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Psa 75:1 — [[To the chief Musician, 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Entire Verse.		A. M. 3294. B.C. 710.
(Title) Al-tas-chith		or, Destroy not. Psa 57:1; Psa 58:1; *titles
(Title) A Psalm		Some consider this Psalm to have been written by David on his accession to the throne over all Israel; others refer it to the time of the captivity, considering it as a continuation of the subject in the preceding; but Bp. Patrick and others are of opinion that it was composed by Asaph to commemorate the overthrow of Sennacherib's army, 2Ki 19:1.
(Title) of Asaph		or, for Asaph.
for that		Psa 76:1; Psa 138:2; Exd 23:21; Exd 34:6,7; Jer 10:6
wondrous		Deu 4:7,33,34

Correlating Passages

(Title) Al-tas-chith

	Psa 57:1	[[To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.]] Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until [these] calamities be overpast.
	Psa 58:1	[[To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David.]] Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

(Title) A Psalm

2Ki 19:1

And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard [it], that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.

for that

	Psa 76:1	[[To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm [or] Song of Asaph.]] In Judah [is] God known: his name [is] great in Israel.
	Psa 138:2	I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
	Exd 23:21	Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name [is] in him.
	Exd 34:6	And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
	Exd 34:7	Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear [the guilty]; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth [generation].
	Jer 10:6	Forasmuch as [there is] none like unto thee, O LORD; thou [art] great, and thy name [is] great in might.

wondrous

	Deu 4:7	For what nation [is there so] great, who [hath] God [so] nigh unto them, as the LORD our God [is] in all [things that] we call upon him [for]?
	Deu 4:33	Did [ever] people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
	Deu 4:34	Or hath God assayed to go [and] take him a nation from the midst of [another] nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

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Scott, Thomas. "Psalms 75:1," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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