Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 78:64
Their priests fell by the sword; and their (p) widows made no lamentation.
(p) Either they were slain before or taken prisoner by their enemies, and so were forbidden.
Their priests fell by the sword; and their (p) widows made no lamentation.
(p) Either they were slain before or taken prisoner by their enemies, and so were forbidden.
Verse Psalms 78:64. _THEIR PRIESTS FELL BY THE SWORD_] Hophni and Phinehas, who were slain in that unfortunate battle against the Philistines in which the ark of the Lord was taken, 1 Samuel 4:11. A...
THEIR PRIESTS FELL BY THE SWORD - Compare 1 Samuel 4:11. It was considered a special calamity that the ministers of religion were cut down in war. AND THEIR WIDOWS MADE NO LAMENTATION - That is, the p...
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...
PRIESTS. Compare 1 Samuel 4:11....
Once more therefore God punished them for their sins, abandoning them to their enemies and even suffering the Ark to be captured....
_and their widows_&c. This line recurs word for word in Job 27:15. In the universal distress the customary rites of mourning were not performed, even for a husband (2 Samuel 11:26-27)....
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:...
Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies: -Israel's unfaithfulness in the time of the Judges caused God to forsake the tabernacle of Shiloh, and brought down ot...
78:64 lamentation. (b-12) Or 'wept not.'...
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...
PRIESTS] see 1 Samuel 4:11. MADE NO LAMENTATION] In the perils of the time mourning rites could not be observed: see Job 27:15....
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 THEIR WIDOWS... — Undoubtedly referring to the fact that the wife of Phinehas died in premature labour, and so could not attend the funeral of her husband with the customary lamentations, which in...
כֹּ֭הֲנָיו בַּ † חֶ֣רֶב נָפָ֑לוּ וְ֝ אַלְמְנֹתָ֗יו...
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
GOD RAISES UP HIS SHEPHERD DAVID Psalms 78:59 This paragraph continues the history of the Judges, and tells the story of what befell after the battle in which Eli's sons were slain. See 1 Samuel 4:1....
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,...
The history of the church is pursued through all these verses. But we must look farther than the history, and particularly in the close of the Psalm, which ends with a view of David as the chosen of G...
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...
THEIR PRIESTS FELL BY THE SWORD,.... Hophni and Phinehas, the sons of Eli, and other priests; which shows the cruelty of the enemy, not to spare men unarmed, as the priests were; and the justice of Go...
Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation. Ver. 64. _Their priests fell by the sword_] Hophni and Phineas did, 1 Samuel 4:11, both in one day, as had been foretold, 1 Samu...
_He gave his people over unto the sword_ To the sword of his own justice, and of the enemies' rage, for _he was wroth with his inheritance;_ and that wrath of his was _the fire which consumed their yo...
Their priests fell by the sword, Hophni and Phinehas being examples, 1 Samuel 4:11; AND THEIR WIDOWS MADE NO LAMENTATION, being kept from the customary rites of mourning by the terrors of war. But the...
The Narrative of God's Deeds...
56-72 After the Israelites were settled in Canaan, the children were like their fathers. God gave them his testimonies, but they turned back. Presumptuous sins render even Israelites hateful to God's...
THEIR PRIESTS, Hophni and Phinehas, and others. NO LAMENTATION; no funeral solemnities; either because they were prevented by their own death, as the wife of Phinehas was, or disturbed by the invasion...
Psalms 78:64 priests H3548 fell H5307 (H8804) sword H2719 widows H490 lamentation H1058 (H8799) priests -...
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 78:56 These verses describe the time of the judges, leading up to the capture of the ark and the death of Eli and his sons (vv. Psalms 78:60; see...
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 Samuel 2:33; 1 Samuel 2:34; 1 Samuel 22:18; 1 Samuel 22:19; 1 S
Priests — Hophni and Phinehas. No lamentation — No funeral solemnities; either because they were prevented by their own death, as the wife of Phinehas was, or disturbed by the invasion of the enemy....