Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Psalms 78:8
Stubborn. — Refractory.
That set not their heart aright. — Literally, did not establish their heart, which preserves the parallelism better.
Stubborn. — Refractory.
That set not their heart aright. — Literally, did not establish their heart, which preserves the parallelism better.
AND MIGHT NOT BE AS THEIR FATHERS - Their ancestors, particularly in the wilderness, as they passed through it to the promised land. See Exodus 32:7; Exodus 33:3; Exodus 34:9;...
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...
REBELLIOUS. Compare Deuteronomy 9:24; Deuteronomy 31:27. SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. WITH. Some codices, with six early printed editions, read "toward"....
The Psalmist's solemn invitation to his countrymen to listen to his teaching. He proposes to set forth the lessons to be drawn from Israel's past history, in obedience to God's command to hand on the...
_as their fathers_ Primarily, the generation of the wandering in the wilderness; but the warning was true for almost every age. _stubborn and rebellious_ Epithets applied in Deuteronomy 21:18 to the s...
DISCOURSE: 631 JEWS AND CHRISTIANS COMPARED Psalms 78:8. _A generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not steadfast with God_. HISTORY is universally considered as a source of...
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:...
For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: -God's appointment for Israel in the time...
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
וְ לֹ֤א יִהְי֨וּ ׀ כַּ אֲבֹותָ֗ם דֹּור֮ סֹורֵ
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
LEARNING FROM THE FATHERS Psalms 78:1 This psalm is said to have arisen, from a strong controversy between Judah and Ephraim as to the location of God's sanctuary, and its final transfer within the l...
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,...
And might not be as their (g) fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation [that] set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God. (g) Though these fathers were...
_Former iniquities, which we and our fathers have committed. The Hebrews generally pray for the remission of their parent's faults, Lamentations v. 7., Baruch iii. 5., and Daniel ix. 5. (Calmet) --- B...
I venture to believe, contrary to the opinion of most commentators, that the testimony in Jacob, and the law in Israel here spoken of, had a reference to a much higher subject than the law on mount Si...
8._And that they might not be as their fathers, a rebellious and provoking generation. _The Psalmist here shows still more distinctly how necessary this sermon was, from the circumstance that the Jews...
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...
AND MIGHT NOT BE AS THEIR FATHERS,.... This chiefly respects the Jews in Christ's time: though it also is an admonition to them in succeeding ages, and especially in the latter day, when they shall be...
And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation [that] set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God. Ver. 8. _And might not be as their...
_That they might set their hope in God_ That by the consideration of God's gracious promises, and his wonderful works wrought for his people, they might be encouraged to adhere to him, and trust in hi...
and might not be as their fathers, the reference being chiefly to those of the wilderness journey, A STUBBORN, faithless, disloyal, AND REBELLIOUS GENERATION, Exodus 32:9; Deuteronomy 21:18; A GENERAT...
A REVIEW OF ISRAEL'S HISTORY AS A SOURCE OF CONSOLATION. Maschil of Asaph, a didactic poem, intended to instruct the children of Israel in the wonderful ways of the Lord and to warn them against apos...
THAT SET NOT THEIR HEART ARIGHT: _ Heb._ that prepared not their heart...
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...
THAT SET NOT THEIR HEART ARIGHT; who though they outwardly and seemingly complied with the forms of worship which God had prescribed, yet DID NOT DIRECT OR PREPARE THEIR HEARTS to the obedience and se...
Psalms 78:8 fathers H1 stubborn H5637 (H8802) rebellious H4784 (H8802) generation H1755 generation H1755 set H3559 heart
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...
_That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep His commandments._ ON THE DECEITFULNESS OF THE HEART, IN DISREGARDING PROVIDENTIAL DISPENSATIONS IN GENERAL I. Show...
_For He established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel. .. that they should make them known to their children._ THE PARENTS’ PREROGATIVE: HOW IS IT USED Dr. Adam Clarke reminds us th...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 78:1. This is a historical psalm (compare Psalms 105:1; P
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...
2 Chronicles 12:14; 2 Chronicles 19:3; 2 Chronicles 20:33; 2 Chronicles 30:19;...