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Psalm 79:1a "O God, the nations have come into Your inheritance..."
Day 167 – Psalm 79
“O God, the nations have come into Your inheritance…” Psalm 79:1a
SUPERSCRIPTION: A Psalm of Asaph
This superscription has one of the simplest statements. The author is identified as Asaph, with no other instructions.
A PSALM OF GREAT GRIEF
Psalm 79 is similar to Psalm 74. Both psalms reflect great grief. The psalmist Asaph struggled with deep personal grief as he noted the terrible afflictions that came upon Jerusalem.
“O God, the nations have come into Your inheritance;
Your holy temple they have defiled;
They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.”
Psalm 79:1
1. “O God”
Asaph seems so astonished and stunned by what he sees that the simplest term was used when he began writing his psalm. The term was simply “O God”.