Psalms 79 Bible Study Guide

Psalm 79 is a communal lament over the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple. Asaph cries out because the nations have defiled God's sanctuary and left Jerusalem in ruins. The bodies of God's servants are food for birds. The psalm pleads for atonement and deliverance, asking God to avenge the blood of his servants and to return sevenfold into the lap of the nations the reproach they have hurled at God.