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Psalms 74:17

Psalms 74:17

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Psalms 74 — OverviewPsalms 74 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis psalm does so particularly describe the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple, by Nebuchadnezzar and the army of the Chaldeans, and can so ill be applied to any other event we meet with in the Jewish…Psalms 74 — OverviewPsalms 74 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgePsalms 74:1, The prophet complains of the desolation of the sanctuary; Psalms 74:10, He moves God to help in consideration of his power; Psalms 74:18, of his reproachful enemies, of his children, and of his covenant.…Psalms 74 — OverviewPsalms 74 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleMaschil of Asaph. Some think that Asaph, the penman of this psalm, was not the same that lived in the times of David, but some other of the same name, a descendant of his , that lived after the Babylonish captivity,…Psalms 74:1-23Psalms 74:1-23 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION "THE misery of the Jews is here at its deepest". The psalmist describes Jerusalem as fallen into "perpetual ruins" (Psalms 74:3). The temple is violated (Psalms 74:3); its carved work is ruthlessly cut down…Psalms 74:12-17Psalms 74:12-17 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe lamenting church fastens upon something here which she calls to mind, and therefore hath she hope (as Lam. iii. 21), with which she encourages herself and silences her own complaints. Two things quiet the…Psalms 74:12-17Psalms 74:12-17 · The Pulpit CommentaryComfort springs from the thought of God's previous deliverances of his people, and of his other great mercies. The deliverance from Egypt has the foremost place (Psalms 74:13,Psalms 74:14), as the most striking. Then…