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Verse Psalms 78:9. _THE CHILDREN OF EPHRAIM - TURNED BACK_] This
refers to some defeat of the Ephraimites; and some think to that by
the _men_ _of Gath_, mentioned 1 Chronicles 7:21. R. D. _Kimchi_ s...
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THE CHILDREN OF EPHRAIM - The sons of Ephraim; that is, the
descendants of Ephraim; the tribe of Ephraim. Ephraim was one of the
“largest” of the tribes of Israel, and was the “chief” tribe
in the reb...
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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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EPHRAIM. The mention of Ephraim is not "perplexing". See explanation
in next verse, and in the events of Judges 12:1. Jdg 12:17, Jdg 12:18:
viz. the introduction of idolatry. It is sin which is spoken...
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This verse presents serious difficulties. (1) It seems to speak of
some well-known act of cowardice on the part of the Ephraimites. But
why should cowardice in war be censured, when it is disloyalty t...
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THE CHILDREN OF EPHRAIM, &C.— _The sons of Ephraim, who were armed
with the bow, were put to flight in the day of battle;_ Psalms 78:10
_because he kept not,_ &c. Green: who renders the 12th and follo...
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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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The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back
in the day of battle.
-The Israelites failed to realize the high destination which was the
very object for which God called them...
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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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ARMED, AND CARRYING BOWS. — Following Jeremiah 4:29, and from
analogy with Jeremiah 44:9 (“handle and bend the bow”) we get as
literal rendering of the Hebrew here, _drawing and shooting with the
bow....
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בְּֽנֵי ־אֶפְרַ֗יִם נֹושְׁקֵ֥י
רֹומֵי ־קָ֑שֶׁת הָ֝פְכ֗וּ בְּ יֹ֣ום
קְרָֽב׃...
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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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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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The children of (h) Ephraim, [being] armed, [and] carrying bows,
turned back in the day of battle.
(h) By Ephraim he means also the rest of the tribes, because they were
most in number: whose punishm...
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_Help. The necessity of grace, and the co-operation of free-will, are
here plainly asserted. (St. Augustine)_...
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We need only refer to the history of Israel in the wilderness, to
discover to what particular period of the church the prophet in these
verses refers. Perhaps, as in several other parts of scripture,...
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9._The children of Ephraim being armed, and shooting with the bow.
_The sacred writer sets before us an example of this unfaithfulness in
the children of Ephraim. As those who are pertinaciously set u...
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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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THE CHILDREN OF EPHRAIM BEING ARMED, AND CARRYING BOWS,.... Or
"casting" arrows out of the "bow" a; they went out well armed to meet
the enemy, and they trusted in their armour, and not in the Lord; a...
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The children of Ephraim, [being] armed, [and] carrying bows, turned
back in the day of battle.
Ver. 9. _The children of Ephraim being armed, &c._] This the Rabbis
interpret of eight thousand Ephraimi...
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_The children of Ephraim, being armed, turned back in the day of
battle_ “This defeat of the Ephraimites,” says Dr. Hammond, from
Kimchi, “was in the desert: and although the story be not mentioned
in...
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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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CARRYING:
_ Heb._ throwing forth...
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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 CHILDREN OF EPHRAIM: this passage concerns, either,
1. The tribe of Ephraim, and some exploit of theirs, wherein they met
with this disaster; whether it were that mentioned 1 CHRONICLES 7:21,
or...
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Psalms 78:9 children H1121 Ephraim H669 armed H5401 (H8802) carrying
H7411 (H8802) bows H7198 back H2015 (H8804) day H3117 battle H7128
The children - 1 Chronicles 7:20-22; Deuteronomy 1:41-44; Jos
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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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_The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back
in the day of battle._
GOD IN HUMAN HISTORY
I. A people is a community that are most favoured with privileges are
oftentimes the...
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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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1 Samuel 31:1; 1 Samuel 4:10; Deuteronomy 1:41; Joshua 17:16; Judges
9:28; Judges 9:38; Luke 22:33...
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Ephraim — That Ephraim is here put for all Israel seems evident from
the following verses, wherein the sins, upon which this overthrow is
charged, are manifestly the sins of all the children of Israel...