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PSALM LXXVII
_The psalmist's ardent prayer to God in the tine of distress_,
1-4.
_The means he used to excite his confidence_, 5-12.
_God's wonderful works in behalf of his people_, 13-20.
NOTES...
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I CRIED UNTO GOD WITH MY VOICE - That is, he cried or prayed audibly.
It was not mere mental prayer. See the notes at Psalms 3:4.
EVEN UNTO GOD WITH MY VOICE - The repetition here is emphatic. The
ide...
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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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TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN. See App-64.
TO JEDUTHUN. See App-65.
TITLE.. PSALM. Hebrew. _mizmor._ App-65.
OF ASAPH. for Asaph. The sixth of the twelve Asaph Psalms. App-63.
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4...
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"Aloud unto God let me cry,
Yea, aloud unto God, and he will give ear to me....
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The Psalmist relates how, under the pressure of calamity, he could
find no consolation even in prayer....
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_The Psalmist sheweth what fierce combat he had with diffidence; and
the victory which he had by the consideration of God's great and
gracious works._
To the chief musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of A...
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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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I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he
gave ear unto me.
Psalms 77:1.-Complaint under desertion by God; past deliverances
remembered, aggravate present pain (Psalms 77:...
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77:1 Jeduthun. (a-6) As Psalms 39 and 62....
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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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CRIED.. GAVE] RV 'will cry.. will give.'...
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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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I CRIED... — Better, following the Hebrew literally,
“My voice to God — and let me cry;
My voice to God — and He hears me.”
The Authorised Version has followed the LXX. and Vulg. in neglecting
the st...
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לַ † מְנַצֵּ֥חַ עַֽל־_יְדוּת֗וּן_† לְ
אָסָ֥ף...
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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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Asaph. David composed this, to declare the rights of Juda to the
throne, in preference to the tribe of Ephraim, (Lyranus) which had
kept possession of the ark a long time; which was henceforth to be o...
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CONTENTS
The church is here evidently under exercises. Some mighty foes come
against her, and her resource can only be found in her God. The
Psalmist thus speaks of his confidence, confesses that God...
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1._My voice came to God, and I cried. _This is not a mere complaint,
as some interpreters explain it, denoting the surprise which the
people of God felt in finding that he who hitherto had been accust...
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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 CRIED UNTO GOD WITH MY VOICE,.... Which is to be understood of
prayer, and that vocal, and which is importunate and fervent, being
made in distress; see Psalms 3:4, or "my voice was unto God" h, "an...
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Psalms 77:1 «To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph. »
I cried unto God with my voice, [even] unto God with my voice; and he
gave ear unto me.
_A Psalm of Asaph_] Or, for Asaph; David's...
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_I cried unto God_, &c. This verse seems to contain the sum of the
whole Psalm, consisting of two parts, namely, his earnest cry to God
in his deep distress, and God's gracious answer to his prayers,...
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I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice, in
importunate supplication; AND HE GAVE EAR UNTO ME, in a gracious
answer and act of deliverance....
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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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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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PSALM 77 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm was composed upon the occasion of
some sore and long calamity of God's people; either the Babylonish
captivity, or some other. Either that Asaph who lived and prophesi...
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Psalms 77:1 Musician H5329 (H8764) Jeduthun H3038 Psalm H4210 Asaph
H623 cried H6817 (H8799) God H430 God...
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JEDUTHUN
(_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 39:1). _...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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1 Chronicles 16:41; 1 Chronicles 16:42; 1 Chronicles 25:3; 1
Chronicles 25:6;...