“ When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah. ”
When God arose to judgment - That is, when he came to overthrow and destroy the enemies of his people, as referred to in the former part of the psalm. To save all the meek of the earth - Of t...
When God arose to judgment, to (f) save all the meek of the earth. Selah. (f) To avenge the wrongs done to your Church.
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....
meek . the patient oppressed ones. Selah. Connecting God ' . judgment on Jebusites, and making it. ground of praise. See App-66.
9. When God arose to judgment. The great object which God had in view in executing this judgment is now declared; which was, that he might furnish a proof of his fatherly love towards all hi...
When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah. The meek of the earth - The humbled or oppressed people of the land. The poor Jews, now utterly helpless, and calling upon the Lo...
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...
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...
Of the earth. — Or, of the land.
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...
“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...
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...
Here are strong and sublime intimations of God's greatness, and of the weakness of all power when opposed to him. Reader, think what that sovereignty will be, when the Lord shall come to judgment, an...
DIVINE JUDGMENT AND ITS LESSONS ‘God arose to judgment.’ Psalms 76:9 The close relationship of this psalm to Psalms 75. is universally acknowledged. Without assuming this relationship we might...
When God arose to judgment ,.... He may sometimes seem to be asleep, and to defer judgment, but he will arise and hasten it in his own time, and will take vengeance on all his and his people's enemi...
When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah. Ver. 9. When God arose to judgment ] Being stirred up, as it were, by the prayers of his people, as Psalms 76:2,3 . To sa...
Thou didst cause judgment to be heard , &c. Thou didst execute judgment upon thine enemies by an angel sent from heaven. The earth feared, and was still The effect of this terrible judgment wa...
The Defence and Glory of Israel. 7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou...
When God arose to judgement; when God, who for a season had sat still, began to bestir and show himself against his enemies. Or, after God had risen , &c. Or, because God did arise , &c....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
1 Peter 3:4 ; Isaiah 11:4 ; Jeremiah 5:28 ; Matthew 5:5 ; Psalms 149:4 ; Psalms 25:9 ; Psalms 72:4 ; Psalms 82:2-5 ; Psalms 9:7-9 ; Zephaniah 2:3