b. To Jeduthun. Psalms 77:1 Context. The Pulpit Commentary, Electronic Database. ), so here there was what there should not have been - the refusing to be comforted. Psalm 73:17.) "Through much tribulation we must enter the kingdom.". Those that are under trouble of mind, must not think to drink it away, or laugh it away, but pray it away.” (Henry, cited in Spurgeon). This point is specially Eastern. This, in part, may have affected the psalmist. 2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. The good man is by them drawn nearer to God. He would sleep, but could not. I cried out to God for help;I cried out to God to hear me. - R.T. “If no good was in the present, memory ransacked the past to find consolation. If you do not want that we track your visit to our site you can disable tracking in your browser here: We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. 1 I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me. Let me outline a few steps that give us a pattern we can follow to regain emotional equilibrium when life gets you down. His woes are too big for utterance.” (Clarke). e. You led Your people like a flock: As a final description of God’s mighty work at the Red Sea, Asaph noted that God led His people on the path through the sea, as well as by His servants Moses and Aaron. 1 God’s chosen people were dragged away to Babylon as slaves. The Book of Psalms Commentary by A. R. FAUSSET PSALM 77 Psa 77:1-20. (Spurgeon, C. H. Lectures to my Students: Commenting and Commentaries)Rosscup adds: This is one of the more thorough older exegetical works on the … God's faithfulness. No matter what may seem to be the present, it is the sphere of the same Divine love and care. All the burden of watching depends on the shepherd. The first part tells of sorrow overwhelming the soul. THOUGHT CANNOT ANTICIPATE THEM. Please see our Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. I will remember the works of the LORD; The figure is of the hand stretched out in prayer till it was unnerved by weariness, and yet refused to rest. I cannot speak: “This shows an increase of sorrow and anguish. 77:10-15 comprise a strophe (cf. So read incidents of history, and you will be perplexed; read the history, and all becomes clear. Commentary, Psalm 77:1-2, 11-20 | Jonathan Sprang | Arts Pastor, Catalyst Community Church | A Plain Account, 2016 "Lament Psalms give us a great place to offer our people the words to say when going through tough times." 77:9, which may imply that Ps. (3) Who has declared his strength among the people, Psalms 77:14. It may have been a terribly hard, difficult, rough way; the man's lot in life may be heavily burdened with care, but "in the sanctuary," as he waits upon God and pours out his soul before the Lord, lo, these very trials and cares become transfigured and changed in fashion, so that they become as wings on which his soul mounts up nearer to God than ever he had attained to before, and he comes to confess, "It was good for me that I was afflicted.". They are always full of God and of his grace. Even when He was incarnate, the winds and waves would obey Him and the sea provide a path for Him.” (Kidner), ii. A psalm. In this passage, we see that the … 2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. This came through his remembrance of, and meditation on: 1. (1) He then addresses his speech to God; who he understands is to be sought in his sanctuary, Psalms 77:13. II. Who is so great a God as our God? He receives more light, sees and feels his deep wretchedness, and then his words are swallowed by excessive distress. Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. Think what we may of God's dealings, we must keep in our souls due reverence for God himself. There we get light sufficient, and, better still, the acquiescent, submissive mind, that learns to rest in the Lord and wait patiently lee him (cf. Some of the changes in the circumstances of God's people are made by his providence. The complaints seem to be of personal grievances, but the encouragements relate to the public concerns of the church, so that it is not certain whether it was penned upon a personal or a public account. 2 b In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; in c the night my d hand is stretched out without wearying; my soul e refuses to be comforted. iii. I cry aloud to God, aloud to God, that he may hear me. He drove his foes before him, but went before his people.” (Spurgeon), iii. The depth and complexity of this struggle is worthy of meditation – thus, Selah is here inserted. things our ancestors have recounted to us. Hannah, 1 Samuel 1:13; Luke 18:10). In a similar way, show how man's thought is limited by man's limited knowledge. 4 You hold my eyelids open; I am so g troubled that I cannot speak. Therefore, Spurgeon would write of this psalm: “Alas, my God, the writer of this exposition well knows what thy servant Asaph meant, for his soul is familiar with the way of grief. V. IS TRANSFIGURED THERE. GOD IS "GLORIOUS IN HOLINESS;" that is, in character. “There may be a further hint of this tenacity by an echo of Jacob’s refusal to be comforted over Joseph (Genesis 37:35).” (Kidner), d. I remembered God, and was troubled: The psalmist earnestly and sincerely cried out to God and knew that God heard him – yet was troubled, and felt his spirit was overwhelmed. Submitted by admin on Sun, 2007-09-16 10:51. 6. Illustrate from Eastern flocks: day dangers - such as crossing rivers, broken limbs, sudden floods down the wadies, etc. Psalm 78 – Learning from God’s Faithfulness to His Rebellious People. The soul that would enter in and know the blessedness of the sanctuary of God, must come along that path; the path of lowly penitence and trust and heart surrender, so that on him may come the blessed fire of the Holy Spirit, bringing him into the presence of God. Many a beloved saint has felt the agony of these questions; we could wish that each of them would ask these questions as boldly and honestly as Asaph did. . This is my anguish: We appreciate the honest anguish of Asaph in this psalm. His promises cannot fail; his mercy, which is from everlasting, cannot be blotted out from his nature. I TRODUCTIO SPURGEO , "TITLE. Then do we know the way of the sanctuary? The psalmist "refused to be comforted." We may project our shadows over him, and then find we can only see the shadows. Within the Shepherd's will the sheep have their own will - freedom, in many ways, to follow their own inclination. Psalm 76 – The Greatness of God and Man’s Proper Response. 2: "My hand in the night hath been stretched out [the hand of entreaty and prayer] and ceased not"). Psalms 77:2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. A Psalm of z Asaph. Psalm 77 is one of those remarkable psalms that begins in a place of felt alienation from God and moves to a place of triumphant praise. Selah. The Holy City of Jerusalem had been conquered. A Psalm of Asaph. IF GOD HAS FORSAKEN HIM, IT IS SOMETHING INCONSISTENT WITH HIS NATURE AND COVENANT. When I was in distress, I There was great trouble. III. Psalms 77:10 here is the turning point in the psalm. 3 When I remember God, I f moan; when I meditate, my spirit faints. If he cannot see these in his own small sphere, he can see them in the large spheres of the history of God's Church. In his painful meditations in the night. 77:7-8 Psalm 77:7 and 8 have four words or phrases that describe the psalmist's feeling that YHWH has permanently abandoned Israel. STROPHE DIVISIONS OF MODERN TRANSLATIONS. Sin clouds the mind with doubts. So the dangers of God's people come from. Life forevery one of us is like the story of the children of Israel, full of Divine surprises, and we are never "straitened in God." 3 I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Home » Bible Commentaries » Psalms. 2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. The want of experience to prove its soundness. When I was in distress, I sought the Lord; at night I stretched out untiring hands, and I would not be comforted. Bible commentary on the Book of Psalms, chapter 77, by Dr. Bob Utley, retired professor of hermeneutics. c. I call to remembrance my song in the night: Asaph’s seeking after God remembered better times (song in the night), and it was deep (I meditate within my heart) and diligent. Selah. Click to enable/disable Google reCaptcha. The day has not rushed in yet with all of its duties. And so the striking figure is given us of God, "He shall feed his flock like a Shepherd; he shall gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that give suck." This latter is the higher work. 3. THE PLEASANTNESS OR PAINFULNESS OF OUR MEMORIES DEPENDS ON OUR OWN CONDITIONS OF MIND AND FEELING. We could find in it single perplexing things; e.g. No awe can attach to the gods of man's creation. And spiritually, we see this here. The water imagery could refer to Genesis 1 (i.e., creation) or Exodus 14-15 (i.e., the exodus). Psalm 77 is a intensely helpful passage when you're in the pit. Biblical Commentary and Contemporary Topics. Scriptures: Psalm 77. 4. come to an end without hope . III. They strengthen the argument for the future life. ON FURTHER CONSIDERATION, WE MAY SAY, COMPLAINING IS RIGHT. We call those who put this tone on their reading of life pessimists - men who can always see the "dark sides," and make "dark sides" when there are none to see. And that is the proper and hopeful occupation. For Jeduthun. (1-10) He encourages himself by the remembrance of God's help of his people. I have considered the days of old, 3 I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Many believers won’t risk this kind of honesty. Psalms 77:1 I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me. 1) and prolonged all the night through (ver. The proper object of the pro foundest awe, even to those who approach him with praise and thanksgiving. i. NEITHER AFFLICTIONS, NOR DOUBTS, NOR CONSCIOUS SIN DO MAKE GOD'S MERCIES FAIL. Psalms 77. The Book of Psalms Commentary by A. R. FAUSSET PSALM 77 Psa 77:1-20.To Jeduthun--(See on JF & B for Ps 39:1, title).In a time of great affliction, when ready to despair, the Psalmist derives relief from calling to mind God's former and wonderful works of delivering power and grace. 1-3. “The message of this psalm is that to brood on sorrow is to be broken and disheartened, while to see God is to sing on the darkest day. This psalm is titled A Contemplation of Asaph.The author Asaph was the great singer and musician of David and Solomon’s era (1 Chronicles 15:17-19, 16:5-7; 2 Chronicles 29:13). The good man is by them drawn nearer to God, and hides the more closely within the blessed shelter of God's never-failing love. I will also meditate on all Your work, And talk of Your deeds. It seems more favorable to take this literally. In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord; Your footsteps were not known: “God is described as wading through mighty oceans as a man might ford some tiny stream. - R.T. The Psalms: 77: Comfort from Recalling God's Mighty Deeds: To the chief Musician, to Jedu'thun, A Psalm of Asaph. 2. Deep glens and lonely caves of soul depressions, my spirit knows full well your awful glooms!” (Spurgeon), iv. Psalms 77 This psalm, according to the method of many other psalms, begins with sorrowful complaints but ends with comfortable encouragements. WHEN HE CAN NO LONGER PRAY, HE FALLS BACK IN THOUGHT UPON THE MEMORIES OF THE PAST. IS UNDERSTOOD THERE. But what desert can man or nation have before God, that can form ground of reproach? The skies sent out a sound; These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our website and application for you in order to enhance your experience. It begins with remembering God’s great works, His wonders of old. What power there is in life's sorrows to bind together hearts that otherwise would have remained apart! And I said, “This is my anguish; But I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High.” I will remember the works of the LORD; Surely I will remember Your wonders of old. Only dark, depressing, anxious sides of things are likely to come to view in night seasons. Psalm 77:10 "And I said, This [is] my infirmity: [but I will remember] the years of the right hand of the most High." These represent our common everyday needs, which truly come by the Shepherd's providing, arranging, and controlling. Openness before God means that we speak freely to him just what is in our thought and heart, Relief comes to us only when, in such ways, we can make full and free expression of our confidence, and tell God what we do think and feel, even though we know it is wrong to think and feel it. It is the unique response of man to adequate impressions of the Divine holiness. Selah. GOD AS SHEPHERD FOR THE DANGERS OF HIS PEOPLE. And whoever makes much of his "deserts" must be reminded of his "ill deserts." 8. NASB (UPDATED) TEXT: 77:1-6 1 My voice rises to God, and I will … 3 When I remember God, I f moan; when I meditate, my spirit faints. It is often a new view of our circumstances to read them in this light. II. "He abideth faithful.". The faithfulness of our Shepherd only meets with fitting response in our submission and obedience. 5), and to the bright joyous periods which were like a "song," and their sweet memories came back and talked to him, and set his spirit in "diligent search," so that he was compelled to come to the conclusion that all his dark and dreadful thoughts about the Lord's casting off forever, and being favourable no more (see vers. Complaining of God must be wrong; because it shows. It is the letting in of doubt and unbelief that works such harm. Psalm 73 • My Only Desire on Earth Psalm 78 • The Legacy of Signs. Psalms 77 Commentary, One of over 110 Bible commentaries freely available, this commentary is from the most widely read and often quoted preacher in history, Charles Haddon Spurgeon The psalmist's troubles and temptation. Suppose we took all things easily; never troubled over them; never brooded; - how easily the "material" would gain the mastery! Thy way is in the sea, &c. — Or rather, was, at that time; thou didst walk and lead thy people in untrodden paths; and thy footsteps — Or, though thy footsteps were not seen — God walked before his people through the sea, though he left no footsteps of himself behind him. GOD IS "FEARFUL IN PRAISES." In the day of trouble I sought the LORD. The sons of Jacob and Joseph: “The coupling of Jacob and Joseph as ancestors of the people redeemed from the Egyptians may be due to the insistence of both of them that the Promised Land, not Egypt, must be their final rest (Genesis 47:29ff; 50:24f).” (Kidner). o harp should be silent in the courts of the Lord's house. "Both through nature, and on occasions overruling nature, accomplishing the most astonishing results," which are seen to be most astonishing when viewed in the moral issues which they accomplish. It is doubt, suspicion, fear, that really crushes our spirits, and forces tears. … A Psalm of Asaph. This psalm, according to the method of many other psalms, begins with sorrowful complaints but ends with comfortable encouragements. Of life generally. b. This psalm, according to the method of many other psalms, begins with sorrowful complaints but ends with comfortable encouragements. He began by poetically describing the waters of the Red Sea as afraid of Yahweh, and ready to flee at His presence. He cried out unto God, and he knew that God heard him (He gave ear to me). “Sorrow, like a beast of prey, devours at night; and every sad heart knows how eyelids, however wearied, refuse to close upon as wearied eyes, which gaze wide opened into the blackness and see dreadful things there. 74:13-17. One may say to the person in despair, “Go to a movie and have some fun,” or some other advice that treats his despair lightly. He had debilitating headaches, and with these physical ills came frightful bouts of depression, leading almost to despair.” (Boice), iii. You are the God of wonders. 2. Suffering is the way to life. Men never do things that somebody has not done before them. Friends spoke of God’s goodness in the present and brighter future, but the soul refused any comfort. The monastic orders are quite familiar with the psalmist’s seeking, questioning mode. © Copyright - Enduring Word       |      . Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. It is always a comfort when you can see the footprints of another man in the mire and the slough, for if that man passed through unharmed, so may you, for his God shall also be your Helper.” (Spurgeon). In the slightly different numbering system of the Greek Septuagint version of the bible, and in its Latin translation in the Vulgate, this psalm is Psalm 76 Content. No! 3. To Jeduthun--(See on JF & B for Ps 39:1, title). WORD AND PHRASE STUDY. For Jeduthun. WISE PEOPLE, WHEN THEY LIE AWAKE SET THEIR THOUGHTS ON GOD. The suddenness of it, without striking a blow. Ver. With weary eyes and a troubled heart, he sincerely sought God. But God is under no limitation to the circle of human experiences. “The loving-kindness of God towards Israel did not stop at the Red Sea, but he conducted his chosen flock, by the guidance of faithful pastors, through all the perils of the wilderness, to the land of promise.” (Horne), iv. There are several coincidences between Psalms 77:16-19 of the psalm and Habakkuk 3:10-15: namely, the expression "writhed in pain," applied in Habakkuk to the mountains; the word rendered "overflowing" (A.V.) ON THE FACE OF IT, COMPLAINING MUST BE WRONG. The tone of the Psalm surely changes at 77:11-20. This is the kind of struggle with God known by those somewhat further along in their relationship with God. Commentary on Psalm 77:1-10 (Read Psalm 77:1-10) Days of trouble must be days of prayer; when God seems to have withdrawn from us, we must seek him till we find him. And that is a very hopeless occupation. 77:9, which may imply that Ps. Of Asaph. Home » Bible Commentaries » Psalms. No man has compassed the entire circle of Divine possibilities. Psalms 77:3 I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. R. Tuck. They typically rise while it is still dark, for in the stillness before dawn; the soul is quiet, unhurried. A man wants light in which to see his sins truly. God's power and purpose. - R.T. o harp should be silent in the courts of the Lord's house. i. Then in ver. When our circumstances start doubts, then we get humbled and broken. In the slightly different numbering system of the Greek Septuagint version of the bible, and in its Latin translation in the Vulgate, this psalm is Psalm 76 Content. Those who ascend high mountains to witness the glory of the dawn are told of its advent by the paling of the darkness. Conceive that the struggle for character only concerned circumstances and relations, and then what an unimportant struggle it would seem to be! 2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. Your arrows: “Either hail-stones, or rather lightnings or thunder-bolts, which are called God’s arrows, Psalms 18:14, 144:6.” (Poole). 2. I. Those who have not fulfilled their sick bed promises. We have got away into the far country, poor sinful ones that we are, and God's way with us is all to lead us to turn and say, "I will arise and go to my Father, and will say," etc. What happened before will explain what is happening now. Some people always wear "smoked spectacles," and so nothing is bright to their view. The following cookies are also needed - You can choose if you want to allow them: You can read about our cookies and privacy settings in detail on our Privacy Policy Page. A MAN - A GOOD MAN - DISPOSED TO TAKE DESPONDENT VIEWS. Ask, "Is his mercy clean gone forever?" They serve as revelations of character to the self-deceived, and show such how far other than they have thought they really are. Home / Audio Commentary: Psalms / Psalm 77 Commentary Audio Commentary: Psalm 77 Psalm 77. According to bodily states, anxious circumstances, or mental and spiritual conditions, we read our past. Home; War With North Korea; 1 Corinthians; Advent 2018; Amos; Daily Meditation ; Galatians; Israel and Palestine Tour; James; Jeremiah; Job; Jonah; Lectionary Year A; Lectionary Year C; Mark; Philemon; Proverbs; Psalms; Sermon on the Mount; Topics; Uncategorized; Psalm 77. II. GOD AS SHEPHERD FOR THE CHANGES OF HIS PEOPLE. JOSEPH A ALEXANDER Psalms Commentary (1864) Spurgeon had high praise for Alexander's work writing that it "Occupies a first place among expositions. i. I. Click to enable/disable Google Analytics tracking. And my spirit makes diligent search. We often do when, would we only say, "I will trust," then we should find that we should "not be afraid." They keep too much in the self-sphere, looking within rather than "off unto Jesus." At this point, as if lost in an ecstasy, he hurriedly closes the Psalm with an abruptness, the effect of which is quite startling. Apply to the provisions made for Israel when journeying through the wilderness - manna, water, meat. I. Psalm 77:2. The character, mind, and heart of God are revealed there. c. You have with Your arm redeemed Your people: Many times through their history, Israel saw God’s faithful strength rescue them from all kinds of trouble. The term, "song in the night," suggests special memories of ways in which our hearts were kept trustful and cheerful, even in times of darkest trouble and most painful distress. ii. Selah. Psalm 77 Psa 77:1 SUPERSCRIPTION: "OF ASAPH. It is impossible to comfort those who refuse to be comforted.” (Spurgeon), iii. The clouds poured out water; Unless there is such a reference in Psalms 77:16-19, the connection with the preceding and with Psalms 77:20 is no doubt loose. With the waves and billows going over us, we yet could sing in our souls, "Yet the Lord will command his loving kindness...in the night his song shall be with me. Showers of rain also came down from the sky, and dreadful thunders and lightning, with flashes of fire. When you review the great names and personalities of the Scriptures, you become aware very quickly that almost all of them knew, at one time or another, great discouragement and deep depression. We may study it in order to find out what God is in himself. 1-3, Introductory-shewing, by quotation of Language and Statement of Fact, that the Psalmist has been Inconsolable. Again it was a Passover, and nighttime, and it seemed -- as with Hezekiah, and as with Israel at the Red Sea (Exo 14:10-12) -- that God's purpose with His people and His King had come to naught. Psalm 77:12 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Psalm 77:12, NIV: "I will consider all your works and meditate on all your mighty deeds.'" We fully respect if you want to refuse cookies but to avoid asking you again and again kindly allow us to store a cookie for that. Psalms 77:3 I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. They strengthen the argument for the future life. A man complains when he imagines himself to be neglected or ill used. His own frailty. The Chief Musician is thought by some to be the LORD God Himself, and others suppose him to be a leader of choirs or musicians in David’s time, such as Heman the singer or Asaph (1 Chronicles 6:33, 16:5-7, and 25:6). Man's free will must be kept well within God's will. I. And, usually, it is imagination that is active, fashioning woes in the near future, and presenting all the issues that are unfolding as disastrous. 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