I will also meditate on all your work, and consider your doings.
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I will also meditate on all your work, and consider your doings.
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I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.
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(77-13) I will meditate also upon all Thy work, and muse on Thy doings.'
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Passages linked to Psalms 77:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 71:24 My tongue will also talk about your righteousness all day long, for they are disappointed, and they are confounded, who want to harm me.
- Psalms 145:11 They will speak of the glory of your kingdom, and talk about your power,
- Deuteronomy 6:7 and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.
- Psalms 105:2 Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works.
- Psalms 104:34 Let my meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in Yahweh.
- Psalms 143:5 I remember the days of old. I meditate on all your doings. I contemplate the work of your hands.
- Psalms 145:4 One generation will commend your works to another, and will declare your mighty acts.
- Luke 24:14-32 They talked with each other about all of these things which had happened. While they talked and questioned together, Jesus himself came near, and went with them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. He said to them, “What are you talking about as you walk, and are sad?” One of them, named Cleopas, answered him, “Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who doesn’t know the things which have happened there in these days?” He said to them, “What things?” They said to him, “The things concerning Jesus, the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people; and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him. But we were hoping that it was he who would redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened. Also, certain women of our company amazed us, having arrived early at the tomb; and when they didn’t find his body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. Some of us went to the tomb, and found it just like the women had said, but they didn’t see him.” He said to them, “Foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! Didn’t the Christ have to suffer these things and to enter into his glory?” Beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. They came near to the village where they were going, and he acted like he would go further. They urged him, saying, “Stay with us, for it is almost evening, and the day is almost over.” He went in to stay with them. When he had sat down at the table with them, he took the bread and gave thanks. Breaking it, he gave it to them. Their eyes were opened and they recognized him, then he vanished out of their sight. They said to one another, “Weren’t our hearts burning within us, while he spoke to us along the way, and while he opened the Scriptures to us?”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 77:12 I will meditate also of all thy…
Psa 77:12 I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.
Ver. 12. I will meditate also of all thy works, and talk, &c.] {See Trapp on "Psa 45:1"}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain I will meditate also of all thy work,.... Or…
I will meditate also of all thy work,.... Or "works" (t), which were many; he desired not to forget any of them, but remember the multitude of his tender mercies, and not only call them to mind, but dwell upon them in his meditations and contemplations, in order to gain some relief by them under his present circumstances:
and talk of thy doings: for the good of others, and so for the glory of God, as well as to imprint them on his own mind, that they might not be forgotten by him; for all things that are talked of, and especially frequently, are better remembered, see Psa 145:4, the Targum is,
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"I will meditate on all thy good works, and speak of the causes of thy wonders.''
(t) "de unoquoque opere tuo", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain I will meditate also of all thy work -…
I will meditate also of all thy work - That is, with a view to learn thy real character; to see whether I am to be constrained by painful facts to cherish the thoughts which have given me such trouble, or whether I may not find reasons for cherishing more cheerful views of God.
And talk of thy doings - Or rather, “I will muse on thy doings” - for so the Hebrew word signifies. It is not conversation with others to which he refers; it is meditation - musing - calm contemplation - thoughtful meditation. He designed to reflect on the doings of God, and to ask what was the proper interpretation to be put on them in regard to his character. Thus we must, and may, judge of God, as we judge of our fellow-men. We may, we must, inquire what is the proper interpretation to be put on the events which occur under his administration, and form our opinions accordingly. The result of the psalmist’s reflections is stated in the following verses.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 12. I will meditate also upon all thy work,
12. I will meditate also upon all thy work,
And muse on thy doings. (R.V.)
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For work cp. Hab_3:2.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain I will meditate also of all thy work, and…
I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings; rather, as in the Revised Version, and muse on thy doings (comp. ver. 3).
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 12. I will meditate also of all thy…
Ver. 12. I will meditate also of all thy work. Sweet work to enter into Jehovah's work of grace, and there to lie down and ruminate, every thought being absorbed in the one precious subject.
And talk of thy doings. It is well that the overflow of the mouth should indicate the good matter which fills the heart. Meditation makes rich talking; it is to be lamented that so much of the conversation of professors is utterly barren, because they take no time for contemplation. A meditative man should be a talker, otherwise he is a mental miser, a mill which grinds corn only for the miller. The subject of our meditation should be choice, and then our task will be edifying; if we meditate on folly and affect to speak wisdom, our double mindedness will soon be known unto all men. Holy talk following upon meditation has a consoling power in it for ourselves as well as for those who listen, hence its value in the connection in which we find it in this passage.
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Whole Psalm. Whenever, and by whomsoever, the Psalm may have been written, it clearly is individual, not national. It utterly destroys all the beauty, all the tenderness and depth of feeling in the opening portion, if we suppose that the people are introduced speaking in the first person. The allusions to the national history may indeed show that the season was a season of national distress, and that the sweet singer was himself bowed down by the burden of the time, and oppressed by woes which he had no power to alleviate; but it is his own sorrow, not the sorrow of others under which he sighs, and of which he has left the pathetic record. J. J. Stewart Perowne.
Ver. 12. Themes for thought and topics for conversation. Creation, Providence, Redemption, etc.
Psalms 77:13*
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain I will meditate also of all Thy work.
Psa_77:12
I will meditate also of all Thy work.
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Meditation
I. Motives to meditation.
1. It is the proper occupation of the mind.
2. Our character in the sight of God depends on the character of our thoughts.
3. Meditation is essential to the success of Gods Word.
II. Subjects for meditation.
1. Gods existence and attributes.
2. His works.
3. His claims. Their comprehensiveness, their spirituality, their perpetual obligation. Our guilt in neglecting them.
4. Your future. (Evangelical Preacher.)
The need of meditation
In mere apprehension, whether through reading or hearing, there is little or no profit. The profit begins when that which is apprehended is so pondered as to become part and parcel of the mans inner nature. A man may run through a picture gallery so as to see every painting it contains, and to derive from the sight a certain amount of pleasure; but he alone profits by such an exhibition who pauses and studies each worthy work of art, and gathers ideas from it which enrich his mind, or learn lessons from it which refine his taste. It is the settling of milk, says an old writer, that makes it turn to cream, and it is the settling of truth in the mind that makes it turn to spiritual nutriment. (W. L. Alexander.)
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