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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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LED THEM. Compare Exodus 13:21; Exodus 14:24. and note the
correspondence of 13-16 with 52-55, in the Structure above....
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Israel's disobedience and ingratitude, in spite of all God's mercies
to them at the Exodus and in the wilderness....
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And he led them with the cloud by day (cp. Exodus 13:21), as a
shepherd leads his flock (Psalms 78:53; Psalms 77:20)....
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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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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...
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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 יַּנְחֵ֣ם בֶּ † עָנָ֣ן יֹומָ֑ם וְ...
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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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“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...
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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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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,...
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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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IN THE DAYTIME ALSO HE LED THEM WITH A CLOUD,.... Which was in the
form of a pillar, and went before them, and the Lord in it, and
directed their way, and protected them from heat; see Exodus 13:21 Ne...
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In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a
light of fire.
Ver. 14. _In the daytime also he led them with a cloud_] This cloud
not only conducted them, but also compassed t...
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_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...
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In the daytime also He led them with a cloud and all the night with a
light of fire, this pillar of fire being mentioned frequently in the
account of the wilderness journey, Exodus 13:21....
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The Narrative of God's Deeds...
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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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A CLOUD; which was very comfortable, both for a shadow from the
scorching heat of the climate and season, and for a companion and
director in their journey....
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Psalms 78:14 daytime H3119 led H5148 (H8686) cloud H6051 night H3915
light H216 fire H784...
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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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_In the daytime also He led them with a cloud, and all the night with
a light of fire._
DAY AND NIGHT LEADING
Did some man imagine this? I thank him. It was worth being born to
imagine this conceptio...
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_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...
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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 78:9 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...
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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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Exodus 13:21; Exodus 13:22; Exodus 14:24; Exodus 40:35; Nehemiah 9:12