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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...