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Psalm 79:2 KJV
Psalms · chapter 79 · verse 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.Psalm 79:2 · King James Version
Psalm 79:2 in context
1O GOD, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
2The 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.
3Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.
4We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- servantsʻebeda servantH5650 →
- bodiesnᵉbêlâha flabby thingH5038 →
- heavenshâmayimthe sky (as aloftH8064 →
- saintschâçîydproperly, kindH2623 →
- beastschayaliveH2416 →
- givennâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
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We have here a sad complaint exhibited in the court of heaven. The world is full of complaints, and so is the church too, for it suffers, not only with it, but from it, as a lily among thorns. God is complained to;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5