“ Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. ”
Yea, they turned back, and tempted God - They turned away from his service; they were disposed to return to Egypt, and to place themselves in the condition in which they were before they were del...
Yea, they (y) turned back and tempted God, and (z) limited the Holy One of Israel. (y) That is, they often tempted him. (z) As they all do who measure the power of God by their capacity.
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,...
turned back: i.e. again and again. limited. Hebrew. tavah , to set. mark ( Ezekiel 9:4 ), the only other occurrence of the Hiphil . hence, to set. limit. the Holy One of Israel. This title...
Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. Limited the Holy One of Israel - The Chaldee translates, "And the Holy One of Israel they signed with a sign." The Hebrew wo...
Yea, they turned back, &c.— And repeatedly put God to the proof, and set limits to the Holy One of Israel. Mudge.
How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! -The Israelites in the time of the Judges tempted God by forgetting His judgments in Egypt in Israel's behalf, whi...
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...
Limited. — A verb used in Ezekiel 9:4 for putting a mark on the forehead, which has been very variously explained. Some render branded or cast a stigma on — i.e., brought discredit on the D...
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...
“Signs in Egypt” Psalms 78:38-48 God takes into account the frailty and infirmity of our natures. The Spirit… helpeth our infirmities , Romans 8:26 . In the words of Hosea, God teaches us “to...
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...
Here, by way of remembrance, the prophet carries back the subject to the period of the church's deliverance at the time of the Egyptian bondage, and gives some of the striking examples of the Lord's...
Yea, they turned back, and tempted God ,.... They talked of going back to Egypt, and of choosing a captain to lead them back thither, Numbers 14:3 , and they turned back from the Lord, and from his...
Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. Ver. 41. Yea, they turned back and tempted God ] They did it afresh, and after some resolutions and short winded wishes o...
And limited the Holy One of Israel Prescribing to him what proofs he should give of his power and presence with them, and what methods he should take in leading them and providing for them; directi...
Judgments and Mercies; Wonders Wrought for Israel; Renewed Mercies to Israel. 40 How oft did they p...
They limited either, 1. God's power, as above, Psalms 78:19,20 . Or, 2. God's will, directing and prescribing to him what to do, and when, and in what manner, and murmuring at him if he did no...
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 78:41 I. Ever since the fall of man, there has been a natural tendency in the human heart to "limit the Holy One of Israel." This is the crime of idolatry and of heathenism. This was the co...
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...
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...
Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel Limiting God I. We limit the Holy One of Israel by dictating to him. Shall mortal dare to dictate to his Creator? Shal...
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...
The Narrative of God's Deeds
2 Peter 2:21 ; 2 Peter 2:22 ; Acts 7:39 ; Deuteronomy 6:16 ; Hebrews 3:8-11 ; Mark 5:35 ; Mark 5:36 ; Numbers 14:22 ; Numbers 14:4 ; Psalms 78:19 ; Psalms 78:20