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Verse Psalms 78:72. _SO HE FED THEM_] Here David is mentioned as
_having_ _terminated his reign_. He _had_ fed the people, _according
to the_ _integrity of his heart_, for that was ever disposed to do...
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SO HE FED THEM - He performed toward them the office of a shepherd.
ACCORDING TO THE INTEGRITY OF HIS HEART - literally, “According to
the perfection of his heart.” That is, he was upright and pure i...
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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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SKILFULNESS. discernment, or understanding....
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The choice of David as king....
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_the integrity of his heart_ Cp. 1 Kings 9:4; Psalms 7:8; Psalms
101:2; and the use of the cognate adjective in Psalms 15:2;...
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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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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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וַ֭ יִּרְעֵם כְּ תֹ֣ם לְבָבֹ֑ו וּ בִ
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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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So (t) he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided
them by the skilfulness of his hands.
(t) He shows where a kings charge stands: that is, to provide
faithfully for his people, t...
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PSALM LXXVIII. (DEUS VENERUNT GENTES.)
The Church in time of persecution prayeth for relief. It seems to
belong to the time of the Machabees....
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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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REFLECTIONS
READER, let us make a solemn pause over the perusal of this most
interesting Psalm. And when we have taken a careful survey of its
precious contents, let us beg of God the Holy Ghost, the...
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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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SO HE FED THEM ACCORDING TO THE INTEGRITY OF HIS HEART,.... Or,
"reigned over them", as the Targum; that is, over the people of
Israel, and which he did in such manner as showed uprightness of
heart,...
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So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided
them by the skilfulness of his hands.
Ver. 72. _So he fed them, &c._] See Psalms 78:70. He was not _malus
vir bonus princeps_ (as is...
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_So he fed them_ Having so great a trust put into his hands, he
obtained mercy of the Lord to be found both skilful and faithful in
the discharge of it; _he fed them_ That is, he ruled and taught them...
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So he fed them, as their ruler, with all care and kindness, ACCORDING
TO THE INTEGRITY OF HIS HEART, striving after ever greater
understanding of their needs, AND GUIDED THEM BY THE SKILLFULNESS OF
HI...
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The Narrative of God's Deeds...
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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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He commends David for the two necessary ingredients of a good prince.
1. INTEGRITY; whereby he sincerely sought the good and welfare of his
people, avoiding and abhorring those counsels and courses wh...
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Psalms 78:72 shepherded H7462 (H8686) integrity H8537 heart H3824
guided H5148 (H8686) skillfulness H8394 hands H3709
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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 chose David also His servant, and took him from the sheepfolds._
DAVID, THE SHEPHERD, CALLED TO BE KING
A keeper of sheep, suddenly becoming conscious that he was chosen for
a great yet terrible...
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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...