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BUT MADE HIS OWN PEOPLE TO GO FORTH LIKE SHEEP ... - That is, he was a
shepherd to them. He defended them; provided for them; led them - as a
shepherd does his flock. See the notes at Psalms 23:1....
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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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WILDERNESS. Compare Isaiah 63:11....
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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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How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the
desert!
-The Israelites in the time of the Judges tempted God by forgetting
His judgments in Egypt in Israel's behalf, which ar...
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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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וַ יַּסַּ֣ע כַּ † צֹּ֣אן עַמֹּ֑ו וַֽ...
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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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SAFELY LED, YET BENT ON WANDERING
Psalms 78:49
This section of the psalm deals largely with the books of Joshua and
Judges. The failures that had characterized the Wilderness crossed the
Jordan with...
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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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Here a sweet contrast is drawn, in the view of divine love and
compassion, notwithstanding human ingratitude. The sacred writer takes
up the subject in tracing the history of the church even into Cana...
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52._And he made his people to go forth like sheep. _The Psalmist again
celebrates God’s fatherly love towards the chosen people, whom, as
we have elsewhere remarked, he compares to a flock of sheep. T...
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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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BUT MADE HIS OWN PEOPLE TO GO FORTH LIKE SHEEP,.... The people of
Israel, whom the Lord chose to be his peculiar people above all
others; these he caused to go forth out of Egypt, with a mighty hand
a...
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But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the
wilderness like a flock.
Ver. 52. _But made his own people to go forth like sheep_] _i.e._
_Tuto et lente,_ softly and safely, a...
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_But made his own people go out like sheep_ Distinguishing between
them and the Egyptians, _as a shepherd divideth between the sheep and
the goats_, having set his own mark upon these sheep, by the bl...
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The Narrative of God's Deeds...
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but made His own people to go forth like sheep, under His protecting
leadership, AND GUIDED THEM IN THE WILDERNESS LIKE A FLOCK, Psalms
77:20....
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40-55. Let not those that receive mercy from God, be thereby made
bold to sin, for the mercies they receive will hasten its punishment;
yet let not those who are under Divine rebukes for sin, be disc...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Psalms 78:52 people H5971 forth H5265 (H8686) sheep H6629 guided H5090
(H8762) wilderness H4057 flock H5739...
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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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_And smote all the firstborn in Egypt;.. . but made His own people to
go forth like sheep._
GOD’S DEALINGS WITH EGYPT AND ISRAEL
I. The punishment of egypt. Egypt, through its kings, had become the
d...
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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 78:40 The next section goes back to the exodus,
describing all the plagues God brought against the Egyptian oppressors
(vv. Psalms 78:42). This is followed by a brief summary of
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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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Ezekiel 34:11; Isaiah 40:11; Isaiah 63:11; Jeremiah 23:2; Joh