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Verse Psalms 74:13. _THOU DIDST DIVIDE THE SEA_] When our fathers came
from Egypt.
_THOU BRAKEST THE HEADS OF THE DRAGONS IN THE WATERS._] Pharaoh, his
captains, and all his hosts were drowned in the...
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THOU DIDST DIVIDE THE SEA BY THY STRENGTH - Margin, as in Hebrew,
“break.” That is, he had by his power “broken up” the strength
of the sea so that it offered no resistance to their passing through
it...
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Psalms 74
The Enemy in the Sanctuary
_ 1. The Prayer on account of the enemy (Psalms 74:1)_
2. The work of the enemy (Psalms 74:4)
3. Intercession for intervention (Psalms 74:10)
This is a Psalm...
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LXXIV. The date may be fixed with certainty and that within narrow
limits. The Jews are suffering extreme distress, but apparently by no
fault of their own, for there is no confession of sin. The pers...
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DIVIDE. cleave. Compare Exodus 14:21, describing. sudden vehement act.
Hebrew. _parar._
DRAGONS. crocodiles. (No Art.) Symbolical of Egypt....
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Yet God's mighty works of Redemption and Creation attest His power to
interpose for the deliverance of His people. Cp. Psalms 77:10 ff....
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DRAGONS—LEVIATHAN— The Hebrew words may mean much the same; only
the latter seems to express a more distinguished kind of crocodile. It
is under this character that the Egyptians and their king are
de...
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PSALMS 74
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
Ruthless Injuries to the Sanctuary and Oppression in the Land by an
Enemy, call forth Expostulation with God for his quiescence.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 74:1-3 a, In...
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Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of
the dragons in the waters. THOU ... THOU. The seven-fold repetition of
the emphatic "thou" stand in majestic contrast to the power...
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Psalms 74, 79 seem to reflect the same historical situation, and are
usually ascribed to the same author. Both were written in a time of
national calamity, when the Temple was profaned (Psalms 74), an...
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Psalms 73:89
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
KEEP YOUR PROMISE!
PSALMS 74
JESUS SAID, "ONE STONE WILL NOT STAY ON ANOTHER. THEY WILL ALL BECOME
BROKEN". (MATTHEW 25:2)
PSALMS 74
(This is) a *maskil for *Asa...
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(10-15) ln the true prophetic spirit, as Moses brought the cries of
distress “by reason of their bondage” from the oppressed
Israelites to God (Exodus 5:22), so this poet carries to the same God
the p...
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אַתָּ֤ה פֹורַ֣רְתָּ בְ עָזְּךָ֣ יָ֑ם
שִׁבַּ֖רְתָּ רָאשֵׁ֥י תַ֝נִּינִ֗ים
עַל ־הַ מָּֽיִם׃...
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Psalms 74:1
Two periods only correspond to the circumstances described in this
psalm and its companion (Psalms 79:1)-namely, the Chaldean invasion
and sack of Jerusalem, and the persecution under Anti...
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“PLEAD THINE OWN CAUSE, O GOD”
Psalms 74:12
Yet! Psalms 74:12, r.v. There is always some compensating and
consolatory thought. God is in the background of our thought. Not only
_the_ King, but _my_...
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This is a great complaint, but it is a complaint of faith. Hardly a
gleam of light is found throughout. The singer sits in the midst of
national desolation and pours out his soul to God in passionate...
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Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of
the (i) dragons in the waters.
(i) That is, Pharaoh's army....
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The Holy Ghost evidently intended by these sweet and precious verses,
to teach the church, in all ages, how to adopt such arguments, in all
our dealings with God, when under trial. The best thing I ca...
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13._Thou hast divided the sea by thy power. _The prophet now collects
together certain kinds of deliverances highly worthy of remembrance;
all of them, however, belonging to the first deliverance by w...
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Psalms 74 complains of the hostile desolation of the sanctuary, when
rebuilt in the land. God's enemies, as faith here calls them, roar in
the congregations. Man's ensigns, not God's, are the signs of...
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THOU DIDST DIVIDE THE SEA BY THY STRENGTH,.... This and the following
instances from hence to Psalms 74:18 are proofs of God's working
salvation in the midst of the earth; some of them seem peculiar t...
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Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of
the dragons in the waters.
Ver. 13. _Thou didst divide the sea, &c._] "Thou" in this and the
following verses is emphatic and excl...
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_Thou didst divide the sea_, &c. “The first part of this verse
alludes to that marvellous act of omnipotence which divided the Red
sea for Israel to pass over; the second part to the return of its
wav...
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PRAYER FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE CHURCH.
Maschil, a didactic poem, of Asaph, a prophetic psalm, foretelling
some of the afflictions which would befall the Church of God, in the
Old Testament as wel...
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DIVIDE:
_ Heb._ break
DRAGONS:
Or, whales...
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12-17 The church silences her own complaints. What God had done for
his people, as their King of old, encouraged them to depend on him. It
was the Lord's doing, none besides could do it. This providen...
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THE DRAGONS; or, _the crocodiles_. He means Pharaoh and all his mighty
men, who were like these beasts in strength and cruelty. THE WATERS,
to wit, of the sea, where they were drowned....
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Psalms 74:13 divided H6565 (H8782) sea H3220 strength H5797 broke
H7665 (H8765) heads H7218 serpents H8577 waters H4325
divide - Heb. break, Psalms 66:6, Psalms 78:13, Psalms 106:8-9, Psalms
136:13-1...
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CONTENTS: The deplorable condition of God's people spread before Him
with petition for deliverance.
CHARACTERS: God, Asaph.
CONCLUSION: The desolations of God's house cannot but grieve the
believer...
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Title. _Maschil of Asaph;_ that is, instruction, as Psalms 32. The
EDDA is the title of the Icelandic poem, which also signifies
instruction. This mournful ode is also alleged to have been written in...
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_O God, why hast Thou cast us off for ever?_
why doth Thine anger smoke against the sheep of Thy pasture?
THE WAIL AND PRAYER OF A TRUE PATRIOT
I. The wail (Psalms 74:1).
1. Some communities of me...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 74:1. This psalm, a community lament, is
a cry of anguish over the destruction of the temple. It recounts
God’s mighty deeds in the past, especially the exodus. Past events...
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INTRODUCTION
_Superscription_.—“A Maschil of Asaph,” i.e., an Instruction of
Asaph, a Didactic Song by Asaph. See introduction to Psalms 1.
“But _here_ we cannot have the least idea of the authorship...
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EXPOSITION
"THE misery of the Jews is here at its deepest". The psalmist
describes Jerusalem as fallen into "perpetual ruins" (Psalms 74:3).
The temple is violated (Psalms 74:3); its carved work is ru...
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Psa 74:1-23 is one of those psalms where the psalmist again is
speaking of the desolation that is come, and the apparent quietness of
God in the face of the desolation. God didn't do anything to stop...
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Exodus 14:21; Exodus 14:28; Ezekiel 29:3; Ezekiel 32:2; Isaiah 11:15;
Isaiah 11:16; Isaiah 51:10; Isaiah 51:9; Nehemiah 9:11; Psalms 106:8;...
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Dragons — He means Pharaoh and his mighty men....