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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 77 - Introduction

* The psalmist's troubles and temptation. (1-10) He encourages himself by the remembrance of God's help of his people. (11-20)

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See also Psalms 77 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    For the meaning of the title to this psalm, see the notes at the title to Psalms 39:1. It purports, like the preceding ones, to be a psalm of Asaph. See the notes in the title to Psalms 73. Nothing is...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    BOOK II. PSS. XLII.- LXXII. Psalms 42-83 are Elohistic, _i.e._ they use the word God (Elohim) and avoid the proper name Yahweh, probably from motives of reverence. Here and there, however, the name Y...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    This Psalm breathes the spirit of Habakkuk, and uses language closely resembling that of his -Prayer." As Habakkuk watched the advance of the Chaldeans, and foresaw that they were to be the executione...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 seat (a-27) Or 'in the company.'...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    LXXVII. The affliction out of which the mournful cry of this psalm rises is presented in such general terms that there is no single indication by which to refer it to one period more than another. As...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 77 TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN, TO JEDUTHUN, A PSALM OF ASAPH. Jeduthun was the name of the chief musician, to whom this psalm was inscribed and sent; see 1 Chronicles 25:1, though Ab...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 2989. B.C. 1015._ Whoever was the author of this Psalm, he was manifestly in great trouble when he composed it. What the trouble was does not appear; but whatever it was, the sting of it lay in...

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