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Psalm 76

Psa. 76:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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<<To the chief Musician
natsach (Hebrew #5329)
properly, to glitter from afar, i.e. to be eminent (as a superintendent, especially of the Temple services and its music); also (as denominative from 5331), to be permanent
KJV usage: excel, chief musician (singer), oversee(-r), set forward.
Pronounce: naw-tsakh'
Origin: a primitive root
on Neginoth
ngiynah (Hebrew #5058)
from 5059; properly, instrumental music; by implication, a stringed instrument; by extension, a poem set to music; specifically, an epigram
KJV usage: stringed instrument, musick, Neginoth (plural), song.
Pronounce: neg-ee-naw'
Origin: or ngiynath (Psa. 61:title) {neg-ee-nath'}
, A Psalm
mizmowr (Hebrew #4210)
properly, instrumental music; by implication, a poem set to notes
KJV usage: psalm.
Pronounce: miz-more'
Origin: from 2167
or Song
shiyr (Hebrew #7892)
from 7891; a song; abstractly, singing
KJV usage: musical(-ick), X sing(-er, -ing), song.
Pronounce: sheer
Origin: or feminine shiyrah {shee-raw'}
φof Asaph
'Acaph (Hebrew #623)
collector; Asaph, the name of three Israelites, and of the family of the first
KJV usage: Asaph.
Pronounce: aw-sawf'
Origin: from 622
.>> Inm Judah
Yhuwdah (Hebrew #3063)
celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
KJV usage: Judah.
Pronounce: yeh-hoo-daw'
Origin: from 3034
n is God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
known
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
: his name
shem (Hebrew #8034)
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
KJV usage: + base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
Pronounce: shame
Origin: a primitive word (perhaps rather from 7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 8064)
is great
gadowl (Hebrew #1419)
from 1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
KJV usage: + aloud, elder(-est), + exceeding(-ly), + far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, X sore, (X ) very.
Pronounce: gaw-dole'
Origin: or (shortened) gadol {gaw-dole'}
in Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
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Psa. 48:1• 1A Song; a Psalm. Of the sons of Korah. Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the hill of his holiness. (Psa. 48:1)
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Deut. 4:7‑8• 7For what great nation is there that hath God near to them as Jehovah our God is in everything we call upon him for?
 8And what great nation is there that hath righteous statutes and ordinances, as all this law which I set before you this day? (Deut. 4:7‑8)

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Asaph,
God,
Israel,
Judah,
Music; Musicians; Musical Instruments,
Neginah; Neginoth,
Psalms,
Songs

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-10:  A declaration of God's majesty in the church.
11-12:  An exhortation to serve him reverently.
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Neginoth.
Psa. 4:1• 1To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. When I call, answer me, O God of my righteousness: in pressure thou hast enlarged me; be gracious unto me, and hear my prayer. (Psa. 4:1)
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Psa. 54:1• 1To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments: an instruction. Of David; when the Ziphites came, and said to Saul, Is not David hiding himself with us? O God, by thy name save me, and by thy strength do me justice. (Psa. 54:1)
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Psa. 61:1• 1To the chief Musician. On a stringed instrument. A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my cry; attend unto my prayer. (Psa. 61:1)
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Psa. 67:1• 1To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm: a Song. God be gracious unto us, and bless us, and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah, (Psa. 67:1)
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Psa. 67•  (Psa. 67)
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A Psalm. This Psalm is entitled in the Septuagint, which is followed by the Vulgate and Appollinarius, [
,] "An ode against the Assyrian;" and it is considered by many of the best commentators to have been composed by Asaph after the defeat of Sennacherib.of Asaph.
or, for Asaph. In Judah.
Psa. 48:1‑3• 1A Song; a Psalm. Of the sons of Korah. Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the hill of his holiness.
 2Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
 3God is known in her palaces as a high fortress. (Psa. 48:1‑3)
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Psa. 147:19‑20• 19He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
 20He hath not dealt thus with any nation; and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Hallelujah! (Psa. 147:19‑20)
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Deut. 4:7‑8,34‑36• 7For what great nation is there that hath God near to them as Jehovah our God is in everything we call upon him for?
 8And what great nation is there that hath righteous statutes and ordinances, as all this law which I set before you this day?
 34Or hath God essayed to come to take him a nation from the midst of a nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a powerful hand, and by a stretched-out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Jehovah your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
 35Unto thee it was shewn, that thou mightest know that Jehovah, he is God--there is none other besides him.
 36From the heavens he made thee hear his voice, that he might instruct thee; and on the earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words from the midst of the fire. (Deut. 4:7‑8,34‑36)
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Acts 17:23• 23for, passing through and beholding your shrines, I found also an altar on which was inscribed, To the unknown God. Whom therefore ye reverence, not knowing him, him I announce to you. (Acts 17:23)
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Rom. 2:17‑29• 17But if *thou* art named a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast in God,
 18and knowest the will, and discerningly approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;
 19and hast confidence that thou thyself art a leader of the blind, a light of those who are in darkness,
 20an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and of truth in the law:
 21thou then that teachest another, dost thou not teach thyself? thou that preachest not to steal, dost thou steal?
 22thou that sayest man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
 23thou who boastest in law, dost thou by transgression of the law dishonour God?
 24For the name of God is blasphemed on your account among the nations, according as it is written.
 25For circumcision indeed profits if thou keep the law; but if thou be a law-transgressor, thy circumcision is become uncircumcision.
 26If therefore the uncircumcision keep the requirements of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be reckoned for circumcision,
 27and uncircumcision by nature, fulfilling the law, judge thee, who, with letter and circumcision, art a law-transgressor?
 28For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither that circumcision which is outward in flesh;
 29but he is a Jew who is so inwardly; and circumcision, of the heart, in spirit, not in letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God. (Rom. 2:17‑29)
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Rom. 3:1‑2• 1What then is the superiority of the Jew? or what the profit of circumcision?
 2Much every way: and first, indeed, that to them were entrusted the oracles of God. (Rom. 3:1‑2)
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Psa. 98:2‑3• 2Jehovah hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the nations.
 3He hath remembered his loving-kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. (Psa. 98:2‑3)
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Psa. 148:13‑14• 13Let them praise the name of Jehovah: for his name alone is exalted; his majesty is above the earth and the heavens.
 14And he hath lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints, even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Hallelujah! (Psa. 148:13‑14)
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1 Chron. 29:10‑12• 10And David blessed Jehovah in the sight of all the congregation; and David said, Blessed be thou, Jehovah, the God of our father Israel, for ever and ever.
 11Thine, Jehovah, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the splendour, and the majesty; for all that is in the heavens and on the earth is thine: thine, Jehovah, is the kingdom, and thou art exalted as Head above all;
 12and riches and glory are of thee, and thou rulest over everything; and in thy hand is power and might; and in thy hand it is to make all great and strong. (1 Chron. 29:10‑12)
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2 Chron. 2:5‑6• 5And the house that I will build is great; for great is our God above all gods.
 6But who is able to build him a house, seeing the heavens and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? And who am I that I should build him a house, except to burn sacrifice before him? (2 Chron. 2:5‑6)
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Dan. 3:29• 29Therefore I make a decree, that in every people, nation, and language, he who shall speak anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and his house shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that is able to deliver after this sort. (Dan. 3:29)
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Dan. 4:1‑2• 1Nebuchadnezzar the king unto all the peoples, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied unto you.
 2It hath seemed good unto me to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God hath wrought toward me. (Dan. 4:1‑2)
• Book 3, Series 1. The Indignation. The beast destroyed. (““The Placement of the Psalms in Prophecy”” by B. Anstey)
• The seat of God's blessing and throne, or its manifestation on earth, low as it may fall, is more excellent than all the might and violence of man. At God's rebuke these fall and man has no strength. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 64-77” by J.N. Darby)
• The first three verses give the result of God’s judgment upon His enemies. The verses that follow present the actual judgment. (“Psalms 76” by H. Smith)
• The first result is to make God “known;” and being known His Name becomes “great.” The knowledge of God must lead to the exaltation of God. (“Psalms 76” by H. Smith)
• The glory of the Lord has appeared in the land (vs. 4). The Lord has returned from heaven (vs. 8) to judge the armies who have gathered there (vs. 1-9).Compare Dan. 11:45, Joel 2:20. (“Book 3.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph: a Song. In Judah is God known, his name is great in Israel;