Psalms 77:1, The psalmist shews what fierce combat he had with diffidence; Psalms 77:10, The victory which he had by consideration of God’s great and gracious works.
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Psalms 77
Psalms 77 — Overview
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Psalms 77 — OverviewPsalms 77 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis psalm, according to the method of many other psalms, begins with
sorrowful complaints but ends with comfortable encouragements. The
complaints seem to be of personal grievances, but the encouragements…Psalms 77 — OverviewPsalms 77 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleTo the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph. Jeduthun was the name of the chief musician, to whom this psalm was inscribed and sent; see 1Ch 25:1, though Aben Ezra takes it to be the first word of some song, to…Psalms 77:1-10Psalms 77:1-10 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe have here the lively portraiture of a good man under prevailing
melancholy, fallen into and sinking in that horrible pit and that miry
clay, but struggling to get out. Drooping saints, that are of a…Psalms 77:1Psalms 77:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryI cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice. The repetition marks the intensity of the appeal, "with my voice"—that the appellant is not content with mere silent prayer. And he gave ear unto me; rather,…Psalms 77:1Psalms 77:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryComplaining to God.
"I will cry unto God with my voice, and may he give ear unto me!" No historical associations can be fixed for this psalm. It is the psalm of one deeply interested in the welfare of Israel, who takes…Psalms 77:1-15Psalms 77:1-15 · The Pulpit CommentaryRefuge in God's unchangeableness.
Occasion of the psalm uncertain. "The poet flees from the sorrowful present away into the memory of the years of olden times, and consoles himself especially with the deliverance out…
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