Shīpiān 75

1 ( Yà sà de shīgē , jiāo yǔ líng zhǎng , diàoyòng xiū yào huǐhuaì ) shén a , wǒmen chēngxiè nǐ , wǒmen chēngxiè nǐ , yīnwei nǐde míng xiāng jìn , rén dōu shùshuō nǐ qímiào de zuòwéi .

2 Wǒ dào le suǒ déng de rìqī , bì àn zhèngzhí shīxíng shĕnpàn .

3 Dì hé qí shang de jūmín , dōu xiāohuà le . wǒ céng lì le dì de zhùzi . ( xì lā )

4 Wǒ duì kuángào rén shuō , búyào xíngshì kuángào . duì xiōngè de rén shuō , búyào jǔ jiǎo .

5 Búyào bǎ nǐmen de jiǎo gāo jǔ . búyào tǐng zhe jǐngxiàng shuōhuà .

6 Yīnwei gāo jǔ fēi cóng dōng , fēi cóng xī , yĕ fēi cóng nán ér lái .

7 Wéiyǒu shén duàndìng . tā shǐ zhè rén jiàng bēi , shǐ nà rén shēng gāo .

8 Yēhéhuá shǒu lǐ yǒu bēi . qízhōng de jiǔ qǐ mò . bēi neì mǎn le chānzá de jiǔ . tā dào chūlai . dì shang de è rén bì dōu hē zhè jiǔ de zhā zǐ , érqiĕ hē jǐn .

9 Dàn wǒ yào xuānyáng , zhídào yǒngyuǎn . wǒ yào gēsòng Yǎgè de shén .

10 È rén yīqiè de jiǎo , wǒ yào kǎn duàn . wéiyǒu yì rén de jiǎo , bì beì gāo jǔ .

Shīpiān 75 Commentary

Chapter 75

The psalmist declares his resolution of executing judgment. (1-5) He rebukes the wicked, and concludes with resolutions to praise God. (6-10)

Verses 1-5 We often pray for mercy, when in pursuit of it; and shall we only once or twice give thanks, when we obtain it? God shows that he is nigh to us in what we call upon him for. Public trusts are to be managed uprightly. This may well be applied to Christ and his government. Man's sin threatened to destroy the whole creation; but Christ saved the world from utter ruin. He who is made of God to us wisdom, bids us be wise. To the proud, daring sinners he says, Boast not of your power, persist not in contempt. All the present hopes and future happiness of the human race spring from the Son of God.

6-10. No second causes will raise men to preferment without the First Cause. It comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. He mentions not the north; the same word that signifies the north, signifies the secret place; and from the secret of God's counsel it does come. From God alone all must receive their doom. There are mixtures of mercy and grace in the cup of affliction, when it is put into the hands of God's people; mixtures of the curse, when it is put into the hands of the wicked. God's people have their share in common calamities, but the dregs of the cup are for the wicked. The exaltation of the Son of David will be the subject of the saints' everlasting praises. Then let sinners submit to the King of righteousness, and let believers rejoice in and obey him.

Chapter Summary

To the chief Musician, Altaschith, A Psalm [or] Song of Asaph. Of the word "altaschith," See Gill on "Ps 57:1," it signifies "do not destroy," or "do not corrupt"; the Targum renders it, "do not destroy thy people;" so Jarchi, "do not destroy Israel;" perhaps it may be considered as a petition, that God would not suffer the man of sin to go on to destroy the earth, and corrupt the inhabitants of it with his false doctrine, idolatry, and superstition, Revelation 11:18, for the psalm respects the times of the Gospel dispensation, and includes both the first coming of Christ in the flesh, and his second coming to judgment; the argument of it with the Syriac version is, "the divinity of Christ, and a remembrance of the judgment;" it is said to be a psalm or song of Asaph, but is thought to be written by David, and delivered to Asaph; for it may be rendered "for Asaph" {k}; and so the Targum, "by the hands of Asaph;" though some think it was written after the Babylonish captivity; perhaps by some person whose name was Asaph, or was of the family of him that lived in David's time. Theodoret supposes it was written in the person of the captives in Babylon.