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title: "Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "James Anderson"
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section: 99 of 159
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cite: "John Calvin, tr. James Anderson, Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5, section 99. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-the-psalms-volume-5/99/"
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# Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5

*John Calvin, tr. James Anderson*

Calvin on the Psalms, volume 5 of 5.

## 99. Psalm 79

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[¶0] A Psalm of Asaph

[¶1] 1 O God! come have the heathen into thy inheritance; They have polluted the temple of thy holiness; They have laid Jerusalem in heaps. [fowls of the heavens;

[¶2] 2 They have given the dead bodies of thy servants for food to the fowls of the heavens; The flesh of thy meek ones to the beasts of the earth.

[¶3] 3 They have shed their blood like water around Jerusalem: And there was not one to bury them

[¶4] 4 We have been a reproach to our neighbors; A scorn and a derision to those who are around us.

[¶5] 5 How long, O Jehovah! wilt thou be wroth for ever? Burn like fire shall thy jealousy?

[¶6] 6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen who have not known thee, And upon the kingdoms which upon thy name do not call:

[¶7] 7 For they have devoured Jacob, And his dwelling they have laid waste.

[¶8] 8 Remember not against us former iniquities: Make haste, let thy compassions prevent us; For we are afflicted exceedingly.

[¶9] 9 Help us, O God of our salvation! for the glory of thy name; And deliver us, and be merciful to our sins, for the sake of thy name.

[¶10] 10 Wherefore should the heathen say, “Where is their God?” Let be made known among the heathen in our sight The vengeance of the blood of thy servants which is shed.

[¶11] 11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thy face: According to the greatness of thy arm, Reserve the children of death:

[¶12] 12 And recompense our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom, Their reproach with which they have reproached thee, O Jehovah!

[¶13] 13 And we thy people, and the sheep of thy pastures, Will confess to thee for ever; From generation to generation declaring thy praise.