Psalms 78:26 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He caused an east wind to blowd in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind. ”

Psalms 78:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 th...
Psalms 78:26 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 co...
Psalms 78:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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,...
Psalms 78:26 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 78:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind. He caused an east wind to blow - See the note on Numbers 11:31 .
Psalms 78:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 perfor...
Psalms 78:26 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 78:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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.”)
Psalms 78:26 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 78:1-72 THIS psalm is closely related to Psalms 105:1-45 ; Psalms 106:1-48 ; Psalms 107:1-43 . Like them, it treats the history of Israel, and especially the Exodus and wilderness wander...
Psalms 78:26 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Blessed Yet Ungrateful Psalms 78:25-37 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...
Psalms 78:26 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 78:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Psalms 78:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 th...
Psalms 78:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 sout...
Psalms 78:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 w...
Psalms 78:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Wonders Wrought in Behalf of Israel; The Crimes of the Israelites; Judgments Brought on the Israelites. ...
Psalms 78:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 i...
Psalms 78:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Psalms 78:26 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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, bei...
Psalms 78:26 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Psalms 78:26 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Psalms 78:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Narrative of God's Deeds
Psalms 78:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 11:31 ; Psalms 135:7
Psalms 78:26 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

South wind — First an eastern, and afterwards a southern wind.

Psalms 78:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 78:26 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 78:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 78:26 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 78:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 78:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 78:26 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 78:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 78:26 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 78:26 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 78:26 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 78:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 78:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 78:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 78:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 78:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 78:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 78:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 78:26 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 78:26 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 78:26 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 78:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 78:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 78:26 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes