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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 75 - Introduction

* The psalmist declares his resolution of executing judgment. (1-5) He rebukes the wicked, and concludes with resolutions to praise God. (6-10)

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See also Psalms 75 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    This psalm, like the two previous psalms, is ascribed to Asaph (see Introduction to Psalms 73), and there is no reason to doubt that it is correctly attributed to him. On the phrase in the title, “To...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    BOOK II. PSS. XLII.- LXXII. Psalms 42-83 are Elohistic, _i.e._ they use the word God (Elohim) and avoid the proper name Yahweh, probably from motives of reverence. Here and there, however, the name Y...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    In one of his prophecies of the approaching judgement which was to shatter the power of Assyria and set Israel free, Isaiah compares the rejoicings with which the deliverance would be celebrated to th...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 seat (a-27) Or 'in the company.'...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    LXXV. The note of despair in the last psalm is succeeded here by one of mingled expectancy and exultation. It is as if the pathetic question, “How long?” had suddenly and unexpectedly been answered by...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 75 TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN, ALTASCHITH, A PSALM [OR] SONG OF ASAPH. Of the word "altaschith", Psalms 57:1, it signifies "do not destroy", or "do not corrupt"; the Targum renders i...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 2989. B.C. 1015._ This Psalm is thought by Bishop Patrick and some others to have been composed on account of the great deliverance of Jerusalem from the numerous and formidable army of Sennach...

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