Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 78:35
Redeemer — That God alone had preserved them in all their former exigencies, and that he only could help them.
Redeemer — That God alone had preserved them in all their former exigencies, and that he only could help them.
Verse Psalms 78:35. _THAT GOD_ WAS _THEIR ROCK_] They recollected in their affliction that Jehovah was their _Creator_, and their _Father_; the _Rock_, the _Source_, not only of their _being_, but of...
AND THEY REMEMBERED THAT GOD WAS THEIR ROCK - See Deuteronomy 32:4, Deuteronomy 32:15, Deuteronomy 32:31. Compare the notes at...
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...
THE HIGH GOD. Hebrew. _El 'Elyon_. = EL MOST HIGH. REDEEMER. Hebrew. _ga'al._ See note on Exodus 6:6; Exodus 13:13....
These judgements failed to reform them, and further chastisements produced only temporary and superficial amendments. Yet in spite of all, God continued to shew them mercy....
_their rock_ Cp. Deuteronomy 32:4 ff. _the high God_ God Most High, _El Elyôn_, a combination found elsewhere only in Genesis 14:18 ff. But cp. Psalms 73:11; and...
DISCOURSE: 635 THE EXTENT OF GOD’S MERCY Psalms 78:34. When he slew them, then they sought him; and they returned and inquired early after God: and they remembered that God was their Rock, and the hig...
WHEN HE SLEW THEM, &C.— _When he slew them, and they sought him, and returned,_ &c.—Ver. 35. _And remembered,_ &c.—Ver. 36. _Though they did flatter him—and lied,_ &c.—Ver. 37. _And their heart,_ &c.—...
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...
78:35 redeemer. (a-15) As Psalms 69:18 ....
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
ROCK. — A reminiscence of Deuteronomy 32:15....
וַֽ֭ יִּזְכְּרוּ כִּֽי ־אֱלֹהִ֣ים צוּרָ֑ם וְ...
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
BLESSED YET UNGRATEFUL Psalms 78:25 God our Father is prepared to do “exceeding abundantly” for His children; but too often we become so engrossed with His gifts as to forget and neglect the Giver. W...
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,...
The history of Israel fully shows this. While under the divine chastisements, oh! how seemingly earnest they sought the Lord: but when the rod was taken off, they returned every man again to his evil...
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 THEY REMEMBERED THAT GOD WAS THEIR ROCK,.... Who had delivered them out of the hands of their enemies, had strengthened them against them, and supported and protected them, as well as supplied the...
And they remembered that God [was] their rock, and the high God their redeemer. Ver. 35. _And they remembered_] Misery is the best art of memory. But this remembrance of God was but as letters writte...
_When he slew them_ Or condemned them to be slain; _then they sought him_ Confessed their sin, begged pardon, and prayed to him to deliver them from the threatened destruction. When some were slain, o...
And they remembered, with a repentance of fear, THAT GOD WAS THEIR ROCK, Deuteronomy 32:15, AND THE HIGH GOD THEIR REDEEMER, from whom alone they might expect deliverance of body and soul....
The Narrative of God's Deeds...
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...
They considered that God, and God alone, had preserved them in all their former exigences, and that he only could now help them, and not those idols or creatures which they had preferred before him; a...
Psalms 78:35 remembered H2142 (H8799) God H430 rock H6697 High H5945 God H410 Redeemer H1350 (H8802) r
Psalms 78:34 I. It is a subject well worthy of the serious consideration of all persons who desire to be in the safe way of salvation how commonly it happens that the best intentions and resolutions,...
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...
_When He slew them, then they sought Him: and they returned and inquired early after God._ ISRAEL’S HYPOCRITICAL REPENTANCE I. The acts of repentance which they performed. 1. Seeking God. 2. Retur...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 78:1. This is a historical psalm (compare Psalms 105:1; P
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 78:32 The mighty works of God described in vv. Psalms 78:9 should have been enough reason for the people to be faithful, but they were not (v....
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...
Deuteronomy 15:15; Deuteronomy 32:15; Deuteronomy 32:30; Deuteronomy 32:31;...