He clave the rocks in the wilderness - There were two occasions on which the rock was smitten for water; one Exodus 17:6 at Mount Horeb, shortly after they came out of Egypt; and the other Numbers 20:11, when they had nearly ceased their wanderings in the wilderness. Hence, the plural term (rocks) is used here.
And gave them drink as out of the great depths - As if he had formed a lake or an ocean, furnishing an inexhaustible supply.
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...
CLAVE. Hebrew. _baka'_ (in Piel), implying repeated cleaving. ROCKS. Hebrew. _zur._ Same word as in Exodus 17. The two events brought together here. DRINK AS OUT OF. Some codices, with seven early p...
Israel's disobedience and ingratitude, in spite of all God's mercies to them at the Exodus and in the wilderness....
He clave rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink as out of the depths abundantly: And he brought forth streams out of a cliff. Two different words are used, with reference to the two occasions...
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...
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
AND GAVE... — Literally, _and gave them to drink as it were a great deep,_ or as we might say, “oceans of drink” — a poetical exaggeration; or are we rather to think of the gift of water as produced b...
יְבַקַּ֣ע צֻ֭רִים בַּ † מִּדְבָּ֑ר וַ֝ יַּ֗שְׁקְ...
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
“A TABLE IN THE WILDERNESS” Psalms 78:13 Throughout this wonderful recital there is a perpetual contrast between God's unswerving goodness and the incessant backsliding of His people; and as we read...
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,...
We need only refer to the history of Israel in the wilderness, to discover to what particular period of the church the prophet in these verses refers. Perhaps, as in several other parts of scripture,...
15._He clave the rocks in the wilderness. _The Psalmist produces another evidence of the fatherly love by which God testified the greatness of the care which he exercised about the welfare of this peo...
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...
HE CLAVE THE ROCKS IN THE WILDERNESS,.... The one at Rephidim, Exodus 17:1, and the other at Kadesh, Numbers 20:1 both to be seen at this day; Exodus 17:1,...
He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave [them] drink as [out of] the great depths. Ver. 15. _He clave the rocks_] And set them abroach, both that in Rephidim, Exodus 17:1,8, and the other in K...
_Marvellous things did he in the field_ That is, in the territory or jurisdiction, not excluding the city itself; _of Zoan_ An ancient and eminent city of Egypt. _In the day-time he led them with a cl...
He clave the rocks in the wilderness, on two different occasions, Exodus 17:5; Numbers 20:11, AND GAVE THEM DRINK AS OUT OF THE GREAT DEPTHS....
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...
ROCKS; he useth the plural number, because it was twice done; once in Rephidim, EXODUS 17:6, and again in Kadesh, NUMBERS 20:1,11. THE GREAT DEPTHS; in great abundance....
Psalms 78:15 split H1234 (H8762) rocks H6697 wilderness H4057 drink H8248 (H8686) abundance H7227 depths H8415...
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...
_He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths._ STREAMS FROM THE ROCK I. Consider thy rock as a representation of Christ. 1. What does a rock remind us of?...
_The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle._ GOD IN HUMAN HISTORY I. A people is a community that are most favoured with privileges are oftentimes the...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 78:1. This is a historical psalm (compare Psalms 105:1; P
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 78:9 The first historical section recounts an otherwise unknown incident in which THE EPHRAIMITES... TURNED BACK ON THE DAY OF BATTLE. Presumably this was a battle in which all Is...
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 Corinthians 10:4; Exodus 17:6; Isaiah 41:18; Isaiah 43:20; John 7:37
Wilderness — In Rephidim, and again in Kadesh....