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The Treasury of David is one of several C.H. Spurgeon books in the public domain. If you propose to study the Psalms, I suggest you download this as a companion for your other references.
Psalm 79
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TITLE AND SUBJECT. A Psalm of Asaph. A Psalm of complaint such as Jeremiah might have been written amid the ruins of the beloved city. It evidently treats times of invasion, oppression, and national overthrow. Asaph was a patriotic poet and was never more at home than when he rehearsed the history of his nation. Would to God that we had national poets whose song should be of the Lord.
DIVISION. From Ps 79:1-4 the complaint is poured out, from Ps 79:5-12 prayer is presented, and, in the closing verse, praise is promised.
Verse 3. “Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem.” The invaders slew men as if their blood was of no more value than so much water; they poured it forth as lavishly as when the floods deluge the plains. The city of holy peace became a field of blood. “And there was none to bury them.” The few who survived were afraid to engage in the task. This was a serious trial and grievous horror to the Jews, who evinced much care concerning their burials. Has it come to this, that there are none to bury the dead of thy family, O Lord? Can none be found to grant a shovelful of earth with which to cover up the poor bodies of thy murdered saints? What woe is here! How glad should we be that we live in so quiet an age when the blast of the trumpet is no longer heard in our streets?
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