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Verse Psalms 74:17. _THOU HAST SET ALL THE BORDERS OF THE EARTH_] Thou
alone art the Author of all its grand _geographical_ divisions.
_THOU HAST MADE SUMMER AND WINTER._] Thou hast appointed that
pe...
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THOU HAST SET ALL THE BORDERS OF THE EARTH - Thou hast established all
the boundaries of the world; that is, the boundaries of the earth
itself; or the natural bonndaries of nations and people, made b...
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Psalms 74
The Enemy in the Sanctuary
_ 1. The Prayer on account of the enemy (Psalms 74:1)_
2. The work of the enemy (Psalms 74:4)
3. Intercession for intervention ...
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LXXIV. The date may be fixed with certainty and that within narrow
limits. The Jews are suffering extreme distress, but apparently by no
fault of their own, for there is no confession of sin. The pers...
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_the borders of the earth_ The divisions of land and sea (Psalms
104:9; Job 38:8 ff.; Jeremiah 5:22), and the apportionment of the land
among the nations ...
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Yet God's mighty works of Redemption and Creation attest His power to
interpose for the deliverance of His people. Cp. Psalms 77:10 ff....
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All the fixed laws and ordinances of the natural world were
established and are maintained by God....
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PSALMS 74
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
Ruthless Injuries to the Sanctuary and Oppression in the Land by an
Enemy, call forth Expostulation with God for his quiescence.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 74:1-3 a, In...
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Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and
winter.
THOU HAST SET ALL THE BORDERS OF THE EARTH - its boundaries toward
the sea (, etc.; )....
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Psalms 74, 79 seem to reflect the same historical situation, and are
usually ascribed to the same author. Both were written in a time of
national calamity, when the Temple was profaned (Psalms 74), an...
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Psalms 73:89
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
KEEP YOUR PROMISE!
PSALMS 74
Jesus said, "One stone will not stay on another. They will all become
broken". (Ma
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(16-18) An appeal from the God of history to the God of nature. Not
only did He work wonders, but even the universe is the work of His
hand....
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ALL THE BORDERS OF THE EARTH — _i.e._, earth in all directions, and
to its utmost bounds; as we say, “from pole to pole.”...
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אַתָּ֣ה הִ֭צַּבְתָּ כָּל
־גְּבוּלֹ֣ות אָ֑רֶץ קַ֥יִץ...
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Psalms 74:1
Two periods only correspond to the circumstances described in this
psalm and its companion (Psalms 79:1)-namely, the Chaldean invasion
and sack of Jerusalem, and the persecution under Anti...
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“PLEAD THINE OWN CAUSE, O GOD”
Psalms 74:12
Yet! Psalms 74:12, r.v. There is always some compensating and
consolatory thought. God is in the background of our thought. Not only
_the_ King, but _my_ K...
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This is a great complaint, but it is a complaint of faith. Hardly a
gleam of light is found throughout. The singer sits in the midst of
national desolation and pours out his soul to God in passionate...
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Here is a beautiful acknowledgment of God, in his works of nature and
providence, who had before been adored in his works of grace: and
perhaps in allusion to the Lord's appearing for his people in ti...
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17._Thou hast fixed _(241) _all the boundaries of the earth. _What is
here stated concerning the boundaries or limits assigned to the earth,
and concerning the regular and successive recurrence of sum...
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Psalms 74 complains of the hostile desolation of the sanctuary, when
rebuilt in the land. God's enemies, as faith here calls them, roar in
the congregations. Man's ensigns, not God's, are the signs of...
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THOU HAST SET ALL THE BORDERS OF THE EARTH,.... Of the whole world,
and each of the nations, as of the land of Canaan, so of others,
Deuteronomy 32:8, and even has fixed and settled the bounds of ever...
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_Thou hast set all the borders of the earth_ Thou hast fixed the
bounds, both of the habitable world in general, so that the seas,
though they do encompass and assault them, yet are not, and never
sha...
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Thou hast set all the borders of the earth, not only by dividing it
from the sea, but also by fixing the natural boundaries of nations;
THOU HAST MADE SUMMER AND WINTER, the seasons also being His cre...
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PRAYER FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE CHURCH.
Maschil, a didactic poem, of Asaph, a prophetic psalm, foretelling
some of the afflictions which would befall the Church of God, in the
Old Testament as wel...
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MADE:
_ Heb._ made them...
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12-17 The church silences her own complaints. What God had done for
his people, as their King of old, encouraged them to depend on him. It
was the Lord's doing, none besides could do it. This provide...
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THOU HAST SET ALL THE BORDERS OF THE EARTH: thou hast fixed the
bounds, both of the habitable world in general; so as the seas, though
they do encompass and assault them, yet they shall never be able...
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Psalms 74:17 set H5324 (H8689) borders H1367 earth H776 made H3335
(H8804) summer H7019 winter H2779...
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Psalms 74:17
I. One of the chiefest charms of summer is its fulness. And in this
fulness is its peace. Summer has the deep consciousness of
fruitfulness. It knows it has done its work; it rejoices in...
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CONTENTS: The deplorable condition of God's people spread before Him
with petition for deliverance.
CHARACTERS: God, Asaph.
CONCLUSION: The desolations of God's house cannot but grieve the
believer m...
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Title. _Maschil of Asaph;_ that is, instruction, as Psalms 32. The
EDDA is the title of the Icelandic poem, which also signifies
instruction. This mournful ode is also alleged to have been written in...
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_Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: Thou hast made summer and
winter._
SUMMER
This season so changes the whole of life, so intensifies and blesses
it, that we begin to think of summer as a p...
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_O God, why hast Thou cast us off for ever?_
why doth Thine anger smoke against the sheep of Thy pasture?
THE WAIL AND PRAYER OF A TRUE PATRIOT
I. The wail (Psalms 74:1).
1. Some communities of men...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 74:1. This psalm, a community lament, is
a cry of anguish over the destruction of the temple. It recounts
God’s mighty deeds in the past, especially the exodus. Past events...
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 74:12 The next section recalls God’s mighty
deeds from the past, in which he has worked SALVATION. These include
the exodus from Egypt and the journey through the wilderness (vv....
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INTRODUCTION
_Superscription_.—“A Maschil of Asaph,” i.e., an Instruction of
Asaph, a Didactic Song by Asaph. See introduction to Psalms 1.
“But _here_ we cannot have the least idea of the authorship...
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EXPOSITION
"THE misery of the Jews is here at its deepest". The psalmist
describes Jerusalem as fallen into "perpetual ruins" (Psalms 74:3).
The temple is violated (Psalms 74:3); its carved work is ru...
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Psa 74:1-23 is one of those psalms where the psalmist again is
speaking of the desolation that is come, and the apparent quietness of
God in the face of the desolation. God didn't do anything to stop...
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Acts 14:17; Acts 17:26; Deuteronomy 32:8; Genesis 8:22; Psalms 24:1;...
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Set — Thou hast fixed the bounds of the habitable world in general,
and of all the countries and people upon the earth. And as this clause
shews God's power over all places, so the next displays his d...