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Verse Psalms 78:47. _HE DESTROYED THEIR VINES WITH HAIL_] Though the
_vine_ was never plentiful in Egypt, yet they have some; and the wine
made in that country is among the most delicious. The _leaf_...
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HE DESTROYED THEIR VINES WITH HAIL - Margin, killed. See Exodus 9:22.
In the account in Exodus the hail is said to have smitten man and
beast, the herb, and the tree of the field. In the psalm only on...
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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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DESTROYED. killed.
HAIL. The seventh plague (Exodus 9:18).
FROST. Word occurs nowhere else. Probably. hailstones....
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HE DESTROYED THEIR VINES— Egypt is not by any means a wine country,
nor ever was; so far from it, that they were forced to use a sort of
beer for common drink, and do so to this day, made of barley an...
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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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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...
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FROST] RM 'great hailstones.'...
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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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VINES. — In the history of the plagues (Exodus 9:13) no mention is
made either of vines or sycamores or of fig-trees, as in Psalms
105:33, and some consider that the poem reflects a Palestinian rather...
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יַהֲרֹ֣ג בַּ † בָּרָ֣ד גַּפְנָ֑ם וְ֝
שִׁקְמֹותָ֗ם...
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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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“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...
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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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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...
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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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HE DESTROYED THEIR VINES WITH HAIL,.... Or "killed" k them; for there
is a vegetative life in plants: this was the seventh plague of Egypt,
attended with thunder and lightning, and was very terrible t...
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He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with
frost.
Ver. 47. _He destroyed their vines with hail_] Heb. He killed, _Quia
planta habet animam vegetativain, ut_ Job 14:8, saith Kim...
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_How he had wrought his signs in Egypt_ Here the Psalm goes back to
the subject of Israelitish ingratitude, (mentioned Psalms 78:11,) in
order to introduce an account of the miracles wrought in Egypt...
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The Narrative of God's Deeds...
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He destroyed their vines, the growth of which was a very important
industry in ancient Egypt, WITH HAIL, in the seventh plague, Exodus
9:23, AND THEIR SYCOMORE-TREES, the sycomore fig-trees of the Ori...
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DESTROYED:
_ Heb._ killed
FROST:
Or, great hail stones...
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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...
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SYCOMORE TREES; or, _wild fig trees_, which were there in great
plenty. Under these and the vines all other trees are comprehended.
And this hail and frost did destroy the fruits of the trees, and
som...
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Psalms 78:47 destroyed H2026 (H8799) vines H1612 hail H1259 trees
H8256 frost H2602
destroyed - or, killed
with hail -...
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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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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 78:40 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
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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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Exodus 9:18; Psalms 105:32; Psalms 105:33...
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Sycamore — trees — Under these and the vines, all other trees are
comprehended. This hail and frost destroyed the fruit of the trees,
and sometimes the trees themselves....