Sálmarnir 77:1

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1 Til söngstjórans. Fyrir Jedútún. Asafs-sálmur. (77:2) Ég kalla til Guðs og hrópa, kalla til Guðs, að hann megi heyra til mín.

Bible Verse Review
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A Psalm: This Psalm is allowed by the best judges to have been written during the Babylonian captivity.

of Asaph: or, for Asaph, Psalms 50:1, *title

I cried: Psalms 3:4, Psalms 34:6, Psalms 55:16, Psalms 55:17, Psalms 142:1-3

gave: Psalms 116:1, Psalms 116:2

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 6:39 - Asaph 1 Chronicles 25:2 - Asaph 2 Chronicles 35:15 - according Nehemiah 9:4 - cried Job 5:8 - seek Job 16:6 - my grief Psalms 9:9 - in times Psalms 28:1 - Unto Psalms 30:8 - unto Psalms 34:4 - sought Psalms 86:7 - General Psalms 138:3 - In the day Song of Solomon 5:8 - I am Isaiah 26:16 - in trouble Jonah 2:4 - I said Romans 8:26 - with

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I cried unto God with my voice,.... Which is to be understood of prayer, and that vocal, and which is importunate and fervent, being made in distress; see Psalms 3:4, or "my voice was unto God" h, "and I cried"; it was directed to him, and expressed in a very loud and clamorous way:

even unto God with my voice; or "my voice was unto God"; which is repeated to show that he prayed again and again, with great eagerness and earnestness, his case being a very afflicted one:

and he gave ear unto me; his prayer was not without success; God is a God hearing and answering prayer, according to his promise, Psalms 50:15.

h קולי אל אלהים "vox mea ad Deum", Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus, "fertur", Junius Tremellius "erat", Cocceius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I cried unto God with my voice - That is, he cried or prayed audibly. It was not mere mental prayer. See the notes at Psalms 3:4.

Even unto God with my voice - The repetition here is emphatic. The idea is that it was an earnest or fervent cry. Compare the notes at 2 Corinthians 12:8.

And he gave ear unto me - See Psalms 5:1, note; Psalms 17:6, note.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

PSALM LXXVII

The psalmist's ardent prayer to God in the tine of distress,

1-4.

The means he used to excite his confidence, 5-12.

God's wonderful works in behalf of his people, 13-20.

NOTES ON PSALM LXXVII

The title, "To the chief Musician, (or conqueror,) to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph." On this title we may observe that both Asaph and Jeduthun were celebrated singers in the time of David, and no doubt were masters or leaders of bands which long after their times were called by their names. Hence Psalms composed during and after the captivity have these names prefixed to them. But there is reason to believe also, that there was a person of the name of Asaph in the captivity at Babylon. The author must be considered as speaking in the persons of the captive Israelites, It may however be adapted to the case of any individual in spiritual distress through strong temptation, or from a sense of the Divine displeasure in consequence of backsliding.

Verse Psalms 77:1. I cried unto God — The repetition here marks the earnestness of the psalmist's soul; and the word voice shows that the Psalm was not the issue of private meditation, but of deep mental trouble, which forced him to speak his griefs aloud.