Psalm 79

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Psalm 79 is a biblical lament psalm that mourns the devastation of Jerusalem and pleads for God’s deliverance and justice against the nations.

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Label Occurrences
Psalm 79 canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical psalm
community lament
lament psalm
addresses YHWH
surface form: God of Israel
associatedWithEvent destruction of Jerusalem
attributedTo Asaph
bookDivision Psalter
surface form: Book III of the Psalter
canonicalStatus canonical scripture in Judaism
canonical scripture in most Christian traditions
collection Psalms of Asaph
genre lament
prayer for help
includedIn Masoretic Text
Septuagint
influenceOn Christian prayers of intercession
liturgical laments for national disasters
keyMotif God’s name and reputation among the nations
remnant seeking mercy
language Hebrew
literaryForm poetry
liturgicalUse Christian liturgy
Jewish liturgy
locatedInWork Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Bible
surface form: Old Testament
mentions Jerusalem
Zion
numberingInSeptuagint Psalm 78
openingWordsEnglish O God, the nations have come into your inheritance
partOf Psalms
surface form: Book of Psalms
positionInBook 79
possibleHistoricalContext Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BCE
later foreign invasions of Judah
religiousTradition Christianity
Judaism
requests forgiveness of sins
restoration of God’s people
vengeance for shed blood
structure complaint
imprecation
petition
vow of praise
theme appeal to God’s covenant faithfulness
confession of sin
cry for justice against the nations
devastation of Jerusalem
national suffering
plea for divine deliverance

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Asaph creditedWith Psalm 79