Psalms 79:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us. ”

Psalms 79:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

We are become a reproach to our neighbours - See the language in this verse explained in the notes at Psalms 44:13 . The words in the Hebrew are the same, and the one seems to have been copied f...
Psalms 79:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

We are become a reproach to our (d) neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us. (d) Of which some came from Abraham but were degenerate: and others were open enemies to your re...
Psalms 79:4 - 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 79:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4 We have been a reproach to our neighbors. Here another complaint is uttered, to excite the mercy of God. The more proudly the ungodly mock and triumph over us, the more confidently may we...
Psalms 79:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us. We are become a reproach to our neighbors - The Idumeans, Philistines, Phoenicians, Ammonites, and Mo...
Psalms 79:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us. We are become a reproach to our neighbours - ( Psalms 44:13 ).
Psalms 79:4 - 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 79:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

This verse occurs Psalms 44:13 . Also possibly a Maccabæan psalm. (See Introduction to that psalm.) The scenes still witnessed by travellers at the Jews’ wailing-place offer a striking illustration...
Psalms 79:4 - 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 79:4 - 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 79:4 - 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 79:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It is not distinctly marked, by any parallel part of the history of the church, to what period this desolation refers. As the prophet Jeremiah who lived and ministered in the church about the time of...
Psalms 79:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

We are become a reproach to our neighbours ,.... That is, those that remained; so the Jews were to the Edomites, especially at the time of the Babylonish captivity, Psalms 137:7 , a scorn and der...
Psalms 79:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us. Ver. 4. We are become a reproach to our neighbours ] To the Edomites, Philistines, Syrians, Tyrian...
Psalms 79:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

We are become a reproach , &c. We, who were the terror of our neighbours, and whom they stood in awe of, and were afraid to offend, are now neither feared nor pitied, but are become the objects...
Psalms 79:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Mournful Complaints. A psalm of Asaph. 1 O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have th...
Psalms 79:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

We, who were their terror and scourge, are now neither feared nor pitied, but become the matter of their scoffs and reproaches. See Psalms 80:6 , Psalms 137:7 Ezekiel 35:2,12 , &c.
Psalms 79:4 - 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 79:4 - 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 79:4 - 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 79:4 - 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 79:4 - 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 79:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 9:7 ; Deuteronomy 28:37 ; Ezekiel 35:12 ; Ezekiel 36:15 ; Ezekiel 36:3 ; Jeremiah 24:9 ; Jeremiah 25:18 ; Jeremiah 42:18 ; Lamentations 2:15 ; Lamentations 2:16 ; Lamentations 5:1...

Psalms 79:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 79:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 79:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 79:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 79:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 79:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 79:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 79:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 79:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 79:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 79:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 79:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 79:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 79:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 79:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 79:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 79:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 79:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 79:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 79:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 79:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 79:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 79:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge