Bible Commentary

Lift not up your horn on high: speak [not with] a stiff neck. 5. speak not with a stiff neck ] Better, as R.V. marg., Speak not insolently with a haughty neck. Cp. 1Sa 2:3; and for neck = haughty neck, see Job 15:26. Not should not have been italicised in A.V. A single negative … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 75:5”

I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn: 4. I say unto the arrogant, Deal not arrogantly. Cp. Psa 73:3; Psa 5:5. Rabshakeh and his colleagues and the Assyrians in general were the very type of such boastful, defiant arrogance (Isa 37:23; Isa 10:7 ff.; Nah … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 75:4”

The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah. 3. The first line virtually forms the protasis of the sentence: Though the earth &c.; I have set up the pillars of it. Though all the world is in terror and confusion, I (emphatic) have established a moral … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 75:3”

When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly. 2. When I reach the appointed time, I Judge uprightly. The ‘appointed time’ (Psa 102:13; Hab 2:3; Act 17:31) is the proper moment foreordained in the Divine counsels and known to God. The intervention of Jehovah at the moment when the Assyrians are ripe for … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 75:2”

To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, A Psalm [or] Song of Asaph. Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, [unto thee] do we give thanks: for [that] thy name is near thy wondrous works declare. 1. The theme of the Psalm: thanksgiving for the recent manifestation of God’s presence and power among His people. for … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 75:1”

Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually. 23. thine enemies ] Thine adversaries, as in Psa 74:4. increaseth ] Rather, ascendeth (R.V.), to heaven, challenging Thee to act. Cp. Isa 37:29. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Forget not the voice of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 74:23”

Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily. 22, 23. A final appeal. Elsewhere the Psalmist prays ‘plead my cause’ (Psa 43:1), but Israel’s cause is God’s cause: His honour is at stake. the foolish man ] The fool, the members of ‘the foolish people,’ Psa 74:18. The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 74:22”

O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name. 21. O let not the oppressed &c.] Let not the crushed or down-trodden (Psa 9:9; Psa 10:18) turn back from Thee unanswered and disappointed. let the poor &c.] Let the afflicted have cause to praise Thee for answered prayer. Fuente: … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 74:21”

Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. 20. the covenant ] With the patriarchs, Gen 9:9 ff; Gen 17:2 ff.; with the nation at the Exodus, Exo 24:8; with David, Psa 89:3; Psa 89:39. the dark places of the earth ] The heathen … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 74:20”

O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude [of the wicked]: forget not the congregation of thy poor forever. 19. The rendering of R.V., O deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast, is preferable to that of R.V. marg., O deliver not thy turtledove unto the greedy multitude. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 74:19”