Chapter 75
Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.
A. M. 3294. B.C. 710. (Title.) Al-tas-chith. or, Destroy not
A Psalm
Some consider this Psalm to have been written by David on his accession to the throne over all Israel; others refer it to the time of the captivity, considering it as a continuation of the subject in the preceding; but Bp. Patrick and others are of opinion that it was composed by Asaph to commemorate the overthrow of Sennacherib's army, 2 Ki 19:1.
of Asaph
or, for Asaph.
for that
76:1 138:2 Exodus 23:21 34:6,7 Jeremiah 10:6
wondrous
When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.
When
78:70-72 101:2 2 Samuel 2:4 5:3 8:15 23:3,4
receive the congregation
or, take a set time.
Ecclesiastes 3:17 John 7:6 Acts 1:7 17:31
The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
earth
60:1-3 78:60-72 1 Samuel 31:1-7 Isaiah 24:1-12
I bear
1 Samuel 18:7 25:28 2 Samuel 5:2 Isaiah 49:8 Hebrews 1:3
pillars
I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
I said
82:2-8 94:8 Proverbs 1:22 8:5 9:6
Lift
89:17 148:14 Daniel 7:20,21 Zechariah 1:21
Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
speak
Exodus 32:9 Deuteronomy 31:27 2 Chronicles 30:8 Isaiah 48:4 Ezekiel 2:4 Acts 7:51
For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
south
Heb. desert.
But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
God
he putteth
113:7,8 1 Samuel 2:7,8 15:23,28 16:1 2 Samuel 3:17,18 5:2 6:21 Jeremiah 27:4-8 Daniel 2:22,37 5:18 Luke 1:52 John 15:16 Romans 11:15 Galatians 1:15
For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
For in
11:6 60:3 Job 21:20 Isaiah 51:17,22 Jeremiah 25:15,17,27,28 Revelation 14:9,10 16:19
it is full
Alluding to the medicated wine or potion of stupifying drugs given to criminals to drink previous to their execution.
but the dregs
But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
But
All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
All the horns
101:8 Jeremiah 48:25 Zechariah 1:20,21