Psalms 74:1

Smoke] Like a dark thunder-cloud threatening a flock: see Psalms 18:8.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? - Thou seemest to have cast us off forever, or finally. Compare Psalms 44:9 , note; Psalms 13:1 , no...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

"Maschil of Asaph." O God, (a) why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? [why] doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? (a) The Church o...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Title. Maschil . Instruction. The ninth of thirteen so named. See note on Title, Psalms 32 , and App-65 of Asaph. The third of the twelve Asaph Ps...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1. O God! why hast thou east us off for ever? If this complaint was written when the people were captives in Babylon, although Jeremiah had...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? O God, why hast thou ca...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The prophet complaineth of the desolation of the sanctuary: he moveth God to help, in consideration of his power, of his reproachful enemies, of his...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? Psalms 74:1-23 . Complaint that God c...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Why hast... — Better, why hast thou never ceased abandoning us? Anger. — Literally, nostril, as in Psalms 18:8 , “there went a smoke from h...
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

CONTENTS There is somewhat of history in this Psalm, as referring to the desolations of the church; probably concerning the devastation made by the...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever ?..... This the church supposed because of the prevalence, oppression, and triumph of the enemy, because o...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 74:1 «Maschil of Asaph. » O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? [why] doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? A P...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever So as to leave us no visible hopes of restitution? Why doth thine anger smoke? That is, why doth it ris...
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

PSALM 74 i.e. Composed by Asaph; either, 1. By that famous Asaph who flourished in David's time, and by the Spirit of God foresaw and foretold th...
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

Maschil Maschil, instruction.
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

EXPOSITION " THE misery of the Jews is here at its deepest". The psalmist describes Jerusalem as fallen into "perpetual ruins" ( Psalms 74:3 )....
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

O God, why hast Thou cast us off forever? this being the conclusion reached by the psalmist in considering the condition of the spiritual Israel as h...
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...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 29:20 ; Ezekiel 34:31 ; Ezekiel 34:8 ; Jeremiah 23:1 ; Jeremiah 31:37 ; Jeremiah 33:24-26 ; John 10:26-30 ; Luke 12:32 ; Psalms...

¹ O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

Related Commentaries of Psalms 74:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

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

Psalms 74:1