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Verse Psalms 78:69. _HE BUILT HIS SANCTUARY LIKE HIGH PALACES_]
כמו רמים _kemo ramim_, which several of the _Versions_
understand of the _monoceros_ or _rhinoceros_. The temple of God at
Jerusalem wa...
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AND HE BUILT HIS SANCTUARY - His holy place; that is, his tabernacle.
The temple was not then built; and, when reared, it was not on Mount
Zion, but on Mount Moriah. The name Zion, however, was often...
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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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LIKE THE EARTH. Some codices, with two early printed editions,
Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read (_Beth_. in) instead of (_Kaph_.
like). "In the land"....
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The choice of Zion....
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_like high_palaces] Rather, like the heights of heaven, which along
with the earth are emblems of grandeur and stability....
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LIKE HIGH PALACES— _Like the mountains, the high places._ This
version is made probable by the next words, _like the earth:_ standing
upon the top of Sion and making the summit of it, the _sanctuary_...
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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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Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that
shouteth by reason of wine.
-Now Yahweh awakes as one out of sleep, and destroys His people's
enemies, and restores the ark; but...
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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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HIGH _palaces_] RV'heights,'the heavens. LIKE THE EARTH] firm as the
earth....
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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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HE BUILT. — The first clause is vague, but evidently the poet is
drawing attention to the grandeur and solidity of the Temple. Perhaps,
_high as heaven_ — _firm as earth.
_...
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וַ יִּ֣בֶן כְּמֹו ־רָ֭מִים
מִקְדָּשֹׁ֑ו כְּ֝...
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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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GOD RAISES UP HIS SHEPHERD DAVID
Psalms 78:59
This paragraph continues the history of the Judges, and tells the
story of what befell after the battle in which Eli's sons were slain.
See 1 Samuel 4:1....
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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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And he (s) built his sanctuary like high [palaces], like the earth
which he hath established for ever.
(s) By building the temple, and establishing the kingdom, he declares
that the signs of his favo...
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The history of the church is pursued through all these verses. But we
must look farther than the history, and particularly in the close of
the Psalm, which ends with a view of David as the chosen of G...
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69._And built his sanctuary like high places. _(368) In this verse,
what is intimated is simply this, that Mount Zion was singularly
beautified; which, however, ought to be referred to the heavenly
pa...
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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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AND HE BUILT HIS SANCTUARY LIKE HIGH PALACES,.... The temple at
Jerusalem, called a sanctuary, or holy place, because separated and
dedicated to holy use and service; where the holy God had his
reside...
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And he built his sanctuary like high [palaces], like the earth which
he hath established for ever.
Ver. 69. _Like high palaces_] Not places, as some books absurdly have
it. Like the earth, there shal...
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_And he built his sanctuary_ The temple of Solomon. David, indeed,
erected only a tent for the ark, but a temple was then designed, and
preparations were made for building it. _Like high palaces_ A ve...
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ESTABLISHED:
_ Heb._ founded...
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56-72 After the Israelites were settled in Canaan, the children were
like their fathers. God gave them his testimonies, but they turned
back. Presumptuous sins render even Israelites hateful to God's...
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HIS SANCTUARY; the temple of Solomon. HIGH PALACES; magnificent and
glorious. ESTABLISHED FOR EVER; not now to be removed from place to
place, as the tabernacle was, but as a fixed place for the ark's...
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Psalms 78:69 built H1129 (H8799) sanctuary H4720 heights H7311 (H8802)
earth H776 established H3245 (H8804) forever
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Psalms 78:69
I. Stability and permanence are, perhaps, the especial ideas which a
church brings before the mind. It represents, indeed, the beauty, the
loftiness, the calmness, the mystery, and the s...
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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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He built His sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which He hath
established for ever.
THE GOSPEL PALACES
“He built His sanctuary like high palaces”; look through this very
country, compare its...
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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 78:65 God graciously answered Israel’s
recurring pattern of sin by raising up David to be their king. THE
LORD AWOKE AS FROM SLEEP. This is a bold image, conveying what the
believ...
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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 Chronicles 29:1; 1 Chronicles 29:19; 1 Kings 6:2; 1 Kings 9:8;...
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Sanctuary — The temple of Solomon. Palaces — Magnificent and
gloriously. Established — Not now to be moved from place to place,
as the tabernacle was, but as a fixed place for the ark's perpetual
resi...