:2 - and they; 2 Samuel 19:19 - remember; Psalm 6:4 - for; 59:10 - prevent; 85:2 - forgiven; 119:124 - Deal; 137:7 - Remember; Isaiah 43:25 - will not; Jeremiah 44:21 - did; Ezekiel 29:16 - bringeth; Daniel 9:19 - thine Verse 9for thePsalm 115:1; 2 Chronicles 14:11; Malachi 2:2; Ephesians 1:6 purgePsalm 25:11, 65:3; Daniel 9:9, 9:19 for thyJoshua 7:9; Isaiah 43:25, 48:9; Jeremiah 14:7, 14:21; Ezekiel 20:9, 20:14ReciprocalExodus 32:12 - should; 1 Chronicles 16:35 - Save us; Psalm 6:4 - for; 18:46 - the God; 23:3 - for his; 25:5 - God; 31:3 - for thy; 60:1 - O turn; 74:22 - Arise; 85:2 - forgiven; 88:1 - Lord; 109:21 - But do; Isaiah 17:10 - the God; Jeremiah 30:17 - they; Ezekiel 20:22 - wrought; 20:44 - when I; John 17:11 - thine Verse 10WhereforePsalm 42:3, 42:10, 115:2; Joel 2:17; Micah 7:10 let himPsalm 9:16, 58:11, 83:17, 83:18; Exodus 6:7, 7:5; Ezekiel 36:23, 39:21, 39:22 by theJeremiah 51:35; Revelation 18:20 revengingHeb. vengeance, Romans 12:19ReciprocalExodus 32:12 - should; 1 Kings 20:28 - therefore will; 1 Chronicles 16:35 - Save us; 2 Chronicles 14:11 - man; Psalm 9:5 - rebuked; 12:5 - oppression; 30:1 - hast not; 74:22 - Arise; 79:3 - Their; 89:50 - General; 109:21 - But do; 115:1 - unto us; Isaiah 25:5 - shalt bring; 64:2 - to make; Jeremiah 14:21 - for; Lamentations 3:46 - have; Ezekiel 20:22 - wrought; 36:3 - and ye; 37:28 - the heathen; 2 Thessalonians 1:6 - General Verse 11sighingPsalm 12:5, 69:33, 102:20; Exodus 2:23, 2:24; Isaiah 42:7 accordingPsalm 146:6, 146:7; Numbers 14:17-19; Matthew 6:13; Ephesians 3:20 thy powerHeb. thine arm, Isaiah 33:2 preserve thou those that are appointed to dieHeb. reserve the children of death, Psalm 102:20 *marg.Reciprocal1 Samuel 20:31 - shall surely die; 26:16 - worthy to die; Psalm 88:2 - General; Proverbs 31:8 - such; Isaiah 21:2 - all the; Lamentations 3:34 - all; Acts 16:26 - and every Verse 12renderGenesis 4:15; Leviticus 26:21, 26:28; Isaiah 65:5-7; Jeremiah 32:18; Luke 6:38 wherewithSee note on Psalm 44:16, and see note on 74:18-22.ReciprocalNumbers 15:30 - reproacheth; 1 Samuel 17:26 - reproach; 2 Kings 19:16 - which hath sent; Nehemiah 2:17 - a reproach; 4:4 - turn; Psalm 5:10 - let; 42:3 - while; 59:12 - For the; Isaiah 37:17 - hear; 65:6 - but; Jeremiah 51:51 - are confounded; Lamentations 5:1 - behold; Habakkuk 3:1 - by reproaches Verse 13thy peoplePsalm 74:1, 95:7, 100:3 we will45:17, 74:18, 74:22, 145:4; Isaiah 43:21 all generationsHeb. generation and generationReciprocalPsalm 9:14 - That; 23:1 - my; 61:8 - sing; 80:18 - So will; 102:21 - General; Isaiah 64:9 - we are; Matthew 25:33 - the sheep; John 10:7 - the sheep; Colossians 1:12 - Giving