In Judah, where the central Sanctuary of Jehovah had been established, is God known, having revealed Himself to His people; His name is great in Israel, having been magnified by the proclamation of His servants throughout the nation.
PSALM LXXVI _The true God known in Judah, Israel, Salem, and Zion_, 1, 2. _A description of his defeat of the enemies of his people_, 3-6. _How God us to be worshipped_, 7-9. _He should be conside...
IN JUDAH IS GOD KNOWN - That is, he has made himself known there in a special manner; he has evinced his watchful care over the city so as to demand a proper acknowledgment; he has manifested himself...
Psalms 76 Divine Government Established and Maintained _ 1. The Prince of Peace reigns (Psalms 76:1)_ 2. The day of wrath and what it brought (Psalms 76:7) We behold the Lord now in Judah, the Lio...
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....
TITLE.. PSALM. Hebrew. _mizmor._ App-65. SONG. Hebrew. _shir._ App-65. OF ASAPH. by Asaph. The fifth of the twelve Asaph Psalms. App-63.Psalms 76:1; Psalms 76:5; Psalms 76:8, and...
_known_ Lit., _one who has made Himself known_. By this recent deliverance He has once more "made Himself known in her palaces as a sure refuge" (Psalms 48:3; cp. Psalms 9:16; Isaiah 33:13). _his name...
God has once more shewn His might in Zion by shattering the power of her assailants....
_A declaration of God's majesty in the church. An exhortation to serve him reverently._ To the chief musician on Neginoth, A Psalm _or_ Song of Asaph. _Title._ ידותון על למנצח _lamnatseach al ieduthu...
PSALMS 76 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Song of Triumph over a Divinely-smitten Foe. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 76:1-3, By reason of a Recent Interposition in behalf of Jerusalem, God has Anew Made Himself K...
In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel. Psalms 76:1.-At Zion, God's dwelling, He brake the world-power's weapons (Psalms 76:1); He is mightier than the mountain-like plundering nations, b...
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 32:21;...
Psalms 73:89 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ SING A SONG OF ZION OR THE *LION’S *DEN PSALMS 76 They got up and took Jesus out of the city. They led him to the side of a hill, where men had
JUDAH... ISRAEL. — A comparison with Psalms 114:1, leads to the conclusion that these names are introduced here in this order, simply for the rhythm. (Comp. “Salem” and “Sion” in the next verse, and n...
לַ † מְנַצֵּ֥חַ בִּ נְגִינֹ֑ת מִזְמֹ֖ור לְ...
Psalms 76:1 IN contents and tone this psalm is connected with Psalms 46:1; Psalms 48:1. No known event corresponds so closely with its allusions as the destruction of Sennacherib's army, to which the...
“THE WRATH OF MAN SHALL PRAISE THEE” Psalms 76:1 In Psalms 76:2, _tabernacle_ may be rendered “covert,” and _dwelling-place_, “lair.” God is compared to the lion, that dreaded monarch of beasts, who...
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 v...
"To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm [or] Song of Asaph." In Judah [is] God (a) known: his name [is] great in Israel. (a) He declares that God's power is evidently seen in preserving his peopl...
_Idithun. Hebrew, "upon Idithun," was not formerly in the text. (St. Jerome) --- It may be the name of an instrument, (Bellarmine) or tune, (Muis) or this master of music and Asaph might sing alternat...
CONTENTS This is a thanksgiving hymn. It was probably composed upon the occasion of some remarkable victory that the Lord manifested to the church over her enemies. Some have gone so far as to determi...
The prophet, in the name of the church, is here triumphing in the consciousness of the divine presence. Well indeed might Israel say, He hath not dealt so by any nation; Psalms 147:20. Distinguishing...
1._God is known in Judah. _In the outset, we are taught that it was not by human means that the enemies of Israel were compelled to retire without accomplishing any thing, but by the ever-to-be-rememb...
Psalms 76 is extremely simple in its application to the judgment of the kings, who come up against Jerusalem in their pride, and find, unlooked for, the Lord Himself there (compare Micah 4:11-13 and Z...
IN JUDAH IS GOD KNOWN,.... God is to be known, and is made known, by his works of creation, and by his providences, and particularly by his judgments in the whole world, even among the Gentiles; and h...
Psalms 76:1 «To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm [or] Song of Asaph. » In Judah [is] God known: his name [is] great in Israel. _A Psalm or Song of Asaph_] Or, for Asaph; either made prophetica...
_In Judah is God known_ God's people do not worship an unknown God, as the Athenians did, Acts 17:23, but one who hath made himself known, not only by his word and ordinances, but also by the glorious...
1-6 Happy people are those who have their land filled with the knowledge of God! happy persons that have their hearts filled with that knowledge! It is the glory and happiness of a people to have God...
PSALM 76 Or, _for Asaph_. Either it was composed by the prophet Asaph; or composed by David, or some other holy prophet of God, and committed to Asaph, or to his posterity; it being usual to put the p...
Psalms 76:1 Musician H5329 (H8764) instruments H5058 Psalm H4210 Asaph H623 Song H7892 Judah H3063 God H430 known...
NEGINOTH Neginoth, stringed instruments....
CONTENTS: The glory of God's power celebrated. CHARACTERS: God, Asaph. CONCLUSION: The hardships which God's people suffer by the wrath of their enemies will be made to redound to the glory of God w...
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). God is everywhere; but is in an e...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 76:1. This hymn celebrates Zion as the place God has chosen to dwell, and the capital of the people he has chosen to bless and protect. It is a companion to...
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 be th...
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 first) of th...
In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel (Psalms 76:1). Judah, of course, was the southern kingdom. Israel was the northern kingdom. In Salem also is his tabernacle [that would be Jerusalem...
1 Chronicles 29:10; 2 Chronicles 2:5; 2 Chronicles 2:6; Acts 17:23;...