"He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents."
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HE CAST OUT THE HEATHEN ALSO BEFORE THEM - literally, the nations. The
idea of their being pagan, in the sense which is now attached to that
word, is not in the original. The word is one which would b...
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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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HEATHEN. nations.
BY LINE. Sometimes this is put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of
Cause), for the inheritance itself which was measured off by it.
Compare Psalms 19:4....
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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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DIVIDED THEM AN INHERITANCE BY LINE— Or, _Divided them by line for
an inheritance._...
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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 19:14)
PSALMS 78:1-8
(This is one) of *Asaph’s Psalms t...
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וַ יְגָ֤רֶשׁ מִ פְּנֵיהֶ֨ם ׀ גֹּויִ֗ם
וַֽ֭ יַּפִּילֵם בְּ חֶ֣בֶל נַחֲלָ֑ה
וַ יַּשְׁכֵּ֥ן בְּ֝ אָהֳלֵיהֶ֗ם...
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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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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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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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55._He expelled the heathen from before them; and made them to fall
into their part of the inheritance. _These words are an explanation of
the concluding sentence of the preceding verse: they describe...
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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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HE CAST OUT THE HEATHEN ALSO BEFORE THEM,.... The seven nations, the
Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and
Jebusites, Deuteronomy 7:1
AND DIVIDED THEM AN INHERITANCE B...
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He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an
inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their
tents.
Ver. 55. _He cast out the heathen also before them_] _i.e._ I...
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The Narrative of God's Deeds...
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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 disco...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Psalms 78:55 out H1644 (H8762) nations H1471 before H6440 Allotted
H5307 (H8686) inheritance H5159 survey H2256 tribes H7626 Israel H3478
dwell H7931 (H8686) tents H168
cast - Psalms 44:2, Psalms 105...
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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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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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Deuteronomy 6:10; Joshua 13:7; Joshua 19:51; Joshua 21:45; Nehemiah
9:22; Numbers 33:54; Psalms 105:44; Psalms 105:45; Psalms 135:10;...