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Psalm 75
75:1 For the music director ; according to the al-tashcheth style ; a psalm of Asaph ; a song . We give thanks to you, O God ! We give thanks ! You reveal your presence ; people tell about your amazing deeds . 75:2 God says, “At the appointed times , I judge fairly . 75:3 When the earth and all its inhabitants dissolve in fear, I make its pillars secure .” (Selah ) 75:4 I say to the proud , “Do not be proud ,” and to the wicked , “Do not be so confident of victory !

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  • [Psa 75:1] Great God Of Nations, Now To Thee
  • [Psa 75:1] To Thee, O God, We Render Thanks

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Expository Notes on the Bible (Constable)

  • The texts of the individual psalms do not usually indicate who wrote them.1However some of the titles of the individual psalms do contain information about the writers.2This is the only really reliable information we have as ...
  • I. Book 1: chs. 1-41II. Book 2: chs. 42-72III. Book 3: chs. 73-89IV. Book 4: chs. 90-106V. Book 5: chs. 107-150...
  • This psalm pictures God seated in His heavenly throne room. He has two indictments against His people Israel. The wicked among them were hypocritical in their worship, a violation of the first part of the Decalogue, and in th...
  • A man or men named Asaph wrote 17 of the psalms in this book (Pss. 73-83). Other writers were the sons of Korah (Pss. 84-85, 87), David (Ps. 86), Heman (Ps. 88), and Ethan (Ps. 89). Asaph, Heman, and Ethan were musicians from...
  • Asaph gave thanks to God for Israel because God was near His people and had performed wondrous works (v. 1).He then put words in God's mouth appropriate in view of earlier revelation. God judges when He decides the time is ri...
  • 75:4-6 These verses call the wicked to repent. They should stop boasting and acting proudly as an animal does that defiantly wields its horn against a foe. The wicked refuse to bow before God as an ox tossing its neck refuses...
  • 89:38-45 Next Ethan recounted what God had permitted to overtake David. He was now weak and defeated rather than being strong and successful. God had apparently cut David off and gone back on His promises. The fall of Jerusal...
  • Allen, Ronald B. "Evidence from Psalm 89."In A Case for Premillennialism: A New Consensus, pp. 55-77. Edited by Donald K. Campbell and Jeffrey L. Townsend. Chicago: Moody Press, 1992._____. Lord of Song. Portland: Multnomah P...
  • 5:6 As with our dreams, John's vision contained some unusual features. John saw the Messiah as a Lamb.229The Lamb is a symbol of Jesus Christ at His first advent, meek and submissive to a sacrificial death as our substitute (...
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