Bible Commentary

Remember this, [that] the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and [that] the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. 18. the foolish people ] R.V. a foolish people. The epithet denotes the moral perversity of opposition to God. Cp. Psa 14:1, note. It is applied to the heathen in Deu 32:21. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 74:18”

Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter. 17. the borders of the earth ] The divisions of land and sea (Psa 104:9; Job 38:8 ff.; Jer 5:22), and the apportionment of the land among the nations (Deu 32:8; Act 17:26). Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 74:17”

The day [is] thine, the night also [is] thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. 16. The day &c.] Thine is the day and the night is thine. the light and the sun ] Possibly equivalent to ‘the moon and the sun’ (Psa 104:19); but more probably ‘the luminaries and especially the sun.’ … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 74:16”

Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers. 15. Thou didst cleave fountain and torrent: Thou didst dry up perennial rivers. God’s omnipotence was shewn alike in cleaving the rock so that water flowed out (Exo 17:6; Num 20:8; Psa 78:15; Isa 48:21), and in drying up the perennial stream … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 74:15”

Thou didst break the heads of leviathan in pieces, [and] gavest him [to be] meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. 14. Thou brakest &c. Thou didst crush thou didst give him &c. The dead bodies of the Egyptians were cast up on the shore (Exo 14:30) to be devoured by the wild beasts of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 74:14”

Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou didst break the heads of the dragons in the waters. 13. Thou ] Psa 74:13-15 ; Psa 74:17 all begin with an emphatic Thou; Psa 74:16 with Thine. It is Thou and none other, Who didst and doest all these things. The Asaphite Psalms are full … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 74:13”

For God [is] my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. 12. For ] Better as R.V., Yet. In spite of His present inactivity God has been and still is Israel’s King. The Psalmist speaks in the name of the nation. Cp. Exo 15:18; Psa 44:4; Hab 1:12. salvation ] Lit. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 74:12”

Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck [it] out of thy bosom. 11. Why drawest thou back thy hand, even thy right hand? (Pluck it) out of thy bosom (and) consume (them). The right hand which in days of old was stretched out to annihilate the Egyptians (Exo 15:12), is now as … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 74:11”

O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name forever? 10. How long ] Taking up the last words of Psa 74:9, the Psalmist begins the second division of the Psalm with an appeal parallel to that in Psa 74:1-3. There he entreats God to have pity on His people’s … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 74:10”

We see not our signs: [there is] no more any prophet: neither [is there] among us any that knoweth how long. 9. our signs ] The outward and visible symbols of our religion, such as sabbath and festival, which God “had caused to be forgotten in Zion” (Lam 2:6). The sabbath is spoken of as … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 74:9”