Psalms 78 — Overview

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Psalms 78:1, An exhortation both to learn and to preach, the law of God; Psalms 78:9, The story of God’s wrath against the incredulous and disobedient; Psalms 78:67, The Israelites being rejected, God chose Judah, Zion, and David.

Asaph, to give instruction. Psalms 74:1 *title This Psalm was probably written, as Calmet and others suppose, by Asaph in the days of Asa, who had gained, by the aid of the Syrians, a great victory over the Israelites, and brought back to the pure worship of God many out of the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon.

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Psalms 78 — OverviewPsalms 78 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis psalm is historical; it is a narrative of the great mercies God had bestowed upon Israel, the great sins wherewith they had provoked him, and the many tokens of his displeasure they had been under for…Psalms 78 — OverviewPsalms 78 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleMaschil of Asaph. Or for "Asaph" ; a doctrinal and "instructive" psalm, as the word "Maschil" signifies; see Ps 32:1, which was delivered to Asaph to be sung; the Targum is,"the understanding of the Holy Spirit by the…Psalms 78:1-8Psalms 78:1-8 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThese verses, which contain the preface to this history, show that the psalm answers the title; it is indeed Maschil--a psalm to give instruction; if we receive not the instruction it gives, it is our own…Psalms 78:1Psalms 78:1 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgePsalms 49:1-3, Psalms 51:4; Judges 5:3; Proverbs 8:4-6; Isaiah 51:4, Isaiah 55:3; Matthew 13:9 Psalms 78:2Psalms 78:2 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeI will: Psalms 49:4; Matthew 13:13, Matthew 13:34-35 dark sayings: Proverbs 1:6; Matthew 13:11-13; Mark 4:34 Psalms 78:2Psalms 78:2 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleI will open my mouth,.... Speak freely, boldly, and without reserve, Eph 6:19, so Christ opened his mouth, Mt 5:2,in a parable; not that what follows in this psalm was such, but what were delivered by our Lord in the…