Psalms 78:61

1 Samuel 4:21; 1 Samuel 4:22; 1 Samuel 5:1; 1 Samuel 5:2; 2 Chronicles 6:41; Exodus 40:34; Judges 18:30; Psalms 24:7; Psalms 132:8

Related Commentaries of Psalms 78:61

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And delivered his strength into captivity - That is, the ark, considered as the symbol of his power. This constituted the defense of the people;...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And delivered his (m) strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand. (m) The Ark is called his power and beauty because by this he de...
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

strength. One of the names for the Ark of the Covenant (Compare Psalms 63:2 ; Psalms 132:8 ). See notes on Exodus 25:22 ; 1 Chronicles 13:3 ....
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

61. And he delivered his strength into captivity. In this verse, the same subject is prosecuted: it is declared, that the strength of God...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.
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

Strength.. glory ] the ark: see 1 Samuel 4 .
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

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 t...
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

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,...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And delivered his strength into captivity ,.... That is, the ark, called his strength, and the ark of his strength, Psalms 105:4 , because it was a...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand. Ver. 61. And delivered his strength … his glory, &c.] i.e. Hi...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

So he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh The tabernacle which then was placed in Shiloh, from whence, as the Israelites fetched the ark, so God withd...
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

His strength, to wit, the ark, called God's strength, 1 Chronicles 16:11 , and the ark of his strength , Psalms 132:8 , because it was the s...
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 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

and delivered His strength, namely, the Ark of the Covenant, into captivity, by letting the Philistines capture it, 1 Samuel 4, and His glory into...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

His strength — The ark, called God's strength, 1 Chronicles 16:11 , because it was the sign and pledge of his strength put forth on his people's b...

⁶¹ And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 78:61

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the 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 Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 78:61