Psalms 78:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. ”

Psalms 78:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

We will not hide them from their children - From their descendants, however remote. We of this generation will be faithful in handing down these truths to future times. We stand between past gene...
Psalms 78:4 - 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 78:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

children . sons. Shewing . Recounting. the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. wonderful works . wonders. Compare Psalms 77:11 ; Psalms 77:14 .
Psalms 78:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. We will not conceal them from their children in the generation to come. Some take the verb נכחד, nechached, in the nephil conjugation, and translate it, they are not concealed or...
Psalms 78:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. We will not hide them - In those a...
Psalms 78:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 78:4 - 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 78:4 - 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 78:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Psalms 78:4 - 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 78:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

How lovely is it to behold, even from the days of the patriarchs, the care and attention with which the fathers handed down the testimony they had received concerning the promised seed. Hence we find...
Psalms 78:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

We will not hide them from their children ,.... The children of the Jewish fathers, but faithfully publish and declare them, as Christ and his apostles did; or the children of God and Christ, their...
Psalms 78:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

We will not hide [them] from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. Ver. 4. We will not hide them f...
Psalms 78:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Showing the praises of the Lord His glorious and praiseworthy actions, as the following words explain it. For he established a testimony in Jacob That is, his law, as it is called in the next cla...
Psalms 78:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Importance of Religious Instruction. Maschil of Asaph. 1 Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears t...
Psalms 78:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The praises, i.e. his glorious and praiseworthy actions, as the following words explain it.
Psalms 78:4 - 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 78:4 - 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 78:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

We will not hide them from their children. Children I. The interesting objects of our solicitude mentioned. Consider-- 1. The love which welcomes them. 2. The evils which surround them....
Psalms 78:4 - 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 78:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
Psalms 78:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 11:19 ; Deuteronomy 4:9 ; Deuteronomy 6:7 ; Isaiah 63:7-19 ; Joel 1:3 ; Joshua 4:21-24 ; Joshua 4:6 ; Joshua 4:7 ; Psalms 10:1-5 ; Psalms 145:5 ; Psalms 145:6 ; Psalms 9:14 ;...

Psalms 78:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 78:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 78:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 78:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 78:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 78:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 78:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 78:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 78:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 78:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 78:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 78:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 78:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 78:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 78:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 78:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 78:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 78:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 78:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 78:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 78:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 78:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge