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Psalms 77:1-20

The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 77:1-20

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

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THIS psalm is the lament and expostulation with God of some afflicted person, perhaps Asaph, who speaks as the mouthpiece of his countrymen, complaining of Israel's apparent desertion by God (), but thence rising into a higher strain of hope and confidence, based on a recollection of Jehovah's past mercies (). The particular occasion which called forth the psalm cannot be determined. The psalm consists of six stanzas of three verses each, to which is appended one of two verses only. The pause mark, "selah," occurs at the end of the first, the third, and the fifth stanzas.

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