Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Psalms 78:61
and delivered His strength, namely, the Ark of the Covenant, into captivity, by letting the Philistines capture it, 1 Samuel 4, and His glory into the enemy's hand, 1 Samuel 4:21.
and delivered His strength, namely, the Ark of the Covenant, into captivity, by letting the Philistines capture it, 1 Samuel 4, and His glory into the enemy's hand, 1 Samuel 4:21.
AND DELIVERED HIS STRENGTH INTO CAPTIVITY - That is, the ark, considered as the symbol of his power. This constituted the defense of the people; this was the emblem of the presence of God, which, when...
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...
STRENGTH. One of the names for the Ark of the Covenant (Compare Psalms 63:2; Psalms 132:8). See notes on Exodus 25:22; 1 Chronicles 13:3....
Once more therefore God punished them for their sins, abandoning them to their enemies and even suffering the Ark to be captured....
_his strength … his glory_ The Ark, the symbol and seat of His majesty (1 Samuel 4:21 f.; Psalms 132:8), was suffered to fall into the hands of the Philistines (1 Samuel 4:11 ff.). _the enemy's hand_...
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:...
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...
78:61 glory (h-9) Lit. 'beauty.'...
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...
STRENGTH.. GLORY] the ark: see 1 Samuel 4....
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
וַ יִּתֵּ֣ן לַ † שְּׁבִ֣י עֻזֹּ֑ו וְֽ...
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
GOD RAISES UP HIS SHEPHERD DAVID Psalms 78:59 This paragraph continues the history of the Judges, and tells the story of what befell after the battle in which Eli's sons were slain. See 1 Samuel 4:1....
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,...
And delivered his (m) strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand. (m) The Ark is called his power and beauty because by this he defended his people, and beautifully appeared to them...
The history of the church is pursued through all these verses. But we must look farther than the history, and particularly in the close of the Psalm, which ends with a view of David as the chosen of G...
61._And he delivered his strength into captivity. _In this verse, the same subject is prosecuted: it is declared, that _the strength _of God, by which the Israelites had been shielded and defended, wa...
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...
AND DELIVERED HIS STRENGTH INTO CAPTIVITY,.... That is, the ark, called his strength, and the ark of his strength, Psalms 105:4, because it was a token of his strength, and by means of which he displa...
And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand. Ver. 61. And delivered his strength … his glory, &c.] _i.e._ His ark, which is elsewhere called the strength of God, 1C...
_So he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh_ The tabernacle which then was placed in Shiloh, from whence, as the Israelites fetched the ark, so God withdrew himself. This relates to that part of the Jewis...
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...
HIS STRENGTH, to wit, the ark, called God's strength, 1 CHRONICLES 16:11, _and the ark of his strength_, PSALMS 132:8, because it was the sign and pledge of his strength or power put forth on his peop...
Psalms 78:61 delivered H5414 (H8799) strength H5797 captivity H7628 glory H8597 enemys H6862 hand H3027 his strength - That is, the ark
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...
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...
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...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 78:1. This is a historical psalm (compare Psalms 105:1; P
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...
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 Samuel 4:21; 1 Samuel 4:22; 1 Samuel 5:1; 1 Samuel 5:2; 2 Chronicl
His strength — The ark, called God's strength, 1 Chronicles 16:11, because it was the sign and pledge of his strength put forth on his people's behalf. Glory — So the ark is called, as being the monum...