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Psalms 79:13

We will show forth Thy praise to all generations.

God’s people should speak God’s praise

Dr. Parkhurst says he loves to think that every man is sent into the world with something to tell. “That is what makes of any man a prophet, being filled with a story too big for his own soul to house,” a story he cannot, dare not, keep to himself. This truth God has given you to utter makes you a witness. You may be a false witness, and no witness is more than he who says nothing; or you may be a true and faithful witness, testifying to the best you know by your face and hands, your smiles and deeds and words. That is a startling thought of Andrew Murray’s: “God does not ask us to hide Christ away in our impure hearts.” Christ gives Himself to us constantly, but in order that we may as constantly give Him to others. Truth is like the water pressed upon the foul garments, that cleanses them if it is forced out again, but rots them all the more if it is allowed to remain. So is the religion that we selfishly cherish unexpressed. Indeed, is there a worse form of selfishness than that? (Amos R. Wells.).

Psalms 80:1

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 79:13. _WE THY PEOPLE_] Whom thou hast chosen from among all the people of the earth. _AND SHEEP OF THY PASTURE_] Of whom thou thyself art the _Shepherd_. Let us not be destroyed by thos...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    SO WE THY PEOPLE, AND SHEEP OF THY PASTURE - See the notes at Psalms 74:1. WILL GIVE THEE THANKS FOR EVER - Will praise thee always; will acknowledge thee as our God, and will evermore render thee th...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • 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 not o...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN. See App-64....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Concluding vow of thanksgiving. Israel will then be able to render its tribute of unceasing praise to its Lord and Shepherd. _sheep of thy pasture_ Cp. Psalms 74:1, note; Psalms 80:1. _thy praise_ Cp...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • 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), entreats God to withdraw His anger from t...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ אֲנַ֤חְנוּ עַמְּךָ֨ ׀ וְ צֹ֥אן מַרְעִיתֶךָ֮...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • 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 slain...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    What is here spoken by way of prayer, is also to be considered as the language of faith. The Lord will recompense the wrongs of his people upon their enemies; and the Lord will secure the salvation of...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations. Ver. 13. So we thy people … will give thee praise] A service which the sain...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    TO ALL GENERATIONS: _ Heb._ to generation and generation...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    6-13 Those who persist in ignorance of God, and neglect of prayer, are the ungodly. How unrighteous soever men were, the Lord was righteous in permitting them to do what they did. Deliverances from t...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 79:13 people H5971 sheep H6629 pasture H4830 thanks H3034 (H8686) forever H5769 forth H5608 (H8762) praise...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 79:1. This is a community lament. It was occasioned by a great disaster, most likely the destruction of Jerusalem by Babylon. It has many similarities to...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 79:11 Verses Psalms 79:8 prayed for forgiveness. Here, the effect of that forgiveness is that God will PRESERVE THOSE of his people who are...

  • The 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 desecrat...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THIS is "a psalm of complaint, closely parallel to Psalms 74:1." (Cheyne), and must, like that psalm, be referred to the time of the Babylonian conquest. It shows us the Holy Land occupied...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Isaiah 43:21; Psalms 145:4; Psalms 45:17; Psalms 74:18; Psalms 74:22

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