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<p id="Chapter74" align="center">Commentary by A. R. FAUSSET<br>PSALM 74
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<p id="Ps74_1"><a onclick="return mV('Psa',74,'1-23');">Psa 74:1-23</a>.
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<p>If the historical allusions of <a onclick="return mV('Psa',74,'6-8');">Psa 74:6-8</a>, etc., be referred, as is probable, to the period of the captivity, the author was probably a descendant and namesake of Asaph, David's contemporary and singer (compare <a onclick="return mV('2Ch',35,15);">2Ch 35:15</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Ezr',2,41);">Ezr 2:41</a>). He complains of God's desertion of His Church, and appeals for aid, encouraging himself by recounting some of God's mighty deeds, and urges his prayer on the ground of God's covenant relation to His people, and the wickedness of His and their common enemy.
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<p><b>1. cast...off</b>—with abhorrence (compare <a onclick="return mV('Psa',43,2);">Psa 43:2</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',44,9);">44:9</a>). There is no disavowal of guilt implied. The figure of fire to denote God's anger is often used; and here, and in <a onclick="return mV('Deu',29,20);">Deu 29:20</a>, by the word "smoke," suggests its continuance.
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<br><br><b>sheep...pasture</b>—(Compare <a onclick="return mV('Psa',80,1);">Psa 80:1</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',95,7);">95:7</a>).
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<p id="Ps74_2"><b>2.</b> The terms to denote God's relation to His people increase in force: "congregation"—"purchased"—"redeemed"—"Zion," His dwelling.
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<p id="Ps74_3"><b>3. Lift...feet</b>— (<a onclick="return mV('Gen',29,1);">Gen 29:1</a>) —that is, Come (to behold) the desolations (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',73,19);">Psa 73:19</a>).
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<p id="Ps74_4"><b>4. roar</b>—with bestial fury.
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<br><br><b>congregations</b>—literally, "worshipping assemblies."
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<br><br><b>ensigns</b>—literally, "signs"—substituted their idolatrous objects, or tokens of authority, for those articles of the temple which denoted God's presence.
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<p id="Ps74_5"><b>5, 6.</b> Though some terms and clauses here are very obscure, the general sense is that the spoilers destroyed the beauties of the temple with the violence of woodmen.
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<br><br><b>was famous</b>—literally, "was known."
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<p id="Ps74_6"><b>6. carved work</b>— (<a onclick="return mV('1Ki',6,29);">1Ki 6:29</a>).
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<br><br><b>thereof</b>—that is, of the temple, in the writer's mind, though not expressed till <a onclick="return mV('Psa',74,7);">Psa 74:7</a>, in which its utter destruction by fire is mentioned (<a onclick="return mV('2Ki',25,9);">2Ki 25:9</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',64,11);">Isa 64:11</a>).
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<p id="Ps74_7"><b>7. defiled</b>—or, "profaned," as in <a onclick="return mV('Psa',89,39);">Psa 89:39</a>.
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<p id="Ps74_8"><b>8. together</b>—at once, all alike.
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<br><br><b>synagogues</b>—literally, "assemblies," for places of assembly, whether such as schools of the prophets (<a onclick="return mV('2Ki',4,23);">2Ki 4:23</a>), or "synagogues" in the usual sense, there is much doubt.
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<p id="Ps74_9"><b>9. signs</b>—of God's presence, as altar, ark, etc. (compare <a onclick="return mV('Psa',74,4);">Psa 74:4</a>; <a onclick="return mV('2Ch',36,18);">2Ch 36:18-19</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Dan',5,2);">Dan 5:2</a>).
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<br><br><b>no more any prophet</b>— (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',3,2);">Isa 3:2</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Jer',40,1);">Jer 40:1</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Jer',43,6);">43:6</a>).
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<br><br><b>how long</b>—this is to last. Jeremiah's prophecy (<a onclick="return mV('Jer',25,11);">Jer 25:11</a>), if published, may not have been generally known or understood. To the bulk of the people, during the captivity, the occasional and local prophetical services of Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel would not make an exception to the clause, "there is no more any prophet."
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<p id="Ps74_10"><b>10.</b> (Compare <a onclick="return mV('Psa',31,1);">Psa 31:1</a>).
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<br><br><b>how long...reproach?</b>—us, as deserted of God.
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<br><br><b>blaspheme thy name</b>—or, "perfections," as power, goodness, etc. (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',29,2);">Psa 29:2</a>).
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<p id="Ps74_11"><b>11.</b> Why cease to help us? (Compare <a onclick="return mV('Psa',3,7);">Psa 3:7</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',7,6);">7:6</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',60,5);">60:5</a>).
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<p id="Ps74_12"><b>12. For</b>—literally, "And," in an adversative sense.
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<p id="Ps74_13"><b>13-15.</b> Examples of the "salvation wrought" are cited.
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<br><br><b>divide the sea</b>—that is, Red Sea.
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<br><br><b>brakest...waters</b>—Pharaoh and his host (compare <a onclick="return mV('Isa',51,9,10);">Isa 51:9-10</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Eze',29,3,4);">Eze 29:3-4</a>).
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<p id="Ps74_14"><b>14. heads of leviathan</b>—The word is a collective, and so used for many.
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<br><br><b>the people...wilderness</b>—that is, wild beasts, as conies (<a onclick="return mV('Pro',30,25);">Pro 30:25-26</a>), are called a people. Others take the passages literally, that the sea monsters thrown out on dry land were food for the wandering Arabs.
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<p id="Ps74_15"><b>15. cleave the fountain</b>—that is, the rocks of Horeb and Kadesh; for fountains.
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<br><br><b>driedst up</b>—Jordan, and, perhaps, Arnon and Jabbok (<a onclick="return mV('Num',21,14);">Num 21:14</a>).
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<p id="Ps74_16"><b>16, 17.</b> The fixed orders of nature and bounds of earth are of God.
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<p id="Ps74_18"><b>18.</b> (Compare <a onclick="return mV('Psa',74,10);">Psa 74:10</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Deu',32,6);">Deu 32:6</a>). The contrast is striking—that such a God should be thus insulted!
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<p id="Ps74_19"><b>19. multitude</b>—literally, "beast," their flock or company of men (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',68,10);">Psa 68:10</a>).
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<br><br><b>turtledove</b>—that is, the meek and lonely Church.
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<br><br><b>congregation</b>—literally, "the company," as above—thus the Church is represented as the spoiled and defeated remnant of an army, exposed to violence.
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<p id="Ps74_20"><b>20.</b> And the prevalence of injustice in heathen lands is a reason for invoking God's regard to His promise (compare <a onclick="return mV('Num',14,21);">Num 14:21</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',7,16);">Psa 7:16</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',18,48);">18:48</a>).
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<p id="Ps74_21"><b>21. oppressed</b>—broken (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',9,9);">Psa 9:9</a>).
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<br><br><b>return</b>—from seeking God.
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<br><br><b>ashamed</b>— (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',35,4);">Psa 35:4</a>).
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<p id="Ps74_22"><b>22, 23.</b> (Compare <a onclick="return mV('Psa',3,7);">Psa 3:7</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',7,6);">7:6</a>). God hears the wicked to their own ruin (<a onclick="return mV('Gen',4,10);">Gen 4:10</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Gen',18,20);">18:20</a>).
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