Psalms 78:55 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. ”

Psalms 78:55 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He cast out the heathen also before them - literally, the nations. The idea of their being pagan, in the sense which is now attached to that word, is not in the original. The word is one which wo...
Psalms 78:55 - 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 78:55 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

heathen . nations. by line. Sometimes this is put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), for the inheritance itself which was measured off by it. Compare Psalms 19:4 .
Psalms 78:55 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

55. He expelled the heathen from before them; and made them to fall into their part of the inheritance. These words are an explanation of the concluding sentence of the preceding verse: they...
Psalms 78:55 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
Psalms 78:55 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Divided them an inheritance by line— Or, Divided them by line for an inheritance.
Psalms 78:55 - 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 78:55 - 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 78:55 - 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 78:55 - 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 78:55 - 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 78:55 - 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 78:55 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He cast out the Heathen also before them ,.... The seven nations, the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, Deuteronomy 7:1 and divided them an inherit...
Psalms 78:55 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. Ver. 55. He cast out the heathen also before them ] i.e....
Psalms 78:55 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judgments and Mercies; Wonders Wrought for Israel; Renewed Mercies to Israel. 40 How oft did they p...
Psalms 78:55 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Psalms 78:55 - 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 78:55 - 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 78:55 - 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 78:55 - 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 78:55 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Narrative of God's Deeds
Psalms 78:55 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 6:10-12 ; Joshua 13:7 ; Joshua 19:51 ; Joshua 21:45 ; Nehemiah 9:22-25 ; Numbers 33:54 ; Psalms 105:44 ; Psalms 105:45 ; Psalms 135:10-12 ; Psalms 136:18-22 ; Psalms 44:2

Psalms 78:55 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 78:55 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 78:55 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 78:55 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 78:55 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 78:55 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 78:55 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 78:55 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 78:55 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 78:55 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 78:55 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 78:55 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 78:55 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 78:55 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 78:55 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 78:55 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 78:55 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 78:55 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 78:55 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 78:55 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 78:55 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 78:55 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge