“ Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. ”
Which we have heard and known - Which have been communicated to us as certain truth. And our fathers have told us - That is, we have heard and known them by their telling us; or, this is the...
Which we have heard and known, and our (c) fathers have told us. (c) Who were the people of God.
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,...
known . come to know.
3. What we have heard and known. There seems to be some discrepancy between what the Psalmist had stated in the commencement, when he said that he would speak of great and hidden matters, an...
Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. Which we have heard and known - We have heard the law, and known the facts.
Which we have heard and known— What we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us, Psalms 78:4 we will not conceal from their sons of the next generation; relating the praises of the L...
Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. Which we have heard ... We will not hide. See introductory remarks. Translate, 'What we have heard, etc., we will not hide (omit t...
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...
I will open. — A difficulty is started by the fact that the psalm deals with history, and is neither a proverb ( mâshal ) nor riddle ( chîdah ). But the Divine rejection of the northern tribes may...
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...
Learning from the Fathers Psalms 78:1-12 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 wit...
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...
Was not the gospel preached to our fathers in type and figure, as it is now in sum and substance? See Hebrews 4:2 ; Galatians 3:8 .
Which we have heard and known ,.... The change of number from "I" to "we" have made some think that the disciples of Christ are here introduced speaking; but there is no need to suppose that, since...
Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. Ver. 3. Which we have heard and known ] Hearing and seeing are the two learned senses, whereby knowledge, yea, life, entereth into the...
The Importance of Religious Instruction. Maschil of Asaph. 1 Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears t...
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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...
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...
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...
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 a...
Exodus 12:26 ; Exodus 12:27 ; Exodus 13:14 ; Exodus 13:15 ; Exodus 13:8 ; Psalms 44:1 ; Psalms 48:8