Psalm 79:1-13 Book# 3 of Psalm

A Psalm of Asaph.

Psalm 79:1-13            Book# 3 of Psalms [in Smaller Chunks]

O God, the heathen [have] come into Your inheritance, & they have defiled Your holy temple. They have laid Jerusalem [in] heaps. [2 Kings 21:2-7 And [Manasseh] did [what] was evil in the sight of the Lord, [according to] the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out before, [a.k.a. prior to,] the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Israel. For [Manasseh] built up the high places again [that] Hezekiah, his father, had destroyed. And he [put] up altars for Baal, & made a grove, [like] king Ahab of Israel did, & worshiped all the host, [a.k.a. stars & constellations,] of heaven, & served them.] And [Manasseh] built altars in the [Lord's] house, [about] which the Lord said, I will put My Name in Jerusalem. And [Manasseh] built altars for all the host of heaven in the 2 courts of the [Lord's] house. And [Manasseh] made his son pass through the fire, & observed times, [a.k.a. astrology, & horoscopes,] & used enchantments, [a.k.a. witchcraft,] & dealt with familiar spirits, [a.k.a. those who contact the dead,] & wizards. [Manasseh brought about] much wickedness in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger. And [Manasseh put from] the grove, a [carved] image, that he had made, [into] the [Lord's] house, of which the Lord said to David, & to his son, Solomon, I will put My Name forever, in this house, & in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.]

They have given the dead bodies of Your servants to be meat to the [birds] of heaven, & the flesh of Your saints to the [animals] of the earth. [Matthew 23:31 [For this reason,] you [are] witnesses [for] yourselves, that you are the children of [those, who] killed] the prophets.]

They have shed their blood like water [all around] Jerusalem, & there [were] none [left] to bury them. We [have] become a [disgrace] to our [neighbors,] [looked down upon,] & [ridiculed] [by] [those who] are all around] us. How long, Lord? Will You be angry forever? Shall Your jealousy burn like fire?

[Exodus 34:14-16 For you [shall] worship no other god. For the Lord, Whose Name is Jealous, is a jealous God, lest you make a covenant, [a.k.a. contract,] with the inhabitants of the land, & they go [like] [an unfaithful harlot] after their gods, & sacrifice to their gods. And [someone] calls you, & you eat of his sacrifice.

And you take [from] their daughters [for] your sons, & their daughters go [like] [an unfaithful harlot] after their gods, & make your sons go [like] [an unfaithful harlot] after their gods.]

Pour out Your [fury] upon the heathen [who] haven't known You, & upon the kingdoms that haven't called upon Your Name. For they have devoured Jacob, [a.k.a. Israel,] & laid his dwelling place [in ruins.]

O [don't] remember against us [previous sins.] Let Your tender mercies speedily [preserve] us: for we are brought very low. Help us, O God of our Salvation, for the glory of Your Name. And deliver us, & [cleanse] away our sins, for Your Name's sake. [Philippians 2:5-11 Let [your] [minds within] you, also be [like that] in Christ Jesus, Who [is] in the [image] of God, & thought it not [a crime] to be equal with God. But made Himself of no reputation, [a.k.a. without status,] & was made in the likeness of men, & took upon [Himself] the [image] of a servant. And being found in [the image like] a man, He humbled Himself, & became obedient [until] death, even the death [on] the cross. *[For this reason,] God [has] also highly exalted Him, & [has] given Him a Name [that] is above every Name. That every knee should bow at the Name of Jesus, of things in heaven, & things [on] earth, & things under the earth. *And [so] that every tongue, [a.k.a. language,] should confess to the glory of God the Father, that Jesus Christ Is Lord.]

[For what reason,] should the heathen say, Where is their God? Let Him be known among the heathen in our sight, by [avenging] the [bloodshed] of Your servants, which is shed. [Revelation 20:4-6 And I saw thrones, & [those who] sat upon them, & [authority] [to judge] was given to them. And I saw the souls of [those who] were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, & for the Word of God. And [who] had not worshiped the Beast, & his image, & neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands. And they lived & [ruled] with Christ 1,000 years. But the rest of the dead [didn't live] again until the 1,000 years were finished. This is the 1st resurrection. Blessed & holy is he [who has] part in the 1st resurrection. On such, the 2nd death has no power, but they shall be priests of God, & of Christ, & shall [rule] with Him 1,000 years.]

Let the [groaning] of the [prisoners] come before You. According to Your [great] power, [save those who are scheduled] to die. [Isaiah 61:1 *The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because the Lord has anointed Me to preach good [news] to the [humble.] He has sent Me to [bandage] up the broken hearted, to proclaim [freedom] to the captives, & the opening of the prison to [those who] are bound.]

And [deliver] to our [neighbors] 7 [times as much disgrace] into their chest, [as what] they have [disgraced] You, O Lord. [Psalm 115:4-9 Their idols are silver & gold, the work of men's hands. They have mouths, but they [don't] speak. They have eyes, but they [don't] see. They have ears, but they [don't] hear. They have noses, but they [don't] smell. They have hands, but they [don't touch.] They have feet, but they [can't] walk. Neither can they speak through their throat. [Those who] make them are [similar] to them, so is everyone who [trusts] in them. O Israel, you, trust in the Lord. He is their help & their shield.]

So, we, Your people, & sheep of Your pasture, will give You thanks forever. We will [declare] Your praise to all generations.