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Verse Psalms 78:5. _A TESTIMONY IN JACOB_] This may signify the
various _ordinances, rites_, and _ceremonies_ prescribed by the law;
and the word _law_ may mean the _moral_ law, or system of religiou...
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FOR HE ESTABLISHED A TESTIMONY IN JACOB - He ordained or appointed
that which would be for a “witness” for him; that which would bear
testimony to his character and perfections; that which would serve...
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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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COMMANDED OUR FATHERS. Compare Exodus 10:2; Exodus 12:26; Exodus
12:27; Exodus 13:8;...
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The Psalmist's solemn invitation to his countrymen to listen to his
teaching. He proposes to set forth the lessons to be drawn from
Israel's past history, in obedience to God's command to hand on the...
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_a testimony … a law_ Not the Mosaic legislation generally, but the
express precept which enjoined upon Israelite parents the duty of
teaching their children the great facts of Israel's history, that...
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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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For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in
Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them
known to their children:
-God's appointment for Israel in the time...
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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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FOR HE... — Better, taking the relative of time (comp. Deuteronomy
11:6; Psalms 139:15), _For he established_ (_it as_)_ a testimony in
Jacob and_ (_as_)_ a law appointed_ (_it_)_ in Israel when he
co...
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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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LEARNING FROM THE FATHERS
Psalms 78:1
This psalm is said to have arisen, from a strong controversy between
Judah and Ephraim as to the location of God's sanctuary, and its final
transfer within the l...
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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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For he established a (d) testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in
Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them
known to their children:
(d) By the testimony and law, he means...
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_Zeal, or jealousy, as God has the greatest affection for his people,
and resents their infidelity as a kind of adultery. (Calmet) --- Sin
is the source of misery. (Worthington)_...
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I venture to believe, contrary to the opinion of most commentators,
that the testimony in Jacob, and the law in Israel here spoken of, had
a reference to a much higher subject than the law on mount Si...
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5._He established a testimony in Jacob. _(312) As the reception or
approbation of any doctrine by men would not be a sufficient reason
for yielding a firm assent to its truth, the prophet proceeds far...
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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 ESTABLISHED A TESTIMONY IN JACOB,.... So the law is called,
being a testification of the divine will, Exodus 25:16 and the
Scriptures, the writings of the Old Testament, which testify of
Christ...
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_For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in
Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them
known to their children:_
Ver. 5. _For he established a testimony i...
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_Showing the praises of the Lord_ His glorious and praiseworthy
actions, as the following words explain it. _For he established a
testimony in Jacob_ That is, his law, as it is called in the next
clau...
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For He established a testimony in Jacob, setting it up to be observed
in the midst of His people, AND APPOINTED A LAW IN ISRAEL, laying it
down as a rule of life, WHICH HE COMMANDED OUR FATHERS, THAT...
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A REVIEW OF ISRAEL'S HISTORY AS A SOURCE OF CONSOLATION.
Maschil of Asaph, a didactic poem, intended to instruct the children
of Israel in the wonderful ways of the Lord and to warn them against
apos...
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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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HE ESTABLISHED: this is justly put in the first place, as the chief of
all the following mercies, and the foundation both of their temporal
and of their eternal felicity. A TESTIMONY, i.e. his _law_,...
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Psalms 78:5 established H6965 (H8686) testimony H5715 Jacob H3290
appointed H7760 (H8804) law H8451 Israel H3478 comma
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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 established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in
Israel. .. that they should make them known to their children._
THE PARENTS’ PREROGATIVE: HOW IS IT USED
Dr. Adam Clarke reminds us th...
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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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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 John 5:9; Deuteronomy 11:19; Deuteronomy 4:45; Deuteronomy 6:7;...
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Established — This is justly put in first place, as the chief of all
his mercies. A testimony — His law, called a testimony, because it
is a witness between God and men, declaring the duties which God...