Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Psalms 78:26
East wind... south wind. — Probably the very winds that brought the flights of quails, and not merely poetical details. (See Smith’s Biblical Dictionary, art. “Quails.”)
East wind... south wind. — Probably the very winds that brought the flights of quails, and not merely poetical details. (See Smith’s Biblical Dictionary, art. “Quails.”)
Verse Psalms 78:26. _HE CAUSED AN EAST WIND TO BLOW_] Numbers 11:31....
HE CAUSED AN EAST WIND TO BLOW IN THE HEAVEN - See Numbers 11:31. In the history, the quarter from which the wind came is not mentioned, except as it might be indicated by the statement that the “quai...
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...
He led forth the east wind In the heaven: And by his power he guided the south wind:...
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...
The wind that brought the quails (Numbers 11:31)....
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
יַסַּ֣ע קָ֭דִים בַּ † שָּׁמָ֑יִם וַ יְנַהֵ֖ג...
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,...
He caused an (p) east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind. (p) God used the wind to show them that all the elements were at his command, and that no distance cou...
What gracious instructions are read to us in these verses! See, my soul, how unsuitable and self-destroying would prove thy desires in numberless instances, if the Lord, in anger, granted them to thy...
26._He caused an east wind to blow in the heavens. _We have here related how God granted the request of his people. This does not imply that he favourably regarded their fretful desires, but that he s...
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 CAUSED AN EAST WIND TO BLOW IN THE HEAVENS,.... In the airy heaven: or "he caused it to go" f; to go forth out of its place, out of the repositories and treasures of it, from whence he brings the w...
He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind. Ver. 26. _He caused an east wind to blow_] _Pergere,_ to go, to pass away, and to give place to the south...
_He caused an east wind to blow_, &c. First an eastern, and afterward a southern wind. _He rained flesh, &c., and feathered fowls like as the sand_ Hebrew, עו Š כנ Š, _gnoph chanap, fowl of wing_, or...
The Narrative of God's Deeds...
He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven, and by His power He brought in the south wind, the exact direction of the wind therefore being southeast, Numbers 11:31....
TO BLOW: _ Heb._ to go...
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...
Either he brought in first an eastern, and afterwards a southern wind, or the wind was south-east; from which quarter these quails might come as well as from the west, where their more common abode is...
Psalms 78:26 wind H6921 blow H5265 (H8686) heavens H8064 power H5797 in H5090 (H8762) wind H8486 He
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 78:17 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...
Numbers 11:31; Psalms 135:7...
South wind — First an eastern, and afterwards a southern wind....