1The Psalmist complaineth of the desolation of the sanctuary: 10he moveth God to help in consideration of his power, 18of the reproach of the enemies, 19and of his church and covenant.
01Maschil of Asaph.
1Or, a psalm for Asaph, to give instruction, Pss. 1; 32; 50, titles.
1O GOD, awhy hast thou cast us off for ever? why bdoth thine anger smoke against cthe sheep of thy pasture?
a Ps. 10.1; 13.1-3; 60.1-3; 79.1,5. b Is. 10.5. Ps. 18.8; 78.58,59. De. 29.20; 32.21-26. c Ps. 79.13; 95.7; 100.3. Eze. 34.31.
2Remember dthy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the 2rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this emount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
2Or, tribe. De. 32.9. Je. 10.16. Ps. 135.4.
d Ex. 19.5,6; 15.16. v.19. Is. 63.16,17. e Ps. 78.68,69; 132.13,14; 148.1,2.
3fLift up thy feet unto the perpetual gdesolations; even all that hthe enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
f Ps. 68.1; 44.23,26; 80.1-16; 143.7. g Ps. 73.18. Is. 61.4. h v.7. Ps. 79.1. 1Ki. 14.26. 2Ki. 25.9,13-17. Re. 13.
4iThine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; jthey set up their *ensigns for signs.
*ensigns-flags, banners, esp. military ones.
i La. 2.6,7. Re. 13.4,6. Da. 9.27. j Mat. 24.15.
5A man was famous according as he khad lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
k 1Ki. 5.6,15; 6.14-36.
6But now they break down lthe carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
l 1Ki. 6.18,29,32,35. Je. 46.22,23.
73They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
3Heb. They have sent thy sanctuary into the fire. 2Ki. 25.9. Mat. 22.7.
8They said in their hearts, mLet us 4destroy them together: they have burned up all the nsynagogues of God in the land.
4Heb. break.
m Ps. 83.4; 137.7. Es. 3.9. n Mat. 4.23; 9.35. Lu. 4.15,44. Ac. 13.5.
9We osee not our signs: there is pno more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
o 1Sa. 3.1. Am. 8.11. Mi. 3.6. Is. 42.20. p La. 2.9. Eze. 7.26.
10O God, qhow long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
q Ps. 44.16; 89.50,51. Is. 37.4,23. Re. 13.4-6.
11Why rwithdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.
r La. 2.3. Ps. 44.23; 78.60-62,65. Pr. 19.24.
12For sGod is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
s Ps. 44.4. Ex. 19.5,6. Is. 63.9; 51.7,9. Hab. 3.12-14.
13Thou tdidst 5divide the sea by thy strength: thou ubrakest the heads of the 6*dragons in the waters.
5Heb. break.
6Or, whales.
*dragons-sea monsters, crocodiles, serpents.
t Ex. 14.21. Ne. 9.11. Ps. 66.6. u Is. 27.1; 51.9,10. Eze. 29.3; 32.2. Ex. 14.28; 15.10,12.
14Thou brakest the heads of v*leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be wmeat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
*leviathan-river or sea monster.
v Job 41.1. w Nu. 14.9. Ex. 15.1-19.
15Thou xdidst cleave the fountain and the flood: ythou driedst up 7mighty rivers.
7Heb. rivers of strength.
x Ex. 17.5,6. Nu. 20.11. Ps. 105.41. Is. 48.21. y Jos. 3.13. 2Ki. 2.8,14. Is. 44.27.
16The zday is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
z Ge. 1.14-16; 8.22. Ps. 8.3; 136.7-9. Mat. 5.45.
17Thou ahast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast 8made summer and winter.
8Heb. made them. Ge. 8.22. Ca. 2.11,12.
a Ac. 17.26. Ps. 24.1,2; 136.6. De. 32.8.
18bRemember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
b v.2,22. Ps. 89.50,51; 94.7,8. De. 32.21. Re. 16.19. Ps. 137.7.
19O deliver not the soul of thy cturtledove unto the multitude of the wicked : forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
c Ca. 2.14; 6.9. Ex. 19.5,6. Ps. 135.4; 68.10,13. De. 32.9. Is. 60.8.
20dHave respect unto the covenant: for the edark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
d Ge. 17.7,8. Ps. 105.8-11. Je. 32.20,21. Le. 26.42,44,45. De. 30.3,4. 1Ki. 8.50. 2Sa. 23.5. Ps. 106.45. He. 8.10. e Pr. 29.18. Ep. 2.12. Is. 14.4-6. Ps. 12.1,8.
21O flet not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
f Ps. 9.9,18; 12.5; 102.17,20,21; 109.31. Re. 19.1,2.
22gArise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man hreproacheth thee daily.
g Ps. 9.19,20; 44.23,26; 89.50,51. h Ps. 89.50,51; 73.9; 79.10,12. Is. 37.23; 52.4. v.10,18.
23Forget not the voice of thine enemies: ithe tumult of those that rise up against thee 9increaseth continually.
9Heb. ascendeth. Ge. 18.20,21. Jonah 1.2.
i Ps. 2.1,2. Re. 16.14; 17.14.