Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 76:3
There — At Jerusalem. Sword — Both offensive and defensive weapons. Battle — All the power of the army, which was put in battle — array.
There — At Jerusalem. Sword — Both offensive and defensive weapons. Battle — All the power of the army, which was put in battle — array.
Verse Psalms 76:3. _THERE BRAKE HE THE ARROWS OF THE BOW_] רשפי _rishphey_, the _fiery arrows_. Arrows, round the heads of which inflammable matter was rolled, and then ignited, were used by the anci...
THERE BRAKE HE THE ARROWS OF THE BOW - That is, in Salem, or near Salem. The language is such as would be used in reference to invaders, or to armies that came up to storm the city. The occasion is un...
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....
THERE. Emphatic. Hebrew. _sham_. Compare Genesis 2:8; Exodus 40:3 (therein). Deuteronomy 1:39 (thither). 2 Chronicles 6:11 (in it)....
God has once more shewn His might in Zion by shattering the power of her assailants....
There hath he broken the lightnings of the bow. The destruction of Sennacherib's army apparently took place at some distance from Jerusalem, but Jerusalem is naturally spoken of as the scene of God's...
THERE BRAKE HE THE ARROWS, &C.— _The fiery arrows of the bow,_ &c. That is, _there,_ before the walls of Jerusalem, he overthrew the enemy, and destroyed all their military preparations. See 2 Kings 1...
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...
There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah. THERE. Hengstenberg translates, 'Hence,' from this place, so that they are broken in falling from it. BRAKE...
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;...
SELAH] see on Psalms 3:4....
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
THERE. — This word in Psalms 14:5 does not appear to have a strictly definite local sense; and here may refer to time, possibly to some event, which we are not able with certainty to recover. ARROWS....
_[Psalms 76:4]_ שָׁ֭מָּה שִׁבַּ֣ר רִשְׁפֵי ־קָ֑שֶׁת מָגֵ֬ן...
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...
Deceived, in my expectations, as I prayed with mind and body continually. (Worthington) --- Good works are a strong recommendation. "They cry, though we be silent." Many have recourse to the great for...
The best comment on this verse is the apostle's general observation, If God be for us, who can be against us? Jesus is both a Sun and a Shield; and no weapon formed against his people can prosper. Rom...
3._There he broke the arrows of the bow. _We have here stated the particular way in which God was known in Judah. He was known by the wonderful proofs of his power, which he exhibited in preserving th...
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...
THERE BRAKE HE THE ARROWS OF THE BOW.... The Targum is, "there brake he the arrows and the bows of the people that make war;'' the word רשפי, translated "arrows", signifies "sparks or coals of fire...
There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah. Ver. 3. _There brake he the arrows of the bolt,_] There? Where? Surely in Zion, in the holy assemblies where th...
_There brake he_, &c. That is, in Judah, or at or near Jerusalem; _the arrows of the bow_ Hebrew, רשׁפי קשׁת, _rishpee kasheth, the sparks of the bow_, the sparkling arrows, bright and shining, swift...
There brake He the arrows of the bow, literally, the lightnings of the bow, the weapons with which the enemies intended to attack the Church, THE SHIELD AND THE SWORD AND THE BATTLE, war being used fo...
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...
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...
THERE, i.e. in Judah, or at or near Jerusalem. THE ARROWS, Heb. _the sparks_; the sparkling arrows, bright and shining, swift and piercing, like sparks of fire. _The bow, the shield, and the sword_; b...
Psalms 76:3 broke H7665 (H8765) arrows H7565 bow H7198 shield H4043 sword H2719 battle H4421 Selah H5542...
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...
2 Chronicles 14:12; 2 Chronicles 14:13; 2 Chronicles 20:25; 2 Chronicles 32:21;...