Psalm 77

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 77:6

Psalms 77:6. I call to remembrance my song— In the night I conversed with my heart, and my spirit made inquiry, saying,—Green. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 77:9

Psalms 77:9. Hath God forgotten to be gracious— It is worth our while to observe the train of thoughts which this afflicted good man pursued, and what were the reflections in which he rested at last, as his best and only comfort and support. Whether the calamities which afflicted him were private to himself, or public to his people and country; yet, as long as his thoughts dwelt on them, and led him into expostulations with God on the severity of his judgments, he found no ease or relief. A... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 77:13

Psalms 77:13. Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary— O God, in holiness is thy way. Houbigant and Mudge. That is, "Every thing which thou doest is conformable to thy sanctity, thy divinity: thy doing, thy conduct, is all divine, like thyself." read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 77:15

Psalms 77:15. The sons of Jacob and Joseph— The people of the Jews are very properly styled the sons of Joseph, as well as of Jacob. For as Jacob was, under God, the author of their being; so was Joseph the preserver of it. The Chaldee paraphrast understood it thus; rendering it, The sons which Jacob begat and Joseph nourished. The allusion in this and the following verses, is to the deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt; and the plain inference is, that the same goodness and power may be... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 77:19

Psalms 77:19. Thy way, &c.— Thy way was through the sea, and thy path through the great waters, though thy footsteps were not seen. "God walked before his people through the sea, though he left no footsteps of himself behind him." read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 77:20

Psalms 77:20. Thou leddest thy people like a flock— The complaints of good men in the Scriptures of the Old Testament are of two sorts: one regards the national calamities of the Jews, the other the sufferings of particular men. The first (as well as the second) seems to have made a principal subject of the Psalmist's complaint in this psalm, as is probable from the conclusion, in which he reckons up the great things formerly done by God for the deliverance of his people; and concludes with one... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 77

PSALM 77 :-. To Jeduthun—(See on :-, title). In a time of great affliction, when ready to despair, the Psalmist derives relief from calling to mind God's former and wonderful works of delivering power and grace. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 77:1

1. expresses the purport of the Psalm. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 77:2

2. his importunacy. my sore ran . . . night—literally, "my hand was spread," or, "stretched out" (compare Psalms 44:20). ceased not—literally, "grew not numb," or, "feeble" (Genesis 45:26; Psalms 38:8). my soul . . . comforted—(compare Genesis 37:35; Jeremiah 31:15). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 77:3

3-9. His sad state contrasted with former joys. was troubled—literally, "violently agitated," or disquieted (Psalms 39:6; Psalms 41:5). my spirit was overwhelmed—or, "fainted" (Psalms 107:5; Jonah 2:7). read more

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 77:6

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 77:9

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 77:13

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 77:15

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 77:19

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 77:20

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 77

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 77:1

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 77:2

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 77:3

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