Psalms 75:1

Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare. Psalms 75:1.-Gears people thank him for the anticipated salvation (); His answer, I will fix a time for judging the world in righteousness, even as I bear up the tottering earth (Psalms 75:2); Israel warns the foolish foes to cease exalting their neck, because her exaltation comes not from the east, west, or south, but from God the Judge (Psalms 75:4); her resolve to praise her God forever for her anticipated deliverance from the wicked ...

1._We will praise thee, O God! _With respect to the inscription of this psalm, I have sufficiently spoken when explaining the 57th psalm. As to the author of it, this is a point, in the determination of which, I am not inclined to give myself much trouble. Whoever he was, whether David or some other prophet, he breaks forth at the very commencement into the language of joy and thanksgiving: _We will praise thee, O God! we will praise thee. _The repetition serves the more forcibly to express his strong affection and his ardent zeal in singing the praises of God. The verbs in the Hebrew are in the past tense; but the subject of the psalm requires that they should be translated into the future; which may be done in perfect consistency with the idiom of the Hebrew language. The inspired writer, however, may declare that God had been praised among his people for the benefits which he had best...

1-5 We often pray for mercy, when in pursuit of it; and shall we only once or twice give thanks, when we obtain it? God shows that he is nigh to us in what we call upon him for. Public trusts are to be managed uprightly. This may well be applied to Christ and his government. Man's sin threatened to destroy the whole creation; but Christ saved the world from utter ruin. He who is made of God to us wisdom, bids us be wise. To the proud, daring sinners he says, Boast not of your power, persist not in contempt. All the present hopes and future happiness of the human race spring from the Son of God. #6-10. No second causes will raise men to preferment without the First Cause. It comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. He mentions not the north; the same word that signifies the north, signifies the secret place; and from the secret of God's counsel it does come. Fr...

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 praise God_, 9; _and the Most High promises to cast down the wicked, and raise_ _up the righteous_, 9, 10. NOTES ON PSALM LXXV The _title_ is, "To the chief Musician

UNTO THEE, O GOD, DO WE GIVE THANKS - We, the people; language which would be appropriate to public thanksgiving - showing that the psalm was designed for public use. The reasons for this public thanksgiving are stated in the subsequent part of the psalm. DO WE GIVE THANKS - The repetition is emphatic. The idea is, that the occasion was one for special thanksgiving. FOR THAT THY NAME IS NEAR - literally, “and near is thy name.” The word name is often used to designate the person himself; and the idea here is, that God was near; that he had manifested himself to them in some special manner, and that for this there was occasion of praise. Compare Jeremiah 23:23. THY WONDROUS WORKS DECLARE - Or, “They declare thy wondrous works.” T

EXPOSITION This is a hymn of praise in anticipation of a deliverance, which may be from Sennacherib, or from some other dangerous enemy. The actual praise is confined to the first and the last two verses. The remainder of the poem (Psalms 75:2) sets forth God as a righteous Judge, against whom the ungodly contend in vain, and who will pour out at last the dregs of his vengeance upon them. The author may be Asaph, and the deliverance that from Zerah (2 Chronicles 14:9); or the date may be later, and the writer an Asaphite Levite of the time of Jehoshaphat or Hezekiah. The phrase, "Al-taschith," in the "title," is probably a musical term. It occurs also in the titles of Psalms 57:1;...

UNTO THEE, O GOD, DO WE GIVE THANKS,.... Either David and his men, when he was delivered from Saul, and raised to the kingdom, or the Jews upon their return from the Babylonish captivity; or rather the churches of Christ under the Gospel dispensation, for the coming of Christ and the blessings of grace through him, and in the view of the sure and certain destruction of antichrist and all the wicked of the earth; yea, Christ himself may be considered as at the head of his people, joining with them in thanksgiving, to whom this action is sometimes ascribed, Matthew 11:25 and the rather since he is continued all along speaking to the end of the psalm: UNTO THEE DO WE GIVE THANKS; which is repeated to show the constancy, fervency, and sincerity with which this was performed: it may be rendered, "unto thee do we confess" l; sins committed against God, unworthiness to receive

Psalms 75 The Divine Answer _ 1. Christ the righteous judge (Psalms 75:1)_ 2. His judgment (Psalms 75:6) It is Christ as King who is pictured in this Psalm coming to answer the pleas of His people in behalf of His sanctuary. The translation in our version of the opening verses is faulty. “We give thanks to Thee, O God, we give thanks--Thy Name is near! When I have taken the set time, I, even I, will judge uprightly. Though the earth and all the inhabitants thereof are melting, I myself set up its pillars.” Then He executes His judgments. He deals with the wicked, the horn lifted up, the man of sin. He putteth down and lifteth up. The wicked will be cut off and the righteous exalted....

LXXV. THE INEVITABLE JUDGMENT. The Ps. opens with praise of God and His wondrous works. After Psalms 75:1 it is God who speaks. God will surely judge the world, though He waits for His appointed time. He holds the brimming cup of wine, and all must drink. PSALMS 75:1. FOR. WORKS: read, We have called on thy name: we have told of thy wondrous works (LXX). Psalms 75:2. For the appointed time long delayed but sure to come, _cf._ Habakkuk 2:3. Psalms 75:3. Follow _mg._...

TITLE. PSALM. Hebrew. _mizmor._ See App-65. SONG. Hebrew shir. See App-65. OF ASAPH. The fourth of the twelve Asaph Psalms. See App-63. In this Psalm the enemies of the Sanctuary are warned, and God's People are encouraged. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. THY NAME. See note on Psalms 20:1. It denotes God's saving presence. Septuagint, Syr, and Vulg, read "and we shall call on Thy name". THY WONDROUS WORKS DECLARE. Men tell of Thy wondrous works....