Psalms 78:62 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance. ”

Psalms 78:62 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He gave his people over also unto the sword - When the ark was taken, 1 Samuel 4:10 . Thirty thousand of the children of Israel fell on that occasion. And was wroth with his inheritance - Wa...
Psalms 78:62 - 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 78:62 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

unto the sword. Compare 1 Samuel 4:10 .
Psalms 78:62 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

62. And he shut up his people to the sword. Other parts of the calamity which befell Israel in the time of the high priest Eli are here mentioned. God, in permitting the ark to be carried aw...
Psalms 78:62 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.
Psalms 78:62 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies: -Israel's unfaithfulness in the time of the Judges caused God to forsake the tabernacle of Shiloh, and brought do...
Psalms 78:62 - 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 78:62 - 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 78:62 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God Raises up His Shepherd David Psalms 78:59-72 This paragraph continues the history of the Judges, and tells the story of what befell after the battle in which Eli's sons were slain. See 1 S...
Psalms 78:62 - 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 78:62 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The history of the church is pursued through all these verses. But we must look farther than the history, and particularly in the close of the Psalm, which ends with a view of David as the chosen of...
Psalms 78:62 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He gave his people over also to the sword ,.... To those that kill with the sword, as the Targum; that is, to the Philistines, when there fell of them thirty thousand men at once, 1 Samuel 4:10...
Psalms 78:62 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance. Ver. 62. He gave his people also unto the sword ] sc. Of the Philistines, who slew thirty thousand of them in one...
Psalms 78:62 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He gave his people over unto the sword To the sword of his own justice, and of the enemies' rage, for he was wroth with his inheritance; and that wrath of his was the fire which consumed their y...
Psalms 78:62 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judgments and Mercies; Wonders Wrought for Israel; Renewed Mercies to Israel. 40 How oft did they p...
Psalms 78:62 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Psalms 78:62 - 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 78:62 - 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 78:62 - 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 78:62 - 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 78:62 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Narrative of God's Deeds
Psalms 78:62 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 4:10 ; 1 Samuel 4:11 ; 1 Samuel 4:2 ; Isaiah 64:9 ; Psalms 89:38

Psalms 78:62 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 78:62 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 78:62 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 78:62 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 78:62 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 78:62 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 78:62 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 78:62 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 78:62 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 78:62 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 78:62 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 78:62 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 78:62 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 78:62 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 78:62 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 78:62 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 78:62 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 78:62 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 78:62 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 78:62 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 78:62 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 78:62 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge