Psalm 76:6-7 KJV,NLT

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 76:1-6

The church is here triumphant even in the midst of its militant state. The psalmist, in the church's name, triumphs here in God, the centre of all our triumphs. I. In the revelation God had made of himself to them, Ps. 76:1. It is the honour and privilege of Judah and Israel that among them God is known, and where he is known his name will be great. God is known as he is pleased to make himself known; and those are happy to whom he discovers himself?happy people that have their land filled... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 76:7-12

This glorious victory with which God had graced and blessed his church is here made to speak three things:? I. Terror to God's enemies (Ps. 76:7-9): ?Thou, even thou, art to be feared; thy majesty is to be reverenced, thy sovereignty to be submitted to, and thy justice to be dreaded by those that have offended thee.? Let all the world learn by this event to stand in awe of the great God. 1. Let all be afraid of his wrath against the daring impiety of sinners: Who may stand in thy sight from... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 76:6

At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob ,.... The God of Jacob personally, and of his posterity, the children of Israel, and of the church, often so called who rebukes his people in love, but his enemies with furious rebukes, with rebukes in flames of fire; with such he rebukes the Heathen, destroys the wicked, and puts out their name for ever: both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep ; that is, the riders in chariots and on horses; such there were doubtless in the Assyrian army, it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 76:7

Thou, even thou, art to be feared ,.... By his own people with reverence and godly fear, because of his greatness and goodness; and to be dreaded by his enemies; which seems to be the sense here, as appears by what follows: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry ? or "from the moment thou art angry" F2 מאז אפך "ex quo irasceris", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "a momento, vel tempore irae tuae", Michaelis. ; so the Targum, from the "time", and Jarchi, from... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 76:6

At thy rebuke - It was not by any human means that this immense army was overthrown; it was by the power of God alone. Not only infantry was destroyed, but the cavalry also. The chariot and horse - That is, the chariot horses, as well as the men, were Cast into a dead sleep - Were all suffocated in the same night. On the destruction of this mighty host, the reader is requested to refer to the notes on 2 Kings 19. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 76:7

Thou, even thou, art to be feared - The Hebrew is simple, but very emphatic: אתה נורא אתה attah nora attah , "Thou art terrible; thou art." The repetition of the pronoun deepens the sense. When once thou art angry? - Literally, From the time thou art angry. In the moment thy wrath is kindled, in that moment judgment is executed. How awful is this consideration! If one hundred and eighty-five thousand men were in one moment destroyed by the wrath of God, canst thou, thou poor,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 76:7

Verse 7 7.Thou, even thou, art terrible. The repetition of the pronoun Thou, is intended to exclude all others from what is here predicated of God, as if it had been said, Whatever power there is in the world, it at once vanishes away, and is reduced to nothing, when He comes forth and manifests himself; and, therefore, He alone is terrible. This is confirmed by the comparison added immediately after, which intimates that, although the wicked are so filled with pride as to be ready to burst... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 76:1-12

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 76:1-12

The triumphs of God. There can be little doubt that this psalm is one of several others whose main theme is God's deliverance of his people from Sennacherib, King of Assyria. Then, in Judah, God was known, and his Name was great in Israel. But we may fitly use the psalm as telling of those great and blessed spiritual deliverances which the soul of God's servants have often known and rejoiced in—these triumphs of God over a deadlier foe than ever any Assyrian king could be to Israel.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 76:1-12

A psalm of triumph. This is one of several psalms supposed to have been written in celebration of the sudden overthrow of Sennacherib's army in the neighbourhood of Jerusalem, and suggests the following truths— I. THAT THE CHURCH IS GOD 'S PECULIAR ABODE , WHERE THE MOST GLORIOUS REVELATIONS OF HIS POWER AND GRACE ARE SEEN . ( Psalms 76:3 .) The gospel is most emphatically the "power of God unto salvation." II. THAT GOD 'S GREATEST ... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 76:1-6

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 76:7-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 76:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 76:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 76:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 76:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 76:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 76:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 76:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 76:1-12

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