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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Psalms 78:72

He commends David for the two necessary ingredients of a good prince. 1. Integrity; whereby he sincerely sought the good and welfare of his people, avoiding and abhorring those counsels and courses which were contrary thereunto. 2. Skilfulness; whereby he managed all the public affairs with singular prudence; which is here ascribed to his hands, not because it was seated in them, but because it was acted and discovered by them, and appeared in all his actions or administrations.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 78:72. _SO HE FED THEM_] Here David is mentioned as _having_ _terminated his reign_. He _had_ fed the people, _according to the_ _integrity of his heart_, for that was ever disposed to do...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    SO HE FED THEM - He performed toward them the office of a shepherd. ACCORDING TO THE INTEGRITY OF HIS HEART - literally, “According to the perfection of his heart.” That is, he was upright and pure i...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SKILFULNESS. discernment, or understanding....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The choice of David as king....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _the integrity of his heart_ Cp. 1 Kings 9:4; Psalms 7:8; Psalms 101:2; and the use of the cognate adjective in Psalms 15:2;...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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:...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine. -Now Yahweh awakes as one out of sleep, and destroys His people's enemies, and restores the ark; but...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ֭ יִּרְעֵם כְּ תֹ֣ם לְבָבֹ֑ו וּ בִ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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....

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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,...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    So (t) he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands. (t) He shows where a kings charge stands: that is, to provide faithfully for his people, t...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    SO HE FED THEM ACCORDING TO THE INTEGRITY OF HIS HEART,.... Or, "reigned over them", as the Targum; that is, over the people of Israel, and which he did in such manner as showed uprightness of heart,...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands. Ver. 72. _So he fed them, &c._] See Psalms 78:70. He was not _malus vir bonus princeps_ (as is...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _So he fed them_ Having so great a trust put into his hands, he obtained mercy of the Lord to be found both skilful and faithful in the discharge of it; _he fed them_ That is, he ruled and taught them...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Narrative of God's Deeds...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    So he fed them, as their ruler, with all care and kindness, ACCORDING TO THE INTEGRITY OF HIS HEART, striving after ever greater understanding of their needs, AND GUIDED THEM BY THE SKILLFULNESS OF HI...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 78:72 shepherded H7462 (H8686) integrity H8537 heart H3824 guided H5148 (H8686) skillfulness H8394 hands H3709

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _He chose David also His servant, and took him from the sheepfolds._ DAVID, THE SHEPHERD, CALLED TO BE KING A keeper of sheep, suddenly becoming conscious that he was chosen for a great yet terrible...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 78:1. This is a historical psalm (compare Psalms 105:1; P

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 78:65 God graciously answered Israel’s recurring pattern of sin by raising up David to be their king. THE LORD AWOKE AS FROM SLEEP. This is a bold image, conveying what the believ...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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_.—...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 15:5; 1 Kings 3:28; 1 Kings 3:6; 1 Kings 9:4; 2 Corinthians 3:5

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