This psalm is entitled “Maschil of Asaph.” On the word Maschil -
meaning “didactic,” or adapted “to give instruction” - see the
notes at the title to Psalms 32:1. On the phrase “of Asaph,” see
the not...
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...
This Psalm and Psalms 79 are closely connected in thought and language
[37], and reflect the same historical situation. If they are not from
the same pen, they must at least belong to the same period,...
LXXIV.
Two periods only in the history of the Jews offer possible place for
the composition of this psalm — that immediately after the Chaldæan
invasion, and that of the persecution under Antiochus Ep...
INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 74
MASCHIL OF ASAPH. Some think that Asaph, the penman of this psalm, was
not the same that lived in the times of David, but some other of the
same name, a descendant of his k,...
_A.M. 2989. B.C. 1015._
This Psalm seems to have been composed on occasion of the destruction
of Jerusalem and the temple by the Chaldeans. The author, after
lamenting the calamities of his country,...