Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Psalms 76
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Psalms76:3
3. brake ... the arrows--literally, "thunderbolts" (Psa 78:48), from their rapid flight or ignition (compare Psa 18:14; Ep 6:16).
the battle--for arms (Ho 2:18).
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Psalms76:4
4. Thou--God.
mountains of prey--great victorious nations, as Assyria (Is 41:15; Eze 38:11, 12; Zec 4:7).
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Psalms76:5
5. slept their sleep--died (Psa 13:3).
none ... found ... hands--are powerless.
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Psalms76:6
6. chariot and horse--for those fighting on them (compare Psa 68:17).
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Psalms76:7
7. may ... sight--contend with Thee (De 9:4; Jos 7:12).
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Psalms76:8-9
8-9. God's judgment on the wicked is His people's deliverance (Psa 9:12; 10:7).
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Psalms76:10
10. Man's wrath praises God by its futility before His power.
restrain--or, "gird"; that is, Thyself, as with a sword, with which to destroy, or as an ornament to Thy praise.
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Psalms76:11-12
11-12. Invite homage to such a God (2Ch 32:23), who can stop the breath of kings and princes when He wills (Da 5:23).
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Psalms76:1-2
PSALM 76
Psa 76:1-12. On Neginoth--(See on Psa 4:1, title). This Psalm commemorates what the preceding anticipates: God's deliverance of His people by a signal interposition of power against their enemies. The occasion was probably the events narrated in 2Ki 19:35; Is 37:1-28. (Compare Psa 46:1-11).
1-2. These well-known terms denote God's people and Church and His intimate and glorious relations to them.
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