Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 78:23
Heaven — Which he compares to a store — house, whereof God shuts or opens the doors, as he sees fit.
Heaven — Which he compares to a store — house, whereof God shuts or opens the doors, as he sees fit.
THOUGH HE HAD COMMANDED THE CLOUDS FROM ABOVE - Though he had showed that he had absolute control over the clouds, and had only to command them and they would furnish rain in abundance. Compare the no...
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...
CLOUDS. skies. OPENED THE DOORS. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6. Compare Genesis 7:11....
In spite of these miracles of mercy they sinned yet more, and tempted God in their unbelief, so that while He supplied their wants He was compelled to punish them for their sin. The order is logical n...
Yet he commanded the skies above, And opened the doors of heaven;...
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:...
Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. -The unbelief of the Israelite fathers is detailed as a sad contrast to God's marvels performed i...
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
וַ יְצַ֣ו שְׁחָקִ֣ים מִ מָּ֑עַל וְ דַלְתֵ֖י
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
“A TABLE IN THE WILDERNESS” Psalms 78:13 Throughout this wonderful recital there is a perpetual contrast between God's unswerving goodness and the incessant backsliding of His people; and as we read...
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,...
Though he had commanded the (o) clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven, (o) So that they had that which was necessary and sufficient: but their lust made them cover that which they knew Go...
Our Lord's discourse (John 6:31) throws a complete light upon this passage, considered with reference to the typical and sacramental design of it, and plainly shows thy it was the slight that the Isra...
23._But he had commanded the clouds from above. _It is a mistake to suppose that this miracle is related merely in the way of history. The prophet rather censures the Israelites the more severely from...
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...
THOUGH HE HAD COMMANDED THE CLOUDS FROM ABOVE,.... Which were round about him, his chariots, and the dust of his feet; and which were at his command to go here and there, and carry and let down provis...
Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven, Ver. 23. _Though he had commanded the clouds_] Though he had served them as never prince was served in his greatest stat...
_Though he commanded the clouds_, &c. It was a great aggravation of their unbelief and distrust, that they had had great experience of his power and goodness to them. For he had given them undeniable...
The Narrative of God's Deeds...
though He had commanded the clouds from above and opened the doors of heaven,...
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...
Which he compares to a granary or store-house, where God keeps the key, and either shuts or opens the doors it, either gives or withholds provisions, as he sees fit....
Psalms 78:23 commanded H6680 (H8762) clouds H7834 above H4605 opened H6605 (H8804) doors H1817 heaven H8064...
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 78:17 In spite of the deeds the people had seen, YET THEY SINNED STILL MORE AGAINST God. ⇐...
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...
2 Kings 7:19; 2 Kings 7:2; Genesis 7:11; Isaiah 5:6; Malachi 3:10;...