Psalms 74:2

congregation. assembly. The subject of Book II.

purchased. acquired as. possession. Hebrew. kanah. Compare Psalms 78:54.

of old. aforetime. Refers to Exodus 15:16.

rod. sceptre.

redeemed. Hebrew. ga'al. See note on Exodus 6:6.

This. Shows that the writer wrote while the scenes described were enacted. Compare Psalms 79 and Lamentations 2:1-9.

mount Zion. See App-68.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Remember thy congregation - The word rendered “congregation” means properly an “assembly,” a “community,” and it is frequently applied to the Isr...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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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 t...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2. Remember thy congregation, which thou hast possessed of old. (214) Here they boast of having been the peculiar people of God, not on acc...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein tho...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Remember thy congregation— i.e. The Israelites who are thy church, and whom, at the expence of so many miracles, thou didst make thy peculiar peopl...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein tho...
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 cal...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The rod.. redeemed] RV 'which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thine inheritance.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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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...
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 Je...
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 deso...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It is blessed under afflictions to be enabled to remind God of his covenant love and engagements. Pleading with God on this ground is blessed pleadin...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old ,.... Alluding to the redemption of the congregation of Israel out of Egypt, when they w...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Remember thy congregation, [which] thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, [which] thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein tho...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Remember thy congregation That is, the Israelites, who are thy church, and whom at the expense of so many miracles, thou didst make thy peculiar pe...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Mournful Complaints. Maschil of Asaph. 1 O God, why hast thou cast...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Remember; show by thine actions that thou hast not utterly forgotten and forsaken them. Thy congregation; thy church or people. Purchased ; or,...
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...
Scofield Reference Notes

redeemed Hebrew, "goel," Redemption (Kinsman type). ( See Scofield) - ( Isaiah 59:20 ).
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...
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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Remember Thy congregation, not only thinking of it in mercy, but showing His favor in deeds of kindness, which Thou hast purchased of old, which ha...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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² Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the roda of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 74:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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