Psalms 79:1

Overview - Psalms 79
The psalmist complains of the desolation of Jerusalem.
He prays for deliverance;
13 and promises thankfulness.
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Psalms 79:1  (King James Version)
O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
 


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M. 3416. B.C. 588. (Title.) A Psalm.
This Psalm is supposed, with much probability, to have been written on the destruction of the city and temple of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar.

of Asaph
or, for Asaph.
74:1 *title, marg:

the heathen
Psalms 74:3 Psalms 74:4 Psalms 80:12 Psalms 80:13 2 Kings 21:12-16 ; 25:4-10 2 Chronicles 36:3 2 Chronicles 36:4 2 Chronicles 36:6 2 Chronicles 36:7 2 Chronicles 36:17
Luke 21:24 ; Revelation 11:2

into
74:2 78:71 Exodus 15:17 ; Isaiah 47:6

holy
Psalms 74:7 Psalms 74:8 2 Kings 24:13 ; Lamentations 1:10 ; Ezekiel 7:20 Ezekiel 7:21 ; 9:7

have laid
2 Kings 25:9 2 Kings 25:10 ; 2 Chronicles 36:19 ; Jeremiah 26:18 ; 39:8 52:13 Micah 3:12