Psalms 78:52 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. ”

Psalms 78:52 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But made his own people to go forth like sheep ... - That is, he was a shepherd to them. He defended them; provided for them; led them - as a shepherd does his flock. See the notes at Psalms 23:...
Psalms 78:52 - 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 78:52 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

wilderness. Compare Isaiah 63:11-14 .
Psalms 78:52 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

52. And he made his people to go forth like sheep. The Psalmist again celebrates God’s fatherly love towards the chosen people, whom, as we have elsewhere remarked, he compares to a flock of...
Psalms 78:52 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
Psalms 78:52 - 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 78:52 - 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 78:52 - 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 78:52 - 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 78:52 - 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 78:52 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here a sweet contrast is drawn, in the view of divine love and compassion, notwithstanding human ingratitude. The sacred writer takes up the subject in tracing the history of the church even into Can...
Psalms 78:52 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But made his own people to go forth like sheep ,.... The people of Israel, whom the Lord chose to be his peculiar people above all others; these he caused to go forth out of Egypt, with a mighty han...
Psalms 78:52 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. Ver. 52. But made his own people to go forth like sheep ] i.e. Tuto et lente, softly and safely,...
Psalms 78:52 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But made his own people go out like sheep Distinguishing between them and the Egyptians, as a shepherd divideth between the sheep and the goats , having set his own mark upon these sheep, by the b...
Psalms 78:52 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judgments and Mercies; Wonders Wrought for Israel; Renewed Mercies to Israel. 40 How oft did they p...
Psalms 78:52 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Psalms 78:52 - 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 78:52 - 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 78:52 - 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 78:52 - The Biblical Illustrator

And smote all the firstborn in Egypt;.. . but made His own people to go forth like sheep. God’s dealings with Egypt and Israel I. The punishment of egypt. Egypt, through its kings, had become t...
Psalms 78:52 - 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 78:52 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Narrative of God's Deeds
Psalms 78:52 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 34:11-31 ; Isaiah 40:11 ; Isaiah 63:11-14 ; Jeremiah 23:2-4 ; John 10:11-42 ; Luke 15:4-6 ; Nehemiah 9:12 ; Psalms 1:1 ; Psalms 10:1 ; Psalms 77:20 ; Psalms 95:7

Psalms 78:52 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 78:52 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 78:52 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 78:52 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 78:52 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 78:52 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 78:52 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 78:52 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 78:52 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 78:52 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 78:52 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 78:52 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 78:52 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 78:52 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 78:52 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 78:52 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 78:52 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 78:52 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 78:52 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 78:52 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 78:52 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 78:52 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 78:52 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge