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Verse Psalms 78:57. _THEY WERE TURNED ASIDE LIKE A DECEITFUL BOW._]
The eastern bow, which when at rest is in the form of a [curved figure
'C'], must be _recurved_, or _turned the contrary way_, in o...
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BUT TURNED BACK ... - See the notes at Psalms 78:41.
THEY WERE TURNED ASIDE LIKE A DECEITFUL BOW - literally, a bow of
deceit. That is, a bow that could not be depended on; a bow, one of
whose arms wa...
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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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TURNED BACK. See the Structure (17-20 and 56-58).
A DECEITFUL BOW: disappointing the bowman. Compare Hosea 7:16.
GRAVEN IMAGES. Same word as Deuteronomy 7:5. Includes all images,
whether carved, gra...
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The unfaithfulness of Israel in Canaan during the period of the
Judges....
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_unfaithfully_ Or, as R.V., treacherously. Cp. Hosea 5:7; Hosea 6:7.
_like a deceitful bow_ Which misses the mark and disappoints its
owner. Cp. Hosea 7:16....
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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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Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his
testimonies:
-Israel's unfaithfulness in the time of the Judges caused God to
forsake the tabernacle of Shiloh, and brought down ot...
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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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UNFAITHFULLY] RV 'treacherously.'
A DECEITFUL BOW] which causes the archer to miss the mark (Hosea
7:16)....
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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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TURNED ASIDE... — Better, _turned like a relaxed bow._ (See Note to
Psalms 78:9.) The bows of the Hebrews, like those of other ancient
nations, were probably, when unstrung, bent the reverse way to th...
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וַ יִּסֹּ֣גוּ וַֽ֭ יִּבְגְּדוּ כַּ
אֲבֹותָ֑ם...
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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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But turned back, and dealt (i) unfaithfully like their fathers: they
were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
(i) Nothing more displeases God in the children, than when they
continue in that wickednes...
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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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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 TURNED BACK,.... From God and his worship, apostatized from the
true religion, and turned to idols:
AND DEALT UNFAITHFULLY, LIKE THEIR FATHERS; in the wilderness; see
Psalms 78:8,
THEY WERE TUR...
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But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were
turned aside like a deceitful bow.
Ver. 57. _But turned back, &c._] They had a kind of willingness and
velleity, a kind of wambli...
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_And dealt unfaithfully like their fathers_ They imitated their
forefathers, both in their frequent apostacies from God, and in their
falseness to their promises, when they pretended to repent of them...
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The Narrative of God's Deeds...
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but turned back, aside from the prescribed path, AND DEALT
UNFAITHFULLY LIKE THEIR FATHERS, they apostatized from their promised
loyalty to Jehovah; THEY WERE TURNED ASIDE LIKE A DECEITFUL BOW, one
wh...
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56-72 After the Israelites were settled in Canaan, the children were
like their fathers. God gave them his testimonies, but they turned
back. Presumptuous sins render even Israelites hateful to God's...
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Which either breaketh when it is drawn, or shooteth awry, and
frustrateth the archer's design and expectation So when they
pretended, and both God and men expected, obedience and gratitude to
their gr...
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Psalms 78:57 back H5472 (H8735) unfaithfully H898 (H8799) fathers H1
aside H2015 (H8738) deceitful H7423 bow...
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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 kept not His testimonies: but turned back, and dealt unfaithfully
their fathers._
THE DECEITFULNESS OF THE HEART AS TO DUTY
I. As to the performance of duty, the heart discovers its power of
de...
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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 78:56 These verses describe the time of the
judges, leading up to the capture of the ark and the death of Eli and
his sons (vv. Psalms 78:60; see...
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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 20:27; Ezekiel 20:28; Hosea 7:16; Judges 3:12; Judges 3:5;...
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Deceitful bow — Which either breaks when it is drawn, or shoots
awry, and frustrates the archer's expectation....