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Psalms 78:42
his hand His power exerted on their behalf. See Exodus 3:19, and often. nor the day&c. Nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary (R.V.).
his hand His power exerted on their behalf. See Exodus 3:19, and often. nor the day&c. Nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary (R.V.).
THEY REMEMBERED NOT HIS HAND - His gracious interpositions; the manifestations of his power. They forgot that power had been exercised which showed that he was omnipotent - that there was no limit to...
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...
THEY REMEMBERED NOT. Contrast Psalms 78:39, "He remembered". DELIVERED. Hebrew. _padah,_ as in Exodus 13:13....
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:...
How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! -The Israelites in the time of the Judges tempted God by forgetting His judgments in Egypt in Israel's behalf, which ar...
78:42 delivered (e-10) Lit. 'redeemed.'...
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
The reminiscence of the plagues that follows is not a complete enumeration, and does not proceed in the order of the historic narrative....
לֹא ־זָכְר֥וּ אֶת ־יָדֹ֑ו יֹ֝֗ום אֲֽשֶׁר ־פָּ
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
“SIGNS IN EGYPT” Psalms 78:38 God takes into account the frailty and infirmity of our natures. _The Spirit… helpeth our infirmities_, Romans 8:26. In the words of Hosea, God teaches us “to go;” that...
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,...
They (a) remembered not his hand, [nor] the day when he delivered them from the enemy. (a) The forgetfulness of God's benefits is the root of rebellion and all vice....
Here, by way of remembrance, the prophet carries back the subject to the period of the church's deliverance at the time of the Egyptian bondage, and gives some of the striking examples of the Lord's d...
42._They remembered not his hand. _The sacred writer still continues to upbraid the Israelites; for the simple remembrance of God’s benefits might have restrained them, had they not wilfully and perve...
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...
THEY REMEMBERED NOT HIS HAND,.... Which brought them out of Egypt, and dashed their enemies in pieces, and which had been so often opened to supply their wants in the wilderness; the Targum renders it...
They remembered not his hand, [nor] the day when he delivered them from the enemy. Ver. 42. _They remembered not his hand_] Forgetfulness is the root of rebellion and of all vice, as the Genevists we...
_And limited the Holy One of Israel_ Prescribing to him what proofs he should give of his power and presence with them, and what methods he should take in leading them and providing for them; directin...
The Narrative of God's Deeds...
They remembered not His hand, outstretched as it had been for their deliverance, NOR THE DAY WHEN HE DELIVERED THEM FROM THE ENEMY, from the oppression of the Egyptians,...
FROM THE ENEMY: Or, from affliction...
40-55. Let not those that receive mercy from God, be thereby made bold to sin, for the mercies they receive will hasten its punishment; yet let not those who are under Divine rebukes for sin, be disc...
HIS HAND; the great and glorious works of his hand on their behalf. NOR THE DAY; nor that remarkable and never to be forgotten day, that _self-same day_, as it is called, EXODUS 12:41, which God had f...
Psalms 78:42 remember H2142 (H8804) power H3027 day H3117 redeemed H6299 (H8804) enemy H6862 remembered -...
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 78:40 The next section goes back to the exodus, describing all the plagues God brought against the Egyptian oppressors (vv. Psalms 78:42). This is followed by a brief summary of
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...
Exodus 13:9; Exodus 14:12; Exodus 14:30; Exodus 14:31; Isaiah 11:11;...
Hand — The glorious works of his hand. Enemy — That remarkable day, in which God delivered them from their greatest enemy, Pharaoh....