Psalms 78:50 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He madei a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence; ”

Psalms 78:50 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He made a way to his anger - Margin, he weighed a path. He leveled a path for it; he took away all hindrance to it; he allowed it to have free scope. The idea of weighing is not in the original....
Psalms 78:50 - 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 78:50 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

made . pondered, or weighed. Compare Proverbs 4:26 ; Proverbs 5:6 ; Proverbs 5:21 . Contrast Isaiah 26:7 . soul. Hebrew. n ephesh. App-13.
Psalms 78:50 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

50. He made a way to his anger. (352) To take away all excuse from this ungrateful people, whom the most evident and striking proofs of the goodness of God which were presented before their...
Psalms 78:50 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
Psalms 78:50 - 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 78:50 - 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 78:50 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Made a way. — Literally, levelled a path. So Symmachus.
Psalms 78:50 - 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 78:50 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Safely Led, Yet Bent on Wandering Psalms 78:49-58 This section of the psalm deals largely with the books of Joshua and Judges. The failures that had characterized the Wilderness crossed the Jor...
Psalms 78:50 - 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 78:50 - 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 78:50 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He made a way to his anger ,.... Or, "for" it, so that nothing could obstruct it, or hinder the execution of it; or "he weighed a path for his anger" m; he weighed it in the balance of justice, and...
Psalms 78:50 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence; Ver. 50. He made a way to his anger ] Heb. He weighed a path, recompensing their unjust...
Psalms 78:50 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He made a way to his anger By removing every obstacle that mercy had thrown in the path of justice, he made a way for his indignation, which then rushed forth like a fiery stream. Hebrew, יפלס נתיב...
Psalms 78:50 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judgments and Mercies; Wonders Wrought for Israel; Renewed Mercies to Israel. 40 How oft did they p...
Psalms 78:50 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He made a way, Heb. He weighed a path or causeway , i.e. he made a most smooth, and even, and exact path, as if he had done it by weight and measure, that so his anger might pass swiftly and freel...
Psalms 78:50 - 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 78:50 - 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 78:50 - 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 78:50 - 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 78:50 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Narrative of God's Deeds
Psalms 78:50 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Peter 2:4 ; 2 Peter 2:5 ; Exodus 9:3-6 ; Ezekiel 5:11 ; Ezekiel 7:4 ; Ezekiel 7:9 ; Ezekiel 8:18 ; Ezekiel 9:10 ; Job 27:22 ; Romans 8:32

Psalms 78:50 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 78:50 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 78:50 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 78:50 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 78:50 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 78:50 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 78:50 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 78:50 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 78:50 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 78:50 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 78:50 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 78:50 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 78:50 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 78:50 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 78:50 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 78:50 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 78:50 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 78:50 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 78:50 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 78:50 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 78:50 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 78:50 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 78:50 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge