Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Psalms 78:25
angels' food. bread of the mighty ones. Septuagint, Syriac, Arabic, Ethiopic, with Targums, render it "bread of angels". The "of" may be Genitive of Agent. See App-17.
angels' food. bread of the mighty ones. Septuagint, Syriac, Arabic, Ethiopic, with Targums, render it "bread of angels". The "of" may be Genitive of Agent. See App-17.
Verse Psalms 78:25. _MAN DID EAT ANGELS' FOOD_] לחם אבירים אכל איש _lechem_ _abbirim achal ish_, "Man did eat the bread of the mighty ones;" or, _each person ate_, c. They ate such bread as could onl...
MAN DID EAT ANGELS’ FOOD - Food that came from heaven; food so directly and manifestly from heaven that it might be supposed to be the same kind that was eaten there, and that had now been sent down b...
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...
In spite of these miracles of mercy they sinned yet more, and tempted God in their unbelief, so that while He supplied their wants He was compelled to punish them for their sin. The order is logical n...
Everyone did eat the bread of the mighty, He sent them provision to the full. The A.V. rendering of the verbs in Psalms 78:23 as pluperfects is contrary to the rules of Hebrew grammar. The connexion...
ANGELS' FOOD— _Most excellent food—divine food._ Hiller. part 2: p. 165. _The bread of the mighty._ Houbigant. The Chaldee Paraphrase explains it by, _food which came from the habitation of angels;_ s...
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
ANGELS’ FOOD. — See margin, and comp. Wis. 16:20. LXX. and Vulgate, “angels’ bread.” Some explain, after Job 24:22; Job 34:30, _lordly_ food, such as _nobles_ eat — here, _quails._ But in connection w...
לֶ֣חֶם אַ֭בִּירִים אָ֣כַל אִ֑ישׁ צֵידָ֬ה שָׁלַ֖ח...
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
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...
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,...
Our Lord's discourse (John 6:31) throws a complete light upon this passage, considered with reference to the typical and sacramental design of it, and plainly shows thy it was the slight that the Isra...
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...
MAN DID EAT ANGELS' FOOD,.... Or, "the bread of the mighty" d; such as Moses and Elijah ate of; so Arama; but Aben Ezra and Kimchi interpret it of the clouds, or skies, said to be strong, Job 37:18 i...
Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full. Ver. 25. Man did eat angels' food] Heb. the bread of the mighty, _Pan de nobles_ (Hispan.); (Angels are called mighties, Isa 10:34 Rev 18:21);...
_Man did eat angels' food_ Such as was given by the ministry of angels, and, as the Chaldee reads it, descended from the dwelling of angels. Or, it may be so called because of its excellence, such foo...
The Narrative of God's Deeds...
Man did eat angels' food, so called because it came down from heaven, Psalms 105:40; HE SENT THEM MEAT TO THE FULL, all they needed to sustain their lives by the way....
MAN DID EAT ANGELS FOOD: Or, Every one did eat the bread of the mighty...
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...
ANGELS FOOD; manna, so called, either, 1. Because was made by the ministry of angels. Or rather, 2. Because of its excellency, such food as might befit the angels they could cat food, and such as hat...
Psalms 78:25 Men H376 ate H398 (H8804) angels H47 food H3899 sent H7971 (H8804) food H6720 full...
ANGELS (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...
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...
_Man did eat angels’ food._ ANGELS’ FOOD I. There are in the universe higher order of intelligent creatures than man, “Angels.” The proofs, the nature, the functions, the varieties of their existenc...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 78:1. This is a historical psalm (compare Psalms 105:1; P
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 78:17 In spite of the deeds the people had seen, YET THEY SINNED STILL MORE AGAINST God. ⇐...
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 16:8; Matthew 14:20; Matthew 15:37; Psalms 103:20...
Angels food — Manna, so called, because it was made by the ministry of angels....