The psalm does helps the believer express his anguish in a disaster when it seems as though God is aloof.
I. The Lamentation Over the National Disaster (79:1-4).
II. The Supplication for Divine Intervention (79:5-13).
A. The Prayer for Vindication (79:5-7);
B. The Prayer for Forgiveness (79:8-9);
C. The Prayer for Reprisal (79:10-12);
D. The Praise for Response (79:13).
Psalm 79:1 O God, the heathen are come into Thine inheritance; Thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
Psalm 79:2 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.
Psalm 79:10 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where [is] their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight [by] the revenging of the blood of Thy servants [which is] shed.
Psalm 79:13 So we Thy people and sheep of Thy pasture will give Thee thanks for ever: we will show forth Thy praise to all generations."
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