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Text -- Psalms 78:31-72 (NET)
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78:31 when the anger of God flared up against them. He killed some of the strongest of them; he brought the young men of Israel to their knees .
78:32 Despite all this , they continued to sin , and did not trust him to do amazing things.
78:33 So he caused them to die unsatisfied and filled with terror .
78:34 When he struck them down , they sought his favor; they turned back and longed for God .
78:35 They remembered that God was their protector , and that the sovereign God was their deliverer .
78:36 But they deceived him with their words , and lied to him.
78:37 They were not really committed to him, and they were unfaithful to his covenant .
78:38 Yet he is compassionate . He forgives sin and does not destroy . He often holds back his anger , and does not stir up his fury .
78:39 He remembered that they were made of flesh , and were like a wind that blows past and does not return .
78:40 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness , and insulted him in the desert !
78:41 They again challenged God , and offended the Holy One of Israel .
78:42 They did not remember what he had done , how he delivered them from the enemy ,
78:43 when he performed his awesome deeds in Egypt , and his acts of judgment in the region of Zoan .
78:44 He turned their rivers into blood , and they could not drink from their streams .
78:45 He sent swarms of biting insects against them, as well as frogs that overran their land.
78:46 He gave their crops to the grasshopper , the fruit of their labor to the locust .
78:47 He destroyed their vines with hail , and their sycamore-fig trees with driving rain .
78:48 He rained hail down on their cattle , and hurled lightning bolts down on their livestock .
78:49 His raging anger lashed out against them, He sent fury , rage , and trouble as messengers who bring disaster .
78:50 He sent his anger in full force ; he did not spare them from death ; he handed their lives over to destruction .
78:51 He struck down all the firstborn in Egypt , the firstfruits of their reproductive power in the tents of Ham .
78:52 Yet he brought out his people like sheep ; he led them through the wilderness like a flock .
78:53 He guided them safely along, while the sea covered their enemies .
78:54 He brought them to the border of his holy land , to this mountainous land which his right hand acquired .
78:55 He drove the nations out from before them; he assigned them their tribal allotments and allowed the tribes of Israel to settle down .
78:56 Yet they challenged and defied the sovereign God , and did not obey his commands .
78:57 They were unfaithful and acted as treacherously as their ancestors ; they were as unreliable as a malfunctioning bow .
78:58 They made him angry with their pagan shrines , and made him jealous with their idols .
78:59 God heard and was angry ; he completely rejected Israel .
78:60 He abandoned the sanctuary at Shiloh , the tent where he lived among men .
78:61 He allowed the symbol of his strong presence to be captured ; he gave the symbol of his splendor into the hand of the enemy .
78:62 He delivered his people over to the sword , and was angry with his chosen nation .
78:63 Fire consumed their young men , and their virgins remained unmarried .
78:64 Their priests fell by the sword , but their widows did not weep .
78:65 But then the Lord awoke from his sleep ; he was like a warrior in a drunken rage.
78:66 He drove his enemies back ; he made them a permanent target for insults .
78:67 He rejected the tent of Joseph ; he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim .
78:68 He chose the tribe of Judah , and Mount Zion , which he loves .
78:69 He made his sanctuary as enduring as the heavens above; as secure as the earth , which he established permanently .
78:70 He chose David , his servant , and took him from the sheepfolds .
78:71 He took him away from following the mother sheep , and made him the shepherd of Jacob , his people , and of Israel , his chosen nation .
78:72 David cared for them with pure motives ; he led them with skill .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Asaph |
PLAGUES OF EGYPT |
HEZEKIAH (2) |
Israel |
Music |
Unbelief |
Psalms |
PROVIDENCE, 1 |
Wicked |
God |
EXODUS, THE BOOK OF, 3-4 |
Backsliders |
Egyptians |
Idolatry |
Afflictions and Adversities |
Predestination |
Hypocrisy |
ZOAN |
Caterpillar |
FROG |
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NET Notes -> Psa 78:32; Psa 78:33; Psa 78:33; Psa 78:34; Psa 78:34; Psa 78:35; Psa 78:35; Psa 78:36; Psa 78:36; Psa 78:37; Psa 78:38; Psa 78:39; Psa 78:39; Psa 78:40; Psa 78:41; Psa 78:41; Psa 78:41; Psa 78:42; Psa 78:42; Psa 78:43; Psa 78:43; Psa 78:45; Psa 78:45; Psa 78:48; Psa 78:48; Psa 78:49; Psa 78:49; Psa 78:50; Psa 78:50; Psa 78:51; Psa 78:54; Psa 78:54; Psa 78:55; Psa 78:55; Psa 78:56; Psa 78:56; Psa 78:56; Psa 78:56; Psa 78:57; Psa 78:57; Psa 78:57; Psa 78:58; Psa 78:60; Psa 78:61; Psa 78:61; Psa 78:61; Psa 78:62; Psa 78:63; Psa 78:63; Psa 78:63; Psa 78:64; Psa 78:64; Psa 78:64; Psa 78:65; Psa 78:65; Psa 78:66; Psa 78:69; Psa 78:69; Psa 78:71; Psa 78:71; Psa 78:72; Psa 78:72; Psa 78:72
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NET Notes: Psa 78:38 One could translate v. 38 in the past tense (“he was compassionate…forgave sin and did not destroy…held back his anger, and did not ...
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NET Notes: Psa 78:39 Heb “and he remembered that they [were] flesh, a wind [that] goes and does not return.”
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NET Notes: Psa 78:41 The basic sense of the word “holy” is “set apart from that which is commonplace, special, unique.” The Lord’s holiness i...
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NET Notes: Psa 78:43 Or “portents, omens” (see Ps 71:7). The Egyptian plagues are referred to here (see vv. 44-51).
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NET Notes: Psa 78:48 Heb “and their livestock to the flames.” “Flames” here refer to the lightning bolts that accompanied the storm.
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NET Notes: Psa 78:51 Heb “the beginning of strength.” If retained, the plural form אוֹנִים (’onim, “stren...
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NET Notes: Psa 78:61 Verses 60-61 refer to the Philistines’ capture of the ark in the days of Eli (1 Sam 4:1-11).
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NET Notes: Psa 78:63 Heb “were not praised,” that is, in wedding songs. The young men died in masses, leaving no husbands for the young women.
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NET Notes: Psa 78:64 Because of the invading army and the ensuing panic, the priests’ widows had no time to carry out the normal mourning rites.
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NET Notes: Psa 78:65 Heb “like a warrior overcome with wine.” The Hebrew verb רוּן (run, “overcome”) occurs only here in th...
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NET Notes: Psa 78:69 Heb “like the earth, [which] he established permanently.” The feminine singular suffix on the Hebrew verb יָסַ...
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