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Psalms 79:1

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So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.	A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.	The dead bodies of thy servants have they given [to be] meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

A Psalm^H4210 of Asaph^H623. O God^H430, the heathen^H1471 are come^H935 into thine inheritance^H5159; thy holy^H6944 temple^H1964 have they defiled^H2930; they have laid^H7760 Jerusalem^H3389 on heaps^H5856.

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Original Hebrew

מִזְמֹור לְאָסָף אֱ‍לֹהִים בָּאוּ גֹויִם ׀ בְּנַחֲלָתֶךָ טִמְּאוּ אֶת־הֵיכַל קָדְשֶׁךָ שָׂמוּ אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַם לְעִיִּים׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
מִזְמ֗וֹר	miz.Mor	H4210	HNcmsa	a psalm
לְ/אָ֫סָ֥ף	le./'A.Saf	H623	HR/Np	of/ Asaph
אֱֽלֹהִ֡ים	'elo.Him	H430	HNcmpa	O God
בָּ֤אוּ	Ba.'u	H935	HVqp3cp	they have come
גוֹיִ֨ם	go.Yim	H1471	HNcmpa	(the) nations
בְּֽ/נַחֲלָתֶ֗/ךָ	be./na.cha.la.Te./kha	H5159	HR/Ncfsc/Sp2ms	in/ inheritance/ your
טִ֭מְּאוּ	Ti.me.'u	H2930	HVpp3cp	they have made unclean
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
הֵיכַ֣ל	hei.Khal	H1964	HNcmsc	(the) temple of
קָדְשֶׁ֑/ךָ	kod.She./cha	H6944	HNcmsc/Sp2ms	holiness/ your
שָׂ֖מוּ	Sa.mu	H7760	HVqp3cp	they have made
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֣ם	ye.ru.sha.Lim	H3389	HNp	Jerusalem
לְ/עִיִּֽים	le./'i.Yim	H5856	HR/Ncmpa	into/ heaps of ruins

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
• H623 — אָסָף (ʼÂçâph, aw-sawf'): from אָסַף; collector; Asaph, the name of three Israelites, and of the family of the first; Asaph.
• H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
• H1471 — גּוֹי (gôwy, go'-ee): rarely (shortened) גֹּי; apparently from the same root as גֵּוָה (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts; Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
• H1964 — הֵיכָל (hêykâl, hay-kawl'): probably from יָכֹל (in the sense of capacity); a large public building, such as a palace or temple; palace, temple.
• H2930 — טָמֵא (ṭâmêʼ, taw-may'): a primitive root; to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated); defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce) unclean, [idiom] utterly.
• H3389 — יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם (Yᵉrûwshâlaim, yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im): rarely יְרוּשָׁלַיִם; a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of יְרוּשָׁלֵם)); probably from (the passive participle of) יָרָה and שָׁלַם; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine; Jerusalem.
• H4210 — מִזְמוֹר (mizmôwr, miz-more'): from זָמַר; properly, instrumental music; by implication, a poem set to notes; psalm.
• H5159 — נַחֲלָה (nachălâh, nakh-al-aw'): from נָחַל (in its usual sense); properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion; heritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession. Compare נַחַל.
• H5856 — עִי (ʻîy, ee): from עָוָה; a ruin (as if overturned); heap.
• H6944 — קֹדֶשׁ (qôdesh, ko'-desh): from קָדַשׁ; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity; consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, ([idiom] most) holy ([idiom] day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.
• H7760 — שׂוּם (sûwm, soom): or שִׂים; a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase] name, [idiom] on, ordain, order, [phrase] paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), [phrase] regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, [phrase] stedfastly, take, [idiom] tell, [phrase] tread down, (over-)turn, [idiom] wholly, work.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).

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