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2015 April 17

The Eve of the Deluge (1840)
John Martin (1789-1854)
Romanticism Style
Royal Collection, Windsor, England, United Kingdom
Image Source: Web Gallery of Art

     Explanation: In Psalm 75 the Psalmist thanks God for his justice and warns the wicked of an outpouring of wrath which will overwhelm all the inhabitants of the earth like drunkards overcome with wine. Today's painting also depicts portents of judgment upon all the earth -- specifically of the Flood of Noah.

          [ THEMATICALLY AND CHRONOLOGICALLY RELATED SCRIPTURES: COMMUNAL PSALMS OF THANKSGIVING: Psalm 65. Psalm 66. Psalm 67. Psalm 75. Psalm 107. Psalm 118. Psalm 124. Psalm 129. Psalm 136. ]

          [ CHRONOLOGY: GENERAL. Patriarchs (Traditional). Judges # 1. Judges # 2. Kings # 1. Kings # 2. Prophets # 1. Prophets # 2. NT # 1. NT # 2. NT # 3. ]

          [ MAPS: Maps # 1. Maps # 2. Maps # 3. Maps # 4. Maps # 5. ]

          [ COMMENTARIES, ETC: GENERAL: Bible Study Tools; Bible Hub: Study Light; Blue Letter Bible // PSALMS: Monergism: Precept Austin: The Treasury of David; John Gill; John Calvin - Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

          [ MUSIC: GENERAL: The Cyber Hymnal // PSALMS: Genevan Psalter (Instrumental). VARIOUS ARTISTS: Psalm 75 - #1. Psalm 75 - #2. Psalm 75 - #3. ]

     The Psalmist thanks God for his wondrous works, his judgments, and his sustaining power over the earth (1-3). He warned fools not to be foolish; and he warned the wicked not to boast of their power ("horn") and not to be stiffnecked (4). He told them that promotion comes from nowhere but from God, the judge, who puts down one and sets up another. He speaks to them of the cup of God's wrath which they will drink to the dregs (5-8). But he pledges to sing God's praises forever; and God pledges to cut off the horns (power) of the wicked and to exalt the horns of the righteous (9-10)

THE PSALTER:

BOOK THREE OF FIVE:

Psalms 73-89.

Psalm 75

¹ To the chief Musician, [Transposed To Psalm 74 ] *

Altaschith, A Psalm or Song of Asaph.

Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks,
unto thee do we give thanks:
for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.
² When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.
³ The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved:
I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.

⁴ I said unto the fools,
Deal not foolishly:
and to the wicked,
Lift not up the horn:
⁵ Lift not up your horn on high:
speak not with a stiff neck.
⁶ For promotion cometh neither from the east,
nor from the west,
nor from the south.
⁷ But God is the judge:
he putteth down one,
and setteth up another.
⁸ For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup,
and the wine is red;
it is full of mixture;
and he poureth out of the same:
but the dregs thereof,
all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out,
and drink them.
⁹ But I will declare for ever;
I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
¹⁰ All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off;
but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.

¹ To the chief Musician on Neginoth, [Transposed From Psalm 76:1 ] *

* NOTE: On Opening and Closing Comments in the Psalms.
[Some commentators take the Psalm in Habakkuk 3 to be a standard model for the Psalms.
Habakkuk's Psalm begins with the name of the composer (Habakkuk) and a musical notation ("upon Shigionoth").
It closes with a dedication or a "send to" notice ("To the chief singer on my stringed instruments").
I have arranged similar material, where it is found in the Psalter, in accord with the model in Habakkuk.]

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