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AND MIGHT NOT BE AS THEIR FATHERS - Their ancestors, particularly in
the wilderness, as they passed through it to the promised land. See
Exodus 32:7; Exodus 33:3; Exodus 34:9;...
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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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REBELLIOUS. Compare Deuteronomy 9:24; Deuteronomy 31:27.
SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9.
WITH. Some codices, with six early printed editions, read "toward"....
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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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_as their fathers_ Primarily, the generation of the wandering in the
wilderness; but the warning was true for almost every age.
_stubborn and rebellious_ Epithets applied in Deuteronomy 21:18 to the
s...
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DISCOURSE: 631
JEWS AND CHRISTIANS COMPARED
Psalms 78:8. _A generation that set not their heart aright, and whose
spirit was not steadfast with God_.
HISTORY is universally considered as a source of...
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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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STUBBORN. — _Refractory._
THAT SET NOT THEIR HEART ARIGHT. — Literally, _did not establish
their heart,_ which preserves the parallelism better....
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וְ לֹ֤א יִהְי֨וּ ׀ כַּ אֲבֹותָ֗ם
דֹּור֮ סֹורֵ
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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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And might not be as their (g) fathers, a stubborn and rebellious
generation; a generation [that] set not their heart aright, and whose
spirit was not stedfast with God.
(g) Though these fathers were...
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_Former iniquities, which we and our fathers have committed. The
Hebrews generally pray for the remission of their parent's faults,
Lamentations v. 7., Baruch iii. 5., and Daniel ix. 5. (Calmet) --- B...
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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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8._And that they might not be as their fathers, a rebellious and
provoking generation. _The Psalmist here shows still more distinctly
how necessary this sermon was, from the circumstance that the Jews...
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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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AND MIGHT NOT BE AS THEIR FATHERS,.... This chiefly respects the Jews
in Christ's time: though it also is an admonition to them in
succeeding ages, and especially in the latter day, when they shall be...
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And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious
generation; a generation [that] set not their heart aright, and whose
spirit was not stedfast with God.
Ver. 8. _And might not be as their...
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_That they might set their hope in God_ That by the consideration of
God's gracious promises, and his wonderful works wrought for his
people, they might be encouraged to adhere to him, and trust in hi...
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and might not be as their fathers, the reference being chiefly to
those of the wilderness journey, A STUBBORN, faithless, disloyal, AND
REBELLIOUS GENERATION, Exodus 32:9; Deuteronomy 21:18; A GENERAT...
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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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THAT SET NOT THEIR HEART ARIGHT:
_ Heb._ that prepared not their heart...
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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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THAT SET NOT THEIR HEART ARIGHT; who though they outwardly and
seemingly complied with the forms of worship which God had prescribed,
yet DID NOT DIRECT OR PREPARE THEIR HEARTS to the obedience and
se...
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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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_That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of
God, but keep His commandments._
ON THE DECEITFULNESS OF THE HEART, IN DISREGARDING PROVIDENTIAL
DISPENSATIONS IN GENERAL
I. Show...
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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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2 Chronicles 12:14; 2 Chronicles 19:3; 2 Chronicles 20:33; 2
Chronicles 30:19;...