George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Psalms 78:5
Zeal, or jealousy, as God has the greatest affection for his people, and resents their infidelity as a kind of adultery. (Calmet) --- Sin is the source of misery. (Worthington)
Zeal, or jealousy, as God has the greatest affection for his people, and resents their infidelity as a kind of adultery. (Calmet) --- Sin is the source of misery. (Worthington)
Verse Psalms 78:5. _A TESTIMONY IN JACOB_] This may signify the various _ordinances, rites_, and _ceremonies_ prescribed by the law; and the word _law_ may mean the _moral_ law, or system of religiou...
FOR HE ESTABLISHED A TESTIMONY IN JACOB - He ordained or appointed that which would be for a “witness” for him; that which would bear testimony to his character and perfections; that which would serve...
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 ...
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...
COMMANDED OUR FATHERS. Compare Exodus 10:2; Exodus 12:26; Exodus 12:27; Exodus 13:8;...
The Psalmist's solemn invitation to his countrymen to listen to his teaching. He proposes to set forth the lessons to be drawn from Israel's past history, in obedience to God's command to hand on the...
_a testimony … a law_ Not the Mosaic legislation generally, but the express precept which enjoined upon Israelite parents the duty of teaching their children the great facts of Israel's history, that...
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:...
For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: -God's appointment for Israel in the time...
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...
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
FOR HE... — Better, taking the relative of time (comp. Deuteronomy 11:6; Psalms 139:15), _For he established_ (_it as_)_ a testimony in Jacob and_ (_as_)_ a law appointed_ (_it_)_ in Israel when he co...
וַ יָּ֤קֶם עֵד֨וּת ׀ בְּֽ יַעֲקֹ֗ב וְ תֹורָה֮
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
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...
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,...
For he established a (d) testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: (d) By the testimony and law, he means...
I venture to believe, contrary to the opinion of most commentators, that the testimony in Jacob, and the law in Israel here spoken of, had a reference to a much higher subject than the law on mount Si...
5._He established a testimony in Jacob. _(312) As the reception or approbation of any doctrine by men would not be a sufficient reason for yielding a firm assent to its truth, the prophet proceeds far...
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...
FOR HE ESTABLISHED A TESTIMONY IN JACOB,.... So the law is called, being a testification of the divine will, Exodus 25:16 and the Scriptures, the writings of the Old Testament, which testify of Christ...
_For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:_ Ver. 5. _For he established a testimony i...
_Showing the praises of the Lord_ His glorious and praiseworthy actions, as the following words explain it. _For he established a testimony in Jacob_ That is, his law, as it is called in the next clau...
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...
For He established a testimony in Jacob, setting it up to be observed in the midst of His people, AND APPOINTED A LAW IN ISRAEL, laying it down as a rule of life, WHICH HE COMMANDED OUR FATHERS, THAT...
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...
HE ESTABLISHED: this is justly put in the first place, as the chief of all the following mercies, and the foundation both of their temporal and of their eternal felicity. A TESTIMONY, i.e. his _law_,...
Psalms 78:5 established H6965 (H8686) testimony H5715 Jacob H3290 appointed H7760 (H8804) law H8451 Israel H3478 comma
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...
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...
_For He established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel. .. that they should make them known to their children._ THE PARENTS’ PREROGATIVE: HOW IS IT USED Dr. Adam Clarke reminds us th...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 78:1. This is a historical psalm (compare Psalms 105:1; P
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_.—...
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...
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...
1 John 5:9; Deuteronomy 11:19; Deuteronomy 4:45; Deuteronomy 6:7;...
Established — This is justly put in first place, as the chief of all his mercies. A testimony — His law, called a testimony, because it is a witness between God and men, declaring the duties which God...