Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 78:69
Sanctuary — The temple of Solomon. Palaces — Magnificent and gloriously. Established — Not now to be moved from place to place, as the tabernacle was, but as a fixed place for the ark's perpetual residence.
Sanctuary — The temple of Solomon. Palaces — Magnificent and gloriously. Established — Not now to be moved from place to place, as the tabernacle was, but as a fixed place for the ark's perpetual residence.
Verse Psalms 78:69. _HE BUILT HIS SANCTUARY LIKE HIGH PALACES_] כמו רמים _kemo ramim_, which several of the _Versions_ understand of the _monoceros_ or _rhinoceros_. The temple of God at Jerusalem wa...
AND HE BUILT HIS SANCTUARY - His holy place; that is, his tabernacle. The temple was not then built; and, when reared, it was not on Mount Zion, but on Mount Moriah. The name Zion, however, was often...
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...
LIKE THE EARTH. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read (_Beth_. in) instead of (_Kaph_. like). "In the land"....
The choice of Zion....
_like high_palaces] Rather, like the heights of heaven, which along with the earth are emblems of grandeur and stability....
LIKE HIGH PALACES— _Like the mountains, the high places._ This version is made probable by the next words, _like the earth:_ standing upon the top of Sion and making the summit of it, the _sanctuary_...
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:...
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...
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...
HIGH _palaces_] RV'heights,'the heavens. LIKE THE EARTH] firm as the earth....
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
HE BUILT. — The first clause is vague, but evidently the poet is drawing attention to the grandeur and solidity of the Temple. Perhaps, _high as heaven_ — _firm as earth. _...
וַ יִּ֣בֶן כְּמֹו ־רָ֭מִים מִקְדָּשֹׁ֑ו כְּ֝...
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 he (s) built his sanctuary like high [palaces], like the earth which he hath established for ever. (s) By building the temple, and establishing the kingdom, he declares that the signs of his favo...
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...
69._And built his sanctuary like high places. _(368) In this verse, what is intimated is simply this, that Mount Zion was singularly beautified; which, however, ought to be referred to the heavenly pa...
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 HE BUILT HIS SANCTUARY LIKE HIGH PALACES,.... The temple at Jerusalem, called a sanctuary, or holy place, because separated and dedicated to holy use and service; where the holy God had his reside...
And he built his sanctuary like high [palaces], like the earth which he hath established for ever. Ver. 69. _Like high palaces_] Not places, as some books absurdly have it. Like the earth, there shal...
_And he built his sanctuary_ The temple of Solomon. David, indeed, erected only a tent for the ark, but a temple was then designed, and preparations were made for building it. _Like high palaces_ A ve...
The Narrative of God's Deeds...
And He built his Sanctuary like high palaces, firm as the heights of heaven, most excellent and glorious, LIKE THE EARTH WHICH HE HATH ESTABLISHED FOREVER, founded most solidly....
ESTABLISHED: _ Heb._ founded...
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 SANCTUARY; the temple of Solomon. HIGH PALACES; magnificent and glorious. ESTABLISHED FOR EVER; not now to be removed from place to place, as the tabernacle was, but as a fixed place for the ark's...
Psalms 78:69 built H1129 (H8799) sanctuary H4720 heights H7311 (H8802) earth H776 established H3245 (H8804) forever
Psalms 78:69 I. Stability and permanence are, perhaps, the especial ideas which a church brings before the mind. It represents, indeed, the beauty, the loftiness, the calmness, the mystery, and the s...
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...
He built His sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which He hath established for ever. THE GOSPEL PALACES “He built His sanctuary like high palaces”; look through this very country, compare its...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 78:1. This is a historical psalm (compare Psalms 105:1; P
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...
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 Chronicles 29:1; 1 Chronicles 29:19; 1 Kings 6:2; 1 Kings 9:8;...