Psalms Chapter 79 verse 2 Holy Bible
The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be food unto the birds of the heavens, The flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
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They have given the bodies of your servants as food to the birds of the air, and the flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth.
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The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowl of the heavens, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth:
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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.
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The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be food to the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints, to the beasts of the earth.
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They have given the dead bodies of your servants to be food for the birds of the sky, The flesh of your saints to the animals of the earth.
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They gave the dead bodies of Thy servants Food for the fowls of the heavens, The flesh of Thy saints For the wild beast of the earth.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 2. - The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to Be meat unto the fowls of the heaven. A common incident of warfare (see the Assyrian sculptures, passim). The flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth; or, of the land. Hyaenas and jackals would dispute the flesh of the slain with vultures and crows.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(2) In addition to references in Margin see Deuteronomy 28:26.Saints.--Heb., chasidim. (See Note, Psalm 16:10.) Here with definite allusion to the Assd?ans of 1 Maccabees 7.