Psalms 78:57

Ezekiel 20:27; Ezekiel 20:28; Hosea 7:16; Judges 3:12; Judges 3:5-7; Psalms 78:10-37; Psalms 78:41; Psalms 78:8

Related Commentaries of Psalms 78:57

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But turned back ... - See the notes at Psalms 78:41 . They were turned aside like a deceitful bow - literally, a bow of deceit. That is, a b...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

But turned back, and dealt (i) unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow. (i) Nothing more displeases God in the...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

turned back. See the Structure (17-20 and 56-58). a deceitful bow: disappointing the bowman. Compare Hosea 7:16 . graven images. Same word a...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow. They were turned aside like a deceitful bow...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

They were turned aside, &c.— This is explained by Psalms 78:9 where the same word is used. The bow means a body of bowmen, who in the crisi...
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 t...
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 fro...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Unfaithfully] RV 'treacherously.' A deceitful bow ] which causes the archer to miss the mark ( Hosea 7:16 ).
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Turned aside... — Better, turned like a relaxed bow. (See Note to Psalms 78:9 .) The bows of the Hebrews, like those of other ancient nations, w...
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 Israe...
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 tha...
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...
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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But turned back ,.... From God and his worship, apostatized from the true religion, and turned to idols: and dealt unfaithfully, like their father...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow. Ver. 57. But turned back, &c. ] They...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And dealt unfaithfully like their fathers They imitated their forefathers, both in their frequent apostacies from God, and in their falseness to th...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judgments and Mercies; Wonders Wrought for Israel; Renewed Mercies to Israel....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Which either breaketh when it is drawn, or shooteth awry, and frustrateth the archer's design and expectation So when they pretended, and both God an...
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...
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 reflec...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

And kept not His testimonies: but turned back, and dealt unfaithfully their fathers. The deceitfulness of the heart as to duty I. As to the per...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Narrative of God's Deeds
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

but turned back, aside from the prescribed path, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers, they apostatized from their promised loyalty to Jehovah...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Deceitful bow — Which either breaks when it is drawn, or shoots awry, and frustrates the archer's expectation.

⁵⁷ But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 78:57

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 78:57