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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...
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AND THEY REMEMBERED THAT GOD WAS THEIR ROCK - See Deuteronomy 32:4,
Deuteronomy 32:15, Deuteronomy 32:31. Compare the notes at...
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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 ...
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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...
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THE HIGH GOD. Hebrew. _El 'Elyon_. = EL MOST HIGH.
REDEEMER. Hebrew. _ga'al._ See note on Exodus 6:6; Exodus 13:13....
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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...
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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.—...
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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:...
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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...
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78:35 redeemer. (a-15) As Psalms 69:18 ....
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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...
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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
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ROCK. — A reminiscence of Deuteronomy 32:15....
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וַֽ֭ יִּזְכְּרוּ כִּֽי ־אֱלֹהִ֣ים
צוּרָ֑ם וְ...
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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
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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The Narrative of God's Deeds...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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Psalms 78:35 remembered H2142 (H8799) God H430 rock H6697 High H5945
God H410 Redeemer H1350 (H8802)
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 78:1. This is a historical psalm (compare
Psalms 105:1; P
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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....
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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_.—...
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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...
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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...
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Deuteronomy 15:15; Deuteronomy 32:15; Deuteronomy 32:30; Deuteronomy
32:31;...
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Redeemer — That God alone had preserved them in all their former
exigencies, and that he only could help them....