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Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley, [1754-65], at sacred-texts.com


Psalms Chapter 77

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.


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