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AND HE LED THEM ON SAFELY, SO THAT THEY FEARED NOT - In hope; in
confidence; so that they had no occasion for alarm. He showed himself
able and willing to defend them.
BUT THE SEA OVERWHELMED THEIR EN...
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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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But as God multiplied His mercies, Israel multiplied its acts of
rebellion: and in order to set the heinousness of their ingratitude in
a still stronger light, the Psalmist goes back to recount the mi...
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God's guidance of Israel through the wilderness into Canaan. Cp.
Exodus 15:13-17. The circumstances of the Journey have been already
recounted in Psalms 78:13 ff....
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_feared not_ In contrast to their enemies, who were seized with panic
(Exodus 14:25), Israel had no cause for fear (Exodus 14:13). Not of
course that they never gave way to fear (Exodus 14:10).
_overw...
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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 יַּנְחֵ֣ם לָ֭ בֶטַח וְ לֹ֣א
פָחָ֑דוּ
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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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And he led them on safely, so that they (g) feared not: but the sea
overwhelmed their enemies.
(g) That is, they had no opportunity to fear, even as God destroyed
their enemies and delivered them fal...
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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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53._And he conducted them in safety, and they were not afraid. _This
does not imply that they relied on God confidently, and with tranquil
minds, but that, having God for their guide and the guardian...
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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 HE LED THEM ON SAFELY,.... Through the sea, where the waters were
on each side; and through the wilderness, in which were serpents and
scorpions, and where they were attacked by many powerful enem...
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And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea
overwhelmed their enemies.
Ver. 53. _And he led them on safely, so that they feared not_] Or, if
they did, it was without cause, _Cur e...
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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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And He led them on safely, so that they feared not, there was no
reason for worry or fear; BUT THE SEA OVERWHELMED THEIR ENEMIES,
covering them, wiping them out....
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OVERWHELMED:
_ Heb._ covered...
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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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THEY FEARED NOT. But it is said that _they were sore afraid_, EXODUS
14:10. ANSW.
1. They were afraid at first, but after Moses had encouraged them they
grew bold and secure; one evidence whereof was...
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Psalms 78:53 led H5148 (H8686) safely H983 fear H6342 (H8804) sea
H3220 overwhelmed H3680 (H8765) enemies...
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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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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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Exodus 14:15; Exodus 14:19; Exodus 14:20; Exodus 14:27; Exodus 14:28;...