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Psalms 76:5

Psalms 76:5
The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

The stout hearted are spoiled,.... The Assyrian army, its officers and generals, that came up against Jerusalem, with great resolution and courage, and with daring impiety and blasphemy against the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The stout-hearted are spoiled - The valiant men, the men who came so confidently to the invasion. The word “spoiled” here, as elsewhere in the Scriptures, means “plundered,” not (as the word is now…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 76:1-6

The church is here triumphant even in the midst of its militant state. The psalmist, in the church's name, triumphs here in God, the centre of all our triumphs.

I. In the revelation God had made of…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The stouthearted For illustration cp. Isa 10:12 ff.

are spoiled Lit. have let themselves be spoiled. Cp. Isa 17:14; Isa 33:1. they have slept their sleep They slumber their (last) sleep, the sleep of…