Introduction
The true God known in Judah, Israel, Salem, and Zion, Psalm 76:1 , Psalm 76:2 . A description of his defeat of the enemies of his people, Psalm 76:3-6 . How God us to be worshipped, Psalm 76:7-9 . He should be considered as the chief Ruler: all the potentates of the earth are subject to him, Psalm 76:10-12 .
The title, "To the chief Musician on Neginoth, a Psalm or Song of Asaph." Sae the titles to Psalm 4:1-8 ; : and 6: The Vulgate, Septuagint, and others have, "A Psalm for the Assyrians;" and it is supposed to be a thanksgiving for the defeat of the Assyrians. The Syriac says it is a thanksgiving for the taking of Rabbah, belonging to the children of Ammon. It is considered by some of the best commentators to have been composed after the defeat of Sennacherib. That it was composed after the death of David, and after the two kingdoms of Israel and Judah were separated, is evident from the first verse. If Asaph was its author, it could not be the Asaph that flourished in the days of David but some other gifted and Divinely inspired man of the same name, by whom several others of the Psalms appear to have been composed during the captivity.
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