Sálmarnir 79:13

Heilögum Biblíunni

13 En vér, lýður þinn og gæsluhjörð þín, munum lofa þig um eilífð, kunngjöra lofstír þinn frá kyni til kyns.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thy people: Psalms 74:1, Psalms 95:7, Psalms 100:3

we will: Psalms 45:17, Psalms 74:18, Psalms 74:22, Psalms 145:4, Isaiah 43:21

all generations: Heb. generation and generation

Reciprocal: Psalms 9:14 - That Psalms 23:1 - my Psalms 61:8 - sing Psalms 80:18 - So will Psalms 102:21 - General Isaiah 64:9 - we are Matthew 25:33 - the sheep John 10:7 - the sheep Colossians 1:12 - Giving

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So we thy people, and sheep of thy pasture,.... Who were the people of God, not by creation and providence only, as all men are, being his creatures, and provided for by him; but by special choice, and by covenant grace: and "the sheep of his pasture"; whom he feeds as a shepherd does his flock, provides good pasture for them, and leads them into it:

will give thee thanks for ever, we will show forth thy praise to all generations: the above petitions being answered and fulfilled; the work of praise is acceptable unto God, what he is well pleased with, being glorified thereby; and is what becomes his people to do, and which they are formed for, and that for evermore, as long as they live in this world, and to all eternity in another; and who will and do take care that the wonders of divine grace and providence be transmitted and told to their posterity in succeeding ages, that so thanks may be given him, and his praise shown forth in one generation after another.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 thanksgiving.

We will shew forth thy praise to all generations - Margin, as in Hebrew, to generation and generation. That is, We will make arrangements that the memory of these gracious acts shall be transmitted to future times; to distant generations. This was done by the permanent record, made in the Scriptures, of these gracious interpositions of God, and by their being carefully preserved by each generation to whom they came. No work has been more faithfully done than that by which the records of God’s ancient dealings with his people have been preserved from age to age - that by which the sacred Scriptures have been guarded against error, and handed down from one generation to another.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

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 those who are thy enemies; and we, in all our generations, will give thanks unto thee for ever.

ANALYSIS OF THE SEVENTY-NINTH PSALM

This Psalm contains the four following parts: -

I. A complaint for the desolation of Jerusalem, Psalms 79:1-5.

II. A deprecation of God's anger, Psalms 79:5.

III. A twofold petition: -

1. Against the enemies of God's people, Psalms 79:6-7; Psalms 79:10-12.

2. For the people, Psalms 79:8-9.

IV. A doxology, Psalms 79:13.

I. The complaint is bitter, and is amplified by a climax, -

1. "The heathen are come into thine inheritance," Psalms 79:1.

2. "The holy temple they have defiled," Psalms 79:1.

3. "They have laid Jerusalem in heaps," Psalms 79:2.

4. They have exercised cruelty towards the dead.

5. "They have shed blood like water," Psalms 79:3.

6. They have not even buried those whom they slaughtered.

7. "We are become a reproach, a scorn, and a derision," Psalms 79:4.

II. Next comes the cause of their calamity.

1. God's anger was kindled because of their sins, Psalms 79:5.

2. This anger he deprecates, Psalms 79:5.

III. The twofold prayer, -

1. Against the enemy: 1. Pour out thy wrath on them, not on us, Psalms 79:6; 2. He adds the reason: "They have devoured Jacob." Psalms 79:7.

2. The second part of the prayer is in behalf of the people: 1. "Remember not against us former offences," Psalms 79:8. 2. "Let thy mercy prevent us." The reasons: "We are brought very low." 3. His prayer is directed for help to the God of salvation. 4. For deliverance and pardon of sin, Psalms 79:9.

His arguments to prevail with God: -

1. The blasphemy of the heathen, Psalms 79:10.

2. The misery of the people, Psalms 79:11. And another prayer against the enemy, Psalms 79:12.

IV. The doxology.

1. We, who are thy people, will be thankful.

2. We will leave a record of thy mercy to all generations, Psalms 79:13.