Psalms 74:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long. ”

• Psalms 74:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  We see not our signs - The emblems of worship, or the national emblems or banners, which we have been accustomed to see. There are no signals or tokens of our nationality in the land. All have be...

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• Psalms 74:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  We see not our signs: [there is] no more any prophet: neither [is there] among us any that knoweth (f) how long. (f) They lamented that they had no prophet among them to show them how long their mis...

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• Psalms 74:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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 p...

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• Psalms 74:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  signs: i.e. the signs of God ' . presence and power, or miraculous signs. Compare "their" of Psalms 74:4 with "our", Psalms 74:9 . prophet. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App...

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• Psalms 74:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  9. We see not our signs. Here the pious Jews show that their calamities were aggravated from the circumstance that they had no consolation by which to alleviate them. It is a powerful means...

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• Psalms 74:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long. We see not our signs - "They have taken away all our trophies, and have left us no memoria...

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• Psalms 74:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  We see not our signs— Any token of they divine presence among us. Bishop Patrick concludes from the next clause, that this psalm was composed towards the end of the captivity, because the writer...

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• Psalms 74:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. -The enemy has destroyed God's sanctuary and synagogues, and there are no tokens o...

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• Psalms 74:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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 ),...

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• Psalms 74:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  We see not our signs... — It is natural to take this statement in direct contrast to what Psalms 74:4 (see Note) says of the heathen signs. While these abominations — rallying points of savage pr...

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• Psalms 74:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Psalms 74:1-23 Two periods only correspond to the circumstances described in this psalm and its companion ( Psalms 79:1-13 )-namely, the Chaldean invasion and sack of Jerusalem, and the persecutio...

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• Psalms 74:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Sanctuary of God Profaned Psalms 74:1-11 This psalm probably dates from the time when the Chaldeans destroyed the Temple and the city of Jerusalem. Compare Psalms 74:8 with Jeremiah 3:13...

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• Psalms 74:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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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• Psalms 74:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  The pleading soul here takes up many strong and unanswerable arguments to plead with God. He first sets out with reminding Jehovah, that the anger God hath manifested is against his people. Now, sait...

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• Psalms 74:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  We see not our signs ,.... Either such miracles as were formerly wrought to support the faith of God's people in distress, and for their deliverance out of it, as when they were in Egypt, and brough...

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• Psalms 74:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  We see not our signs: [there is] no more any prophet: neither [is there] among us any that knoweth how long. Ver. 9. We see not our signs ] Those testimonies of God's special favour, the public or...

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• Psalms 74:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  We see not our signs Those tokens of God's gracious presence with us, which we and our ancestors used to enjoy. There is no more any prophet Either, 1st, Any public teacher. We have few or none l...

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• Psalms 74:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Mournful Complaints. Maschil of Asaph.       1 O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke a...

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• Psalms 74:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Our signs, i.e. those tokens of God's gracious presence which we and our ancestors formerly used to enjoy; either, 1. Miracles wrought for us, which are called signs, Psalms 78:43 , Psalms 135...

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• Psalms 74:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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 author...

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• Psalms 74:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Psalms 74:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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 74:1-17 ). 1. Some communi...

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• Psalms 74:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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 carve...

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• Psalms 74:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  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...

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• Psalms 74:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Samuel 3:1 ; Amos 8:11 ; Exodus 12:13 ; Exodus 13:10 ; Exodus 13:9 ; Ezekiel 20:12 ; Hebrews 2:4 ; Judges 6:17 ; Micah 3:6

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• Psalms 74:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Signs — Those tokens of God's gracious presence, which we used to enjoy. The temple and ark, and sacrifices, and solemn feasts, were signs between God and his people. Prophet — Who can foretell thi...

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