Psalm 74:9

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Psalms 74:1-23

This is a great complaint, but it is a complaint of faith. Hardly a gleam of light is found throughout. The singer sits in the midst of national desolation and pours out his soul to God in passionate appeal for His help, and protest against His silence and inactivity. This is not the son of an atheist, but the wail of a believer. He has a past experience of God's power and a present conviction thereof. The signs of that power are in day and night, in summer and winter. The one place from which... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 74:1-23

LXXIV. The date may be fixed with certainty and that within narrow limits. The Jews are suffering extreme distress, but apparently by no fault of their own, for there is no confession of sin. The persecution is a religious one, since we are told repeatedly ( Psalms 74:10; Psalms 74:18; Psalms 74:22) that their foes blaspheme God. Synagogues, unknown in pre-exilic times, exist throughout the land. Calamities, to some extent similar, existed in 586 B.C. when the Babylonians took Jerusalem and... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 74:9

Our signs, i.e. those tokens of God’s gracious presence which we and our ancestors formerly used to enjoy; either, 1. Miracles wrought for us, which are called signs, Psalms 78:43; Psalms 135:9. Or, 2. The ordinances of God, the temple, and ark, and sacrifices, and solemn feasts, all which were signs between God and his people. Any prophet: either, 1. Any teacher. We have few or no teachers left to us. Or, 2. Any extraordinary prophet, who can foretell things to come, as the next words explain... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 74:1-23

INTRODUCTIONSuperscription.—“A Maschil of Asaph,” i.e., an Instruction of Asaph, a Didactic Song by Asaph. See introduction to Psalms 1:0.“But here we cannot have the least idea of the authorship belonging to David’s time. We must not, however, on this account convict the title of a mistake: for just in proportion as the contents are decidedly and manifestly inconsistent with David’s age, was it unlikely that the title would announce that the Psalm was composed at that time. Asaph was the... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Psalms 74:1-23

Psalms 74:1-23 Psalms 74:1-23 is one of those psalms where the psalmist again is speaking of the desolation that is come, and the apparent quietness of God in the face of the desolation. God didn't do anything to stop it. God has allowed this desolation, and God's hand is not yet seen, as far as the delivering of the people.O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture? Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 74:1-23

Title. Maschil of Asaph; that is, instruction, as Psalms 32:0. The EDDA is the title of the Icelandic poem, which also signifies instruction. This mournful ode is also alleged to have been written in Babylon, and to bear the name of Asaph, because sung to his musical compositions, or sung by the sons of Asaph. See Psalms 79:0. But Lyranus thinks that Asaph foretold the destruction of the temple; and the use of the pronoun this, in Psalms 74:2: “Remember THIS mount Zion, wherein thou hast... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 74:1-23

Psalms 74:1-23O God, why hast Thou cast us off for ever?why doth Thine anger smoke against the sheep of Thy pasture? The wail and prayer of a true patriotI. The wail (Psalms 74:1-17).1. Some communities of men are far more favoured of Heaven than others. The Jews were (Psalms 74:1-2). In this diversity of endowment--(1) There is no just reason for complaining of God. As the Sovereign Author of all life, He has an undoubted right to determine as to whether He should give life to any or not; what... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 74:9

Psalms 74:9We see not our signs.Signs of lifeThis psalm is clearly not one written by David. Verses 6, 7 prove that; but it is one of the psalms of the Exile. The signs here meant, which the writer mourns that he did not see, were certain outward marks of God’s special favour. It is said that there were five signs in the first temple which the second had not--the ark of the covenant; the fire from heaven; the Shechinah; the Urim and Thummim; the spirit of prophecy, for that spirit ceased with... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 74:9

Psa 74:9 We see not our signs: [there is] no more any prophet: neither [is there] among us any that knoweth how long. Ver. 9. We see not our signs ] Those testimonies of God’s special favour, the public ordinances, together with the legal ceremonies, which was then Christ in figure, q.d. we are utterly benighted as to thee-ward. There is no more any prophet, &c. ] Hence some conclude that this psalm was written about the end of the Babylonish captivity, when there was Chathimath Chazon,... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 74:9

We see: Exodus 12:13, Exodus 13:9, Exodus 13:10, Judges 6:17, Ezekiel 20:12, Hebrews 2:4 no more: 1 Samuel 3:1, Amos 8:11, Micah 3:6 Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 28:6 - by prophets 2 Kings 3:11 - Is there not here Psalms 35:17 - how Psalms 79:5 - How long Psalms 86:17 - Show Psalms 94:3 - Lord Isaiah 3:2 - mighty Isaiah 30:20 - yet shall Lamentations 1:9 - for Lamentations 2:9 - her prophets Ezekiel 7:26 - but Daniel 8:13 - How Daniel 9:19 - defer Daniel 12:6 - How long Micah 2:6 - they shall not... read more

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