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I HAVE CONSIDERED THE DAYS OF OLD - Rather, “I do consider;” that
is, “I think upon.” This refers to his resolution in his
perplexity and trouble; the method to which he resorted in examining
the subj...
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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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In the vigils of the night he pondered on the history of the past, and
asked himself with earnest questionings whether it were possible that
God could have utterly cast off His people, and changed His...
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I considered the days of old,
The years of ages past, (saying),
"Not pathetic only but profound also and of the most solid substance
was that reply made by an old Carthusian monk to the trifler who...
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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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Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
-His sleepless nights, and his inability to speak, are attributed to
the remembrance of the sad contrast which God's present des...
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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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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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_[Psalms 77:6]_ חִשַּׁ֣בְתִּי יָמִ֣ים מִ
קֶּ֑דֶם שְׁ֝נֹ֗ות...
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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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“DOTH HIS PROMISE FAIL?”
Psalms 77:1
There is a strong resemblance between this psalm and Habakkuk 3:1. It
may be divided at the Selahs. _The psalmist's anguish_, Psalms 77:1.
It is well to give expr...
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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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Testimony. The tabernacle, (Eusebius) or the law which notifies his
will. (Calmet) (Menochius) --- He also thrice required the Israelites
to perpetuate the memory of what he had done for them, by inst...
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Jesus spent whole nights, we are told, in prayer to God. No doubt the
love of God to Israel, through all the eventful pilgrimage of his
church's warfare, occupied his holy mind. It is blessed, in our...
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5._I have recounted the days of old. _There is no doubt that he
endeavored to assuage his grief by the remembrance of his former joy;
but he informs us that relief was not so easily nor so speedily
ob...
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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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I HAVE CONSIDERED THE DAYS OF OLD,.... Either the former part of his
life, the various occurrences of it, how it had been with him in time
past, what experience he had had of the divine goodness; so t...
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_I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times._
Ver. 5. _I have considered the days of old_] What thou didst for Adam,
Abraham, Israel, in Egypt, &c., all which was written purposely...
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_I have considered the days of old_ The mighty works of God, wrought
for his people in former times, if by that means I could get any
comfort. _I call to remembrance my song in the night_ The many and...
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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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I have considered the days of old, of ages long past, THE YEARS OF
ANCIENT TIMES, when the manifestations of God's power and mercy were
so numerous....
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1-10 Days of trouble must be days of prayer; when God seems to have
withdrawn from us, we must seek him till we find him. In the day of
his trouble the psalmist did not seek for the diversion of busi...
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I HAVE CONSIDERED, if by that means I could get any comfort, the days
of old, i.e. the mighty works of God done for his people in former
times. DAYS are put for events done in them, as Psalms 37:13, P...
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Psalms 77:5 considered H2803 (H8765) days H3117 old H6924 years H8141
times H5769
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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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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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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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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_I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times._
LESSONS DRAWN FROM SCRIPTURE HISTORY
From the history of the Bible we may learn much concerning--
I. The character of God.
1. His w...
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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 77:4 The agonizing question that keeps the
singer awake at night (vv. Psalms 77:4) is whether God will SPURN his
people fo
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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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Deuteronomy 32:7; Isaiah 51:9; Isaiah 63:9; Micah 7:14; Micah 7:15;...
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The days — The mighty works of God in former times....