Psalm 77:16 NIV

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 77:16

The waters. Figure of speech Epizeuxis ( App-6 ), for emphasis: i.e. the waters of the Nile, and the Red Sea (Exodus 14:21-31 ). The depths. Not referring to the "abyss" of Babylonian mythology, which was a corruption of primitive truth (Genesis 1:2 ), but the Red Sea emphasized in the preceding clause. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 77:16

THE MARVELOUS MIRACLE AT THE RED SEA"The waters saw thee, O God;The waters saw thee, they were afraid:The depths also trembled.The clouds poured out water;The skies sent out a sound:Thine arrows also went abroad.The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind;The lightnings lightened the world: The earth trembled and shook.Thy way was in the sea,And thy paths in the great waters,And thy footsteps were not known."Dummelow considered these words a reference to the Red Sea crossing; and McCullough... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 77:16

14-20. Illustrations of God's power in His special interventions for His people ( :-), and, in the more common, but sublime, control of nature (Psalms 22:11-14; Habakkuk 3:14) which may have attended those miraculous events (Habakkuk 3:14- :). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 77:1-20

Psalms 77Asaph described himself as tossing and turning on his bed, unable to sleep, in this individual lament psalm. He found that meditating on God’s deliverance of His people in the Exodus brought him comfort. This led him to ask God to manifest His power for His people again. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 77:10-20

2. Asaph’s solution 77:10-20 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 77:16-18

These verses evidently describe the phenomena that accompanied the Exodus. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 77:1-20

The Ps. records the writer’s experience of personal perplexity and darkness, which, however, has been caused by the contemplation of Israel’s national distress. It may be dated appropriately in the time of the exile. Psalms 77:1-3 describe the Psalmist’s trouble, in which even prayer has brought no comfort. Psalms 77:4-9 speak of his meditations on the brighter past, which lead to the question whether God has finally rejected His people. In Psalms 77:10-20 he turns for comfort to the story of... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 77:16

(16) The waters saw thee.—Possibly alluding to the “look” which troubled the Egyptians (Exodus 14:24).Were afraid.—Better, writhed, as in travail pains.Went abroad—i.e., darted hither and thither. The arrows are the lightnings. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 77:16-20

(16-20) The prominence given to Joseph is a feature common to the Asaphic psalm. With this magnificent lyric of the passage of the Red Sea comp. Habakkuk 3:10-11. The narrative in Exodus says nothing of a storm, but Josephus has preserved the tradition (Ant., 2:16. 3). Philo also mentions the storm. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 77:1-20

The Portal of a New Period: A New Year's Sermon Psalms 77:10 The New Year admonishes with a triple exhortation. It bids us think of three tenses and of a threefold progression. We are bidden to reflect on the good old time, to give thanks for the new and better time, and to work for the future time, the best of all. I. Think of the days of old and of the wonders of the Most High. Gratitude demands such meditation. But such thankfulness for the mercies of the past does not involve... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 77:16

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 77:16

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 77:16

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 77:1-20

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 77:10-20

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 77:16-18

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 77:1-20

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 77:16

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 77:16-20

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 77:1-20

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