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Verse Psalms 76:6. _AT THY REBUKE_] It was not by any human means that
this immense army was overthrown; it was by the power of God alone.
Not only _infantry_ was destroyed, but the _cavalry_ also.
_...
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AT THY REBUKE, O GOD OF JACOB - At thy word; thy bidding; or, when God
rebuked them for their attempt to attack the city. The idea is, that
they were discomfited by a word spoken by God.
BOTH THE CHAR...
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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...
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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....
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GOD OF JACOB. See note on Psalms 75:9.
BOTH THE CHARIOT AND HORSE ARE CAST INTO. DEAD SLEEP. Septuagint,
Syriac, and Vulg, read "the horsemen are stunned".
CAST INTO. DEAD SLEEP. One word in Hebrew....
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The manifestation of God's majesty in the discomfiture of the enemy....
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_At thy rebuke_ Cp. Psalms 9:5; Psalms 18:15; Isaiah 17:13.
are _cast into a dead sleep_ A word which denotes a deep,
supernaturally caused slumber. It is usual to say that -chariot and
horse" stand...
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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...
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Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.
-The Lord is mightier than all the mighty conquerors of the earth;
because he has caused the stout-hearted to sleep in death, and so...
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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;...
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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
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ARE CAST INTO A DEEP SLEEP. — The same Hebrew expression is used of
Sisera’s profound slumber (Judges 4:21). Deborah’s Song and Exodus
15 are in the poet’s mind, as they were to the author of Isaiah
4...
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_[Psalms 76:7]_ מִ֭ גַּעֲרָ֣תְךָ אֱלֹהֵ֣י
יַעֲקֹ֑ב נִ֝רְדָּ֗ם...
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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...
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“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...
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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...
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_Of old. And the favours which had been heaped on the nation. (Calmet)
--- Years. Both past and future times; (Haydock) yea, eternity itself,
the great occupation of life. (St. Augustine) (Berthier)_...
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These verses serve to illustrate the subject of the whole Psalm, in
reference to the occasion on which it is supposed to have been
written. If it relates to the destruction of Sennacherib's army in th...
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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...
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AT THY REBUKE, O GOD OF JACOB,.... The God of Jacob personally, and of
his posterity, the children of Israel, and of the church, often so
called who rebukes his people in love, but his enemies with fu...
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At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast
into a dead sleep.
Ver. 6. _At thy rebuke, O God, &c._] _i.e._ With thy mighty word of
command, and without any more ado. God can no...
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_The stout-hearted are spoiled_ Of all that glory and advantage which
they either had already obtained, or further expected from the success
of their present expedition. They became a prey to those on...
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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...
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At Thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, at His almighty threat, by virtue of
the power of His Word, BOTH THE CHARIOT AND HORSE, here used as types
of the weapons and the attack of the enemies, ARE CAST INTO A...
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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...
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THE CHARIOT AND HORSE; the men who rode upon and fought from chariots
and horses, who fight with most advantage, and usually have most
courage; and much more unable were their footmen to resist or avo...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 76:3 The past-tense verbs show that this psalm
is particularly geared to celebrating an occasion in which God
protected Zion from Gentile invaders (BROKE, STRIPPED, stunn
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Samuel 26:12; 2 Samuel 10:18; Exodus 14:27; Exodus 14:28; Exodus 15:
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Chariot — The men who rode upon, and fought from chariots and
horses....