Thou, [even] thou, [art] to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
Ver. 7. Thou, even thou, art to be feared] Herodotus saith, that under Sennacherib's statue in Egypt, was written, Let him that looketh upon me learn to fear God, Eμε τις εσορεων ευσεβης εστω .
And who may stand in thy sight?] Thou canst look them to death.
Verse Psalms 76:7. _THOU_, EVEN _THOU_, ART TO BE _FEARED_] The Hebrew is simple, but very emphatic: אתה נורא אתה _attah nora attah_, "Thou art terrible; thou art." The repetition of the _pronoun_ dee...
THOU, EVEN THOU, ART TO BE FEARED - To be had in reverence or veneration. The repetition of the word “thou” is emphatic, as if the mind paused at the mention of God, and remained in a state of reveren...
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....
_to be feared_ The same word as in Psalms 76:12, and in Psalms 47:2. _who may stand_ Cp. Nahum 1:6; Psalms 1:5;...
It was the irresistible judgement of God....
DISCOURSE: 629 GOD GREATLY TO BE FEARED Psalms 76:7. _Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight, when once thou art angry?_ THERE is not only a generally prevailing notion tha...
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...
Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey. -The Lord is mightier than all the mighty conquerors of the earth; because he has caused the stout-hearted to sleep in death, and so...
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
_[Psalms 76:8]_ אַתָּ֤ה ׀ נֹ֥ורָא אַ֗תָּה וּ מִֽי...
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...
Thou, [even] thou, [art] to be feared: and who may stand in thy (e) sight when once thou art angry? (e) God with a look is able to destroy all the power and activity of the enemies, no matter how man...
Heart. Septuagint have read differently from the present [Hebrew]. (Berthier) --- Hebrew, "I recollected my canticle in the night, and communed with my own heart, and my spirit sought to the bottom;...
Here are strong and sublime intimations of God's greatness, and of the weakness of all power when opposed to him. Reader, think what that sovereignty will be, when the Lord shall come to judgment, and...
7._Thou, even thou, art terrible. _The repetition of the pronoun _Thou, _is intended to exclude all others from what is here predicated of God, as if it had been said, Whatever power there is in the w...
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...
THOU, EVEN THOU, ART TO BE FEARED,.... By his own people with reverence and godly fear, because of his greatness and goodness; and to be dreaded by his enemies; which seems to be the sense here, as ap...
_Thou, even thou, art to be feared_ Thy majesty is to be reverenced, thy sovereignty to be submitted to, and thy justice to be dreaded, by those that have offended thee. Let all the world learn, by th...
GOD THE PROTECTOR OF HIS CHURCH. To the chief musician on Neginoth, to be sung in public worship to the accompaniment of stringed instruments, a psalm or song of Asaph, another hymn commemorating God...
Thou, even Thou, stated with the greatest emphasis, ART TO BE FEARED; AND WHO MAY STAND IN THY SIGHT WHEN ONCE THOU ART ANGRY? The answer is obvious: It is impossible for any man to stand before the a...
7-12 God's people are the meek of the earth, the quiet in the land, that suffer wrong, but do none. The righteous God seems to keep silence long, yet, sooner or later, he will make judgment to be hea...
STAND IN THY SIGHT, to wit, to contend with thee. _Standing_ is here opposed to flight or failing before the enemy. See JOSHUA 7:12 DANIEL 8:4....
Psalms 76:7 feared H3372 (H8737) stand H5975 (H8799) presence H6440 When H227 angry H639 even thou -...
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...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 76:3 The past-tense verbs show that this psalm is particularly geared to celebrating an occasion in which God protected Zion from Gentile invaders (BROKE, STRIPPED, stunn
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 Corinthians 10:22; Jeremiah 10:7; Matthew 10:28; Nahum 1:6;...