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Psalms 79:1

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of Asaph: or, for Asaph, Psalms 74:1 *title, marg:

the heathen: Psalms 74:3-4, Psalms 80:12-13; 2 Kings 21:12-16, 2 Kings 25:4-10; 2 Chronicles 36:3-4, 2 Chronicles 36:6-7, 2 Chronicles 36:17; Luke 21:24; Revelation 11:2

into: Psalms 74:2, Psalms 78:71; Exodus 15:17; Isaiah 47:6

holy: Psalms 74:7-8; 2 Kings 24:13; Lamentations 1:10; Ezekiel 7:20-21, Ezekiel 9:7

have laid: 2 Kings 25:9-10; 2 Chronicles 36:19; Jeremiah 26:18, Jeremiah 39:8, Jeremiah 52:13; Micah 3:12

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