Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.
Psalms 75:1-10.-Gears people thank him for the anticipated salvation (Psalms 75:1); His answer, I will fix a time for judging the world in righteousness, even as I bear up the tottering earth (Psalms 75:2-3); Israel warns the foolish foes to cease exalting their neck, because her exaltation comes not from the east, west, or south, but from God the Judge (Psalms 75:4-8); her resolve to praise her God forever for her anticipated deliverance from the wicked (Psalms 75:9-10). Sennacherib's invasion in Hezekiah's reign is probably referred to (Psalms 46:1-11; Psalms 76:1-12); cf. Psalms 75:2-3 here, the people's assurance of God's help, with Isaiah 37:21-35. The north is omitted in the quarters whence help should come (Psalms 75:6), because from it, by 'the entering in of Hamath,' the Assyrian invader came. The Title. - Al-taschith - i:e., destroy not (note on title, Psalms 57:1-11), shows that this psalm, though couched in the form of thanksgiving for the victory anticipated in faith, is really a prayer for deliverance (2 Chronicles 20:19-22). Hence, in Psalms 76:1-12, which is the twin-psalm to this, the words "Al-taschith" are omitted; because there the victory actually gained is celebrated.
Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks ... do we give thanks. The repetition implies delight in the work.
For (that) thy name (i:e., thyself manifested in saving power, Psalms 20:1 ) is near (to deliver us; Deuteronomy 4:7; Isaiah 30:27; Psalms 119:151; Psalms 145:18)
Thy wondrous works (not only thy past marvelous interpositions for Israel, but also thy interposition now promised to us, Isaiah 37:21-35)
Declare. Perhaps it is better to translate (as God's "wondrous works" are in the Psalms more usually the object than the subject of the verb declare or narrate), 'thy name is near; they (impersonally: i:e., thy wondrous works have been declared unto us; or else, the prophets) have declared thy wondrous works.'