Psalms 75:1
We give thanks to you, God. We give thanks, for your Name is near. Men tell about your wondrous works.
World English Bible
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In Context
2When I choose the appointed time, I will judge blamelessly.
Cross References
Exodus 23:21Pay attention to him, and listen to his voice. Don’t provoke him, for he will not pardon your disobedience, for my name is in him.
Deuteronomy 4:7For what great nation is there that has a god so near to them as the LORD our God is whenever we call on him?
Psalms 44:1We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us what work you did in their days, in the days of old.
Psalms 57:1Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed.
Psalms 76:1In Judah, God is known. His name is great in Israel.
Psalms 145:18The LORD is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
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 →