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**Title. A Psalm.** Hebrew *mizmor.* See App-65 .
**of Asaph.** The eighth of the twelve Asaph Psalms. Compare [Psalms 74](../../../kjv/psalms/74) , the second of the third book. See App-10 . The Psalm is said to have "hardly any regular strophical divisions". But see the Structure above.
**God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.* App-4 .
**heathen** = nations.
**holy.** See note on [Exodus 3:5](../../../kjv/exodus/3/5) .
**temple.** See [1 Kings 14:25](../../../kjv/1-kings/14/25) , 1Ki 14:26 ; [2 Chronicles 12:2-10](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/12/2-10) . Pillaged, but not destroyed.
**on heaps** = in ruins. Compare the prophecy in [Micah 3:12](../../../kjv/micah/3/12) .

**saints** = men of Thy lovingkindness, or gracious ones, or beloved.

**shed** = poured out. Compare same word in [Psalms 79:6](../../../kjv/psalms/79/6) .

**How long . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* App-6 . Compare ([Psalms 79:5](../../../kjv/psalms/79/5) ) with ([Psalms 79:10](../../../kjv/psalms/79/10) ).

**Pour out.** Figure of speech *Anthropopatheia.* App-6 . See note on "shed", [Psalms 79:3](../../../kjv/psalms/79/3) .
**not known Thee.** Compare [Jeremiah 10:25](../../../kjv/jeremiah/10/25) .

**they have.** So some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate. Compare [Jeremiah 10:25](../../../kjv/jeremiah/10/25) . But other codices read "he hath": i.e. the enemy.
**Jacob.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Subject), App-6 , for the riches of his descendants.
**dwelling place** = pasture.

**iniquities.** Hebrew. *'avah.* App-44 .
**prevent us** = come to meet us. Eng. usage changed. Original sense obsolete.

**purge away** = cover, or atone for. Hebrew. *kaphar.* See note on [Exodus 29:33](../../../kjv/exodus/29/33) .
**Thy name's sake** = Thine own sake. See [Psalms 20:1](../../../kjv/psalms/20/1) .

**Wherefore . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* App-6 . Compare [Psalms 79:5](../../../kjv/psalms/79/5) .
**By.** Supply Ellipsis from the preceding line: "[Let] the avenging . . . [be known]", &c.

**Thy power.** Hebrew Thine arm. Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Effect), App-6 , for the power contained in and put forth by it. By Figure of speech *Anthropopatheia* ( App-6 ), an "arm" attributed to God.
**preserve** = reserve.
**those that are appointed to die** = sons of death. Genitive of Relation. Compare [Romans 8:36](../../../kjv/romans/8/36) .

**To the chief Musician.** See App-64 .

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