They have set fire to Your sanctuary;
They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name to the ground.
(A)They said in their hearts,
“Let us [a]destroy them altogether.”
They have burned up all the meeting places of God in the land.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 74:8 oppress

A Dirge and a Prayer for Israel, Destroyed by Enemies

A Psalm of Asaph.

79 O God, the [a]nations have come into (A)Your inheritance;
Your holy temple they have defiled;
(B)They have laid Jerusalem [b]in heaps.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 79:1 Gentiles
  2. Psalm 79:1 in ruins

51 (A)We are ashamed because we have heard reproach.
Shame has covered our faces,
For strangers (B)have come into the [a]sanctuaries of the Lord’s house.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:51 holy places

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