PSALM 79 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm was doubtless composed upon the sad occasion of the destruction of Judea and Jerusalem, either by Antiochus, or rather by the Chaldeans; as may be gathered from /APC 1Ma 7:16,17, where, in the relation of the persecution of Antiochus, the second and third verses of this Psalm are cited. The psalmist, complaining of the desolation and ruin of Jerusalem, Psalms 79:1-4, expostulateth with God about his long anger and jealousy, Psalms 79:5-7; entreateth for the forgiveness of their sins, and speedy help and mercy, Psalms 79:8-12, to the everlasting praise of his name, Psalms 79:13. Are come, as invaders and conquerors. Into thine inheritance; into Canaan and Judea, which thou didst choose for thine inheritance. Defied, by entering into it, and touching and carrying away its holy vessels, and shedding blood in it, and burning of it. Heaps, made of the ruins of those goodly houses which they burned, or threw down.
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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.