Psalm 76

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 76:12

76:12 He shall {i} cut off the spirit of princes: [he is] terrible to the kings of the earth.(i) The Hebrew word signifies "to vintage or gather grapes" meaning that he will make the counsels and enterprises of the wicked tyrants foolish and vain. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Psalms 76:1-12

Psalms 67:0 The first half dozen of these psalms form a group millennial and Messianic. The first is millennial. It is Israel who speaks; the psalm cannot be appreciated unless the word “us” in Psalms 67:1 is so applied. When God has mercy upon and blesses Israel in the latter days, His way and His saving health unto all nations (Psalms 67:2 ) will begin to be known. In other words, the present age is one of out-gathering, but the age to come (millennial) will be one of in-gathering. God is now... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Psalms 76:11

"Handfuls of Purpose" For All Gleaners "Vow, and pay unto the Lord your God." Psa 76:11 "When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. Better is it that thou shouldest not vow than that thou shouldest vow, and not pay" ( Ecc 5:4-5 ). The undisciplined mind may hereupon say, "Then I will not vow, and so I shall escape all responsibility." It is a fool's logic. See how contradictory it is. A man vows that he will not... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 76:1

CONTENTS This is a thanksgiving hymn. It was probably composed upon the occasion of some remarkable victory that the Lord manifested to the church over her enemies. Some have gone so far as to determine it to have been for the triumph, in the days of Hezekiah, over the Assyrians; 2 Chronicles 20:28 . But this is but conjecture. The Psalmist celebrates the glory and majesty of Jehovah, eminently shown in his church; and, in the close of the Psalm, exhorts the church to a suitable reverence and... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 76:1-2

The prophet, in the name of the church, is here triumphing in the consciousness of the divine presence. Well indeed might Israel say, He hath not dealt so by any nation; Psalms 147:20 . Distinguishing mercies are the sweetest of all mercies. The sun that enlightens, and warms, and makes fruitful the earth; and the rain, and the dew, and the air; these are all blessings; but they are not distinguishing, for they visit all the world. But God's statutes and ordinances are peculiar to his Israel.... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 76:3

The best comment on this verse is the apostle's general observation, If God be for us, who can be against us? Jesus is both a Sun and a Shield; and no weapon formed against his people can prosper. Romans 8:31 . read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 76:4

If this be an address to the church, it is a lovely and a just one: Zion is glorious and excellent in her Redeemer's view; Song of Solomon 1:15 . But the cause of all this loveliness is from himself. Ezekiel 16:14 . read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 76:5-6

These verses serve to illustrate the subject of the whole Psalm, in reference to the occasion on which it is supposed to have been written. If it relates to the destruction of Sennacherib's army in the night, by the destroying angel, the circumstance is here mentioned in great beauty of language. But we may without violence, and indeed with much improvement, consider the spiritual sense of it as relating to the sovereignty of God over sinners. How often doth the Lord, arrest them in their... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 76:7-9

Here are strong and sublime intimations of God's greatness, and of the weakness of all power when opposed to him. Reader, think what that sovereignty will be, when the Lord shall come to judgment, and when he will take vengeance on them that know not God, nor obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 Thessalonians 1:8 . read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 76:10

This is a most beautiful verse, and contains a most important doctrine indeed. We easily conceive how the Lord can make all his divine perfections to set forth his glory; but when he maketh the very wrath of man and the malice of his enemies to promote that end, and to produce the very reverse of what they intend; this more signally displays the divine hand. We have many illustrious examples in the word of God in proof. The cruelty manifested by the brethren of Joseph, in selling him for a... read more

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 76:12

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Psalms 76:1-12

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Psalms 76:11

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 76:1

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 76:1-2

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 76:3

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 76:4

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 76:5-6

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 76:7-9

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 76:10

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