Psalms 79

Psalms 79:1

THe heathen, the Italian, the Nations, the subject of this Psalme may bee taken either for the taking of Ierusalem by the Caldeans, or for the persecutions of Ansiochus, as the seventy fourth Psalme.

Psalms 79:5

Thy jelousie] to which thou hast been provoked by us rebells, covenant breakers, and Idolaters.

Psalms 79:8

Former iniquities] the Italian hath it, the iniquities of those that were before us, namely, our for fore-fathers and Ancestors, whose iniquities, wee have imitated and exceeded. Others, the iniquities of former times.

Psalms 79:9

Thy names sake] that is say, for thine own sake, who art exceeding mercifull, and bearest the name of it. The meaning is, take an occasion not from us, but from thine own in-bred mercy, to make the glory thereof shew the greater.

Psalms 79:12

Into their bosome] that is to say, plentifully, Psal. 31. 23. A phrase taken from those who without measuring doe poure a thing into ones lap or bosome, see Isa. 65. 6. 7. Jeremiah 32:18. Luke 6:38. [Wherewith they] because that injuries done to the Church redound through the enemies intents, or otherwise, to God himselfe, Psal. 69. 7. 9. Iach. 2. 8.