(g) For the end will show that the enemy was able to bring nothing to pass: also you will bridle their rage that they will not accomplish their purpose. Israel’s God—Judge of All the Earth. The remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. There was nothing in the heart or the purposes of man that was beyond his jurisdiction or control; man could do nothing in his wrathful plans that God could not dispose of in his own way, and for his own honor. Here, take that for your inhuman rage against my people at such a place, and that for your barbarous usage of them at such a time. You are radiant with light, more majestic than mountains rich with game. Possibly we should render, “and those who remain from their wrath shall celebrate a festival,” since the suggested emendation is the word used in that sense. This could mean that men’s anger (subjective genitive), when punished by God, will bring him praise, but this interpretation does not harmonize well with the next line. There are finally, other counsels also, as well as other wrath and pride, besides human, which God confounds. It is not an inspired aspect of the Hebrew text. The psalmist depicts God as a mighty warrior who destroys Israel’s enemies. It seems probable from the two foregoing verses, that mighty thunderings preceded the destruction of the Assyrians; When God arose to judgment, i.e. 76:11-12 As Ps. 2. Verse 10. The Majesty of God in Judgment - To the Chief Musician. In the Septuagint it is, The wrath of man shall keep holy day to thee, shall increase a festival for thee. Human defiance only enhances your glory, for you use it as a weapon. “Surely the wrath of man shall praise Thee; The residue of wrath Thou shalt gird Thyself with.”, But the LXX. Selah. God's purging work is advanced among his own children by the wrath of men: there is much of the dross of corruption cleaves to the Lord's people while in the wilderness. The control of God was over "this" as well as over that which was actually employed; he could overrule that which was employed. with the remainder of wrath shalt thou gird thyself; The remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain; the remainder of wrath thou shalt gird thyself with, the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. In Salem also is his tabernacle - Salem was the ancient name of Zebus, afterward called Jerusalem. The wrath of man shall praise thee. In the Book of Exodus,2 Pharaoh, whose name also begins with a p… 10 Surely your wrath against mankind brings you praise, and the survivors of your wrath are restrained. It administers occasion to him for the manifestation of the power of his grace in upholding the spirits of his people and the being of his church in despite of all that enemies can do against them. In other respects too, they form a pair: Psalm 75 prepares the way for the divine deed of judgments as imminent, which Psalm 76 celebrates as having taken place. 1. Psalm 76 Israel’s God—Judge of All the Earth. 76:7 could go with 76:8 and 9, so too, Ps. Venema supposes that the meaning is the whole wrath. "Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for wherein is he to be accounted of?" O, sirs, much chaff is cast up already, both among ministers and professors; but it is like the wind and sieve may cast up much more yet ere all be done. Let men and devils rage as they may, they cannot do otherwise than subserve the divine purposes. This could mean that men’s anger (subjective genitive), when punished by God, will bring him praise, but this interpretation does not harmonize well with the next line. Psalm 76 (like 46, 47, 48 and 75) is about what happened in this war. aut continebit in ira sua misericordias suas? He would suffer it to proceed no further than he chose, and would make it certain that there should be no exhibition of wrathful feelings on the part of man which would not, in some way, be made to promote his honor, and to advance his own great purposes. Human defiance only enhances your glory, for you use it as a weapon. twmh Chemoth, "wrath," in the plural number, seems to be put in opposition to chamoth, the single wrath of man in the former part of the verse; to shew there is more wrath which God is to restrain, than merely that of man. Furious winds often drive vessels the more swiftly into port. Malice is tethered and cannot break its bounds. Psalms 76:10 Context. See the notes at (Psalm 25:2; … Sennacherib was angry against God's people; but that vicious anger exhibited by his deployment of an arrogant and blasphemous army against Jerusalem surely `praised God' in its total destruction. 8 From heaven, you pronounced judgment, and the land feared and was quiet— 9 when you, God, rose up to judge, to save all the afflicted of the land. Discover Books of the Bible. His name is great in Israel. It is not an inspired aspect of the Hebrew text. Paragraphing does not have a textual marker. (d) "res duum irarum accinges", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus, Piscator, Gejerus. Psalm 76:10, ESV: "Surely the wrath of man shall praise you; the remnant of wrath you will put on like a belt." Cornelius Burges, in "Another Sermon preached to the Honourable House of Commons... November the fifth, 1641.". The remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain - The Hebrew gives rather a different sense: "Thou shalt gird thyself with the remainder of wrath." King James Version(KJV) Public Domain. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. Psalms 76:10. 8 Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still, 9 When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. 3. Let there be hellish plots, yet our God shall confound them. Physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the hands) praise. In a time of peace and external tranquillity the sheep of Christ scatter and divide among themselves; but God lets loose the dogs upon them, and then the flock runs together; or like pieces of metal cast into the fire, they run together in a lump. what is left behind of the wrath of men, when God has glorified himself thereby. 76:10:—"Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee." We have chosen this as an appropriate title of this whole psalm. Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee - It shall be the occasion of praise; or, honor shall accrue to thee from it, "as if" it were employed in thy praise, and "as if" it were voluntarily engaged in promoting thy glory. Psalm 76:10 Or Surely the wrath of mankind brings you praise, / and with the remainder of wrath you arm yourself iv. The stronger he is, and the more he threatens, and the weaker thy people, the more shall thy majesty and mercy appear in his destruction and their support. 1691. or praise thee; see Isaiah 12:1, they are deserving of the wrath of God, but are not appointed to it, and are delivered from it by Christ, who bore it for them as their representative; by which as the justice of God is glorified, it is matter of praise to them; when the law enters into their consciences, it works wrath there, which being removed by the application of pardoning grace, is an occasion of praise to God; and whereas, under afflictive dispensations, they apprehend and deprecate the wrath of God, when they are delivered from them their mouths are filled with songs of praise: or, as it regards wicked men, so it came forth upon the old world, and drowned it; upon Sodom and Gomorrah, and reduced them to ashes; upon Pharaoh and the Egyptians, in the plagues inflicted on them; all which turned to the praise and glory of God; of the last instance, see Romans 9:17, it came upon the wicked Jews to the uttermost in the destruction of their nation, city, and temple; and upon Rome Pagan, in the entire demolition of it as such; and so it will come upon Rome Papal, which will be attended with great joy, praise, and thanksgiving in the saints; see Revelation 11:17 or else this is to be understood of the wrath which is in man, and comes forth from him, and has him for its subject; which though it does not work the righteousness of God, yet the righteousness of God is glorified both in checking and punishing it; and the more it rages and burns against the people of God, the greater reason have they to praise the Lord when delivered from it; see Psalm 124:1, so the wrath of the Assyrian monarch, and of railing and blaspheming Rabshakeh, gave the people of the Jews a greater occasion to praise the Lord for their wonderful deliverance; so the wrath of men against Christ, his church and people, his ministers, Gospel, and ordinances, will all turn to the glory of his name, when in the issue it will be seen that these are established, overcoming all the rage and malice of men: the remainder of wrath shall thou restrain: that which remains in a man's breast, he has not yet vented, God can and does keep in, that it may not break forth; this very likely was verified in Sennacherib, who might breathe revenge, and threaten the Jews with a second visit; but was prevented by a sudden and violent death. It is the glory and happiness of a people to have God among them by his ordinances. Richard Pearson. Surly the wrath of man shall praise thee. The remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. There he broke the flashing arrows, the shields and the swords, the weapons of war. Man with his breath of threatening is but blowing the trumpet of the Lord's eternal fame. A psalm of Asaph. The Septuagint renders this, "and the remainder of wrath shall make a feast to thee," ἐορτάσει σοί heortasei soi - that is, it shall praise or honor thee as in a festival. 2 His tent is in Salem. Psalm 76:10 NLT - Human defiance only enhances your - Bible Gateway. Psalms 76:9 When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) Who can stand before you when you are angry? God many times gets up in the world on Satan's shoulders. Thus he made use of the treasonable purpose of Judas, and the mad passions and the angry feelings of the Jews, in bringing about the work of redemption by the death of his Son; thus be made use of the purposes of Sennacherib in order to punish his own people (see the notes at Isaiah 10:5-7); thus he employed Cyrus to "execute his counsel" Isaiah 46:10; and thus he made use of the wrath evinced in persecuting the church to secure its permanent establishment in the world. Human defiance only enhances your glory, for you use it as a weapon. The latter part of this verse is translated loosely, otherwise the meaning would be obscured. The verse clearly teaches that even the most rampant evil is under the control of the Lord, and will in the end be overruled for his praise. He could restrain people from at all using this that was kept in reserve. There He broke the arrows of the bow, The shield and sword of battle. It is, that since there is such wrath, or since there are such wicked purposes, God makes use of that wrath, or of those wicked purposes, as he does of the powers of nature - of pestilence, disease, and storms, as instruments to accomplish his own designs, or to bring about great results. It tells us that God did not let the enemy destroy Jerusalem. Similar expressions (God of Jacob, Psalms 75:10 77:7; saints, wicked of the earth, Psalms 75:9 76:10), and the same impress throughout speak in favour of unity of authorship. God is known in Judah; His name is great in Israel. Whole Psalm. God shall restrain it. {76:10} Aut obliviscetur misereri Deus? There is a wisdom that descendeth not from above (no, nor grows on earth) but is devilish, James 3:15 . ‘Salem’ means ‘peace’ (or no fighting); Zion is the name of the hill where the Israelites built their temple. Psalm 76:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 9. So the Vulgate. The remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. Never have the Lord's people had such awful impressions of the sovereignty of God, as when they have been in the furnace of man's wrath, then they become dumb with silence. A Psalm of Asaph. See the power of God's rebukes. Verse 10. God turns the wrath of man to the praise of his adorable sovereignty. A. God’s might shown in Zion. The devil blows the fire and melts the iron, and then the Lord fashions it for his own purposes. It tells us that God did not let the enemy destroy Jerusalem. Wherein the enemies of the church deal proudly, it will appear that God is above them. Thus the enemies themselves are often constrained to acknowledge with Adoni Bezek the righteous hand of God upon them in the day of inquisition. 1), a Psalm by Asaph, a song. The remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. Psalms 76:10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. {76:9} Or, will he cut off his mercy in the end, from generation to generation? God's enlarging work, or his work of spreading the gospel, is sometimes advanced by the wrath of man. Human defiance only enhances your glory, for you use it as a weapon. The translation assumes that God’s anger is in view here (see v. 7) and that “men” is an objective genitive. By these, good men are usually made much better and more approved, while they tend to exercise our patience, to quicken our devotion, to evidence out zeal and Christian fortitude, and to show to the whole world what love we bear to the truth, and how much we are willing to undergo for the honour of God. A Song. The Seventy-sixth Psalm is represented by a very old tradition—it is already embodied in the Septuagint version—as a hymn of praise to God for the destruction of Sennacherib. Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee - It shall be the occasion of praise; or, honor shall accrue to thee from it, "as if" it were employed in thy praise, and "as if" it were voluntarily engaged in promoting thy glory. The wrath of man. Psalm 76:10. 3 There he destroyed flaming arrows, shields, swords, and weapons of war. 76:10 could go with 76:11-12 (cf. With stringed instruments. The wrath of man shall praise thee. Psalm 76 (like 46, 47, 48 and 75) is about what happened in this war. Verse 10. Ebenezer Erskine. Psalm 76:10, ESV: "Surely the wrath of man shall praise you; the remnant of wrath you will put on like a belt." Even after God has defeated the purposes of wicked men, and made them contribute to his glory, yet there is abundance of wrath remaining. When some gigantic and hoary iniquity crashes to its fall, there is a moment of awed silence after the hideous tumult. So DeWette, "And with the last wrath thou shalt gird thyself." 1:30), means those that escape the enemies’ rage, i.e., the Israelites. Clarke's Psalms 76:10 Bible Commentary Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee - The rage of Sennacherib shall only serve to manifest thy glory. restrain—or, "gird"; that is, Thyself, as with a sword, with which to destroy, or as an ornament to Thy praise. Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee. To get what Psalm 76:12 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity. 8 From heaven, you pronounced judgment, and the land feared and was quiet— 9 when you, God, rose up to judge, to save all the afflicted of the land. His tent is in Salem, his dwelling place in Zion. Psalms 76:10. Whether these things could be accomplished "without" that wrath, is a question which is too high for man to determine. It makes them sometimes fit to be his instruments in correcting his people, and so he vindicates himself from the suspicion of being a patron to sin in them that are nearest to him, and makes them that hate holiness promote it in his people, and them that intend them the greatest hurt, to do them the greatest good. In the day of the church's prosperity and quiet, hypocrites and true believers are mingled together, like the chaff and the wheat in the barn floor: but the Lord, like the husbandman, opens the door of his barn, and puts the wind of man's wrath through it, that the world may know which is which. In the psalm, there are two other names for Jerusalem: Salem and Zion, verse 2. In the Septuagint it is, The wrath of man shall keep holy day to thee, shall increase a festival for thee. All the earth is therefore called upon to join with Israel in praising God, and making him an offering (Psalms 76:10-12). The wrath of man, when it is lengthened out to its utmost boundaries, can only go to the length of killing the body, or in the breaking the sheath of clay in which the soul lodges, and then it can do no more. Psalm 76:10 Or Surely the wrath of mankind brings you praise, / and with the remainder of wrath you arm yourself Psalm 76:10 Or Surely the wrath of mankind brings you praise, / and with the remainder of wrath you arm yourself Compiled & Edited by BibleStudyTools Staff, California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. In Judah God is known; His name is great in Israel. Selah . Who can stand before you when you are angry? NKJV, NRSV, TEV, NJB). (Psalm 76:10) 7 It is you alone who are to be feared. With pleasure may Christians apply this to the advantages bestowed by the Redeemer. KING JAMES VERSION (KJV) TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT. In Judah God is known, his name is great in Israel. A Psalm of Asaph. תּוֹדֶ֑ךָּ. Now, the Lord heats the furnace of man's wrath, and casts his people into it, that when he has tried them, he may bring them forth as gold. “ Surely the wrath of man shall praise Thee, And the residue of wraths do Thee honour,”, where the residue of wrath, like Virgil’s reliquiœ Danaum (Æn. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song. No Psalm has a greater right to follow Psalm 75 than this, which is inscribed To the Precentor, with accompaniment of stringed instruments (vid. The remainder of wrath, i.e. The remainder of wrath, i.e. Psa 76:10 - Human defiance only enhances your glory, for you use it as a weapon. Psalm 76:10 Or Surely the wrath of mankind brings you praise, / and with the remainder of wrath you arm yourself Psalms 76:1 - For the choir director; on stringed instruments. Prof. Alexander renders it, "Shalt thou gird about thee;" that is, God would gird it on as a sword, and would make use of it as a weapon for executing his own purposes. "In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion." … Psalm 76. The stronger he is, and the more he threatens, and the weaker thy people, the more shall thy majesty and mercy appear in his destruction and their support. Even after God has defeated the purposes of wicked men, and made them contribute to his glory, yet there is abundance of wrath remaining. Now see how good it is to be imprisoned, beaten, tortured, burnt, and sawn asunder. For the music director; to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm of Asaph, a song. In the Septuagint it is, The wrath of man shall keep holy day to thee, shall increase a festival for thee. On stringed instruments. Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee —, The remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain —. In Judah God is known, his name is great in Israel. Some understand this of the wrath of God, which he has in reserve and store for wicked men, and render the words thus, with the remainder of wrath wilt thou gird thyself (e); and so come forth like an armed man, clad with zeal, and arrayed with the garments of wrath and vengeance; see Isaiah 49:17. Psalms 76:10. Verse 10. Psa. Luther, "When men rage against thee, thou turnest it to honor; and when they rage yet more, thou art yet prepared." It serves to manifest the glory of God's justice upon his people's enemies in the day when he rises up to avenge himself upon them, when he shall stand over them, lashing them with scorpions, and at every blow mind their former cruelties. Till they have suffered something for it, truth is too apt to grow cheap and be less prized many times, even by those that are good men in the main; whereas we are apt on the contrary, never to value it at a higher rate, or to be more zealous for it, or to make better use of it, than when it is opposed and persecuted. Some read it "thou shalt gird," as if the Lord girded on the wrath of man as a sword to be used for his own designs, and certainly men of the world are often a sword in the hand of God, to scourge others. 76:7 could go with 76:8 and 9, so too, Ps. Psalm 76:1 In Hebrew texts 76:1-12 is numbered 76:2-13. Psalm 76:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 9. So the Vulgate, "reliquice." (Psalms 76:10). A song. Psalm 76:10 in all English … God is renowned in Judah; in Israel his name is great. of It shall not only be overcome but rendered subservient to thy glory. Psalm 76:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 9. The allusion seems to be to something that had been laid up in a magazine - as provision or arms, when the soldier went forth to war - which he would make use of if necessary, so that "all" might be ultimately consumed or employed. PSALM 76:12. God is renowned in Judah; in Israel his name is great. The wicked conduct of a child is an "occasion" for the display of the just character and the wise administration of a parent; the act of a pirate, a rebel, a murderer, furnishes an "occasion" for the display of the just principles of law, and the stability and power of a government. on StudyLight.org The psalmist depicts God as a mighty warrior who destroys Israel’s enemies. The first clause is intelligible enough. The fire which cannot be utilised shall be damped. The Septuagint, ἐγκατάλειμμα engkataleimma - "the things which are left." It is a psalm of thanksgiving for some great and signal mercy, which has delivered Jerusalem, and at the same time benefited "all the afflicted of the earth" (Psalms 76:9). Franz Delitzsch. The wrath of man, (in the original it is The wrath of Adam, or the wrath of clay, weak, impotent man) shall praise thee, i.e., it shall turn to the praise and glory of God through his overruling providence, though quite otherwise intended. Psalm 76:10, KJV: "Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain." Thomas Manton. suggest the necessary emendation—. God turns the wrath of man to the praise of his adorable sovereignty. It is certain, also, that the fact that God overrules the wrath of people does not justify that wrath. People must be judged according to their own deeds, not for what God does through their wickedness. Verse 10. "Salem" means "*peace" (or no fighting); Zion is the name of … … When matters are ravelled and disordered, he can find out the right end of the thread, and how to disentangle us again; and when we have spoiled a business, he can dispose it for good, and make an advantage of those things which seem to obscure the glory of his name. (Psalm 76:10) 7 It is you alone who are to be feared. The wrath of wicked men against the people of God is very tributary to his praise. It is in such a case as this that God says to his own people, "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the heathen." It seems probable from the two foregoing verses, that mighty thunderings preceded the destruction of the Assyrians; When God arose to judgment, i.e. NKJV, NRSV, TEV, NJB). Gesenius renders it here (Lexicon) "extreme wrath," retained even in extremity. Copyright © 2020, Bible Study Tools. Psalm 76:10, KJV: "Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain." God is honored in Judah; his name is great in Israel. The Seventy-sixth Psalm is represented by a very old tradition—it is already embodied in the Septuagint version—as a hymn of praise to God for the destruction of Sennacherib. Psalm 76:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 9. This psalm celebrates a great victory of God on behalf of His people, and those who connect it with the defeat of Sennacherib (Isaiah 37:36) attribute Psalm 76 to a later Asaph, or to someone who was the literal or spiritual descendant of the Asaph of David and Solomon’s time. A Song. This web site explains Various Books of The Bible, by Explaining Each Individual Scripture Over the years I have been asked if I had any other books of the bible that are explained like the one for the book of Revelation which took a year to complete.www.discoverrevelation.com The wrath of wicked men impels them to many violent and forcible attempts upon the people of God to destroy them, and so gives him occasion to manifest his power in their defence. sent forth his anger to destroy them. 76:10:—"Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee." Psalm 76:10King James Version (KJV) 10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. אָדָ֣ם. What work of God about the church is advanced by the wrath of men? Psa. Verse 10. But there is another sense, also, in which the wrath of man is made the occasion for glorifying God. Psalm 76 - For the director of music. It puts them upon many subtle devices and cunning stratagems, in frustrating of which the wisdom of God and his care of his Church is very much illustrated. and Vulg. And we must therefore think of the escape of Israel from Egypt (see above), and the festival which was so repeatedly announced to Pharaoh, as the purpose of their exodus. Verse 10. The stronger he is, and the more he threatens, and the weaker thy people, the more shall thy majesty and mercy appear in his destruction and their support. A. God’s might shown in Zion. Verse 10. 76:10 could go with 76:11-12 (cf. Psalm 76:1 In Hebrew texts 76:1-12 is numbered 76:2-13. Psalms 76:1 - For the choir director; on stringed instruments. How contemptibly doth the Spirit of God speak of man, and of the power of man, in Scripture? Shall praise thee. Psalm 76:10 NLT - Human defiance only enhances your - Bible Gateway. Psalm 76:10 Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself. All rights reserved. Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee. There he broke the flashing arrows, the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. Human defiance only enhances your glory, for you use it as a weapon. The remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee, &c.— This alludes to the insolent menaces of the Assyrians, and their disgraceful defeat. He has absolute control over the passions of people, as he has over the pestilence, over earthquakes, and over storms, and can make all tributary to his glory, and executioners of his will. {76:9} Aut in finem misericordiam suam abscindet, a generatione in generationem? With stringed instruments. Surely your wrath against mankind brings you praise, and the survivors of your wrath are restrained. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song. The seventeenth letter of the alef-beis is the pei. A song. [ c] 11 Make vows to the Lord your God and fulfil them; This cometh forth from the Lord of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working." Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee, &c.— This alludes to the insolent menaces of the Assyrians, and their disgraceful defeat. The remainder of wrath - The word "remainder" here - שׁארית she'êrı̂yth - means properly "part;" what remains, especially after a defeat or slaughter - the "survivors" of a battle, Jeremiah 11:23; Jeremiah 44:14; Micah 7:18; Zephaniah 2:7. The wrath of man shall praise thee. We have no need to mark divisions in … Ebenezer Erskine. Paragraphing does not have a textual marker. Psalm 76 - For the choir director: A psalm of Asaph.

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