John Trapp on Psalms 74:1

PSAL. LXXIV.

A Pſalm of Aſaph] Concerning the Babyloniſh Captivity, ſaith Kimchi; which either was here fore-told by Davids Aſaph, or bewailed by another of that name, who lived at that very time, when the Jews groaned under thoſe grievous calamities.

Verſ. 1. O God, why haſt thou caſt us off for ever?] The greatneſs of their grief, and diuturnity of their miſery draw from them ſuch expreſſions of diſcontent, as if they were doubtful of an utter dereliction.

Why doth thine anger (or thy noſe) ſmoke againſt the ſheep of thy paſture?] Anger is a fire, and in men or other Creatures enraged, a ſmoke formeth to go out of their Noſtrils. Xenoph[illegible: 1 letter]n ſaith of the [illegible: 1 letter]he[illegible: 2 letters]ns, when they are angry, they breath fire. This then is ſpoken of God, after the manner of men.