Löhr restores the triple metre by some condensation and transposition.

habitations The word is that which is used for the dwellings and pasture grounds of shepherds, and thus refers to the country parts of Judaea, as opposed to the fortresses, "strong holds," that follow.

hath profaned By their fall the king's princes have been deprived of that sanctity which has hitherto been their character. For the discussion of the origin of this conception of sanctity as pertaining to kings and in a somewhat less degree to all others of royal blood Pe. refers to Frazer's Golden Bough, pt. 1. -The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings" (1911).

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