Psalms 78:42 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy. ”

Psalms 78:42 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They remembered not his hand - His gracious interpositions; the manifestations of his power. They forgot that power had been exercised which showed that he was omnipotent - that there was no limi...
Psalms 78:42 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

They (a) remembered not his hand, [nor] the day when he delivered them from the enemy. (a) The forgetfulness of God's benefits is the root of rebellion and all vice.
Psalms 78:42 - 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 78:42 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

They remembered not. Contrast Psalms 78:39 , "He remembered". delivered. Hebrew. padah, as in Exodus 13:13 .
Psalms 78:42 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

42. They remembered not his hand. The sacred writer still continues to upbraid the Israelites; for the simple remembrance of God’s benefits might have restrained them, had they not wilfully...
Psalms 78:42 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
Psalms 78:42 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 78:42 - 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 78:42 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The reminiscence of the plagues that follows is not a complete enumeration, and does not proceed in the order of the historic narrative.
Psalms 78:42 - 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 78:42 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“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...
Psalms 78:42 - 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 78:42 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Psalms 78:42 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

They remembered not his hand ,.... Which brought them out of Egypt, and dashed their enemies in pieces, and which had been so often opened to supply their wants in the wilderness; the Targum renders...
Psalms 78:42 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

They remembered not his hand, [nor] the day when he delivered them from the enemy. Ver. 42. They remembered not his hand ] Forgetfulness is the root of rebellion and of all vice, as the Genevists...
Psalms 78:42 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Psalms 78:42 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judgments and Mercies; Wonders Wrought for Israel; Renewed Mercies to Israel. 40 How oft did they p...
Psalms 78:42 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

His hand; the great and glorious works of his hand on their behalf. Nor the day; nor that remarkable and never to be forgotten day, that self-same day , as it is called, Exodus 12:41 , which...
Psalms 78:42 - 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 78:42 - 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 78:42 - 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 78:42 - 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 78:42 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Narrative of God's Deeds
Psalms 78:42 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 13:9 ; Exodus 14:12 ; Exodus 14:30 ; Exodus 14:31 ; Isaiah 11:11 ; Jeremiah 32:21 ; Psalms 106:7-10 ; Psalms 136:10-15 ; Psalms 78:11 ; Psalms 78:21 ; Psalms 78:22
Psalms 78:42 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Hand — The glorious works of his hand. Enemy — That remarkable day, in which God delivered them from their greatest enemy, Pharaoh.

Psalms 78:42 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 78:42 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 78:42 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 78:42 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 78:42 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 78:42 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 78:42 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 78:42 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 78:42 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 78:42 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 78:42 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 78:42 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 78:42 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 78:42 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 78:42 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 78:42 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 78:42 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 78:42 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 78:42 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 78:42 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 78:42 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 78:42 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 78:42 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 78:42 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 78:42 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes