The Church Praises the Nearness of God's Judgment.
To the chief musician, for use in the liturgical part of public worship, Al-taschith, according to the melody "Destroy Not," a psalm or song of Asaph, this hymn sounding like a continuation of the preceding psalm, the believers anticipating relief in view of God's righteous government.
PSALM LXXV _The psalmist praises God for present mercies_, 1; _the Lord answers, and promises to judge the people righteously_, 2, 3; _rebukes the proud and haughty_, 4, 5; _shows that all author...
UNTO THEE, O GOD, DO WE GIVE THANKS - We, the people; language which would be appropriate to public thanksgiving - showing that the psalm was designed for public use. The reasons for this public thank...
Psalms 75 The Divine Answer _ 1. Christ the righteous judge (Psalms 75:1)_ 2. His judgment (Psalms 75:6) It is Christ as King who is pictured in this Psalm coming to answer the pleas of His people...
LXXV. THE INEVITABLE JUDGMENT. The Ps. opens with praise of God and His wondrous works. After Psalms 75:1 it is God who speaks. God will surely judge the world, though He waits for His appointed time....
TITLE. PSALM. Hebrew. _mizmor._ See App-65. SONG. Hebrew shir. See App-65. OF ASAPH. The fourth of the twelve Asaph Psalms. See App-63. In this Psalm the enemies of the Sanctuary are warned, and God...
The theme of the Psalm: thanksgiving for the recent manifestation of God's presence and power among His people. _for_that _thy name_is _near thy wondrous works declare_ The A.V., retained in R.V. mar...
_The prophet praiseth God: he promiseth to judge uprightly: he rebuketh the proud by the consideration of God's providence: he praiseth God, and promiseth to execute justice._ To the chief musician,...
PSALMS 75 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Song, Enshrining an Oracular Assurance of Equitable Judgment by the Judge of the Earth. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 75:1, Congregational Thanksgiving, Promising a Rehea...
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.-Gears people thank him for the anticipated salvation (); His ans...
In contrast with the plaintive strains of Psalms 74 this is a Ps. of thanksgiving for some national deliverance (Psalms 75:1). It celebrates God as the Judge of all the earth, who interposes in His ow...
Psalms 73:89 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ EARTHQUAKES, HORNS AND A CUP OF WINE! (SEE THE NOTES) PSALMS 75 Jesus woke up and he was angry with the wind. He said to the sea, "Shut your mouth and stop makin...
FOR THAT... — The wonders just wrought for Israel have repeated the old conviction that God’s name, a word of power to save (comp. Psalms 34:18; Psalms 145:18), is near. (Comp. Psalms 105:1.)...
לַ † מְנַצֵּ֥חַ אַל ־תַּשְׁחֵ֑ת מִזְמֹ֖ור לְ...
Psalms 75:1 THIS psalm deals with the general thought of God's judgment in history, especially on heathen nations. It has no clear marks of connection with any particular instance of that judgment. Th...
GOD PUTTETH DOWN AND LIFTETH UP Psalms 75:1 This psalm dates probably from Sennacherib's invasion, and therefore the _North_ is omitted in Psalms 75:6, that being the quarter from which the enemy ca...
If this, and the former psalm, were written by different men and at different periods, then the spiritual sense of the editor is most clearly revealed in their juxtaposition in this book. This is a co...
"To the chief Musician, (a) Altaschith, A Psalm [or] Song of Asaph." Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, [unto thee] do we give thanks: for [that] thy name is near (b) thy wondrous works declare. (a...
Assyrians. Septuagint, "against the Assyrian," Sennacherib, 4 Kings xix. 35. (Haydock) --- David composed this after his victory over the Ammonites, and Ezechias used it when he was delivered from the...
CONTENTS This appears to be a Psalm of praise. The soul rejoicing in the covenant interest of God his Saviour, while he praiseth God, corrects the ungodly, and speaks with holy confidence of what the...
1._We will praise thee, O God! _With respect to the inscription of this psalm, I have sufficiently spoken when explaining the 57th psalm. As to the author of it, this is a point, in the determination...
In Psalms 75 Messiah is introduced speaking, though the psalm commences with the remnant giving thanks to God for wondrous works already wrought. Then judgments of God introduce Messiah to the kingdom...
UNTO THEE, O GOD, DO WE GIVE THANKS,.... Either David and his men, when he was delivered from Saul, and raised to the kingdom, or the Jews upon their return from the Babylonish captivity; or rather th...
Psalms 75:1 «To the chief Musician, Altaschith, A Psalm [or] Song of Asaph. » Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, [unto thee] do we give thanks: for [that] thy name is near thy wondrous works declare...
_Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks_ I, in my own, and in thy people's name; _for that thy name_ Thy self, or thy power; _is near_ That is, is present with us, and most ready to help us when we cry u...
1-5 We often pray for mercy, when in pursuit of it; and shall we only once or twice give thanks, when we obtain it? God shows that he is nigh to us in what we call upon him for. Public trusts are to...
PSALM 75 OF ASAPH; as the author. Or, _to_ or _for_ Asaph; which may be put by way of opposition to the foregoing and general expression, TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN, which is here limited to and explained...
Psalms 75:1 Musician H5329 (H8764) Destroy H516 (H8686) Psalm H4210 Asaph H623 Song H7892 thanks H3034 ...
CONTENTS: A rebuke for those who fail to reckon with God. CHARACTERS: God, Asaph. CONCLUSION: A word from God soon abases the lofty, and hence failure to reckon on God is madness. Even kings serve H...
Title. _Al-taschith:_ do not suffer me to perish. The style indicates that this was a psalm of David, when the courtiers of Saul had pronounced him guilty of high treason for aiming at the throne. He...
_For that Thy name is near Thy wondrous works declare._ GOD’S NEARNESS TO THE WORLD I. He is near as the sustainer of a dissolving system (Psalms 75:3). The force of disintegration operates every mom...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 75:1. This is a hymn of praise. It thanks God for the wondrous deeds he has done for Israel. It celebrates the fact that he is the judge of all the earth. He will, in his ow...
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“_To the chief Musician, Altaschith_:” see introduction to Psalms 57. “_A Pslam—a song of Asaph_:” see introduction to Psalms 74. “There are,” says Perowne, “no clearly...
EXPOSITION This is a hymn of praise in anticipation of a deliverance, which may be from Sennacherib, or from some other dangerous enemy. The actual praise is confined to the first and the last two ver...
Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare. When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly (Psalms 75:1-2). T...
Deuteronomy 4:33; Deuteronomy 4:34; Deuteronomy 4:7; Exodus 23:21;...
Thy name — Thy self; art present with us, and ready to help....