Psalms 76:1

Psalms 76:1 «To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm [or] Song of Asaph. » In Judah [is] God known: his name [is] great in Israel.

A Psalm or Song of Asaph] Or, for Asaph; either made prophetically, by Asaph himself, or by some other psalmist, who committed it to Asaph's successors, to be played and sung. The Hebrews say it is made de bello Gogi, of the war with Gog and Magog, that is, the Eastern and Western antichrists. The Greeks say De Assyriis (περι των Aσσυριων. In Hexaplo), of Sennacherib and his host; and surely the matter of the psalm is such as very well agreeth with that overthrow. Confer Psa 46:1-11 Psalms 48:1,14

Ver. 1. In Judah is God known] Nobilis est, saith Tremellius; Notior est, saith another interpreter; i.e. Better known he is now than ever; not by his word only, which is preached in Judah, but by his wondrous works; this especially of destroying the Assyrians at Lachish, in the tribe of Judah.

His name is great in Israel] Greater now than ever, God having made himself a glorious name, Isaiah 63:14. Egypt rang of this slaughter of the Assyrians, as Herodotus testifieth; so did all other countries doubtless.