Geneva Bible Notes: Psalms 79

Psalms 79:1 ^! The Israelites complaine to God for the great calamitie and oppression that thei suffred by Gods enemies.

Psalms 79:1 ^a The people crye vnot God against the barbarous tyranie of the Babylonians, who spoiled Gods inheritance, polluted his Temple, destroied his religion & murthered his people.

Psalms 79:2 ^b The Prophet sheweth to what extremities God Suffreth sometime his Church to fall, to exercise their faith before he set to his hand to deliuer them.

Psalms 79:3 ^c Their frends & kinsfolkes durst not burie them for feare of the enemies.

Psalms 79:4 ^d Whereof some came of Abraham, but were degenerate: & others were open enemies to thy religion, but thei bothe laughed at our miseries.

Psalms 79:5 ^e Wilt you vtterly consume vs for our sinnes, before you takest vs to mercies?

Psalms 79:8 ^! And confessing their sinnes, flee to Gods mercies with ful hope of deliuerance,

Psalms 79:8 ^f Which we & our fathers haue committed.

Psalms 79:8 ^g And staie not til we haue recompenced for our sinnes.

Psalms 79:9 ^h Seing we haue none other Sauiour, nether can we helpe our selues, and also by our saluacion thy Name shalbe praised, therefore, O Lord, helpe vs.

Psalms 79:10 ^! Because their calamities were joyned with the contempt of his Name,

Psalms 79:11 ^k Which were captiues among their enemies, & colde loke for nothing but death.

Psalms 79:11 ⁱ Who thoug in respect of God thei were justely punished for their sinnes, yet in consideration of teir cuase, were vnjustly murthered.

Psalms 79:13 ^! For the which their promes to be thankeful.

Psalms 79:13 ^l We oght to desire no benefite of God, but on this condition to praise his Name, {Isa. 43, 21}