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Verse Psalms 77:16. _THE WATERS SAW THEE_] What a fine image! He
represents God approaching the Red Sea; and the waters, seeing him,
took fright, and ran off before him, dividing to the right and left...
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THE WATERS SAW THEE ... - The waters of the Red Sea and the Jordan.
There is great sublimity in this expression; in representing the
waters as conscious of the presence of God, and as fleeing in
const...
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Psalms 77
The Distressed Saint and His Comfort
_ 1. The distress (Psalms 77:1)_
2. The comfort (Psalms 77:11)
This Psalm shows the distress of the saint in deepest exercise of
soul. He earnestly s...
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LXXVII. ISRAEL'S PRESENT DISTRESS AND PAST GLORY.
Psalms 77:1. The present distress.
PSALMS 77:1. WITH MY VOICE: _i.e._ with a loud voice.
PSALMS 77:4. Past glory....
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THE WATERS. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_ (App-6), for emphasis: i.e.
the waters of the Nile, and the Red Sea (Exodus 14:21).
THE DEPTHS. Not referring to the "abyss" of Babylonian mythology,
which wa...
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PSALMS 77
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
Comfort in Distress Obtained by the Study of a Song,
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 77:1-3, Introductoryshewing, by quotation of
Language and Statement of Fact, that the Psa...
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The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid:
the depths also were troubled.
THE WATERS SAW THEE, O GOD ... THEY WERE AFRAID - (; Habakkuk 3:8)....
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BOOK 3
There are two groups of Pss. in this book, Psalms 73-83 being Psalms
of Asaph, and Psalms 84-88 (except 86) Psalms of the Sons of Korah.
The likeness of the title of Psalms 89 to that of Psalms...
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THE WATERS] the Red Sea: Exodus 14:21....
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Psalms 73:89
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
PSALMS 77
John sent people to ask Jesus, "Are you the One that will come, or
must we look for someone else?" Jesus answered and said to them...
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THE WATERS SAW THEE. — Possibly alluding to the “look” which
troubled the Egyptians (Exodus 14:24).
WERE AFRAID. — Better, _writhed,_ as in travail pains.
WENT ABROAD — _i.e.,_ darted hither and thi...
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(16-20) The prominence given to Joseph is a feature common to the
Asaphic psalm. With this magnificent lyric of the passage of the Red
Sea comp. Habakkuk 3:10. The narrative in Exodus says nothing of...
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_[Psalms 77:17]_ רָ֘א֤וּךָ מַּ֨יִם ׀
אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים רָא֣וּךָ מַּ֣יִם
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Psalms 77:1
THE occasion of the profound sadness of the first part of this psalm
may be inferred from the thoughts which brighten it into hope in the
second. These were the memories of past national d...
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“THE GOD THAT DOEST WONDERS”
Psalms 77:11
Go back to the past. Consider the manner in which God has stood by His
saints in the days of old, in the years of ancient time. What He did
for them He is pr...
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This is a song of the healing of sorrow. It opens with the declaration
of determination to cry to God, and then proceeds to explain the
reason of this determination. Verse Psa 77:10 is the pivot on wh...
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The (k) waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid:
the depths also were troubled.
(k) He declares how the power of God was declared when he delivered
the Israelites through the Re...
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What a beautiful and sublime manner of expression is here, in the
waters seeing God. The prophet hath a similar thought: Was the Lord
displeased against the rivers? Was thine anger against the rivers?...
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16._The waters saw thee, O God! _Some of the miracles in which God had
displayed the power of his arm are here briefly adverted to. When it
is said that the _waters saw God, _the language is figurativ...
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In Psalms 77 we have spiritual deliverance and restored confidence. He
cried with his voice to God, and God gave ear to him. To cry with the
voice is more than to have a wish. A cry is the expression...
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THE WATERS SAW THEE, O GOD,.... The waters not of Jordan, but of the
Red sea; these felt and perceived the power of God, in causing a
strong east wind, which dried it up, and made way for the children...
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The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the
depths also were troubled.
Ver. 16. The waters saw thee, O God … they were afraid] This is
check to such as will not see to fear...
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_The waters saw thee, O God_ They felt the visible effects of thy
powerful presence. _They were afraid_ And stood still, as men or
beasts astonished commonly do. _The clouds poured out water_ Namely,...
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THE TRIBULATION AND COMFORT OF THE RIGHTEOUS.
To the chief musician, to Jeduthun, at that time in charge of the
Temple music, a psalm of Asaph, the psalm picturing the relief
experienced by believers...
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The waters saw Thee, O God; the waters saw Thee, namely, when He made
ready to cleave the waters of the Red Sea; THEY WERE AFRAID; THE
DEPTHS ALSO WERE TROUBLED, being filled with awe and trembling be...
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11-20 The remembrance of the works of God, will be a powerful remedy
against distrust of his promise and goodness; for he is God, and
changes not. God's way is in the sanctuary. We are sure that God...
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THE WATERS SAW THEE; they felt the visible effects of thy powerful
presence. THEY WERE AFRAID; and stood still, as men or beasts
astonished commonly do....
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Psalms 77:16 waters H4325 saw H7200 (H8804) God H430 waters H4325 saw
H7200 (H8804) afraid H2342 ...
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Psalms 77:1. _I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my
voice; and he gave ear unto me._
The writer was in very deep trouble. The trouble forced from him a
loud and bitter cry. His heart...
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This «Psalm of Asaph» has a mournful tone in it; at times the writer
is in the deeps; but we may be quite sure that be will end the Psalm
cheerfully because he begins it with prayer. No matter what so...
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The Book of Psalms, though it is divinely inspired, is also
marvelously human; it is everywhere instinct with life, and life in
its most, sympathetic forms. However glad you are, there is always a
Psa...
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This Psalm is headed «To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun,» He was
one of the great singers; there is opportunity given in the Psalms for
each of the sinners to take his turn.; it does not do for any o...
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CONTENTS: Sorrowful complaints followed by encouragement by
remembrance of God's former mighty deliverances.
CHARACTERS: God, Asaph.
CONCLUSION: The thoughts of unbelief can always be argued down if...
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Title. _To the chief musician, to Jeduthun. A psalm of Asaph._ There
is an uncertainty, whether Jeduthun were a master of music, or whether
the name designate an instrument, or some air or term of mus...
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_I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and He
gave ear unto me._
THE FACULTY OF HUMAN THOUGHT
The whole psalm may be used to illustrate the faculty of human
thought. Throughou...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 77:1. This is a community lament. By
referring to God’s “anger” (v. Psalms 77:9) the psalm
acknowledges that the reason for the trouble may be
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 77:10 I WILL APPEAL... TO THE YEARS OF THE
RIGHT HAND OF THE MOST HIGH. This section focuses on God’s great
deeds of the past, especially in the exodus and in the wilderness. If
G...
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INTRODUCTION
_Superscription.—“To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, a Psalm of
Asaph_.” Jeduthun was one of the leaders of sacred music in
David’s time (1 Chronicles 16:41; 2 Chronicles 5:12). One of t...
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EXPOSITION
THIS psalm is the lament and expostulation with God of some afflicted
person, perhaps Asaph, who speaks as the mouthpiece of his countrymen,
complaining of Israel's apparent desertion by Go...
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I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he
gave ear unto me (Psalms 77:1).
Now notice in the seventy-seventh psalm how the first part of it is
centered around I. You might fi...
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Exodus 14:21; Habakkuk 3:15; Habakkuk 3:8; Joshua 3:15; Joshua 3:16;...
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Afraid — And stood still, as men astonished, do....