This psalm, also, purports to be a psalm of Asaph; that is, it was
either composed by him or for him; or it was the composition of one of
his descendants who presided over the music in the sanctuary,...
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...
The occasion of this Psalm has already been discussed in the
Introduction to Psalms 74. It consists of three stanzas.
i. The Psalmist tells God of the invasion of His land, the desecration
of His Tem...
LXXIX.
The relation of this psalm to Psalms 74 is so close, notwithstanding
some points of difference, that commentators are almost unanimous in
assigning them to the same period, if not the same auth...
INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 79
A PSALM OF ASAPH. This psalm was not written by one Asaph, who is
supposed to live after the destruction of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans,
or, according to some, even after the...
_A.M. 3416. B.C. 588._
This Psalm was doubtless composed upon the mournful occasion of the
destruction of Judea and Jerusalem by the Chaldeans. It might be
written by the latter Asaph, or, as some th...