So DeWette, "And with the last wrath thou shalt gird thyself." Luther, "When men rage against thee, thou turnest it to honor; and when they rage yet more, thou art yet prepared." All rights reserved. “ of man ”. “ shall praise ”. For the music director; to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm of Asaph, a song. KING JAMES VERSION (KJV) TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT. what is left behind of the wrath of men, when God has glorified himself thereby. Persecutions tend to correct the failings of good men, and to exercise and illustrate their several graces and virtues. To understand the significance of this design requires the recounting of a Biblical story and a visual comparison between the letters pei and kaf. A. God’s might shown in Zion. Human defiance only enhances your glory, for you use it as a weapon. When some gigantic and hoary iniquity crashes to its fall, there is a moment of awed silence after the hideous tumult. 1684. 8 From heaven you pronounced judgment, and the land feared and was quiet –. 10 Surely your wrath against mankind brings you praise, and the survivors of your wrath are restrained. He would suffer it to proceed no further than he chose, and would make it certain that there should be no exhibition of wrathful feelings on the part of man which would not, in some way, be made to promote his honor, and to advance his own great purposes. Shalt thou restrain - The word used here - חגר châgar - means literally to bind around; to gird; to gird up, as of a garment or sword that is girded on, 1 Samuel 17:39; 1 Samuel 25:13; Psalm 45:3; or sackcloth, Isaiah 15:3; Jeremiah 49:3. It puts them upon many subtle devices and cunning stratagems, in frustrating of which the wisdom of God and his care of his Church is very much illustrated. 76:11-12 As Ps. Let men and devils rage as they may, they cannot do otherwise than subserve the divine purposes. Till they have suffered something for it, truth is too apt to grow cheap and be less prized many times, even by those that are good men in the main; whereas we are apt on the contrary, never to value it at a higher rate, or to be more zealous for it, or to make better use of it, than when it is opposed and persecuted. A Song. And both wrath, pride, and wisdom, of devils as well as men, shall God restrain, when he pleases not to turn them to his praise. Psalm 76:10, ESV: "Surely the wrath of man shall praise you; the remnant of wrath you will put on like a belt." 3 There he destroyed flaming arrows, shields, swords, and weapons of war. It tells us that God did not let the enemy destroy Jerusalem. God is renowned in Judah; in Israel his name is great. Now, the Lord heats the furnace of man's wrath, and casts his people into it, that when he has tried them, he may bring them forth as gold. The design of the pei is a mouth with a tooth emerging from its upper jaw. The remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. (d) "res duum irarum accinges", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus, Piscator, Gejerus. There is also more pride which needs a like restraint; namely, that of the first Lucifer, who sinned, and, as is thought, fell by aspiring to ascend, and to be like the Most High. wrath. This could mean that men’s anger (subjective genitive), when punished by God, will bring him praise, but this interpretation does not harmonize well with the next line. Psalm 76:10, NIV: "Surely your wrath against mankind brings you praise, and the survivors of your wrath are restrained." In Judah God is known; His name is great in Israel. The remainder of wrath, i.e. When matters are ravelled and disordered, he can find out the right end of the thread, and how to disentangle us again; and when we have spoiled a business, he can dispose it for good, and make an advantage of those things which seem to obscure the glory of his name. Psalm 76 - *For the director of music. The allusion seems to be to something that had been laid up in a magazine - as provision or arms, when the soldier went forth to war - which he would make use of if necessary, so that "all" might be ultimately consumed or employed. Psalm 76 - For the choir director: A psalm of Asaph. God turns the wrath of man to the praise of his adorable sovereignty. 10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. (g) For the end will show that the enemy was able to bring nothing to pass: also you will bridle their rage that they will not accomplish their purpose. Now see how good it is to be imprisoned, beaten, tortured, burnt, and sawn asunder. Selah You are more glorious and excellent Than the mountains of prey. When the Chaldean and Sabean robbers are let loose to plunder and spoil the substance of Job, he is made to view adorable sovereignty in it, saying, "The Lord gave, the Lord hath taken away: blessed be the name of the Lord." Psalms 76:10. It tells us that God did not let the enemy destroy Jerusalem. Ebenezer Erskine. God is to be known, and is made … Paragraphing does not have a textual marker. Surly the wrath of man shall praise thee. Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee - It shall be the occasion of praise; or, honor shall accrue to thee from it, "as if" it were employed in thy praise, and "as if" it were voluntarily engaged in promoting thy glory. The wrath of man shall praise thee. The idea seems to be that all the "wrath" which is "manifested" among people would be made to praise God, or would be overruled for his glory - and "all" which would "not" contribute to this end he would keep back, he would check; he would prevent its being put forth - so that "all" should be under his control, and "all" disposed of as he should will. It seems probable from the two foregoing verses, that mighty thunderings preceded the destruction of the Assyrians; When God arose to judgment, i.e. Psalm 76:10 Or Surely the wrath of mankind brings you praise, / and with the remainder of wrath you arm yourself If any wrath of man remain beyond what shall bring in a revenue of praise unto God, he will restrain it, and bind it up like the waters of a mill: he will suffer as much of the current of water to run upon the wheel, as serves to carry it about and grind his corn, but the remainder of the water he sets it off another way: so God will let out as much of the current of man's wrath as shall serve the ends of his glory and our good, but the remainder of the stream and current he will restrain, and turn another way. A Psalm of Asaph. Psalm 76:10. Psalm 76 # sn Psalm 76. Never have the Lord's people had such awful impressions of the sovereignty of God, as when they have been in the furnace of man's wrath, then they become dumb with silence. Human defiance only enhances your glory, for … 8 From heaven, you pronounced judgment, and the land feared and was quiet— 9 when you, God, rose up to judge, to save all the afflicted of the land. "In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion." Psalm 76:1 In Hebrew texts 76:1-12 is numbered 76:2-13. God shall restrain it. Israel’s God—Judge of All the Earth. In the psalm, there are two other names for Jerusalem: Salem and Zion, verse 2. So the Vulgate. A quick glance shows that the kaf closely resembles the pei; only the “tooth” in the pei is absent from the kaf. His tent is in Salem, his dwelling place in Zion. NKJV, NRSV, TEV, NJB). Similar expressions (God of Jacob, Psalms 75:10 77:7; saints, wicked of the earth, Psalms 75:9 76:10), and the same impress throughout speak in favour of unity of authorship. It is not an inspired aspect of the Hebrew text. From "A Sermon preached"... before the Queen... By Edward (Wetenhall) Lord Bishop of Corke and Rosse. Psalm 76 - For the director of music. Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee — The furious attempts and blasphemous speeches of thine enemies shall serve thy glory, and cause thy people and others to praise and magnify thee for that admirable wisdom, power, faithfulness, and goodness which thou didst discover on … Psalm 76:10, ESV: "Surely the wrath of man shall praise you; the remnant of wrath you will put on like a belt." It is certain, also, that the fact that God overrules the wrath of people does not justify that wrath. In the Book of Exodus,2 Pharaoh, whose name also begins with a p… Psalm 76:10, KJV: "Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain." Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. suggest the necessary emendation—. The psalmist depicts God as a mighty warrior who destroys Israel’s enemies. Some read it "thou shalt gird," as if the Lord girded on the wrath of man as a sword to be used for his own designs, and certainly men of the world are often a sword in the hand of God, to scourge others. The control of God was over "this" as well as over that which was actually employed; he could overrule that which was employed. It is always thus in history. Psalm 76:1 In Hebrew texts 76:1-12 is numbered 76:2-13. Gesenius renders it here (Lexicon) "extreme wrath," retained even in extremity. Man with his breath of threatening is but blowing the trumpet of the Lord's eternal fame. The wrath of man shall praise thee. Psalms 76:1 - For the choir director; on stringed instruments. Selah . twmh Chemoth, "wrath," in the plural number, seems to be put in opposition to chamoth, the single wrath of man in the former part of the verse; to shew there is more wrath which God is to restrain, than merely that of man. Venema supposes that the meaning is the whole wrath. In the Septuagint it is, The wrath of man shall keep holy day to thee, shall increase a festival for thee. God is known in Judah; His name is great in Israel. In Salem also is his tabernacle - Salem was the ancient name of Zebus, afterward called Jerusalem. Physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the hands) praise. Psalm 76:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 9. Some read the words, "the remainder of wraths thou wilt gird" (d); that is, those that remain, and are not destroyed through the rage and fury of men, God will gird with strength to defend themselves, and resist their enemies that may rise up against them, or with gladness, because of deliverance from them; see Psalm 18:32. Verse 10. Verse 10. Possibly we should render, “and those who remain from their wrath shall celebrate a festival,” since the suggested emendation is the word used in that sense. The purposes of people are, like the pestilence and the storm, what they are in themselves; and the nature of their conduct is not affected by any use that God may make of it. In Judah God is known, his name is great in Israel. Whole Psalm. There he broke the flashing arrows, the shields and the swords, the weapons of war. 4 You are the radiant one. Psalms 76:10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. The wrath of wicked men impels them to many violent and forcible attempts upon the people of God to destroy them, and so gives him occasion to manifest his power in their defence. Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee - It shall be the occasion of praise; or, honor shall accrue to thee from it, "as if" it were employed in thy praise, and "as if" it were voluntarily engaged in promoting thy glory. Psalms 76:1 - For the choir director; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song. Verse 10. A Psalm of Asaph. Whether these things could be accomplished "without" that wrath, is a question which is too high for man to determine. on StudyLight.org or praise thee; see Isaiah 12:1, they are deserving of the wrath of God, but are not appointed to it, and are delivered from it by Christ, who bore it for them as their representative; by which as the justice of God is glorified, it is matter of praise to them; when the law enters into their consciences, it works wrath there, which being removed by the application of pardoning grace, is an occasion of praise to God; and whereas, under afflictive dispensations, they apprehend and deprecate the wrath of God, when they are delivered from them their mouths are filled with songs of praise: or, as it regards wicked men, so it came forth upon the old world, and drowned it; upon Sodom and Gomorrah, and reduced them to ashes; upon Pharaoh and the Egyptians, in the plagues inflicted on them; all which turned to the praise and glory of God; of the last instance, see Romans 9:17, it came upon the wicked Jews to the uttermost in the destruction of their nation, city, and temple; and upon Rome Pagan, in the entire demolition of it as such; and so it will come upon Rome Papal, which will be attended with great joy, praise, and thanksgiving in the saints; see Revelation 11:17 or else this is to be understood of the wrath which is in man, and comes forth from him, and has him for its subject; which though it does not work the righteousness of God, yet the righteousness of God is glorified both in checking and punishing it; and the more it rages and burns against the people of God, the greater reason have they to praise the Lord when delivered from it; see Psalm 124:1, so the wrath of the Assyrian monarch, and of railing and blaspheming Rabshakeh, gave the people of the Jews a greater occasion to praise the Lord for their wonderful deliverance; so the wrath of men against Christ, his church and people, his ministers, Gospel, and ordinances, will all turn to the glory of his name, when in the issue it will be seen that these are established, overcoming all the rage and malice of men: the remainder of wrath shall thou restrain: that which remains in a man's breast, he has not yet vented, God can and does keep in, that it may not break forth; this very likely was verified in Sennacherib, who might breathe revenge, and threaten the Jews with a second visit; but was prevented by a sudden and violent death. Condensed from John Warren's Sermon before Parliament. The seventeenth letter of the alef-beis is the pei. The Septuagint renders this, "and the remainder of wrath shall make a feast to thee," ἐορτάσει σοί heortasei soi - that is, it shall praise or honor thee as in a festival. Psalm 76:10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise you: the remainder of wrath shall you restrain. This, in the Hebrew, is expressed in one word, rygxt, which imports the girding or binding of it on every side, that it shall by no means break out, but shall be kept in, as a dog in a chain, as a lion in his den, how violent soever. Thus the enemies themselves are often constrained to acknowledge with Adoni Bezek the righteous hand of God upon them in the day of inquisition. On stringed instruments. Salem Media Group. This psalm celebrates a great victory of God on behalf of His people, and those who connect it with the defeat of Sennacherib (Isaiah 37:36) attribute Psalm 76 to a later Asaph, or to someone who was the literal or spiritual descendant of the Asaph of David and Solomon’s time. It serves to manifest the glory of God's justice upon his people's enemies in the day when he rises up to avenge himself upon them, when he shall stand over them, lashing them with scorpions, and at every blow mind their former cruelties. Ebenezer Erskine. Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee, &c.— This alludes to the insolent menaces of the Assyrians, and their disgraceful defeat. Discover Books of the Bible. Psalm 76 (like 46, 47, 48 and 75) is about what happened in this war. There was nothing in the heart or the purposes of man that was beyond his jurisdiction or control; man could do nothing in his wrathful plans that God could not dispose of in his own way, and for his own honor. And we must therefore think of the escape of Israel from Egypt (see above), and the festival which was so repeatedly announced to Pharaoh, as the purpose of their exodus. His name is great in Israel. Psalm 76:10 NLT - Human defiance only enhances your - Bible Gateway. Psalm 76 # sn Psalm 76. Psalm 76:10, KJV: "Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain." This psalm celebrates a great victory of God on behalf of His people, and those who connect it with the defeat of Sennacherib (Isaiah 37:36) attribute Psalm 76 to a later Asaph, or to someone who was the literal or spiritual descendant of the Asaph of David and Solomon’s time. A. God’s might shown in Zion. The stronger he is, and the more he threatens, and the weaker thy people, the more shall thy majesty and mercy appear in his destruction and their support. # 76:4 Greek, Syriac; Masoretic Text “mountains of prey.”. Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee. A song. Sennacherib was angry against God's people; but that vicious anger exhibited by his deployment of an arrogant and blasphemous army against Jerusalem surely `praised God' in its total destruction. Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee —, The remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain —. 2. sent forth his anger to destroy them. The wrath of man, (in the original it is The wrath of Adam, or the wrath of clay, weak, impotent man) shall praise thee, i.e., it shall turn to the praise and glory of God through his overruling providence, though quite otherwise intended. The remainder of wrath, i.e. Others render it, "Thou restrainest the remainder of thy wrath" - that is, punishment - "when the wrath of man will not promote the knowledge of thyself" It seems to me, however, that our translators have expressed the exact idea in the psalm; and the meaning is, that the whole of the wrath of man is under the control of God, and that whatever there is, or would be, in the manifestation of that wrath, or in carrying out the purposes of the heart, which could not, in the circumstances, be made to promote his glory, or which would do injury, he would check and restrain. In other respects too, they form a pair: Psalm 75 prepares the way for the divine deed of judgments as imminent, which Psalm 76 celebrates as having taken place. Who can stand before you when you are angry? This could mean that men’s anger (subjective genitive), when punished by God, will bring him praise, but this interpretation does not harmonize well with the next line. Either the wrath which comes from God, and has man for its object; and that either as it regards the people of God; so the Targum, ``when thou art angry with thy people, thou hast mercy on them, and they shall confess unto thy name;''. God many times gets up in the world on Satan's shoulders. King James Version(KJV) Public Domain. Psalm 76:10 Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself. But there is another sense, also, in which the wrath of man is made the occasion for glorifying God. Psalm 76:1 In Hebrew texts 76:1-12 is numbered 76:2-13. Malice is tethered and cannot break its bounds. The translation assumes that God’s anger is in view here (see v. The remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. Psalm 91 - Knight, Leonard C. "I Will Show Him My Salvation: The Experience of Anxiety in the Meaning of Psalm 91," Restoration Quarterly 43.4 (2001) 280-292. You are radiant with light, more majestic than mountains rich with game. Psalms 76:10 is obscure. Selah. Franz Delitzsch. It seems probable from the two foregoing verses, that mighty thunderings preceded the destruction of the Assyrians; When God arose to judgment, i.e. Furious winds often drive vessels the more swiftly into port. There is a wisdom that descendeth not from above (no, nor grows on earth) but is devilish, James 3:15 . Compiled & Edited by BibleStudyTools Staff, California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. "Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for wherein is he to be accounted of?" In the Septuagint it is, The wrath of man shall keep holy day to thee, shall increase a festival for thee. See the notes at (Psalm 25:2; … Verse 10. Paragraphing does not have a textual marker. Thomas Manton. Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee. Psalms 76:10. (See Burgess, Notes on the Hebrew Psalms.). Psalm 76:10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise you: the remainder of wrath shall you restrain. Verse 10. אָדָ֣ם. (Psalm 76:10) 7 It is you alone who are to be feared. God is honored in Judah; his name is great in Israel. Prof. Alexander renders it, "Shalt thou gird about thee;" that is, God would gird it on as a sword, and would make use of it as a weapon for executing his own purposes. The remainder of wrath - The word "remainder" here - שׁארית she'êrı̂yth - means properly "part;" what remains, especially after a defeat or slaughter - the "survivors" of a battle, Jeremiah 11:23; Jeremiah 44:14; Micah 7:18; Zephaniah 2:7. Human defiance only enhances your glory, for you use it as a weapon. 1691. As in Arabic the word used here means "wholeness," or the whole of anything; and according to this, the idea would be that it was not merely wrath in general, or in a general sense, that would be made use of, but all that there was in wrath; it would all be made use of in advancing the divine purposes. A Song. In Judah God is known, his name is great in Israel. {76:9} Aut in finem misericordiam suam abscindet, a generatione in generationem? 1. God is known in Judah; His name is great in Israel. Psa. Cornelius Burges, in "Another Sermon preached to the Honourable House of Commons... November the fifth, 1641.". In the psalm, there are two other names for Jerusalem: Salem and Zion, verse 2. Selah. In like manner, the sins of the wicked are made an occasion for the display of the divine perfections in maintaining law; in the administering of justice; in preserving order. 76:7 could go with 76:8 and 9, so too, Ps. His abode has been established in Salem, his dwelling place in Zion. Article Images Copyright © 2020 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. Psalm 76:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 9. Psalm 76:10 in all English … How contemptibly doth the Spirit of God speak of man, and of the power of man, in Scripture? His discovering work; for by the wind of man's wrath he separates between the precious and the vile, betwixt the chaff and the wheat. All this comfort is sure and certain, there is not the least peradventure about it, that the flame of man's wrath shall praise the Lord, and the superfluous fire shall be quenched, or hemmed in; for here we have God's parole of honour for it: Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. … restrain—or, "gird"; that is, Thyself, as with a sword, with which to destroy, or as an ornament to Thy praise. Psalm 98 - Longman, Tremper. The Majesty of God in Judgment - To the Chief Musician. The latter part of this verse is translated loosely, otherwise the meaning would be obscured. With pleasure may Christians apply this to the advantages bestowed by the Redeemer. Here, take that for your inhuman rage against my people at such a place, and that for your barbarous usage of them at such a time. Never have the Lord's people had such awful impressions of the sovereignty of God, as when they have been in the furnace of man's wrath, then they become dumb with silence. Wherein the enemies of the church deal proudly, it will appear that God is above them. Verse 10. The wrath of man, when it is lengthened out to its utmost boundaries, can only go to the length of killing the body, or in the breaking the sheath of clay in which the soul lodges, and then it can do no more. The Seventy-sixth Psalm is represented by a very old tradition—it is already embodied in the Septuagint version—as a hymn of praise to God for the destruction of Sennacherib. A song to be accompanied by stringed instruments. It shall not only be overcome but rendered subservient to thy glory. The translation assumes that God’s anger is in view here (see v. 7) and that “men” is an objective genitive. Surely your wrath against mankind brings you praise, and the survivors of your wrath are restrained. All the earth is therefore called upon to join with Israel in praising God, and making him an offering (Psalms 76:10-12). Psalm 76:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 9. 76:10:—"Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee." 76:7 could go with 76:8 and 9, so too, Ps. Psa. Psalm 76. NKJV, NRSV, TEV, NJB). Psalm 76:10 Or Surely the wrath of mankind brings you praise, / and with the remainder of wrath you arm yourself To the leader: with stringed instruments. Psalm 76:10, NIV: "Surely your wrath against mankind brings you praise, and the survivors of your wrath are restrained." God many times gets up in the world on Satan's shoulders. O, sirs, much chaff is cast up already, both among ministers and professors; but it is like the wind and sieve may cast up much more yet ere all be done. Psalms 76:10. A psalm of Asaph. Psalm 76:10 Or Surely the wrath of mankind brings you praise, / and with the remainder of wrath you arm yourself In a time of peace and external tranquillity the sheep of Christ scatter and divide among themselves; but God lets loose the dogs upon them, and then the flock runs together; or like pieces of metal cast into the fire, they run together in a lump. A Psalm of Asaph. [ c] 11 Make vows to the Lord your God and fulfil them; Shall praise thee. 76:11-12 As Ps. 4 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee, &c.— This alludes to the insolent menaces of the Assyrians, and their disgraceful defeat. 2. תּוֹדֶ֑ךָּ. The stronger he is, and the more he threatens, and the weaker thy people, the more shall thy majesty and mercy appear in his destruction and their support. It is in such a case as this that God says to his own people, "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the heathen." The psalmist depicts God as a mighty warrior who destroys Israel’s enemies. 3. God's enlarging work, or his work of spreading the gospel, is sometimes advanced by the wrath of man. The wicked conduct of a child is an "occasion" for the display of the just character and the wise administration of a parent; the act of a pirate, a rebel, a murderer, furnishes an "occasion" for the display of the just principles of law, and the stability and power of a government. In Salem also is his tabernacle - Salem was the ancient name of Zebus, afterward called Jerusalem. Psalms 76:10. This expression, the wrath of man, imports the weakness and impotence of it; it is but the wrath of Adam, or of red clay. The fire which cannot be utilised shall be damped. “ Surely the wrath of man shall praise Thee, And the residue of wraths do Thee honour,”, where the residue of wrath, like Virgil’s reliquiœ Danaum (Æn. Psalm 76 (like 46, 47, 48 and 75) is about what happened in this war. Psalm 87 - Allen, Ronald B. A song. To get what Psalm 76:12 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity. Human defiance only enhances your glory, for you use it as a weapon. The stronger he is, and the more he threatens, and the weaker thy people, the more shall thy majesty and mercy appear in his destruction and their support. What more truly beneficial therefore, or tending to the divine glory, than for God, who useth to bring good out of evil, to make use also of the opposers of his truth, to rouse up his servants whom he sees growing more remiss and negligent than they should be, and to suffer such temptations to assault them, by which their drowsy minds may be spurred on into a greater love and zeal for the truth, and a deeper sense of the divine benefit in it, and in general, excited to the more diligent performance of their duty. Clarke's Psalms 76:10 Bible Commentary Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee - The rage of Sennacherib shall only serve to manifest thy glory. Thus he made use of the treasonable purpose of Judas, and the mad passions and the angry feelings of the Jews, in bringing about the work of redemption by the death of his Son; thus be made use of the purposes of Sennacherib in order to punish his own people (see the notes at Isaiah 10:5-7); thus he employed Cyrus to "execute his counsel" Isaiah 46:10; and thus he made use of the wrath evinced in persecuting the church to secure its permanent establishment in the world. Selah. Let there be hellish plots, yet our God shall confound them. The remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain - The Hebrew gives rather a different sense: "Thou shalt gird thyself with the remainder of wrath." Some understand this of the wrath of God, which he has in reserve and store for wicked men, and render the words thus, with the remainder of wrath wilt thou gird thyself (e); and so come forth like an armed man, clad with zeal, and arrayed with the garments of wrath and vengeance; see Isaiah 49:17. “Psalm 87: A Song Rarely Sung,” Bibliotheca Sacra 153 (April-June 1996) 131-140. Clarke's Psalms 76:10 Bible Commentary Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee - The rage of Sennacherib shall only serve to manifest thy glory. (Psalm 76:10) 7 It is you alone who are to be feared. (Psalms 76:10). Psalms 76:10 Context. Psalm 76:10. {76:10} Aut obliviscetur misereri Deus? {76:9} Or, will he cut off his mercy in the end, from generation to generation? The remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. The Seventy-sixth Psalm is represented by a very old tradition—it is already embodied in the Septuagint version—as a hymn of praise to God for the destruction of Sennacherib. With stringed instruments. 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