Psalms 79:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die; ”

• Psalms 79:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee - The sighing of him who is bound. The allusion here is, doubtless, to those among the Hebrews who had been taken captives, and who “sighed” not o...

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• Psalms 79:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Let the sighing of the (i) prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou (k) those that are appointed to die; (i) Who though in respect to God they were justly pun...

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• Psalms 79:11 - 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...

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• Psalms 79:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Thy power. Hebrew Thine arm. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Effect), App-6, for the power contained in and put forth by it. By Figure of speech Anthropopatheia (App-6), an "arm" attribute...

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• Psalms 79:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  11. Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee. The people of God, I have no doubt, were in captivity when the Holy Spirit endited this prayer; and, therefore, the name of prisoners...

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• Psalms 79:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die; The sighing of the prisoner - The poor captive Israelites in B...

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• Psalms 79:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die; Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee - lit...

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• Psalms 79:11 - 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...

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• Psalms 79:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Appointed to die. — See margin. This expression, as well as the “sighing of the prisoners,” occurs, Psalms 102:20 , of the sufferers in the Captivity.

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• Psalms 79:11 - 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...

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• Psalms 79:11 - 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...

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• Psalms 79:11 - 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...

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• Psalms 79:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Here is a blessed additional prayer of faith. Are not all sinners, as sinners, appointed to death? But when the Lord puts a cry and a sigh in their souls for sin, and directs the eye of faith to the...

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• Psalms 79:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee ,.... Such as were so in a literal or spiritual sense; and the sighs and groans of such are not hid from the Lord; they come up into his ears as did...

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• Psalms 79:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die; Ver. 11. Let the sighing of the prisoner, &c. ] It was...

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• Psalms 79:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Let the sighing of the prisoner Of thy poor people now in prison, or, at least, in captivity; come before thee Be taken cognizance of by thee, and be as prevalent with thee as these prayers; acc...

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• Psalms 79:11 - 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...

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• Psalms 79:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Of the prisoner; of thy poor people now in prison, or, at least, in captivity. Those that are appointed to die, Heb. the children of death , i.e. which were either designed to death, or in manif...

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• Psalms 79:11 - 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...

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• Psalms 79:11 - 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...

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• Psalms 79:11 - 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...

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• Psalms 79:11 - 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...

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• Psalms 79:11 - 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.

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• Psalms 79:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Ephesians 3:20 ; Exodus 2:23 ; Exodus 2:24 ; Isaiah 33:2 ; Isaiah 42:7 ; Matthew 6:13 ; Numbers 14:17-19 ; Psalms 102:20 ; Psalms 12:5 ; Psalms 69:33 ; Psalms 102:20 ; Psalms 146:6 ; Psa...

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• Psalms 79:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  The prisoner — Of thy poor people now in captivity.

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