psalm-78:50-72,colossians-1:1-29,jeremiah-21:1-22:30

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 78:40-72

The matter and scope of this paragraph are the same with the former, showing what great mercies God had bestowed upon Israel, how provoking they had been, what judgments he had brought upon them for their sins, and yet how, in judgment, he remembered mercy at last. Let not those that receive mercy from God be thereby emboldened to sin, for the mercies they receive will aggravate their sin and hasten the punishment of it; yet let not those that are under divine rebukes for sin be discouraged... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 78:50

He made a way to his anger ,.... Or, "for" it, so that nothing could obstruct it, or hinder the execution of it; or "he weighed a path for his anger" F13 יפלס נתיב לאפו "ponderavit semitam furori suo", Pagninus, Vatablus; "libravit semitam irae suae", Tigurine version; "iter ad iram suam", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. ; he weighed it in the balance of justice, and proportioned his anger to their crimes, and punished them according to their just deserts: he spared not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 78:51

And smote all the firstborn in Egypt ,.... From the prince to the peasant; and not only the firstborn of men, but of beasts also, Exodus 12:29 , the chief of their strength ; or first of it, as the firstborn is called, Genesis 49:3 , in the tabernacles of Ham ; in the several cities, towns, villages, and houses of the Egyptians, the descendants of cursed Ham; for Mizraim, from whom the Egyptians have their name, and from whence they sprung, was a son of Ham's, Genesis 10:6 .... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 78:52

But made his own people to go forth like sheep ,.... The people of Israel, whom the Lord chose to be his peculiar people above all others; these he caused to go forth out of Egypt, with a mighty hand and stretched out arm; like sheep, weak, timorous, unarmed, harmless, and inoffensive, not a dog daring to move his tongue at them: the power of God was wonderfully displayed in the delivery of his poor, helpless, and oppressed people, well may it be ascribed to him; for it was not their arm,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 78:53

And he led them on safely ,.... Through the sea, where the waters were on each side; and through the wilderness, in which were serpents and scorpions, and where they were attacked by many powerful enemies: so that they feared not ; for though they feared for a while at the Red sea, yet their fears were soon silenced, and they by faith passed through the Red sea as on dry land; and especially their fears were gone, when they saw the Egyptians dead on the sea shore; wherefore it follows: ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 78:54

And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary ,.... Of the land of Canaan, which the Lord had sanctified, and set apart for them; and of Jerusalem, the holy city, the city of the great God, and of the temple where his residence was to be; so the Targum, "to the border of the place of the house of his sanctuary:' even to this mountain, which his right hand purchased ; the mount Moriah, on which the temple was built; this psalm being composed, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi think, after it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 78:55

He cast out the Heathen also before them ,.... The seven nations, the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, Deuteronomy 7:1 . and divided them an inheritance by line : the land of Canaan was divided among the nine tribes and a half by Joshua, the other two and a half having had their portion assigned them on the other side; this distribution was made very exactly by lot, by line, and measure, so that every tribe had their proper portion and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 78:56

Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God ,.... After the death of Joshua, and in the times of the judges, by worshipping and serving the gods of the nations, and forsaking the Lord their God, who had done such great things for them, Judges 2:11 , and kept not his testimonies ; the laws of God, which testified and declared his mind and will; nor observed his word and ordinances, which testified of his grace, and of the way of salvation by Jesus Christ. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 78:57

But turned back ,.... From God and his worship, apostatized from the true religion, and turned to idols: and dealt unfaithfully, like their fathers ; in the wilderness; see Psalm 78:8 , they were turned aside like a deceitful bow ; that promises well to carry the arrow right, but drops it at the feet of the archer; or carries it another way, so that it misses the mark, The Targum is, "as a bow casting arrows;' to the ground, and not to the mark; see Hosea 7:16 , or being too... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 78:58

For they provoked him to anger with their high places ,.... Which they built to Baal, and other Heathen dieties: and moved him to jealousy with their graven images ; which they worshipped, see Judges 10:6 , which idolatry was spiritual adultery, and so made the Lord jealous of them, who stood in the relation of a husband to them, as a man becomes jealous by the unchaste and lascivious conduct of his wife; and such a course of life the Israelites lived, throughout the reigns of the... read more

Psalm-78:50-72,colossians-1:1-29,jeremiah-21:1-22:30

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 78:40-72

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 78:50

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 78:51

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 78:52

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 78:53

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 78:54

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 78:55

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 78:56

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 78:57

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 78:58

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