John Trapp on Psalms 75:1

PSAL. LXXV

TO the chief Muſician Al-taſchith] That is, Deſtroy not; The Chaldee paraphraſeth, In the time when David ſaid, Deſtroy not the people. The Pſalm ſeemeth to have been made either by Aſaph in Davids name, or by David himſelf (and by him committed to Aſaph) at ſuch time as the difference depending betwixt him and Ishoſheth, many were ſlain on both ſides: This drew from David an Al-taſchith, not long before he was anointed King over all Iſrael, 2 Sam. 5.1, &c.

Verſ. 1. Unto thee O God, do we give thanks] Heb. Wee celebrate thee, O God, we celebrate thee; viz. both for mercies and croſſes ſanctified; for theſe alſo are to be reckoned upon the ſcore of Gods favours.

For that thy Name is near] Nomen, id eſt numen, Thy Name, that is, thy ſelf are near, ad liberandum invocantem, as Aben-Ezra expoundeth it, to deliver thoſe that call upon thee.