1 The prophet complains of the desolation of the sanctuary
10 He moves God to help in consideration of his power
18 Of his reproachful enemies, or his children and of his covenant.

A.M. 3416. B.C. 588 Maschil of Asaph. or, A Psalm for Asaph to give instruction. Ps 78:1

O God Ps 10:1 42:9 44:9 60:1,10 77:7 Jer 31:37 33:24-26 Ro 11:1,2

smoke Ps 79:5 De 29:20

the sheep Ps 79:13 95:7 100:3 Jer 23:1 Eze 34:8,31 Lu 12:32 Joh 10:26-30

2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

purchased Ex 15:16 De 9:29 Ac 20:28

rod. or, tribe
thine Ps 33:12 106:40 135:4 De 4:20 32:9 Jer 10:16

redeemed Isa 51:11 62:12 Tit 2:14 Re 5:9

this mount Ps 48:1,2 78:68,69 132:13,14

3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.

lift Ps 44:23,26 Jos 10:24 2Sa 22:39-43 Isa 10:6 25:10 63:3-6 Mic 1:3

the perpetual Ps 102:13,14 Ne 1:3 2:3,13 Isa 64:10,11 Da 9:17 Mic 3:12 Lu 21:24 Re 11:2

all Ps 79:1 Jer 52:13 La 1:10 Da 8:11-14 9:27 11:31 Mr 11:17

4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.

thine 2Ch 36:17 La 2:7 Lu 13:1 Re 13:6

they set Jer 6:1-5 Da 6:27 Mt 24:15 Lu 21:20

5 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.

1Ki 5:6 2Ch 2:14 Jer 46:22,23

6 But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.

1Ki 6:18,29,32,35

7 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.

cast fire into thy sanctuary. Heb. sent thy sanctuary into the fire 2Ki 25:9 Isa 64:11 Mt 22:7

defiled Ps 89:39 Eze 24:21

dwelling Ex 20:24 De 12:5 1Ki 8:20

8 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.

said Ps 83:4 137:7 Es 3:8,9

destroy. Heb. break.
all the synagogues 2Ki 2:3,5 4:23 2Ch 17:9 Mt 4:23

9 We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.

we see Ex 12:13 13:9,10 Jud 6:17 Eze 20:12 Heb 2:4

no more 1Sa 3:1 Am 8:11 Mic 3:6

10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

Ps 13:1,2 79:4,5 89:46,50,52 Da 12:6 Re 6:10

11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.

withdrawest Isa 64:12 La 2:3

pluck it out. As the outward habit of the easterns has no sleeves, the hands and arms are frequently covered with the folds of the robe; and, in order to do anything, the hand must be disentangled, and drawn out. Ps 44:23 78:65,66

12 For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

God Ps 44:4 Ex 19:5,6 Nu 23:21,22 Isa 33:22

working Ex 15:2-15 Jud 4:23,24 1Sa 19:5 Isa 63:8 Hab 3:12-14

13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.

divide. Heb. break Ps 66:6 78:13 106:8,9 136:13-18 Ex 14:21 Ne 9:11 Isa 11:15,16

brakest Ex 14:28 Isa 51:9,10 Eze 29:3

dragons. or, whales Eze 32:2

14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

leviathan Ps 104:25,26 Job 3:8 41:1 Isa 27:1 Re 20:2

meat Ps 72:9 Ex 12:35,36 14:30 Nu 14:9

15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.

cleave Ps 105:41 Ex 17:5,6 Nu 20:11 Isa 48:21

flood Jos 3:13 2Ki 2:8,14 Isa 11:16 44:27 Hab 3:9 Re 16:12

mighty rivers. Heb. rivers of strength.

16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

the day Ps 136:7-9 Ge 1:3-5

prepared Ps 8:3 19:1-6 136:7-9 Ge 1:14-18 Mt 5:45

17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.

set Ps 24:1,2 De 32:8 Ac 17:26

made summer. Heb. made them summer. Ge 8:22 Ac 14:17

18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

remember Ps 74:22 89:50,51 137:7 Isa 62:6,7 Re 16:19

the foolish Ps 41:1 39:8 94:2-8 De 32:27 Isa 37:23,24 Eze 20:14

19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.

turtle-dove Ps 68:13 So 2:14 4:1 6:9 Isa 60:8 Mt 10:16

forget Ps 68:10 72:2 Zep 3:12 Jas 2:5,6

20 Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

have Ps 89:28,34-36 105:8 106:45 Ge 17:7,8 Ex 24:6-8 Le 26:40-45 De 9:27 2Sa 23:5 Jer 33:20-26 Lu 1:72-75 Heb 8:10

the dark De 12:31 Ro 1:29-31 Eph 4:17,18

habitations Ps 5:8 Ge 49:5-7

21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.

o let not Ps 9:18 12:5 102:19-21 109:22 Isa 45:17

poor Ps 102:21 Ezr 3:11 Jer 33:11

22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.

arise Ps 9:19,20 79:9,10

remember Ps 74:18 75:4,6 89:50,51 Isa 52:5

23 Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.

forget Ps 10:11,12 13:1

tumult Ps 74:4 2:1,2 Isa 37:29 La 2:16 Re 17:14

increaseth. Heb. ascendeth Jon 1:2