Psalm 79:10

10 Perchè direbbero le genti: Ove è l’Iddio loro? Fa’ che sia conosciuta fra le genti, nel nostro cospetto, La vendetta del sangue sparso de’ tuoi servitori.

Psalm 79:10 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 79:10

Wherefore should the Heathen say, where is their God?
&c.] They boast of, and put their confidence in, and expect salvation from? he does not appear for them, he is not with them; he has forsaken them, and will not help them; than which nothing can be more afflicting and distressing to the Lord's people; see ( Psalms 42:3 ) ,

let him be known among the Heathen in our sight;
in his holiness and justice, as a God of power, and to whom vengeance belongs; let him be known by his judgments executed upon the Heathen, openly and publicly in our sight, and in the view of the whole world; see ( Psalms 9:16 ) , so it follows,

by the revenging of the blood of thy servants, which is shed;
as in ( Psalms 79:3 ) , which blood God will revenge according to the request of his people, and give them blood to drink by way of retaliation; by which means his vindictive justice will be known, and it will be seen where the God of his people is, that he is with them, and maintains their cause; see ( Revelation 6:9 ) ( Revelation 16:6 Revelation 16:7 ) ( 19:2 ) . The words may be rendered in connection with the preceding clause thus; "let it be known among the Heathen in our sight, even the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed"; though Kimchi supplies the words as we do, "by a revenging"

Psalm 79:10 In-Context

8 Non ridurti a memoria contro a noi l’iniquità de’ passati; Affrettati, venganci incontro le tue compassioni; Perciocchè noi siam grandemente miseri.

9 Soccorrici, o Dio della nostra salute, per amor della gloria del tuo Nome, E liberaci; e fa’ il purgamento de’ nostri peccati, per amor del tuo Nome

10 Perchè direbbero le genti: Ove è l’Iddio loro? Fa’ che sia conosciuta fra le genti, nel nostro cospetto, La vendetta del sangue sparso de’ tuoi servitori.

11 Vengano davanti a te i gemiti de’ prigioni; Secondo la grandezza del tuo braccio, Scampa quelli che son condannati a morte.

12 E rendi a’ nostri vicini in seno, a sette doppi, Il vituperio che ti hanno fatto, o Signore.