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THEREFORE THE LORD HEARD THIS, AND WAS WROTH - See Numbers 11:1,
Numbers 11:10.
SO A FIRE WAS KINDLED AGAINST JACOB ... - Fire may be used here, as in
Numbers 11:1
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PSALM 78-83
Psalms 78
A Historical Retrospect
_ 1. The call to hear (Psalms 78:1)_
2. Ephraim's failure (Psalms 78:9)
3. His dealings in power and mercy ...
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LXXVIII. THE LESSON OF ISRAEL'S HISTORY. The northern tribes have been
perverse from the first. Their wickedness has culminated in the
schismatical religion of the Samaritans. God, on the contrary, ha...
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Therefore when Jehovah heard, he was wroth:
And a fire was kindled against Jacob,
And anger also went up against Israel.
Cp. Psalms 78:59_; Psalms 78:62. A fire_alludes to the punishment of
the mur...
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In spite of these miracles of mercy they sinned yet more, and tempted
God in their unbelief, so that while He supplied their wants He was
compelled to punish them for their sin. The order is logical n...
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DISCOURSE: 632
THE EVIL OF UNBELIEF
Psalms 78:19. They spake against God: they said, Can God furnish a
table in the wilderness? Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters
gushed out, and the streams o...
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PSALMS 78
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
A Didactic Poem, Counselling the Re-union of the Tribes.
ANALYSIS
Part I.THE PRELUDE
(1) An Invitation to Attend to a Series of Problems Drawn from
AntiquityPsalms 78:...
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Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land
of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
-The unbelief of the Israelite fathers is detailed as a sad contrast
to God's marvels performed i...
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This long historical Ps. may be compared with Psalms 105, 106, and
with Deuteronomy 32. It traces the course of God's relations with His
people from the exodus down to the time of David, and dwells on...
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Psalms 73:89
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
TELL YOUR CHILDREN
PSALMS 78
Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me. Do not stop them".
(Matthew 19
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See references in margin....
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לָכֵ֤ן ׀ שָׁמַ֥ע יְהוָ֗ה וַֽ
יִּתְעַבָּ֥ר וְ֭...
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Psalms 78:1
THIS psalm is closely related to Psalms 105:1; Psalms 106:1; Psalms
107:1. Like them, it treats the history of Israel, and esp
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“A TABLE IN THE WILDERNESS”
Psalms 78:13
Throughout this wonderful recital there is a perpetual contrast
between God's unswerving goodness and the incessant backsliding of His
people; and as we read...
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The supreme quantity of this psalm is that throughout all its
measures, over against the repeated failure of His people God's
persistent patience is set forth in bold relief. The purpose of the
psalm,...
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The history of this event is recorded at large, Numbers 11:1. But
beside the history, I earnestly beg the Reader to keep his eye
steadily upon the sacramental design of the whole. The despising here
s...
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21._Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth. _This hearing of God
implies full and perfect knowledge; and it is a figure taken from
earthly judges, who cannot punish criminals until they have become
th...
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In Psalms 78 the conduct of Israel is discussed by wisdom,
historically as regards the whole people, but with very important
principles brought out. There was not only a redemption of old, to
which fa...
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THEREFORE THE LORD HEARD THIS,.... What they said in their hearts, and
what they expressed with their mouths, all their murmurings against
him, their distrust of his power and providence, and disbelie...
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Therefore the LORD heard [this], and was wroth: so a fire was kindled
against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
Ver. 21. _Therefore the Lord heard this, and was wroth_] _Efferbuit,
excand...
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_The Lord heard, and was wroth_ Such rude and insolent language highly
incensed the Divine Majesty. _So a fire was kindled against Jacob_ He
sent lightning from heaven to consume those whom he had bef...
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1-8 These are called dark and deep sayings, because they are
carefully to be looked into. The law of God was given with a
particular charge to teach it diligently to their children, that the
church m...
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A FIRE was kindled; either properly, as it was NUMBERS 11:1; or
figuratively, the fire of God's anger, as it follows....
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Psalms 78:21 LORD H3068 heard H8085 (H8804) furious H5674 (H8691) fire
H784 kindled H5400 (H8738) Jacob...
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The story of how the children of Israel behaved themselves towards
their gracious God.
Psalms 78:10. They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk
in his law; and forgat his works, and his w...
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This story of the children of Israel, after they came out of Egypt, is
like a looking-glass in which we may, with great sadness, see
ourselves reflected.
Psalms 78:9. _The children of Ephraim, being...
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CONTENTS: Israel's sins wherewith they had provoked God. The tokens of
God's displeasure as the result.
CHARACTERS: God, Asaph.
CONCLUSION: God's people limit Him by forgetfulness of His benefits
(Ps...
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Title. _Maschil of Asaph._ Rabbi Kimchi says, that this title, which
signifies to give instruction, designates also the species of music or
melody to which the words were set, as is now the practice o...
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_Therefore the Lord heard this, and was wroth. .. Because they
believed not in God, and trusted not in His salvation._
MISTRUST THAT DESTROYS
There are morbid growths in the human frame which our doc...
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_And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust._
THE CONDUCT OF GOD TOWARDS THE WORLD, AND THE WORLD’S CONDUCT TO HIM
I. God’s dispensations towards depraved man.
1. Wonderful me...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 78:1. This is a historical psalm (compare
Psalms 105:1; P
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 78:17 In spite of the deeds the people had
seen, YET THEY SINNED STILL MORE AGAINST God.
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INTRODUCTION
_Superscription,—“Maschil of Asaph_,” _i.e._, an instruction of
Asaph, a didactic song by Asaph. The Psalm was probably written by the
celebrated Asaph in the time of David.
_Occasion_.—...
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EXPOSITION
This, the first of the "historical psalms," though assigned by the
rationalistic school (De Wette, Ewald, Koster, Hitzig) to a period
subsequent to the Captivity, is generally allowed by mo...
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Psa 78:1-72 is a psalm that rehearses the history of God's people. And
the psalm was written in order to remind the children, the coming
generation, of the works of the Lord. One of the important obli...
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1 Corinthians 10:11; 1 Corinthians 10:5; Deuteronomy 32:22; Hebrews
12:29;...