Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 76:2
Salem — In Jerusalem, which was anciently called Salem. Zion — Largely so called, as it includes Moriah, an adjoining hill.
Salem — In Jerusalem, which was anciently called Salem. Zion — Largely so called, as it includes Moriah, an adjoining hill.
Verse Psalms 76:2. _IN SALEM ALSO IS HIS TABERNACLE_] _Salem_ was the ancient name of _Jebus_, afterward called _Jerusalem_. Here was the _tabernacle_ set up; but afterwards, when the _temple_ was bui...
IN SALEM ALSO - This was the ancient name for Jerusalem, and is evidently so used here. It continued to be given to the town until the time of David, when it was called “Jerusalem.” See the notes at I...
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...
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....
SALEM. The ancient Jebusite name for Jerusalem. Compare Genesis 14:18; Hebrews 7:1; Hebrews 7:2. IS. is come; or is setup. TABERNACLE: i.e. David's tabernacle on Zion. in...
God has once more shewn His might in Zion by shattering the power of her assailants....
And he hath set his pavilion in Salem, And his habitation in Zion. For the words _pavilion_and _habitation_applied to the Temple see Psalms 27:5; Psalms 68:5. The words may however mean the _covert_...
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...
In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion. IN SALEM ALSO IS HIS TABERNACLE. His temple took the place of the "tabernacle" which had originally stood on Zion in David's time. J...
76:2 tent, (e-6) Lit. 'booth.'...
SALEM] Jerusalem....
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;...
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
SALEM. — The LXX. and Vulgate translate “his place was in peace,” and possibly the poet may use the word _Salem_ with the thought in his mind of the peace won by God for Judah, or, again, it may be on...
_[Psalms 76:3]_ וַ יְהִ֣י בְ שָׁלֵ֣ם סֻכֹּ֑ו...
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...
“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...
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...
In (b) Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion. (b) Which later was called Jerusalem....
_To God. These repetitions denote fervour, (Calmet) and that God alone must be the object of our desire. (St. Augustine)_...
The prophet, in the name of the church, is here triumphing in the consciousness of the divine presence. Well indeed might Israel say, He hath not dealt so by any nation; Psalms 147:20. Distinguishing...
2._And his tabernacle was in Salem _Here the reason is assigned why God, putting the Assyrians to flight, vouchsafed to deliver the city of Jerusalem, and to take it under his protection. The reason i...
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...
IN SALEM ALSO IS HIS TABERNACLE,.... That is, in Jerusalem, as the Targum expresses it, where the tabernacle of Moses and the ark of the covenant were, and afterwards the temple of Solomon, which the...
In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion. Ver. 2. _In Salem also is his tabernacle_] _i.e._ In Jerusalem, which was first called Salem, Gen 14:18 Hebrews 7:1. Secondly, Jebus,...
_In Judah is God known_ God's people do not worship an unknown God, as the Athenians did, Acts 17:23, but one who hath made himself known, not only by his word and ordinances, but also by the glorious...
In Salem, the city of Jerusalem, ALSO IS HIS TABERNACLE, the dwelling of His tent, the central Sanctuary, AND HIS DWELLING-PLACE IN ZION, on whose summit the Tabernacle had been erected by David, the...
GOD THE PROTECTOR OF HIS CHURCH. To the chief musician on Neginoth, to be sung in public worship to the accompaniment of stringed instruments, a psalm or song of Asaph, another hymn commemorating God...
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...
IN SALEM; in Jerusalem, which was anciently called _Salem_, GENESIS 14:18 HEBREWS 7:1. ZION; largely so called, as it includes Moriah, an adjoining hill, or another branch of the same hill....
Psalms 76:2 Salem H8004 tabernacle H5520 place H4585 Zion H6726 Salem - Genesis 14:18;...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
2 Chronicles 6:6; Genesis 14:18; Hebrews 7:1; Hebrews 7:2; Isaiah 12:6;