Psalms 78:63
The wrath of God came upon them - See Numbers 11:33 . And slew the fattest of them - literally, “slew among their fat ones.” That is, The mo...
The wrath of God came upon them, and slew (r) the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen [men] of Israel. (r) Though others were not spared, yet...
LXXVIII. The Lesson of Israel's History. The northern tribes have been perverse from the first. Their wickedness has culminated in the schismatical...
The wrath, &c. Compare John 3:36 ; Ephesians 5:6 ; Colossians 3:6 .
The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. -The unbelief of the Israelite fathers is...
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 fro...
Evidently from Numbers 11:33 , They did not yet loath in consequence of their lusts, the meat was yet in their mouths when, &c. For the expres...
Slew the fattest. — This may mean either the strongest or the noblest.
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 Israe...
Blessed Yet Ungrateful Psalms 78:25-37 God our Father is prepared to do “exceeding abundantly” for His children; but too often we become so eng...
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...
What gracious instructions are read to us in these verses! See, my soul, how unsuitable and self-destroying would prove thy desires in numberless ins...
The wrath of God came upon them ,.... Either by causing fire to come down from heaven, or by suffering them to be surfeited by excessive eating, or...
The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen [men] of Israel. Ver. 31. The wrath of God came upon them...
They were not estranged from their lust , &c. Green translates the verse, But before they were averse to what they had desired, and while their...
Wonders Wrought in Behalf of Israel; The Crimes of the Israelites; Judgments Brought on the Israelites....
The fattest of them; the most healthy and strong, who probably were most desirous of this food, and fed most eagerly upon it, and grew fatter by it...
INTRODUCTION Superscription,—“Maschil of Asaph ,” i.e. , an instruction of Asaph, a didactic song by Asaph. The Psalm was probably written by the...
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 reflec...
The story of how the children of Israel behaved themselves towards their gracious God. Psalms 78:10-16 . They kept not the covenant of God, and re...
Title. Maschil of Asaph. Rabbi Kimchi says, that this title, which signifies to give instruction, designates also the species of music or melody to...
They were not estranged from their lust. Dissatisfaction with plenty God gave them plenty, and they ate “and were filled.” He gave them what th...
EXPOSITION This, the first of the "historical psalms," though assigned by the rationalistic school (De Wette, Ewald, Koster, Hitzig) to a period...
The Narrative of God's Deeds
the wrath of God came upon them and slew the fattest of them, those physically in the best condition, and smote down the chosen men of Israel, thos...
Mightiest — The most healthy and strong, who probably were most desirous of this food, and fed most eagerly upon it.
31 The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.