“I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.”
The commitment to remembrance deepens: "I will meditate on all your work, and muse on your mighty deeds." Unlike the meditation of verses 3 and 6 that produced despair, this meditation is directed specifically toward God's works and mighty deeds, establishing a hermeneutical principle: proper remembrance focuses on God's action rather than on present suffering. The word "muse" (siah) connotes deep reflection and imaginative engagement with the tradition, suggesting that the psalmist will not merely catalogue past events but will engage them imaginatively as present spiritual resources.
Church Fathers on Psalms 77:12
1. This Psalm's lintel is thus inscribed: “Unto the end, for Idithun, a Psalm to Asaph himself.” What “Unto the end” is, you know. Idithun is interpreted “leaping over those men,” Asaph is interpreted “a congregation.” Here therefore there is speaking “a congregation that leaps over,” in order that it may reach the End, which is Christ Jesus.. .. 2. “With my voice,” he says, “to the Lord I have cried” Psalm 76:1. But many men cry unto the Lord for the sake of getting riches…
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