Psalms 75:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah. ”

Psalms 75:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved - The word rendered “dissolved” means properly to melt, to flow down; then, to melt away, to pine away, to perish. Isaiah 64:7 ; Job 30:2...
Psalms 75:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars (d) of it. Selah. (d) Though all things are brought to ruin, yet I can restore and preserve them.
Psalms 75:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXXV. The Inevitable Judgment. The Ps. opens with praise of God and His wondrous works. After Psalms 75:1 it is God who speaks. God will surely judge the world, though He waits for His appointed...
Psalms 75:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

bear up . have established. Selah. Connecting the set time of judgment with the judgment itself as it will affect the wicked and the righteous.
Psalms 75:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. The earth is dissolved, and all its inhabitants. Many commentators are of opinion that these words are properly applicable to Christ, at whose coming it behoved the earth and its inhabita...
Psalms 75:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah. The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved - They all depend on me; and whenever I withdraw t...
Psalms 75:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah. The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved - figuratively describing the political di...
Psalms 75:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

In contrast with the plaintive strains of Psalms 74 this is a Ps. of thanksgiving for some national deliverance ( Psalms 75:1 ). It celebrates God as the Judge of all the earth, who interposes in H...
Psalms 75:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The earth... — Better — “Are earth and all its inhabitants dissolved? It was I adjusted its pillars.” (See Hannah’s song, 1 Samuel 2:8 .) Though the crisis be such that all is confusion and ana...
Psalms 75:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 75:1-10 THIS psalm deals with the general thought of God's judgment in history, especially on heathen nations. It has no clear marks of connection with any particular instance of that judgm...
Psalms 75:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God Putteth down and Lifteth up Psalms 75:1-10 This psalm dates probably from Sennacherib's invasion, and therefore the North is omitted in Psalms 75:6 , that being the quarter from which th...
Psalms 75:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

If this, and the former psalm, were written by different men and at different periods, then the spiritual sense of the editor is most clearly revealed in their juxtaposition in this book. This is a c...
Psalms 75:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The former verse is evidently the language of the church, for it is in the plural, we give thanks; but here it is changed to one person, I. And who so likely to be represented as the great Head of th...
Psalms 75:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved ,.... Or "melted" p; the inhabitants, through fear and dread of the righteous Judge, appearing in the clouds of heaven, and of the wrath that...
Psalms 75:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah. Ver. 3. The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved ] Both Church and commonwealth here are...
Psalms 75:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The earth Or land; and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved Or melted , as נמגים, nemogim , may be rendered. It seems to mean, either that the Israelitish affairs were thrown into confusio...
Psalms 75:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Magistrate's Resolution. To the chief musician, Al-taschith. A psalm or song of Asaph. 1 Unto thee, O God, do...
Psalms 75:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Dissolved; or, melted , consumed or destroyed; partly by the ill government of Saul and Ish-bosheth, and the great officers of state and war under them; and partly by intestine divisions and wars....
Psalms 75:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ To the chief Musician, Altaschith :” see introduction to Psalms 57 . “ A Pslam—a song of Asaph :” see introduction to Psalms 74 . “There are,” says Perowne, “no c...
Psalms 75:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Title. Al-taschith: do not suffer me to perish. The style indicates that this was a psalm of David, when the courtiers of Saul had pronounced him guilty of high treason for aiming at the throne. He...
Psalms 75:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

For that Thy name is near Thy wondrous works declare. God’s nearness to the world I. He is near as the sustainer of a dissolving system ( Psalms 75:3 ). The force of disintegration operates eve...
Psalms 75:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This is a hymn of praise in anticipation of a deliverance, which may be from Sennacherib, or from some other dangerous enemy. The actual praise is confined to the first and the last t...
Psalms 75:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Church Praises the Nearness of God's Judgment. To the chief musician, for use in the liturgical part of public worship, Al-taschith, according to the melody "Destroy Not," a psalm or song of A...
Psalms 75:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 18:7 ; 1 Samuel 2:8 ; 1 Samuel 25:28 ; 1 Samuel 31:1-7 ; 2 Samuel 5:2 ; Hebrews 1:3 ; Isaiah 24:1-12 ; Isaiah 49:8 ; Psalms 60:1-3 ; Psalms 78:60-72
Psalms 75:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Dissolved — Or, destroyed; by intestine divisions and wars. I hear — I support it, by maintaining religion and justice, by setting up good magistrates, and encouraging good ministers, and good men,...

Psalms 75:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 75:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 75:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 75:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 75:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 75:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 75:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 75:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 75:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 75:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 75:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 75:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 75:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 75:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 75:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 75:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 75:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 75:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 75:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 75:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 75:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 75:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 75:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 75:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 75:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes