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Verse Psalms 78:39. _HE REMEMBERED THAT THEY_ WERE BUT _FLESH_] Weak
mortals. He took their feeble perishing state always into
_consideration_, and knew how much they needed the whole of their
state o...
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FOR HE REMEMBERED THAT THEY WERE BUT FLESH - That they were human;
that they were weak; that they were prone to err; that they were
liable to fall into temptation. In his dealings with them he took in...
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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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HE REMEMBERED. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ Compare "They
forgat", Psalms 78:11.
FLESH. Compare Genesis 6:3; Genesis 8:21.Psal
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These judgements failed to reform them, and further chastisements
produced only temporary and superficial amendments. Yet in spite of
all, God continued to shew them mercy....
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_For_&c. And he remembered &c. _Flesh_denotes the frailty of human
nature, including moral as well as physical weakness: _a wind_&c.
symbolises the transitoriness of human life. Cp. Psalms 56:4; Psalm...
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DISCOURSE: 635
THE EXTENT OF GOD’S MERCY
Psalms 78:34. When he slew them, then they sought him; and they
returned and inquired early after God: and they remembered that God
was their Rock, and the hig...
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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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“And what’s a life? A blast sustained with clothing:
Maintained with food, retained with vile self-loathing;
Then, weary of itself, away to nothing.” —
QUARLES: _Emblcms.
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וַ֭ יִּזְכֹּר כִּי ־בָשָׂ֣ר הֵ֑מָּה
ר֥וּחַ ה֝
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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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“SIGNS IN EGYPT”
Psalms 78:38
God takes into account the frailty and infirmity of our natures. _The
Spirit… helpeth our infirmities_, Romans 8:26. In the words of
Hosea, God teaches us “to go;” that...
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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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What precious views are these of covenant love and covenant
faithfulness: and how they all run up to the fountain-head of all our
mercies, in the everlasting, free, spontaneous, and unchangeable love...
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39._And he remembered that they were flesh. _Another reason is now
brought forward why God had compassion on the people, which is, his
unwillingness to try his strength against men who are so constitu...
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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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FOR HE REMEMBERED THAT THEY [WERE BUT] FLESH,.... Or "children of
flesh", as the Targum; poor, frail, weak, mortal creatures, unable to
bear the weight of his displeasure, the stroke of his hand, and...
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For he remembered that they [were but] flesh; a wind that passeth
away, and cometh not again.
Ver. 39. _For he remembered that they were but flesh_] _i.e._ Frail
and feeble, full of sin and misery.,...
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_For he remembered they were but flesh_ He considered the corruption
of their nature, which inclined them to evil, and was pleased to make
that a reason for his sparing them. See the same argument use...
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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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FLESH; which here notes either,
1. The corruption of their natures, which was perpetually inclining
them to sin, and consequently exposing them to God's wrath, which must
needs have consumed them utt...
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Psalms 78:39 remembered H2142 (H8799) flesh H1320 breath H7307 away
H1980 (H8802) again H7725 (H8799)...
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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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_For He remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away,
and cometh not again._
THE FRAILTY OF HUMAN NATURE
I. The frailty of human nature impressively described. Two terms are
used--...
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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 78:32 The mighty works of God described in vv.
Psalms 78:9 should have been enough reason for the people to be
faithful, but they were not (v....
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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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Genesis 6:3; James 4:14; Job 7:16; Job 7:7; John 3:6;...