Psalms 78:70

He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds: He chose David - See the account 1 Samuel 16:11 (note), etc.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He chose David also his servant - He chose him that he might set him over his people as their king. The idea is, that David was selected when he...
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

chose David. Compare 1 Samuel 16:11 ; 1 Samuel 16:12 . This is the climax of the Psalm.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

70. And he chose David his servant. After having made mention of the temple, the prophet now proceeds to speak of the kingdom; for these two...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine. -Now Yahweh awakes as one out of sleep, and d...
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...
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

He chose David also his servant ,.... To be king of Israel, the youngest of his father's family, when he rejected all the rest; see 1 Samuel 16:6...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds: Ver. 70. He chose David also ] God chooseth not as man doth, 1 Corinthians 1:2...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He chose David also his servant Out of all the thousands of Israel, and put the sceptre into his hand, out of whose loins Christ was to come, and w...
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

No text from Poole on this verse.
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...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 78:70 I. Consider David's calling. The words of the text form the clearest and grandest explanation of the wonderful process by which the u...
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...
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

He chose David also His servant, and took him from the sheepfolds. David, the shepherd, called to be king A keeper of sheep, suddenly becoming...
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

He chose David also His servant, the ancestor of the Messiah, and took him from the sheepfolds, 1 Samuel 16:11 ;
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 19:19 ; 1 Kings 19:20 ; 1 Samuel 16:11 ; 1 Samuel 16:12 ; 1 Samuel 17:15-54 ; 2 Samuel 3:18 ; 2 Samuel 6:21 ; 2 Samuel 7:8 ; Acts 13...

⁷⁰ He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

Related Commentaries of Psalms 78:70

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole 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

Sermon Bible Commentary

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 78:70