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THE VOICE OF THY THUNDER WAS IN THE HEAVEN - Compare the notes at
Psalms 29:1. The word rendered “heaven” here - גלגל _galgal_ -
means properly “a wheel,” as of a chariot, Isaiah 5:28;...
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Psalms 77
The Distressed Saint and His Comfort
_ 1. The distress (Psalms 77:1)_
2. The comfort (Psalms 77:11)
This Psalm shows the distress of the saint in deepest exercise of
soul. He earnestly s...
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LXXVII. ISRAEL'S PRESENT DISTRESS AND PAST GLORY.
Psalms 77:1. The present distress.
PSALMS 77:1. WITH MY VOICE: _i.e._ with a loud voice.
PSALMS 77:4. Past glory....
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WAS IN THE HEAVEN. Hebrew. _galgal_. rolled along.
THE. Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulg, read "Thy".
LIGHTENED. illumined....
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_in the heaven_ The word _galgal_, derived from a root meaning _to
roll_, was understood by the Jewish commentators to mean the _vault_or
_circuit_of the heaven. More probably it should be rendered in...
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The manifestation of God's sovereignty over nature in that supreme act
of redemption....
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The history of the past is the most convincing answer to these
questions, the best cordial for his fainting spirits. Cp. Isaiah 63:7
ff....
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PSALMS 77
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
Comfort in Distress Obtained by the Study of a Song,
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 77:1-3, Introductoryshewing, by quotation of
Language and Statement of Fact, that the Psa...
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BOOK 3
There are two groups of Pss. in this book, Psalms 73-83 being Psalms
of Asaph, and Psalms 84-88 (except 86) Psalms of the Sons of Korah.
The likeness of the title of Psalms 89 to that of Psalms...
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HEAVEN] RV 'whirlwind.'...
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Psalms 73:89
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
PSALMS 77
John sent people to ask Jesus, "Are you the One that will come, or
must we look for someone else?" Jesus answered and said to them...
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(16-20) The prominence given to Joseph is a feature common to the
Asaphic psalm. With this magnificent lyric of the passage of the Red
Sea comp. Habakkuk 3:10. The narrative in Exodus says nothing of...
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IN THE HEAVENS. — Literally, _in the vault._ The Hebrew, _galgal,_
from _gâlal,_ “to roll,” has the same derivation as “vault”
(_volutum,_ from _volvo_). It is strange that this rendering, which so
we...
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_[Psalms 77:19]_ קֹ֤ול רַעַמְךָ֨ ׀ בַּ †
גַּלְגַּ֗ל...
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Psalms 77:1
THE occasion of the profound sadness of the first part of this psalm
may be inferred from the thoughts which brighten it into hope in the
second. These were the memories of past national d...
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“THE GOD THAT DOEST WONDERS”
Psalms 77:11
Go back to the past. Consider the manner in which God has stood by His
saints in the days of old, in the years of ancient time. What He did
for them He is pr...
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This is a song of the healing of sorrow. It opens with the declaration
of determination to cry to God, and then proceeds to explain the
reason of this determination. Verse Psa 77:10 is the pivot on wh...
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_Desires. Literally, "souls," as if they were dying for hunger, though
they had plenty of manna, Numbers xi. 4. (Calmet)_...
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What a beautiful and sublime manner of expression is here, in the
waters seeing God. The prophet hath a similar thought: Was the Lord
displeased against the rivers? Was thine anger against the rivers?...
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In Psalms 77 we have spiritual deliverance and restored confidence. He
cried with his voice to God, and God gave ear to him. To cry with the
voice is more than to have a wish. A cry is the expression...
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THE VOICE OF THY THUNDER WAS IN THE HEAVEN,.... Thunder is the voice
of God, Job 37:5 this is heard in "the orb" b, or the air, so called,
because spherical; the Targum is
"the voice of thy thunder w...
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The voice of thy thunder [was] in the heaven: the lightnings lightened
the world: the earth trembled and shook.
Ver. 18. _The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven_] Heb. in the
sphere or round orb...
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_The waters saw thee, O God_ They felt the visible effects of thy
powerful presence. _They were afraid_ And stood still, as men or
beasts astonished commonly do. _The clouds poured out water_ Namely,...
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THE TRIBULATION AND COMFORT OF THE RIGHTEOUS.
To the chief musician, to Jeduthun, at that time in charge of the
Temple music, a psalm of Asaph, the psalm picturing the relief
experienced by believers...
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The voice of Thy thunder was in the heaven, or "in the whirlwind"; THE
LIGHTNINGS LIGHTENED THE WORLD; THE EARTH TREMBLED AND SHOOK. The
entire passage seems to be an elaborate picture. of the mighty...
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11-20 The remembrance of the works of God, will be a powerful remedy
against distrust of his promise and goodness; for he is God, and
changes not. God's way is in the sanctuary. We are sure that God...
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This tempest is not particularly recorded in its proper place, yet it
may well be gathered from what is said EXODUS 14:24,25, and is in
effect acknowledged by Josephus in his history. And this is no n...
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Psalms 77:18 voice H6963 thunder H7482 whirlwind H1534 lightnings
H1300 up H215 (H8689) world H8398 earth H776 trembl
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Psalms 77:1. _I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my
voice; and he gave ear unto me._
The writer was in very deep trouble. The trouble forced from him a
loud and bitter cry. His heart...
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The Book of Psalms, though it is divinely inspired, is also
marvelously human; it is everywhere instinct with life, and life in
its most, sympathetic forms. However glad you are, there is always a
Psa...
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This «Psalm of Asaph» has a mournful tone in it; at times the writer
is in the deeps; but we may be quite sure that be will end the Psalm
cheerfully because he begins it with prayer. No matter what so...
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CONTENTS: Sorrowful complaints followed by encouragement by
remembrance of God's former mighty deliverances.
CHARACTERS: God, Asaph.
CONCLUSION: The thoughts of unbelief can always be argued down if...
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Title. _To the chief musician, to Jeduthun. A psalm of Asaph._ There
is an uncertainty, whether Jeduthun were a master of music, or whether
the name designate an instrument, or some air or term of mus...
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_I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and He
gave ear unto me._
THE FACULTY OF HUMAN THOUGHT
The whole psalm may be used to illustrate the faculty of human
thought. Throughou...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 77:1. This is a community lament. By
referring to God’s “anger” (v. Psalms 77:9) the psalm
acknowledges that the reason for the trouble may be
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 77:10 I WILL APPEAL... TO THE YEARS OF THE
RIGHT HAND OF THE MOST HIGH. This section focuses on God’s great
deeds of the past, especially in the exodus and in the wilderness. If
G...
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INTRODUCTION
_Superscription.—“To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, a Psalm of
Asaph_.” Jeduthun was one of the leaders of sacred music in
David’s time (1 Chronicles 16:41; 2 Chronicles 5:12). One of t...
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EXPOSITION
THIS psalm is the lament and expostulation with God of some afflicted
person, perhaps Asaph, who speaks as the mouthpiece of his countrymen,
complaining of Israel's apparent desertion by Go...
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I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he
gave ear unto me (Psalms 77:1).
Now notice in the seventy-seventh psalm how the first part of it is
centered around I. You might fi...
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2 Samuel 22:14; 2 Samuel 22:8; Exodus 19:16; Exodus 19:18; Habakkuk 3: