The Psalmist complaineth of the desolation of Jerusalem: he prayeth for deliverance, and promiseth thankfulness.
A Psalm of Asaph.
Title. ףּלאס מזמור mizmor leasaph.— This psalm was probably occasioned by the destruction of the Jewish nation by Nebuchadnezzar. The author describes in it the calamities of the times, and prays God to put an end to them at length. As the prophet Jeremiah lived at this time, and as more than one whole verse of it (see Psalms 79:6-7.) is found in Jeremiah 10:25 it is not unlikely that it was written by him.