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Psalms 79:9

Psalms 79:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

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Psalms 79 — OverviewPsalms 79 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis psalm, if penned with any particular event in view, is with most probability made to refer to the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple, and the woeful havoc made of the Jewish nation by the Chaldeans…Psalms 79 — OverviewPsalms 79 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgePsalms 79:1, The psalmist complains of the desolation of Jerusalem; Psalms 79:8, He prays for deliverance; Psalms 79:13, and promises thankfulness. This Psalm is supposed, with much probability, to have been written on…Psalms 79 — OverviewPsalms 79 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BiblePsalm of Asaph. This psalm was not written by one Asaph, who is supposed to live after the destruction of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans, or, according to some, even after the times of Antiochus, of whom there is no…Psalms 79:1-13Psalms 79:1-13 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION THIS is "a psalm of complaint, closely parallel to Psalms 74:1-23." (Cheyne), and must, like that psalm, be referred to the time of the Babylonian conquest. It shows us the Holy Land occupied by the heathen,…Psalms 79:1-13Psalms 79:1-13 · The Pulpit CommentaryAn imprecatory psalm. We need not be at pains to fix the date of this psalm, whether it belongs to the period of the Exile or of Antiochus Epiphanes. The words to some extent suit either. But we note in it— I. WHAT IS…Psalms 79:1-13Psalms 79:1-13 · The Pulpit CommentaryPrayer for deliverance from suffering. "Written in a time of the deepest distress; the city is desolate and the whole nation oppressed by the cruel thraldom of their heathen oppressors. They are apparently deserted by…