“ How he had wroughtg his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan: ”
How he had wrought his signs in Egypt - Margin, set. The Hebrew word means to set or place. The word signs here refers to miracles as signs or indications of God’s power and favor. The things whi...
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,...
signs in Egypt. The Psalm, verses: Psalms 78:44-51 , does not profess to give. list of the "ten plagues"; so that there is no ground for the assumption as to only. "Jehovist" document being known...
How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:
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...
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...
How he had wrought his signs in Egypt ,.... The plagues which he brought upon the Egyptians, for refusing to let Israel go: and his wonders in the field of Zoan , or in the country of Zoan, that i...
How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan: Ver. 43. How he had wrought his signs in Egypt ] That stage of wonders. See Psalms 78:12 . In the field of Zoan ]...
How he had wrought his signs in Egypt Here the Psalm goes back to the subject of Israelitish ingratitude, (mentioned Psalms 78:11-12 ,) in order to introduce an account of the miracles wrought in...
Judgments and Mercies; Wonders Wrought for Israel; Renewed Mercies to Israel. 40 How oft did they p...
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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...
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...
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
Deuteronomy 4:34 ; Deuteronomy 6:22 ; Exodus 3:19 ; Exodus 3:20 ; Nehemiah 9:10 ; Psalms 105:27-38 ; Psalms 135:9 ; Psalms 78:12