Psalms 74:17

Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
set	הִ֭צַּבְתָּ Hi.tzav.ta	H5324	to station · verb, hiphil perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
borders	גְּבוּל֣וֹת ge.vu.Lot	H1367	a boundary · noun, common feminine plural construct
earth	אָ֑רֶץ 'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · noun, common feminine singular absolute
made	יְצַרְתָּם ye.tzar.tam	H3335	to mould into a form · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
summer	קַ֥יִץ Ka.yitz	H7019	harvest (as the crop) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
winter	וָ֝חֹ֗רֶף va.Cho.ref	H2779	properly · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Deuteronomy 32:8 When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according t…
Acts 17:26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and…
Genesis 8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Acts 14:17 Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our heart…
Psalms 24:1-2 The earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 74:12-17

The lamenting church fastens upon something here which she calls to mind, and therefore hath she hope (as Lam 3:21), with which she encourages herself and silences her own complaints. Two things quiet the minds of those that are here sorrowing for the solemn assembly: - I. That God is the God of Israel, a God in covenant with his people (Psa 74:12): God is my King of old. This comes in both as a plea in prayer to God (Psa 44:4, thou art my King, O God!) and as a prop to their own faith and hope, to encourage themselves to expect deliverance, considering the days of old, Psa 77:5. The church speaks as a complex body, the same in every age, and therefore calls God, "My King, my King of old,"…

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John Gill on Psalms 74:17

Thou hast set all the borders of the earth,.... Of the whole world, and each of the nations, as of the land of Canaan, so of others, Deuteronomy 32:8, and even has fixed and settled the bounds of every man's habitation, Acts 17:26, thou hast made summer and winter; see Genesis 8:22, which, taken literally, are great benefits to the world; and, figuratively understood, may represent the two dispensations of the law and Gospel; see Sol 2:11, and the different frames of God's people when under temptations, and clouds, and darkness, and when they enjoy peace and comfort; and the different state of the church, when affected with affliction, persecution, false doctrine, deadness, and formality, w…

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John Calvin on Psalms 74:13-17

Psalm 74:13-17 13. Thou hast divided the sea by thy [229] power: thou hast broken the heads of the dragons [230] upon the waters. 14. Thou hast broken the head [231] of Leviathan [232] in pieces, and hast given him for food to thy people in the wilderness. 15. Thou hast cleaved [or divided] the fountain and the torrent: thou hast dried up mighty rivers. 16. The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast ordained [233] the light [234] and the sun. 17. Thou hast set [or fixed] all the boundaries of the earth: thou hast made the summer and the winter. 13. Thou hast divided the sea by thy power. The prophet now collects together certain kinds of deliverances highly worthy of remembrance;…

The Church Fathers

"Thou hast made all the ends of the earth" (ver. 17). ...Behold in what manner He hath made the ends of the earth, that hath wrought Salvation in the midst of the earth. "Thou hast made all the ends of the earth. Summer and spring Thou hast made them." Men fervent in the Spirit are the summer. Thou, I say, hast made men fervent in the Spirit: Thou hast made also the novices in the Faith, they are the "spring." "Summer and Spring Thou hast made them." They shall not glory as if they have not received: "Thou hast made them."
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 74

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Dictionary and topics

Year — Heb. shanah, meaning “repetition” or “revolution” (Gen. 1:14; 5:3). Among the ancient Egyptians the year consisted of twelve months of thirty days each, with five days added to make it a complete…
Summer · Given by God — Given by God
Winter · God makes — God makes

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 74:17

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 74:12-17

John Gill on Psalms 74:17

John Calvin on Psalms 74:13-17

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 74:17

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 74:12-17

John Gill on Psalms 74:17

John Calvin on Psalms 74:13-17

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 74:12-17

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 74:15

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 74:12-23