Psalms 75:9

But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. -The people resolve to praise forever the God of Jacob, for the anticipated cutting off of the wicked, and exaltation of the righteous. Verse 9. I WILL DECLARE - namely, the righteous judgments of God (Psalms 75:7). Verse 10. ALL THE HORNS OF THE WICKED ALSO WILL I CUT OFF - i:e., I will announce as being cut off. The prophets are often said to do that which they announce as done, God being the real Doer (). The effect of the Church's praises and prayers will be, the horns of the wicked shall be cut off, BUT THE HORNS OF THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL BE EXALTED....

9.and 10._But I will publish for ever. _This conclusion of the psalm evinces the joy which God’s people felt from having experienced that He was their deliverer in adversity; for it seems to be their own experience which they engage to publish, and on account of which they resolve to sing praise to God. Whence also they gather, that by the divine aid they will overcome all the power of the reprobate; and that being themselves possessed of righteousness and equity, they will be sufficiently armed for their own preservation and defense. The expression,_the horns of the righteous shall be exalted, _(263) implies, that the children of God, by a blameless and holy life, acquire greater strength, and more effectually protect themselves than if it were their endeavor to advance their own interests by every species of wickedness....

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...

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....

BUT I WILL DECLARE FOR EVER - I - the author of the psalm. I will make known at all times the character of God, and will declare the truth respecting his works and ways. The particular mode as referred to here, was praise. I WILL SING PRAISES TO THE GOD OF JACOB - The God whom Jacob worshipped; the God who proved himself to be his Friend, thus showing that he is the Friend of all that trust in him. See the notes at Psalms 24:6....

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;...

BUT I WILL DECLARE FOR EVER,.... These are not the words of the psalmist, but of Christ, who is all along speaking in the psalm; what he would declare is not expressed, and is to be supplied in sense thus; either that he would declare the wonderful works of God, Psalms 75:1, so the Targum, his thoughts, mercies, and kindnesses to his people, as in Psalms 55:5, or his judgments on his enemies, whom he shall pass sentence on, which will be for ever; or the name of the Lord, his purposes and decrees, his counsel and covenant, his mind and will, his Gospel and the truth of it: see Psalms 22:22, I WILL SING PRAISES TO THE GOD OF JACOB; the covenant God of his people, Christ's God, and their God; of hi

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._...

DECLARE. Septuagint reads "exult". GOD OF JACOB: i.e. the God of Grace, who met Jacob when he had nothing, and deserved nothing but wrath....