Psalms 79 · Verse 13

Psalms 79:13

So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.
Psalms 79:13, King James Version

Psalms 79:13 in other translations

BSBThen we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.
WEBSo we, your people and sheep of your pasture, will give you thanks forever. We will praise you forever, to all generations.
ASVSo we thy people and sheep of thy pasture Will give thee thanks for ever: We will show forth thy praise to all generations.
YLTAnd we, Thy people, and the flock of Thy pasture, We give thanks to Thee to the age, To all generations we recount Thy praise!
DARBYAnd we, thy people and the sheep of thy pasture, will give thanks unto thee for ever; we will shew forth thy praise from generation to generation.
BBESo we your people, and the sheep of your flock, will give you glory for ever: we will go on praising you through all generations.
WebsterSo we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will show forth thy praise to all generations.

What does Psalms 79:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
13. sheep ... pasture--(Compare Psa 74:1; 78:70).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 We thy people - Whom thou hast chosen from among all the people of the earth. And sheep of thy pasture - Of whom thou thyself art the Shepherd. Let us not be destroyed by those who are thy enemies; and we, in all our generations, will give thanks unto thee for ever.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 79:6-13

Those who persist in ignorance of God, and neglect of prayer, are the ungodly. How unrighteous soever men were, the Lord was righteous in permitting them to do what they did. Deliverances from trouble are mercies indeed, when grounded upon the pardon of sin; we should therefore be more earnest in prayer for the removal of our sins than for the removal of afflictions. They had no hopes but from God's mercies, his…

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Psalms 79:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַאֲנַ֤חְנוּva.'a.Nach.nuand weH587
עַמְּךָ֨\׀'a.me.Khapeople yourH5971
וְצֹ֥אןve.Tzonand [the] sheep ofH6629
מַרְעִיתֶךָ֮mar.'i.te.Khapasture yourH4830
נ֤וֹדֶ֥הno.Dehwe will give thanksH3034
לְּךָ֗le.Khato you
לְע֫וֹלָ֥םle.'o.Lamfor everH5769
לְדֹ֥רle.Dorto a generationH1755
וָדֹ֑רva.Dorand a generationH1755
נְ֝סַפֵּ֗רne.sa.Perwe will recountH5608
תְּהִלָּתֶֽךָ\׃te.hi.la.Te.khapraise yourH8416

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 79:13

  • Psalms 95:7

    For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,

  • Isaiah 43:21

    This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.

  • Psalms 100:3

    Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

  • Psalms 74:1

    Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

  • Psalms 145:4

    One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.

  • Psalms 45:17

    I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.

  • Psalms 44:8

    In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.

  • Psalms 74:18

    Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Lord, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

  • Psalms 74:22

    Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
thy people.
74:1; 95:7; 100:3
we will.
45:17; 74:18,22; 145:4; Isa 43:21
all generations. Heb. generation and generation.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 79:12

    And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

  • Psalms 79:13

    So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.

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Psalms 79:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y nosotros, pueblo tuyo, y ovejas de tu dehesa, te alabaremos para siempre: por generación y generación cantaremos tus alabanzas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Mais nous, ton peuple et le troupeau de ta pâture, nous te célébrerons à toujours; de génération en génération nous raconterons ta louange.
German
Elberfelder 1871		So werden wir, dein Volk, und die Herde deiner Weide, dich preisen ewiglich, dein Lob erzählen von Geschlecht zu Geschlecht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ut quid destruxisti maceriam ejus, et vindemiant eam omnes qui prætergrediuntur viam?