Psalms 75:1

For the end, among the Hymns, a Psalm for Asaph; a Song for the Assyrian. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.

In Context

2God is known in Judea; 1 His name is great in Israel. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 23:21Take heed to thyself and hearken to him, and disobey him not; for he will not give way to thee, for my name is on him.

Deuteronomy 4:7For what manner of nation is so great, which has God so near to them as the Lord our God is in all things in whatsoever we may call upon him?

Psalms 44:1For the end, for alternate strains by the sons of Korah; for instruction, a Song concerning the beloved. 1

Psalms 57:1For the end. Destroy not: by David, for a memorial. 1

Psalms 76:1For the end, for Jeduthun, a Psalm of Asaph. 1

Matthew Henry on Psalms 75:1

Though this psalm is attributed to Asaph in the title, yet it does so exactly agree with David's circumstances, at his coming to the crown after the death of Saul, that most interpreters apply it to that juncture, and suppose that either Asaph penned it, in the person of David, as his poet-laureate (probably the substance of the psalm was some speech which David made to a convention of the states, at his accession to the government, and Asaph turned it into verse, and published it in a poem, for the better… Read the whole commentary →

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