Psalms 76:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep. ”

• Psalms 76:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob - At thy word; thy bidding; or, when God rebuked them for their attempt to attack the city. The idea is, that they were discomfited by a word spoken by God. Both...

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• Psalms 76:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  LXXVI. The Majesty of God in Zion: Homage of the Nations. Psalms 76:2 . Salem: a poetical name for Jerusalem ( Genesis 14:18 *). Psalms 76:3 . lightnings of the bow ( mg.), i.e. arrows....

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• Psalms 76:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  God of Jacob. See note on Psalms 75:9 . Both the chariot and horse are cast into. dead sleep. Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulg, read "the horsemen are stunned". cast into. dead sleep. One word i...

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• Psalms 76:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep. At thy rebuke - It was not by any human means that this immense army was overthrown; it was by the power of God a...

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• Psalms 76:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey. -The Lord is mightier than all the mighty conquerors of the earth; because he has caused the stout-hearted to sleep in death, a...

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• Psalms 76:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Like the previous Ps. this is a song of national deliverance, which may have been called forth, as the title in LXX suggests, by the overthrow of Sennacherib's army ( 2 Kings 19:35 ; 2 Chronicles 32...

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• Psalms 76:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Are cast into a deep sleep. — The same Hebrew expression is used of Sisera’s profound slumber ( Judges 4:21 ). Deborah’s Song and Exodus 15 are in the poet’s mind, as they were to the author of...

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• Psalms 76:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Psalms 76:1-12 IN contents and tone this psalm is connected with Psalms 46:1-11 ; Psalms 48:1-14 . No known event corresponds so closely with its allusions as the destruction of Sennacherib's ar...

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• Psalms 76:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  “The Wrath of Man Shall Praise Thee” Psalms 76:1-12 In Psalms 76:2 , tabernacle may be rendered “covert,” and dwelling-place , “lair.” God is compared to the lion, that dreaded monarch of b...

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• Psalms 76:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The singer celebrates a great victory, recognizing it as the work of God. The song has three movements. In the first, God is seen as the defense of the people (verses Psa 76:1-3). In the second, His...

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• Psalms 76:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  These verses serve to illustrate the subject of the whole Psalm, in reference to the occasion on which it is supposed to have been written. If it relates to the destruction of Sennacherib's army in t...

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• Psalms 76:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob ,.... The God of Jacob personally, and of his posterity, the children of Israel, and of the church, often so called who rebukes his people in love, but his enemies with...

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• Psalms 76:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep. Ver. 6. At thy rebuke, O God, &c. ] i.e. With thy mighty word of command, and without any more ado. God...

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• Psalms 76:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The stout-hearted are spoiled Of all that glory and advantage which they either had already obtained, or further expected from the success of their present expedition. They became a prey to those o...

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• Psalms 76:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Triumph in God. To the chief musician on Neginoth. A psalm or song of Asaph.       1 In Judah is God known: his name...

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• Psalms 76:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The chariot and horse; the men who rode upon and fought from chariots and horses, who fight with most advantage, and usually have most courage; and much more unable were their footmen to resist or...

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• Psalms 76:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ To the chief Musician on Neginoth .” See Introduction to Psalms 54 . A Psalm—a Song of Asaph . (See notes on the authorship of Psalms 74 ) The superscription may...

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• Psalms 76:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  This is a martial ode, sung, according to the LXX, after the defeat of the Assyrian army. The Latin bible follows the LXX. The words of the psalm concerning the sleeping of the enemy, and the fall of...

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• Psalms 76:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

  In Judah is God known: His name is great in Israel. Glorious aspects of the Divine character I. As the glorious resident in the midst of His people ( Psalms 76:1-2 ). God is everywhere; but is...

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• Psalms 76:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION THE present psalm consists of three stanzas—the first of three verses, terminated by the pause mark, "Selah;" the second of six verses, ended similarly, and the third (like the firs...

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• Psalms 76:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  God the Protector of His Church. To the chief musician on Neginoth, to be sung in public worship to the accompaniment of stringed instruments, a psalm or song of Asaph, another hymn commemorating...

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• Psalms 76:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Samuel 26:12 ; 2 Samuel 10:18 ; Exodus 14:27 ; Exodus 14:28 ; Exodus 15:1 ; Exodus 15:10 ; Exodus 15:21 ; Exodus 15:4-6 ; Ezekiel 39:20 ; Isaiah 37:36 ; Jeremiah 51:39 ; Jeremiah 51:57...

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• Psalms 76:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Chariot — The men who rode upon, and fought from chariots and horses.

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