Sálmarnir 76:12

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12 (76:13) honum sem lægir ofstopa höfðingjanna, sem ógurlegur er konungum jarðarinnar.

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He shall: Psalms 2:5, Psalms 2:10, Psalms 48:4-6, Psalms 68:12, Psalms 68:35, Joshua 5:1, 2 Chronicles 32:21, Zephaniah 3:6

terrible: Isaiah 13:6-8, Isaiah 24:21, Revelation 6:15, Revelation 19:17-21

Reciprocal: Genesis 31:42 - fear Exodus 34:10 - a terrible Job 37:22 - with Psalms 9:20 - Put Psalms 47:2 - is terrible Psalms 66:3 - How terrible Psalms 99:3 - thy great Isaiah 19:3 - the spirit Isaiah 40:23 - General Isaiah 64:3 - thou didst Jeremiah 51:64 - they shall Ezekiel 28:19 - they Malachi 1:14 - my name

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He shall cut off the spirit of princes,.... The pride of their spirits, as the Targum, humble their proud spirits, and bring them down; or dispirit them, take away their courage from them, upon which they flee apace to rocks and mountains to cover them; or confound them, blast their schemes, and carry their counsel headlong, and even take away their breath, or life; which he can as easily do as a man can cut off a bunch of grapes from the vine, as the word g here used signifies; the destruction of the wicked is expressed by cutting down the vine of the earth, and casting it into the winepress of God's wrath, Revelation 14:17,

he is terrible to the kings of the earth; as he was to the king of Assyria, when he sent his angel, and destroyed his army; and as he has been to others in all ages; so he will be to the kings of the earth that have committed fornication with the whore of Rome, who will be in the utmost panic at the time of her destruction, Revelation 18:9, and who will themselves be overcome by the Lamb, Revelation 16:14. The Targum is, he is to be feared above all the kings of the earth.

g יבצר "qui vindemiat", Junius Tremellius, Piscator "succidet nempe, ut vindemiator racemos", Vatablus, so Ainsworth.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He shall cut off the spirit of princes - That is, He will cut down their pride; he will break them down. Luther renders it, “He shall take away the wrath of princes.” The allusion is to what he had done as celebrated in this psalm. He had shown that he could rebuke the pride and self-confidence of kings, and could bring them low at his feet.

He is terrible to the kings of the earth - When they are arrayed against him.

(1) they are wholly under his control.

(2) he can defeat their plans.

(3) he can check them when he pleases.

(4) he can, and will, make their plans - even their wrath - the means of promoting or carrying out his own purposes.

(5) he will allow them to proceed no further in their plans of evil than he can make subservient to the furtherance of his own.

(6) he can cut down the most mighty of them at his pleasure, and destroy them forever.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 76:12. He shall cut off the spirit of princes — Even in the midst of their conquests, he can fill them with terror and dismay, or cut them off in their career of victory.

He is terrible to the kings of the earth. — "He is the only Ruler of princes;" to him they must account. And a terrible account most of them will have to give to the great God; especially those who, instigated by the desire of dominion, have, in the lust of conquest which it generates, laid countries waste by fire and sword, making widows and orphans without number, and extending the empire of desolation and death.

Thus all are under his dominion, and are accountable to him. Even those whom man cannot bring to justice, God will; and to judge them is one grand use of a final judgment day.

ANALYSIS OF THE SEVENTY-SIXTH PSALM

In this Psalm there are three parts: -

I. The Prerogative of Judah and Israel, Psalms 76:1-2.

II. A narration of God's majesty in the Church, Psalms 76:3-11.

III. An exhortation to worship and serve God.

I. The prerogatives of the Jews above all other nations.

1. God was known among them: "In Judah is God known."

2. His name was great in Israel. Illustrious for his manifold deliverances.

3. At Salem was his tabernacle, - his seat of worship, his peculiar presence.

4. His dwelling in Zion, - his constant habitation.

II. A narration of God's power and majesty.

He was glorious among good men; more glorious than the mountains of prey - kingdoms acquired by violence, murder, and robbery.

And this glory was manifest in the following particulars: -

1. They who came to spoil were spoiled, Psalms 76:5.

2. They were slain: "They have slept their sleep," Psalms 76:5.

3. They could make no head against their destroyer, though they were both numerous and strong: "None of the men of might have found their hands," Psalms 76:5.

The cause of their consternation: -

1. The rebuke of God, Psalms 76:6.

2. He was terrible: "None could stand in his sight," Psalms 76:7.

3. He was determinate: "Judgment was heard from heaven," Psalms 76:8. Sennacherib and his host were destroyed.

The effects produced by this were,

1. Praise from the wicked: "They shall acknowledge this as the hand of God." Psalms 76:10.

2. Victory; though they rally, and return again to the battle, they shall be routed: "The remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain," Psalms 76:10. See the notes.

III. He exhorts all to praise him: - 1. "Vow, and pay." 2. "Fear and submit to him," Psalms 76:11.

This exhortation he founds on the following REASONS: -

1. "He shall cut off the spirit of princes;" take away from tyrants their prudence and courage.

2. "He is terrible to the kings of the earth." They also shall know that he is God.