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Psalms Capítulo 76
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Ps 76:1-12.
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2. Salem--
(Ge 14:18)
is Jerusalem.
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3. brake . . . the arrows--literally, "thunderbolts"
(Ps 78:48),
from their rapid flight or ignition (compare
Ps 18:14; Eph 6:16).
the battle--for arms
(Ho 2:18).
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4. Thou--God.
mountains of prey--great victorious nations, as Assyria
(Isa 41:15; Eze 38:11, 12; Zec 4:7).
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5. slept their sleep--died
(Ps 13:3).
none . . . found . . . hands--are powerless.
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6. chariot and horse--for those fighting on them (compare
Ps 68:17).
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7. may . . . sight--contend with Thee
(De 9:4; Jos 7:12).
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8, 9. God's judgment on the wicked is His people's deliverance
(Ps 9:12; 10:7).
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10. Man's wrath praises God by its futility before His power.
restrain--or, "gird"; that is, Thyself, as with a sword, with which to destroy, or as an ornament to Thy praise.
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11, 12. Invite homage to such a God
(2Ch 32:23),
who can stop the breath of kings and princes when He wills
(Da 5:23).
Ps 76:1-12.
On Neginoth--(See on
Ps 4:1,
title). This Psalm commemorates what the preceding anticipates: God's deliverance of His people by a signal interposition of power against their enemies. The occasion was probably the events narrated in
2Ki 19:35; Isa 37:1-28.
(Compare
Ps 46:1-11).
1, 2. These well-known terms denote God's people and Church and His intimate and glorious relations to them.