Psalms 78:44 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink. ”

Psalms 78:44 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And had turned their rivers into blood - Exodus 7:20 . There was properly but one river in Egypt - the Nile. But there were several branches of that river at the mouth; and there were numerous a...
Psalms 78:44 - 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 78:44 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

turned their rivers. The first plague ( Exodus 7:17 , &c).
Psalms 78:44 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

44. When he turned their rivers into blood. The Psalmist does not enumerate in their order the miracles by which God gave evidence of his power in the deliverance of his people. He considere...
Psalms 78:44 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink. Turned their rivers into blood - See on Exodus 7:20 (note).
Psalms 78:44 - 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 78:44 - 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 78:44 - 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 78:44 - 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 78:44 - 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 78:44 - 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 78:44 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And had turned their rivers into blood ,.... The river Nile and its seven streams; this was the first of the plagues of Egypt, Exodus 7:20 , and was a just retaliation for drowning the infants of t...
Psalms 78:44 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink. Ver. 44. And had turned their rivers into blood, &c. ] Seven of those ten plagues of Egypt are here instanc...
Psalms 78:44 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Psalms 78:44 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judgments and Mercies; Wonders Wrought for Israel; Renewed Mercies to Israel. 40 How oft did they p...
Psalms 78:44 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The several branches and streams of the river Nilus, and those many rivulets which they brought from it.
Psalms 78:44 - 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 78:44 - 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 78:44 - 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 78:44 - 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 78:44 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Narrative of God's Deeds
Psalms 78:44 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 7:17-21 ; Psalms 105:29 ; Revelation 16:3-6

Psalms 78:44 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 78:44 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 78:44 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 78:44 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 78:44 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 78:44 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 78:44 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 78:44 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 78:44 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 78:44 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 78:44 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 78:44 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 78:44 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 78:44 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 78:44 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 78:44 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 78:44 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 78:44 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 78:44 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 78:44 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 78:44 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 78:44 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge