of Asaph. The eighth of the twelve Asaph Psalms. Compare Psalms 74, the second of the third book. See App-10. The Psalm is said to have "hardly any regular strophical divisions". But see the Structure above.
God. Hebrew. Elohim.App-4.
heathen = nations.
holy. See note on Exo_3:5.
temple. See 1Ki_14:25, 1Ki_14:26; 2Ch_12:2-10. Pillaged, but not destroyed.
on heaps = in ruins. Compare the prophecy in Mic_3:12.