Psalms 79:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

Title.. Psalm. Hebrew mizmor. See App-65.

of Asaph. The eighth of the twelve Asaph Psalms. Compare Psalms 74, the second of the third book. See App-10. The Psalm is said to have "hardly any regular strophical divisions". But see the Structure above.

God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.

heathen. nations.

holy. See note on Exodus 3:5.

temple. See 1 Kings 14:25 1 Kings 14:26. 2 Chronicles 12:2-10. Pillaged, but not destroyed.

on heaps. in ruins. Compare the prophecy in Micah 3:12.

Psalms 79:1

1 O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.