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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 77:11-20

The psalmist here recovers himself out of the great distress and plague he was in, and silences his own fears of God's casting off his people by the remembrance of the great things he had done for them formerly, which though he had in vain tried to quiet himself with (Ps. 77:5, 6) yet he tried again, and, upon this second trial, found it not in vain. It is good to persevere in the proper means for the strengthening of faith, though they do not prove effectual at first: ?I will remember, surely... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 77:18

The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven ,.... Thunder is the voice of God, Job 37:5 this is heard in "the orb" F2 בגלגל "in rotunditate", Montanus, Vatablus; "in isto orbe", Junius & Tremeullis; "in orbe", Cocceius; "in sphaera", Arab. , or the air, so called, because spherical; the Targum is "the voice of thy thunder was heard in the wheel;' so the word here used sometimes signifies; so Ezekiel 10:13 , and is so rendered here by some F3 "In rota", Pagninus,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 77:1-20

From darkness to dawn. So may this psalm be described. We have the night of weeping followed by the morning, if not of joy, yet of peace. It is a portraiture to which the experience of myriads of souls has answered and will answer. Hence, for the help of all such, the psalm has been given. We know not who the writer was, nor when, nor the special reason why, the psalm was written. We only know that it is the utterance of a heart that had been sorely troubled, but to whom light and peace... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 77:18

The voice of thy thunder was in the heavens; rather, in the whirlwind (Kay, Cheyne, Revised Version). A storm of wind usually accompanies thunder and lightning. This the author, with poetical exaggeration, heightens into a "whirlwind" (comp. Psalms 83:13 ; Isaiah 17:13 ). The lightnings lightened the world. More hyperbole. Not only did they "go abroad" ( Psalms 77:17 ), darting hither and thither, but their intense brightness illuminated the whole earth. The earth trembled and... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 77:18

The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven - Compare the notes at Psalms 29:1-11. The word rendered “heaven” here - גלגל galgal - means properly “a wheel,” as of a chariot, Isaiah 5:28; Ezekiel 10:2, Ezekiel 10:6; Ezekiel 23:24; Ezekiel 26:10. Then it means a “whirlwind,” as that which rolls along, Ezekiel 10:13. Then it is used to denote chaff or stubble, as driven along before a whirlwind, Psalms 83:13; Isaiah 17:13. It is never used to denote heaven. It means here, undoubtedly, the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 77:16-18

Psalms 77:16-18 . The waters saw thee, O God They felt the visible effects of thy powerful presence. They were afraid And stood still, as men or beasts astonished commonly do. The clouds poured out water Namely, upon the Egyptians. The skies sent out a sound In terrible thunder; thine arrows also went abroad Hail-stones, or rather, lightnings, or thunderbolts, called God’s arrows, Psalms 18:14; Psalms 144:6. The earth trembled and shook By an earthquake. This tempest is not... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 77:1-20

Psalms 77:0 Has God’s favour of old changed?Once again Asaph has a problem that is causing him much anxiety. (For his earlier problem see Psalms 73:0.) He cries to God in his distress but receives no answer (1-2). The more he thinks of God’s dealings with him, the more distressed he becomes. It seems that God not only refuses to comfort him, but even prevents him from sleeping (3-4). So as he lies awake on his bed, he thinks of God’s kindness to him in days gone by (5-6). God was gracious to... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 77:18

was in the heaven. Hebrew. galgal = rolled along. The. Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulg, read "Thy". lightened = illumined. 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

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