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Psalms 78:13
He divided the sea Lit. clave, as in Psalms 78:15; the word which is used in Exodus 14:16; Isaiah 63:12; Nehemiah 9:11.
as an heap Cp. Exodus 15:8; Psalms 33:7.
He divided the sea Lit. clave, as in Psalms 78:15; the word which is used in Exodus 14:16; Isaiah 63:12; Nehemiah 9:11.
as an heap Cp. Exodus 15:8; Psalms 33:7.
Verse Psalms 78:13. _HE DIVIDED THE SEA, AND CAUSED THEM TO PASS THROUGH_] The reader is requested to consult the notes on the parallel passages marked in the margin on this verse and Psalms 78:14, c....
HE DIVIDED THE SEA ... - The Red Sea. Exodus 14:21. AND HE MADE THE WATERS TO STAND AS AN HEAP - The word rendered “heap” means anything piled up, or a mound; and the idea is, that the waters were pil...
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 ...
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...
DIVIDED. Compare Exodus 14:21. AS AN HEAP. Compare Exodus 14:22; Exodus 15:8....
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:...
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...
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...
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
AS AN HEAP. — See Note, Psalms 33:7....
בָּ֣קַע יָ֭ם וַ יַּֽעֲבִירֵ֑ם וַֽ יַּצֶּב ־מַ
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
“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...
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,...
We need only refer to the history of Israel in the wilderness, to discover to what particular period of the church the prophet in these verses refers. Perhaps, as in several other parts of scripture,...
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...
HE DIVIDED THE SEA,.... The Targum adds, "by the rod of Moses their master;'' which he was ordered to lift up, and to stretch out his hand over the sea; which he did, and at the same time a strong e...
He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap. Ver. 13. _He divided the sea_] Making it fordable for them, and fixing those fluid waters, like stone...
_Marvellous things did he in the field_ That is, in the territory or jurisdiction, not excluding the city itself; _of Zoan_ An ancient and eminent city of Egypt. _In the day-time he led them with a cl...
The Narrative of God's Deeds...
He divided the sea and caused them to pass through, Exodus 14:21; AND HE MADE THE WATERS TO STAND AS AN HEAP, Exodus 15:8....
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Psalms 78:13 divided H1234 (H8804) sea H3220 through H5674 (H8686) waters H4325 stand H5324 (H8686) heap...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle._ GOD IN HUMAN HISTORY I. A people is a community that are most favoured with privileges are oftentimes the...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 78:1. This is a historical psalm (compare Psalms 105:1; P
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 78:9 The first historical section recounts an otherwise unknown incident in which THE EPHRAIMITES... TURNED BACK ON THE DAY OF BATTLE. Presumably this was a battle in which all Is...
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_.—...
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 10:2; 1 Corinthians 10:3; Exodus 15:27; Habakkuk 3:15;...