Psalms 79:8-10

PSALM—NOTE ON Psalms 79:8 The singer now faces the basic problem: God’s people have been untrue to him and must seek his forgiveness. The psalm weaves two themes together. The first is the understandable desire for relief (we are brought very low; deliver us). The second is the desire, born of true faith, for God’s honor in the world (for the glory of your name, for your name’s sake, why should the nations say?). God’s reputation is tied to his people’s well-being, and their well-being cannot be separated from their faithfulness.