--- title: "Bullinger" description: "To the chief Musician. See App-64 . to Jeduthun. See App-65 . Title. A Psalm. Hebrew. mizmor. App-65 . of Asaph = for Asaph. The sixth of the twelve" image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/psalms/77" --- **To the chief Musician.** See App-64 . **to Jeduthun.** See App-65 . **Title. A Psalm.** Hebrew. *mizmor.* App-65 . **of Asaph** = for Asaph. The sixth of the twelve Asaph Psalms. App-63 . **God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.* App-4 . **He gave ear.** Inf. = "to give ear". Therefore supply *Ellipsis* ( App-6 ): "He [condescended] to give ear". **the LORD*.** One of the 134 places where the *Sopherim* altered Jehovah to Adonai. See App-32 . **My sore ran.** Hebrew hand was outstretched: i.e. in prayer. **ceased not:** i.e. to be outstretched. **My soul** = I (emphatic). **complained** = communed [with myself]. **my spirit** = I (emphatic). Hebrew. *ruach* . App-9 . **Selah.** Connecting this self-introspection with its sure result misery. See App-66 . **eyes** = eyelids; or, Thou keepest mine eyelids from closing. **my song.** Note that the whole of this member (verses: [Psalms 77:1-6](../../../kjv/psalms/77/1-6) ) is occupation with self. **Will . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis* , emphasizing the consequence of this introspection. It is continued through the whole of this member (verses: [Psalms 77:7-9](../../../kjv/psalms/77/7-9) ). **mercy** = lovingkindness, or grace. **promise** = word. Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause), App-6 , for the promise given by it. **GOD.** Hebrew El. App-4 . **Selah** . Connecting all this misery with the only sure remedy occupation with God: and passing from "I" and "my" to "Thou" and "Thy". ( App-66 .) **right hand.** Figure of speech *Anthropopatheia.* App-6 . **the MOST HIGH.** Hebrew. *Elyon.* App-4 . **the works** = doings. **THE LORD.** Hebrew Jah. App-4 . **wonders.** Hebrew work. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "wonders": i.e. wonderful ways or works. **work.** Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "works" (plural) **the sanctuary.** Only here, in God *'* s presence, is found peace and happiness. **Who . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis* ( App-6 ), for emphasis. This is the cry resulting from occupation with God. Even the cry of His saints. See note on [Exodus 15:11](../../../kjv/exodus/15/11) . **declared** = made known. **people** = peoples. **Joseph.** Because his sons were not the direct sons of Jacob. **Selah.** Connecting the redemption from Egypt with the accomplishment of it as recorded in "the scriptures of truth". See App-66 . **The waters.** Figure of speech *Epizeuxis* ( App-6 ), for emphasis: i.e. the waters of the Nile, and the Red Sea ([Exodus 14:21-31](../../../kjv/exodus/14/21-31) ). **The depths.** Not referring to the "abyss" of Babylonian mythology, which was a corruption of primitive truth ([Genesis 1:2](../../../kjv/genesis/1/2) ), but the Red Sea emphasized in the preceding clause. **clouds** = the thick or dark clouds. **arrows.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct), App-6 , for lightnings, mentioned below. **was in the heaven.** Hebrew. *galgal* = rolled along. **The.** Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulg, read "Thy". **lightened** = illumined. **is** = was. **the sea.** Not the sea-monster, the Ti'amat of Babylonian mythology, but the Red Sea mentioned above. See note on "The depths", [Psalms 77:16](../../../kjv/psalms/77/16) . **path.** Hebrew text = "paths"; but some codices, with five early printed editions, as in Authorized Version. **footsteps** = footprints: i.e. when the waters return to their place. **Moses and Aaron.** Only here in this third book. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/psalms/77#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/images/missing.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/images/missing.jpg","width":640,"height":370,"caption":"Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 77"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/psalms/77#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/psalms/77","name":"Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 77","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/psalms/77#primaryimage"},"datePublished":null,"dateModified":null,"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"To the chief Musician. 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