"Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?"
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BEHOLD, HE SMOTE THE ROCK ... - See the notes at Psalms 78:15. The
smiting of the rock the first time occurred “before” the
complaining about the food. The fact that the rock had been smitten
could no...
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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 (Psalms 78:12)
4. The continued provocat...
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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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In spite of these miracles of mercy they sinned yet more, and tempted
God in their unbelief, so that while He supplied their wants He was
compelled to punish them for their sin. The order is logical n...
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DISCOURSE: 632
THE EVIL OF UNBELIEF
Psalms 78:19. _They spake against God: they said, Can God furnish a
table in the wilderness? Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters
gushed out, and the streams...
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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 19:14)
PSALMS 78:1-8
(This is one) of *Asaph’s Psalms t...
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A comparison of these verses with the references in the margin shows
how the ancient narratives fared under poetical treatment.
FURNISH A TABLE. — Comp. Psalms 23:5, Note
GUSHED OUT. — Comp. Psalms...
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הֵ֤ן הִכָּה ־צ֨וּר ׀ וַ יָּז֣וּבוּ
מַיִם֮ וּ נְחָלִ֪ים יִ֫שְׁטֹ֥פוּ הֲ
גַם ־לֶ֭חֶם י֣וּכַל תֵּ֑ת...
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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 especially the
Exodus and wilderness wanderings, for purposes of...
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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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Here we have a full representation of Israel's unworthiness, as the
preceding verses gave us a short relation of God's mercy. Reader, had
you and I been present when, at the lifting up of the rod of M...
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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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BEHOLD, HE SMOTE THE ROCK, THAT THE WATERS GUSHED OUT, AND THE STREAMS
OVERFLOWED,.... This they allow was done by him, for these are their
words continued; suggesting, that though the waters did gush...
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Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams
overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his
people?
Ver. 20. _Behold, he smote the rock, &c._] And so showe...
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_And they sinned yet more_ Hebrew, ויוסיפו עוד
לחשׂאלו, _They added yet to sin against him._ All these
miraculous works did not alter their depraved nature; but it broke out
into new and greater provo...
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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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THE WATERS GUSHED OUT; which, all things consider seems not so
wonderful, since fountains of water something break forth unexpectedly
from or through rocks. But it is far more difficult to give us bre...
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Psalms 78:20 struck H5221 (H8689) rock H6697 waters H4325 out H2100
(H8799) streams H5158 overflowed H7857 (H8799) Can H3201 (H8799) give
H5414 (H8800) bread H3899 Can H3201 (H8799) provide H3559 (H86...
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Psalms 78:20
Notice what kind of unbelief is here. It does not deny the past fact.
It acknowledges that God has done a miracle of mercy. But in that
miracle it finds no such revelation of God Himself...
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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
(P...
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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 they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust._
THE CONDUCT OF GOD TOWARDS THE WORLD, AND THE WORLD’S CONDUCT TO HIM
I. God’s dispensations towards depraved man.
1. Wonderful me...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 78:1. This is a historical psalm (compare
Psalms 105:1; Psalms 106:1), recalling events from Israel’s past. It
shows how God persevered with his people, even when they disbe...
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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 17:6; Exodus 17:7; Genesis 18:12; Numbers 11:21; Numbers 20:11;
Psalms 78:41...