Psalms 78:46 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust. ”

Psalms 78:46 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar - The increase or the produce of their fields. Exodus 10:12-14 . The word חסיל châsı̂yl - is supposed to denote a species of locust rather t...
Psalms 78:46 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

He (c) gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust. (c) He does not repeat here all the miracles that God did in Egypt, but certain which might be sufficient to c...
Psalms 78:46 - 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 78:46 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

caterpiller . corn locust.. more specific word than Exodus 10:1-20 . It occurs in Joel 1:4 ; Joel 2:25 . labour. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for the fruit of labour....
Psalms 78:46 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust. The caterpillar and - the locust - See on Exodus 10:13 (note).
Psalms 78:46 - 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 78:46 - 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 78:46 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Caterpillar. — Heb., chasîl. (See 1 Kings 8:37 .) Probably the locust in the larva or pupa state. For locust see Exodus 10:4 seq., and Bib. Ed., iv. 292. The LXX., Vulg., and Symma...
Psalms 78:46 - 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 78:46 - 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 78:46 - 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 78:46 - 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 78:46 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar ,.... A kind of locust, and the same with the locust in the next clause; for we read but of the locust only in Exodus 10:13 and their labour unto...
Psalms 78:46 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust. Ver. 46. He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar ] Together with the grasshopper, Exodus 10:12,15 , Go...
Psalms 78:46 - 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 78:46 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judgments and Mercies; Wonders Wrought for Israel; Renewed Mercies to Israel. 40 How oft did they p...
Psalms 78:46 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The herbs and grains which were come up by their care and diligent labour.
Psalms 78:46 - 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 78:46 - 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 78:46 - 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 78:46 - 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 78:46 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Narrative of God's Deeds
Psalms 78:46 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 7:1 ; Amos 7:2 ; Exodus 10:12-15 ; Isaiah 33:4 ; Joel 1:4-7 ; Joel 2:25 ; Psalms 105:34 ; Psalms 105:35 ; Revelation 9:2-11
Psalms 78:46 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Labour — The herbs which were come up by their care and labour.

Psalms 78:46 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 78:46 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 78:46 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 78:46 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 78:46 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 78:46 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 78:46 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 78:46 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 78:46 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 78:46 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 78:46 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 78:46 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 78:46 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 78:46 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 78:46 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 78:46 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 78:46 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 78:46 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 78:46 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 78:46 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 78:46 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 78:46 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 78:46 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 78:46 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes