O God, the nations have come into your inheritance; your holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Asaph, who might live during the captivity. (Calmet)
If the ancient (Haydock) Asaph, or David, composed this psalm, it must be considered as a prediction of the ruin caused by Nabuchodonosor, or by Epiphanes. (Berthier, T. v.)
The author of 1 Machabees (vii. 17.) accommodates it to the sufferings of those (Calmet) whom Alcimus destroyed; or rather the prophet had them also in view as well as Christian martyrs. (Haydock)
He cannot speak of the last ruin of Jerusalem, since it would have been improper to pray for its restoration. (St. Augustine)
Fruit. A mean village, (Menochius) as Isaias (i. 8.) had threatened. Hebrew, "a heap of stones "(St. Jerome) in the field, Micheas i. 6. Such was the condition of Jerusalem under Nabuchodonosor (Calmet) and Ephiphanes, 1 Machabees i. (Berthier)
Catholics have been persecuted in every country, and forced to use mean houses for divine worship. (Worthington)
