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Verse Psalms 76:4. _THAN THE MOUNTAINS OF PREY._] This is an address
to Mount _Zion_. Thou art more illustrious and excellent than all the
mountains of prey, i.e., where wild beasts wander, and prey o...
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THOU ART MORE GLORIOUS AND EXCELLENT - The word rendered glorious -
נאור _na'ôr_ - is from the verb which means “to shine,” to
give light, and the word would properly refer to a luminous or
“shining”...
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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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A difficult verse. Two renderings are grammatically possible: either,
Illustrious art Thou, majestic, from the mountains of prey: or, more
than the mountains of prey. The second rendering however appe...
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The manifestation of God's majesty in the discomfiture of the enemy....
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THOU ART MORE GLORIOUS AND EXCELLENT THAN THE MOUNTAINS OF PREY— The
meaning of this verse is, that Jehovah, who sendeth help to his people
from Mount Sion, is superior to the gods of the mountains, u...
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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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MORE GLORIOUS.. THAN] RV 'glorious.. from.' MOUNTAINS OF PREY] God
comes back like a lion from hunting and slaying His foes....
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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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THOU ART... — Better, _Splendid art thou, glorious one, from the
mountains of prey._ The construction is somewhat doubtful and favours
Hupfeld’s emendation (_nora, i.e., to be feared,_ as in verses 8...
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_[Psalms 76:5]_ נָ֭אֹור אַתָּ֥ה אַדִּ֗יר מֵֽ
הַרְרֵי...
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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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Thou [art] more glorious [and] excellent than (c) the mountains of
prey.
(c) He compares the kingdom full of extortion and rapine to the
mountains that are full of ravening beasts....
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Delighted. Hebrew, "cried out," which many explain through sorrow. But
the Septuagint seem rather to take it in a different sense, as well as
the swooning, which might proceed from ecstatic joy (Berth...
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If this be an address to the church, it is a lovely and a just one:
Zion is glorious and excellent in her Redeemer's view; Song of Solomon
1:15. But the cause of all this loveliness is from himself. E...
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It is farther added, (verse 4th,) that _God is more glorious and
terrible than the mountains of prey _By _the mountains of prey, _is
meant kingdoms distinguished for their violence and extortion. We k...
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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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THOU ART MORE GLORIOUS AND EXCELLENT THAN THE MOUNTAINS OF PREY. Which
is to be understood not of Zion, as some interpret it; though it is
true that the mountain of Zion, or the church of Christ, his...
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Thou [art] more glorious [and] excellent than the mountains of prey.
Ver. 4. _Thou art more glorious and excellent_] Or, more bright and
magnificent. Glorious God was before, but now more glorious by...
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_Thou_ O God, to whom he is thought to direct his speech here, as also
Psalms 76:6, _art more glorious, &c., than the mountains of prey_ Than
the greatest kings and empires of the earth, which in the...
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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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Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey,
literally, "Full of splendor art Thou, glorious from the mountains of
spoil," that is, the Lord is infinitely more glorious and splendi...
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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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THOU, O God; to whom he directeth his speech here, as also PSALMS
76:6. THAN THE MOUNTAINS OF PREY; either,
1. Than the greatest kings and emperors of the earth, which in
prophetical writings are oft...
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Psalms 76:4 glorious H215 (H8737) excellent H117 mountains H2042 prey
H2964
mountains - Jeremiah 4:7;...
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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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Daniel 7:17; Daniel 7:4; Ezekiel 19:1; Ezekiel 19:6; Ezekiel 38:12;...
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Thou — O God. Than — The greatest kings and empires of the earth,
which in prophetic writings are often compared to mountains. And they
are called mountains of prey, because they generally were establ...