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 authority comes from himself_, 4-7; _that he will punish the wicked_, 8; _the psalmist resolves to prais... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 75:2. _WHEN I SHALL RECEIVE THE CONGREGATION_] When the proper time is come that the congregation, my people of Israel, should be brought out of captivity, and received back into favour, I shall not only enlarge them, but punish their enemies. They shall be cut off and cast out, and bec... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 75:3. _THE EARTH AND ALL THE INHABITANTS THEREOF ARE_ _DISSOLVED_] They all depend on me; and whenever I withdraw the power by which they exist and live, they are immediately dissolved. _I BEAR UP THE PILLARS OF IT._] By the word of my power all things are upheld, and without me nothi... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 75:4. _I SAID UNTO THE FOOLS_] I have given the idolatrous Chaldeans sufficient warning to abandon their idols, and worship the true God; but they would not. I have also charged the wicked, to whom for a season I have delivered you because of your transgressions, not to _lift up their h... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 75:5. _SPEAK_ NOT WITH _A STIFF NECK._] Mr. _Bruce_ has observed that the Abyssinian kings have a _horn_ on their _diadem_; and that the keeping it erect, or in a projecting form, makes them appear as if they had a _stiff neck_; and refers to this passage for the antiquity of the usage,... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 75:6. _FOR PROMOTION_ COMETH _NEITHER FROM THE EAST, C._] As if the Lord had said, speaking to the Babylonians, None of all the surrounding powers shall be able to help you none shall pluck you out of my hand. I am the _Judge_: I will pull you down, and set my afflicted people up, Psalm... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 75:8. _IT IS FULL OF MIXTURE_] Alluding to that mingled potion of stupefying drugs given to criminals to drink previously to their execution. See a parallel passage to this, Jeremiah 25:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 75:9. _I WILL SING PRAISES TO THE GOD OF JACOB._] These are the words of the psalmist, who magnifies the Lord for the promise of deliverance from their enemies.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 75:10. _ALL THE HORNS OF THE WICKED_] All their _power_ and _influence_, will I cut off; and will exalt and extend the _power_ of the righteous. The psalmist is said to _do these things_, because he is as the _mouth_ of God to _denounce_ them. All was punctually fulfilled: the _wicked_... [ Continue Reading ]