Psalms 78:2

Verse 2. Saints. The Assideans, who were the most esteemed for piety, 1 Maccabees 2:42. In the worst of times, there were always some pious Israelites, and the generality of them were less wicked than their enemies, who exercised a horrid barbarity in refusing them burial, after destroying vast numbers. 2 Chronicles 36:17. Calmet.—This was done at least under Epiphanes. 1 Maccabees 7:16. Bible.—Persecutors have hung the bodies of martyrs on poles to be the food of birds, ( Worthington.) as the missionary priests were treated in England not long ago. Hebrew is here rather inaccurate, ( Bible.) “to the wild beast of the earth itself;” (Mont.) lechaitho arets, being put forth léith, earts, (Houbig.) as Prot. themselves translate. Bible.