{"collection":"Bible & Christianity","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/cmt/jfb/psa076.htm","path":"bib/cmt/jfb/psa076.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bib/cmt/jfb/psa076.htm","text":"A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]\nThese well-known terms denote God's people and Church and His intimate and glorious relations to them.\nSalem-- (Gen 14:18) is Jerusalem.\nbrake . . . the arrows--literally, \"thunderbolts\" (Psa 78:48), from their rapid flight or ignition (compare Psa 18:14; Eph 6:16).\nthe battle--for arms (Hos 2:18).\nThou--God.\nmountains of prey--great victorious nations, as Assyria (Isa 41:15; Eze 38:11-12; Zac 4:7).\nslept their sleep--died (Psa 13:3).\nnone . . . found . . . hands--are powerless.\nchariot and horse--for those fighting on them (compare Psa 68:17).\nmay . . . sight--contend with Thee (Deu 9:4; Jos 7:12).\nGod's judgment on the wicked is His people's deliverance (Psa 9:12; Psa 10:7).\nMan's wrath praises God by its futility before His power.\nrestrain--or, \"gird\"; that is, Thyself, as with a sword, with which to destroy, or as an ornament to Thy praise.\nInvite homage to such a God (Ch2 32:23), who can stop the breath of kings and princes when He wills (Dan 5:23).","title":"A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments: Psalms: Psalms Chapter 76","type":"page"}