Psalms 78:27 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and featherede fowls like as the sand of the sea: ”

Psalms 78:27 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He rained flesh also upon them as dust - The flesh of quails, Numbers 11:31 . The word “rained” means that they seemed to come upon them like a copious shower. The word dust denotes their great...
Psalms 78:27 - 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 78:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

rained. As in Psalms 78:24 . as the sand. Figure of speech Paroemia . App-6.
Psalms 78:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
Psalms 78:27 - 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 78:27 - 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 78:27 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

No doubt there is poetical hyperbole here, but for the enormous numbers of quails that are now caught, see the article quoted above.
Psalms 78:27 - 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 78:27 - 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 78:27 - 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 78:27 - 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 78:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He rained flesh also upon them as dust ,.... By "flesh" is meant fowl, as the following clause shows; for there is flesh of birds, as well as of other creatures, see 1 Corinthians 15:39 and the qu...
Psalms 78:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea: Ver. 27. He rained flesh also upon them as dust ] Dapibus illos compluit. This he had done once before fo...
Psalms 78:27 - 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 78:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Wonders Wrought in Behalf of Israel; The Crimes of the Israelites; Judgments Brought on the Israelites. ...
Psalms 78:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Feathered fowls, Heb. winged fowl ; which is noted to show that it was a supernatural work, whereby God took away from them the use of their wings, and made them to fall into the hands of the Isra...
Psalms 78:27 - 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 78:27 - 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 78:27 - 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 78:27 - 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 78:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Narrative of God's Deeds
Psalms 78:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 16:12 ; Exodus 16:13 ; Numbers 11:18 ; Numbers 11:19 ; Numbers 11:32
Psalms 78:27 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Fowl — But God took away from them the use of their wings, and made them to fall into the hands of the Israelites.

Psalms 78:27 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 78:27 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 78:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 78:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 78:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 78:27 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 78:27 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 78:27 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 78:27 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 78:27 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 78:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 78:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 78:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 78:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 78:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 78:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 78:27 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 78:27 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 78:27 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 78:27 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 78:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 78:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 78:27 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes