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Verse Psalms 76:5. _THE STOUT-HEARTED ARE SPOILED_] The boasting
blasphemers, such as Rab-shakeh, and his master Sennacherib, the king
of Assyria.
_THEY HAVE SLEPT THEIR SLEEP_] They were asleep in t...
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THE STOUT-HEARTED ARE SPOILED - The valiant men, the men who came so
confidently to the invasion. The word “spoiled” here, as elsewhere
in the Scriptures, means “plundered,” not (as the word is now
us...
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Psalms 76
Divine Government Established and Maintained
_ 1. The Prince of Peace reigns (Psalms 76:1)_
2. The day of wrath and what it brought (Psalms 76:7)
We behold the Lord now in Judah, the Lio...
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LXXVI. THE MAJESTY OF GOD IN ZION: HOMAGE OF THE NATIONS.
Psalms 76:2. Salem: a poetical name for Jerusalem (Genesis 14:18 *).
Psalms 76:3. lightnings of the bow (_mg.), i.e._ arrows....
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NONE... FOUND THEIR HANDS. Idiom for helplessness. Like losing heart
or finding heart (2 Samuel 7:27).
MEN. Hebrew. _'enosh._ App-14....
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The manifestation of God's majesty in the discomfiture of the enemy....
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_The stouthearted_ For illustration cp. Isaiah 10:12 ff.
_are spoiled_ Lit. _have let themselves be spoiled_. Cp. Isaiah 17:14;
Isaiah 33:1. _they have slept their sleep_ They slumber their (last)
sle...
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PSALMS 76
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
A Song of Triumph over a Divinely-smitten Foe.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 76:1-3, By reason of a Recent Interposition in
behalf of Jerusalem, God has Anew Made Himself K...
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Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.
-The Lord is mightier than all the mighty conquerors of the earth;
because he has caused the stout-hearted to sleep in death, and so...
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Like the previous Ps. this is a song of national deliverance, which
may have been called forth, as the title in LXX suggests, by the
overthrow of Sennacherib's army (2 Kings 19:35; 2 Chronicles 32:21;...
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Psalms 73:89
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
SING A SONG OF ZION
OR
THE *LION’S *DEN
PSALMS 76
They got up and took Jesus out of the city. They led him to the side
of a hill, where men had
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ARE SPOILED. — Literally, _have let themselves be spoiled._ The
picture is of men rendered powerless, at a glance, a word, from God.
SLEPT THEIR SLEEP. — Better, _have sunk into a deep sleep._
NONE O...
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_[Psalms 76:6]_ אֶשְׁתֹּולְל֨וּ ׀ אַבִּ֣ירֵי
לֵ֭ב נָמ֣וּ שְׁנָתָ֑ם...
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Psalms 76:1
IN contents and tone this psalm is connected with Psalms 46:1; Psalms
48:1. No known event corresponds so closely with its allusions as the
destruction of Sennacherib's army, to which the...
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“THE WRATH OF MAN SHALL PRAISE THEE”
Psalms 76:1
In Psalms 76:2, _tabernacle_ may be rendered “covert,” and
_dwelling-place_, “lair.” God is compared to the lion, that
dreaded monarch of beasts, who...
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The singer celebrates a great victory, recognizing it as the work of
God. The song has three movements. In the first, God is seen as the
defense of the people (verses Psa 76:1-3). In the second, His v...
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The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of
the men of might have (d) found their hands.
(d) God has taken their spirits and strength from them as though their
hands were c...
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My eyes. Vatican Septuagint, Arabic, and St. Augustine read, "my
enemies," but our Vulgate follows the edition of Aldus and
Complutensian (Berthier) very frequently, which here agree better with
the H...
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These verses serve to illustrate the subject of the whole Psalm, in
reference to the occasion on which it is supposed to have been
written. If it relates to the destruction of Sennacherib's army in th...
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5._The stout-hearted were spoiled, _The power of God in destroying his
enemies is here exalted by another form of expression. The verb
אשתוללו _, eshtolelu, _which we translate _were spoiled, _is
deri...
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Psalms 76 is extremely simple in its application to the judgment of
the kings, who come up against Jerusalem in their pride, and find,
unlooked for, the Lord Himself there (compare Micah 4:11-13 and
Z...
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THE STOUT HEARTED ARE SPOILED,.... The Assyrian army, its officers and
generals, that came up against Jerusalem, with great resolution and
courage, and with daring impiety and blasphemy against the Go...
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The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of
the men of might have found their hands.
Ver. 5. _The stout-hearted are spoiled_] Heb. have yielded themselves
up for prey: thos...
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_The stout-hearted are spoiled_ Of all that glory and advantage which
they either had already obtained, or further expected from the success
of their present expedition. They became a prey to those on...
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1-6 Happy people are those who have their land filled with the
knowledge of God! happy persons that have their hearts filled with
that knowledge! It is the glory and happiness of a people to have God...
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ARE SPOILED of all that glory and advantage which they either had
already gotten, or further expected, from the success of their present
expedition, which they promised to themselves. They became a pr...
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Psalms 76:5 stouthearted H47 H3820 plundered H7997 (H8709) sunk H5123
(H8804) sleep H8142 mighty H2428 men...
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CONTENTS: The glory of God's power celebrated.
CHARACTERS: God, Asaph.
CONCLUSION: The hardships which God's people suffer by the wrath of
their enemies will be made to redound to the glory of God w...
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This is a martial ode, sung, according to the LXX, after the defeat of
the Assyrian army. The Latin bible follows the LXX. The words of the
psalm concerning the sleeping of the enemy, and the fall of...
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_In Judah is God known: His name is great in Israel._
GLORIOUS ASPECTS OF THE DIVINE CHARACTER
I. As the glorious resident in the midst of His people (Psalms 76:1).
God is everywhere; but is in an e...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 76:1. This hymn celebrates Zion as the
place God has chosen to dwell, and the capital of the people he has
chosen to bless and protect. It is a companion to...
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 76:3 The past-tense verbs show that this psalm
is particularly geared to celebrating an occasion in which God
protected Zion from Gentile invaders (BROKE, STRIPPED, stunn
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INTRODUCTION
_Superscription_.—“_To the chief Musician on Neginoth_.” See
Introduction to Psalms 54.
_A Psalm—a Song of Asaph_. (See notes on the authorship of Psalms
74) The superscription may be th...
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EXPOSITION
THE present psalm consists of three stanzas—the first of three
verses, terminated by the pause mark, "Selah;" the second of six
verses, ended similarly, and the third (like the first) of th...
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In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel (Psalms 76:1).
Judah, of course, was the southern kingdom. Israel was the northern
kingdom.
In Salem also is his tabernacle [that would be Jerusalem...
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Daniel 4:37; Ezekiel 30:21; Isaiah 31:8; Isaiah 37:36; Isaiah 46:12;
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Sleep — Even a perpetual sleep....