Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Psalms 79:11
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.
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.
Verse Psalms 79:11. _THE SIGHING OF THE PRISONER_] The poor captive Israelites in Babylon, who sigh and cry because of their bondage. _THOSE THAT ARE APPOINTED TO DIE_] בני תמותה _beney themuthah_,...
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 only o...
Psalms 79 Lamentation and Prayer on Account of the Enemy _ 1. The Enemy in Jerusalem (Psalms 79:1)_ 2. How Long, Lord? (Psalms 79:5) Zion, the place He loves, mentioned in the preceding Psalm, is...
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...
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" attributed t...
Repeated prayers for deliverance for the honour of God's Name....
The same phrases recur in Psalms 102:20. _thy power_ Lit. _thine arm_, a word which recalls the memories of a glorious past (Exodus 15:16; Psalms 44:3). _those that are appointed to die_ Lit., the so...
PSALMS 79 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Invasion, Desecration, Demolition, Massacre and Derision call forth Lamentation, Expostulation, Petition and Pleading; and the Hope of Deliverance evokes a Promise of Per...
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 - literall...
79:11 die; (d-23) Lit. 'the sons of death.'...
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...
THE SIGHING OF THE PRISONER] Some of the people had been carried into captivity....
Psalms 73:89 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ FOR THE *GLORY OF YOUR NAME PSALMS 79 For the *kingdom is always yours and the power is always yours and the *glory is always yours ...
תָּ֤בֹ֣וא לְ פָנֶיךָ֮ אֶנְקַ֪ת אָ֫סִ֥יר כְּ ג
Psalms 79:1 THE same national agony which was the theme of Psalms 74:1, forced the sad strains of this psalm from the singer's heart. There, the profanation of the Temple and here, the destruction of...
“HELP US, O GOD OF OUR SALVATION” Psalms 79:1 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 shrine as i...
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...
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 puni...
_God. The highest cedars were surpassed by the branches, or even by the smallest shoots ( arbusta) of this vine. (Haydock) --- Most powerful nations were forced to submit to David. (Theodoret) --- The...
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 b...
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 _is applie...
Psalms 79 refers, in the plainest terms, to the inroad of the heathen, especially the northern army (Joel 2 refers to a second attack, in which the cry of the psalm is answered; Isaiah speaks of both)...
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 the...
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 lately...
_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; _acco...
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....
Let the sighing of the prisoner, the moaning of those kept in captivity by the enemies, COME BEFORE THEE; ACCORDING TO THE GREATNESS OF THY POWER, the arm of His omnipotence stretched out in behalf of...
THY POWER: _ Heb._ thine arm PRESERVE THOU THOSE THAT ARE APPOINTED TO DIE: _ Heb._ reserve the children of death...
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...
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 manifest d...
Psalms 79:11 groaning H603 prisoner H615 come H935 (H8799) before H6440 greatness H1433 power H2220 Preserve H3498 ...
CONTENTS: The deplorable condition of God's people and prayer for relief. CHARACTERS: God, Asaph. CONCLUSION: If God's people degenerate through sin from what their father's were, they may expect th...
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 think...
_Let the sighing of the prisoner come before Thee._ THE PRISONER’S SIGH How difficult is it in earthly courts for the poor and sick to get access to the monarch’s earl There is a fearful contrast bet...
_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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
O God, heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps (Psalms 78:1). So this goes out to the future to the time when the temple was laid...
Ephesians 3:20; Exodus 2:23; Exodus 2:24; Isaiah 33:2; Isaiah 42:7;...
The prisoner — Of thy poor people now in captivity....