Psalms 78:63 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage. ”

Psalms 78:63 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The fire consumed their young men - Fire here may be regarded as an image of destructive war, as in Numbers 21:28 : “For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it...
Psalms 78:63 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

The fire (n) consumed their young men; and their maidens were not (o) given to marriage. (n) They were suddenly destroyed, ( 1 Samuel 4:10 ). (o) They had no marriage songs: that is, they were not...
Psalms 78:63 - 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 78:63 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

were not given to marriage . were not praised: i.e. had no marriage song.
Psalms 78:63 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage. Their maidens were not given to marriage - הוללו hullalu, were not celebrated with marriage songs. It is considered a...
Psalms 78:63 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Their maidens were not given to marriage— Were not celebrated or praised. Mudge. i.e. They lost all their charms and agreeableness; or, perhaps, were no longer serenaded and praised in poetry a...
Psalms 78:63 - 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 78:63 - 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 78:63 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Were not given. — See margin. The desolation and misery were marked by the absence of the glad nuptial song.
Psalms 78:63 - 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 78:63 - 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 78:63 - 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 78:63 - 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 78:63 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The fire consumed their young men ,.... Not Nadab and Abihu, as some of the Jewish Rabbins interpret it, of which Jarchi makes mention; but the young men, the choice, the flower, of the Israelitish...
Psalms 78:63 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage. Ver. 63. The fire consumed ] The fire of warlike force, which quickly licketh up all, and layeth waste. And thei...
Psalms 78:63 - 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 78:63 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judgments and Mercies; Wonders Wrought for Israel; Renewed Mercies to Israel. 40 How oft did they p...
Psalms 78:63 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Because the young men who should have married them were slain. Heb. were not praised , to wit, with marriage songs, which was usual at marriage solemnities among the Jews, as appears from Jeremiah...
Psalms 78:63 - 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 78:63 - 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 78:63 - 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 78:63 - 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 78:63 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Narrative of God's Deeds
Psalms 78:63 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 29:20 ; Deuteronomy 32:22 ; Isaiah 4:1 ; Jeremiah 16:9 ; Jeremiah 25:10 ; Jeremiah 7:34 ; Psalms 78:21

Psalms 78:63 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 78:63 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 78:63 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 78:63 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 78:63 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 78:63 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 78:63 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 78:63 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 78:63 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 78:63 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 78:63 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 78:63 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 78:63 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 78:63 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 78:63 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 78:63 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 78:63 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 78:63 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 78:63 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 78:63 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 78:63 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 78:63 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 78:63 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 78:63 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge