John Trapp on Psalms 79:1

PSAL. LXXIX.

A Pſalm] Of like ſubject, with Pſalm 74. bewayling the ſame calamity of the Jews, whether under Nebuchadnezzar or Antiochus is uncertain; but foreſeen by Aſaph, or deſcribed by ſome other Prophet, and committed to ſome of Aſaphs ſucceſſours to be ſung. Cantant juſti etiam in adverſis; as birds in the Spring tune moſt ſweetly, when it raineth moſt ſadly.

Verſ. 1. O God the Heathen] Ex abrupto ord[illegible: 1 letter]tur; q. d. canſt thou endure it? Is it not high time for thee to ſet in? Lo they have filled the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel, Iſa. 8.8. that is, O thou who art God with us, who giveſt with the Father,Cum parte dator, inter nos petitor. Aug. who prayeſt with the ſuitor, and who in all our afflictions art afflicted.

The holy Temple have they defiled] Spoliando, funeſtando, & omnia profana impia que munera obeundo, See Pſal. 74.7.

They have laid Jeruſalem on heaps] In rudera, into an Orchard-keepers cottage, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Sept. ſaith the Vulgar. An elegant Hypotypoſis.