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Psalms Chapter 79

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The psalmist condemns the unrepentant and corrupt people of Israel, describing their cruelty, injustice, and rebellion against God which brings divine judgment. He laments the loss of the temple and calls for restoration and repentance.

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(1) A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 74:1Psalms 74:3Psalms 74:4Psalms 80:12Psalms 80:13II Kings 21:12II Kings 21:13II Kings 21:14II Kings 21:15II Kings 21:16II Kings 25:4II Kings 25:5

Related verses (shared words)

Numbers 33:54Numbers 36:3Numbers 36:4Ezra 3:10Ezekiel 39:21Acts 3:2

(2) The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
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Jeremiah 7:33Jeremiah 15:3Jeremiah 16:4Jeremiah 34:20

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Jeremiah 34:20Isaiah 18:6Deuteronomy 28:26II Kings 16:15Jeremiah 7:33Jeremiah 16:4

(3) Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.
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Psalms 79:10Matthew 23:35Romans 8:36Revelation 16:6Revelation 17:6Revelation 18:24Psalms 141:7Jeremiah 8:1Jeremiah 8:2Jeremiah 14:16Jeremiah 15:3Jeremiah 16:4

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I Kings 6:5Ezekiel 46:23

(4) We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
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Psalms 44:13Psalms 44:14Psalms 80:6Psalms 89:41Deuteronomy 28:37Jeremiah 24:9Jeremiah 25:18Jeremiah 42:18Lamentations 2:15Lamentations 2:16Lamentations 5:1Ezekiel 35:12

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Psalms 44:13I Kings 6:5Ezekiel 16:57Ezekiel 46:23

(5) How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
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Psalms 13:1Psalms 13:2Psalms 74:1Psalms 74:9Psalms 74:10Psalms 80:4Psalms 89:46Revelation 6:10Psalms 85:5Psalms 103:9Isaiah 64:9Micah 7:18

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II Kings 8:12Psalms 13:1Psalms 89:46Exodus 15:26Job 8:2Psalms 80:4

(6) Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.
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Psalms 69:24Isaiah 42:25Revelation 16:1Revelation 16:2Revelation 16:3Revelation 16:4Revelation 16:5Revelation 16:6Revelation 16:7Revelation 16:8Revelation 16:9Revelation 16:10

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Haggai 2:22

(7) For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.
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Psalms 80:13Isaiah 9:12Jeremiah 50:7Jeremiah 51:34Jeremiah 51:35Zechariah 1:15II Chronicles 36:21Isaiah 24:1Isaiah 24:2Isaiah 24:3Isaiah 24:4Isaiah 24:5

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Isaiah 15:1Ezekiel 6:6

(8) O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
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Psalms 25:7Psalms 130:3Exodus 32:34I Kings 17:18Isaiah 64:9Hosea 8:13Hosea 9:9Revelation 18:5Genesis 15:16Ezekiel 2:3Daniel 9:16Matthew 23:32

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Leviticus 26:42Psalms 25:6Isaiah 65:7Ezekiel 16:55

(9) Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.
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Psalms 115:1II Chronicles 14:11Malachi 2:2Ephesians 1:6Psalms 25:11Psalms 65:3Daniel 9:9Daniel 9:19Joshua 7:9Isaiah 43:25Isaiah 48:9Jeremiah 14:7

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Psalms 37:40II Kings 20:6Psalms 109:21Psalms 143:11Isaiah 62:1Matthew 24:9

(10) 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.
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Psalms 42:3Psalms 42:10Psalms 115:2Joel 2:17Micah 7:10Psalms 9:16Psalms 58:11Psalms 83:17Psalms 83:18Exodus 6:7Exodus 7:5Ezekiel 36:23

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Jeremiah 10:2Ezekiel 36:23Ezekiel 39:21Joel 3:12Ezekiel 22:4

(11) Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
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Psalms 12:5Psalms 69:33Psalms 102:20Exodus 2:23Exodus 2:24Isaiah 42:7Psalms 146:6Psalms 146:7Numbers 14:17Numbers 14:18Numbers 14:19Matthew 6:13

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II Kings 7:4II Chronicles 25:4Romans 14:8Ephesians 1:19

(12) And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
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Genesis 4:15Leviticus 26:21Leviticus 26:28Isaiah 65:5Isaiah 65:6Isaiah 65:7Jeremiah 32:18Luke 6:38Psalms 44:16Psalms 74:18Psalms 74:19Psalms 74:20

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Psalms 89:51Exodus 4:7Psalms 89:50

(13) So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.
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Psalms 74:1Psalms 95:7Psalms 100:3Psalms 45:17Psalms 74:18Psalms 74:22Psalms 145:4Isaiah 43:21

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Matthew 1:17Exodus 22:1John 10:12Psalms 113:1Psalms 135:1Psalms 148:1

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