Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Psalms 78:37
Verse Psalms 78:37. Their heart was not right] When the heart is wrong, the life is wrong; and because their heart was not right with God, therefore they were not faithful in his covenant.
Verse Psalms 78:37. Their heart was not right] When the heart is wrong, the life is wrong; and because their heart was not right with God, therefore they were not faithful in his covenant.
FOR THEIR HEART WAS NOT RIGHT WITH HIM - Luther renders this, “Not fast with him.” The Hebrew word means “to fit, to prepare;” and the idea is, that the heart was not “adjusted” to such a profession,...
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...
COVENANT. If that of Exodus 34:5, then note the reference to it in Psalms 78:38, below....
These judgements failed to reform them, and further chastisements produced only temporary and superficial amendments. Yet in spite of all, God continued to shew them mercy....
_right … stedfast_ Or, stedfast … faithful. Cp. Psalms 78:8, where the same words are used. _The heart_is the organ of thought and will, which determines the moral and religious character, the seat of...
DISCOURSE: 635 THE EXTENT OF GOD’S MERCY Psalms 78:34. When he slew them, then they sought him; and they returned and inquired early after God: and they remembered that God was their Rock, and the hig...
WHEN HE SLEW THEM, &C.— _When he slew them, and they sought him, and returned,_ &c.—Ver. 35. _And remembered,_ &c.—Ver. 36. _Though they did flatter him—and lied,_ &c.—Ver. 37. _And their heart,_ &c.—...
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
וְ֭ לִבָּם לֹא ־נָכֹ֣ון עִמֹּ֑ו וְ לֹ֥א
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,...
For their (u) heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant. (u) Whatever does not come from the pure fountain of the heart is hypocrisy....
The history of Israel fully shows this. While under the divine chastisements, oh! how seemingly earnest they sought the Lord: but when the rod was taken off, they returned every man again to his evil...
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...
FOR THEIR HEART WAS NOT RIGHT WITH HIM,.... Neither prepared and ready to any good work, but reprobate thereunto; nor steady, fixed, and established, as a good man's heart is, trusting in the Lord; bu...
For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant. Ver. 37. _For their heart was not right with him_] It was still the old heart, without any sincere change, and that...
_Nevertheless, they did flatter him with their mouth_ As if they thought, by mere fair speeches, to prevail on Him who searches the heart, and requires truth in the inward parts, to revoke the sentenc...
The Narrative of God's Deeds...
For their heart was not right with Him, they were not sincere in their repentance, it was not a lasting sorrow which they felt, NEITHER WERE THEY STEADFAST IN HIS COVENANT, they did not prove themselv...
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...
All their confessions and petitions were but hypocritical and forced, and did not proceed from an upright heart truly grieved for their former offences, and firmly resolved to turn unto the Lord. They...
Psalms 78:37 heart H3820 steadfast H3559 (H8737) faithful H539 (H8738) covenant H1285 their heart -...
Psalms 78:34 I. It is a subject well worthy of the serious consideration of all persons who desire to be in the safe way of salvation how commonly it happens that the best intentions and resolutions,...
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...
_When He slew them, then they sought Him: and they returned and inquired early after God._ ISRAEL’S HYPOCRITICAL REPENTANCE I. The acts of repentance which they performed. 1. Seeking God. 2. Retur...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 78:1. This is a historical psalm (compare Psalms 105:1; P
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 78:32 The mighty works of God described in vv. Psalms 78:9 should have been enough reason for the people to be faithful, but they were not (v....
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...
Acts 8:21; Deuteronomy 31:20; Hosea 10:2; Hosea 7:14; Hosea 7:16;...