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God, the nations have come into your inheritance. They have defiled your holy temple. They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
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Verse 1. Testimony, or instruction, ( Calmet.) and proof of the psalmist’s faith. Bible.—Psalm. Vat. Septuagint Saint Augustine and so forth add, “for (or against) the Assyrian:” whence some have inferred that it relates to the captivity of Israel. But as Benjamin is also mentioned, it seems rather to speak of the captives of Babylon, ( Calmet.) or of all Jews and Christians in distress. Bert.—The faithful pray for the coming of the Messias, verse 2. 4. 16. Bible.—Fathers. Calmet.
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