LXXIX. The Sanctuary Profaned. The Ps. is of the same date as Psalms 74. It does not suit the earlier destruction of the city and the Temple in 586 B.C. The words war, overthrow, and the like do not occur: the Temple is profaned, not destroyed. On the other hand, Psalms 79:3 is in striking accord with the picture drawn in 1Ma_1:37. Notice also the mention of the godly or Asideans in 2 (see Psalms 4:3).

Psalms 79:2 f. is quoted in 1Ma_7:17.

Psalms 79:6 f. is from Jeremiah 10:25, and was perhaps inserted here by a later hand.

Psalms 79:11. preserve: read, loose.

Psalms 79:12. The eastern flowing lobes were well adapted for carrying burdens in the front folds (see Isaiah 65:6; Jeremiah 32:18; Luke 6:38).

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