Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible: Psalms: Psalms Chap...
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley, [1754-65]
Psalms 77:2
psa 77:2
Night - Which to others was a time of rest and quietness.
Psalms 77:3
psa 77:3
Troubled - Yea, the thoughts of God were now a matter of trouble, because he was angry with me. Overwhelmed - So far was I from finding relief.
Psalms 77:4
psa 77:4
Waking - By continual grief.
Psalms 77:5
psa 77:5
The days - The mighty works of God in former times.
Psalms 77:6
psa 77:6
My song - The mercies of God vouchsafed to me, and to his people, which have obliged me to sing his praises, not only in the day, but also by night.
Psalms 77:7
psa 77:7
Cut off - His peculiar people.
Psalms 77:10
psa 77:10
I said - These suspicions of God's faithfulness proceed from the weakness of my faith. The years - The years wherein God hath done great and glorious works, which are often ascribed to God's right - hand.
Psalms 77:13
psa 77:13
In holiness - God is holy and just, and true in all his works.
Psalms 77:16
psa 77:16
Afraid - And stood still, as men astonished, do.
Psalms 77:17
psa 77:17
Poured - When the Israelites passed over the sea. Arrows - Hail - stones or lightnings.
Psalms 77:19
psa 77:19
Not known - Because the water returned and covered them.
Psalms 77:20
psa 77:20
Leddest - First through the sea, and afterwards through the wilderness, with singular care and tenderness, as a shepherd doth his sheep.