Psalms 79:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revengingb of the blood of thy servants which is shed. ”

Psalms 79:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Wherefore should the heathen say Where is their God? - The nations. Why should such a course of forbearance toward them be pursued as to lead them to ask the question whether God is able to punis...
Psalms 79:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXXIX. The Sanctuary Profaned. The Ps. is of the same date as Psalms 74. It does not suit the earlier destruction of the city and the Temple in 586 B.C. The words war, overthrow, and the like do no...
Psalms 79:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Wherefore... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. Compare Psalms 79:5 . By. Supply Ellipsis from the preceding line: "[Let] the avenging... [be known]", &c.
Psalms 79:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

10. Why should the heathen say, Where is their God? Here the people of God, in urging his name as a plea at the throne of grace: do so in a different sense from that in which they had urged...
Psalms 79:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. Where is their God? - Show whe...
Psalms 79:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Let him be known among the heathen— Make thyself known among the nations. Green.
Psalms 79:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. Wherefore should the heathen...
Psalms 79:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

For the occasion and date of this Ps. see intro. to Psalms 74 . It gives a pathetic picture of the calamities that have fallen upon God's people ( Psalms 79:1-4 ), entreats God to withdraw His anger...
Psalms 79:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Wherefore. — Taken from Joel 2:17 . Let him be known. — Better, Let it be known, i.e., where God is. Let the answer to the question be given in vengeance, and let us see it.
Psalms 79:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 79:1-13 THE same national agony which was the theme of Psalms 74:1-23 , forced the sad strains of this psalm from the singer's heart. There, the profanation of the Temple and here, the des...
Psalms 79:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Help Us, O God of Our Salvation” Psalms 79:1-13 It was the period of the Chaldean invasion. This cry of horror went forth from the heart of the Chosen People, who had looked upon the sacred sh...
Psalms 79:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is a cry of distress. The conditions described are those of overwhelming national calamity. The country and the city of God are overrun and spoiled by ruthless enemies. The people have been slai...
Psalms 79:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here is another most glorious argument for the church, or the sinner s to take to the mercy-seat; and furnishes another testimony that it is dictated by the Spirit of God. Joshua 7:6-9 .
Psalms 79:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Wherefore should the Heathen say, where is their God ?.... They boast of, and put their confidence in, and expect salvation from? he does not appear for them, he is not with them; he has forsaken th...
Psalms 79:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 10. Where is their God...
Psalms 79:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Help us, O God of our salvation From whom we have often received, and from whom alone we now expect salvation, that is, deliverance, or protection; for the glory of thy name Which is now obscured...
Psalms 79:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Petitions for Succor and Relief; Petitions for Deliverance. 6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known t...
Psalms 79:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Their God; he whom they served, and of whom they boasted. He is lost and gone, or grown impotent or idle. Let him be known among the heathen, by the execution of his judgments upon them, accordin...
Psalms 79:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .— “A Psalm of Asaph . “See Introduction to Psalms 74 . Occasion .—This Psalm is closely related to the 74th, and both most probably refer to the devastation and desec...
Psalms 79:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Title. A psalm of Asaph, an elegy over the slain, as is supposed, when Shishak king of Egypt invaded Judea with a great army, besieging the cities and slaughtering the people. Sir Isaac Newton thin...
Psalms 79:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

O God, the heathen are come into Thine inheritance. The inhumanity of man and the mixture of good and evil I. Here is a fact revealing the inhumanity of man and the permissive government of God...
Psalms 79:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS is "a psalm of complaint, closely parallel to Psalms 74:1-19 ." (Cheyne), and must, like that psalm, be referred to the time of the Babylonian conquest. It shows us the Holy L...
Psalms 79:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Prayer in the Midst of Oppression. A psalm of Asaph, similar in tone and content to Psalms 74, though any special event which might have occasioned the writing of this hymn is not known.
Psalms 79:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 6:7 ; Exodus 7:5 ; Ezekiel 36:23 ; Ezekiel 39:21 ; Ezekiel 39:22 ; Jeremiah 51:35 ; Joel 2:17 ; Micah 7:10 ; Psalms 115:2 ; Psalms 42:10 ; Psalms 42:3 ; Psalms 58:11 ; Psalms 83:1...

Psalms 79:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 79:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 79:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 79:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 79:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 79:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 79:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 79:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 79:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 79:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 79:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 79:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 79:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 79:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 79:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 79:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 79:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 79:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 79:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 79:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 79:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 79:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 79:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 79:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge