Salmos 79:10

10 Porque dirán los gentiles: ¿Dónde está su Dios? Sea notorio en los gentiles, delante de nuestros ojos, la venganza de la sangre de tus siervos, que se ha derramado

Salmos 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"

Salmos 79:10 In-Context

8 No recuerdes contra nosotros las iniquidades antiguas; anticípanos pronto tus misericordias, porque estamos muy pobres

9 Ayúdanos, oh Dios, salud nuestra, por la honra de tu Nombre; y líbranos, y purga nuestros pecados por causa de tu Nombre

10 Porque dirán los gentiles: ¿Dónde está su Dios? Sea notorio en los gentiles, delante de nuestros ojos, la venganza de la sangre de tus siervos, que se ha derramado

11 Entre delante de ti el gemido de los presos; conforme a la grandeza de tu brazo preserva a los sentenciados a muerte

12 Y devuelve a nuestros vecinos en su seno siete tantos de su deshonra, con que te han deshonrado, oh SEÑOR