Psalms 75:1
We have given thanks unto thee, O God, we have given thanks, And, in calling upon thy Name, men have recounted thy wonders.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
2Surely I will take a set time,—I, with equity, will judge:
Cross References
Exodus 23:21Take thou heed of his presence, and hearken to his voice—do not vex him,-for he will not pardon your transgression, for, my name, is within him.
Deuteronomy 4:7For what great nation is there which hath gods nigh unto it,—like Yahweh our God, whensoever we have cried out unto him.
Psalms 44:1O God! with our own ears, have we heard, Our fathers, have recounted to us,—The work thou didst work, In their day, In the days of aforetime:
Psalms 57:1Show me favour, O God, Show me favour, For, in thee, hath my soul sought refuge,—And, in the shadow of thy wings, will I seek refuge, Until the storm of ruin pass by.
Psalms 76:1God is, known in Judah, In Israel, great is his Name;
Psalms 145:18Near is Yahweh to all who call upon him,—to all them who call upon him in faithfulness.
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 →