Psalms 77:20
Psalms 78:14-72
asking ... food <07592 0400> [by asking meat.]
insulted <01696> [Yea.]
God ... able <03201 0410> [Can God.]
give <06186> [furnish. Heb. order.]
struck <05221> [he smote.]
can .... give <03201 05414> [can he give.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
fire <0784> [a fire.]
command <06680> [Though.]
opened <06605> [opened.]
rained <04305> [had rained.]
grain ... heaven <08064 01715> [the corn of heaven.]
The manna fell about their camp in the form of seeds; and as it appeared to come down from the clouds, it was not improperly termed {degan shamayim,} the corn of heaven or heavenly grain. See notes on Ex 16:22, 31.
Man <0376> [Man, etc.]
Or, Every one did eat the bread of the mighty. {Lechem abbeerim,} "bread of the mighty:"--they ate such food as could only be expected at the tables of the rich and great;--the best, the most delicate food. Or, it might be so called because it rendered the people healthy and vigorous, and fit for their marches.
sent <07971> [he sent.]
east wind <06921> [He caused.]
brought <05265> [blow. Heb. go.]
rained down <04305> [He rained.]
birds <05775 03671> [feathered fowls. Heb. fowl of wing.]
gave <0935> [for he gave.]
food <0400> [But.]
knees <03766> [smote down. Heb. made to bow. chosen men. or, young men.]
sin <02398> [they sinned.]
trust <0539> [believed.]
unsatisfied <03117> [days.]
terror <08141> [years.]
remembered <02142> [remembered.]
God .... protector ...... God <0410 0430 06697> [God was.]
sovereign <05945> [the high.]
{Ail ‚lyon go„lom,} "the strong God, the Most High, their redeemer," or kinsman: that one who possessed the right of redemption; the nearest akin to him who had forfeited his inheritance, as the word originally means; and hence is used for a redeemer; and here denotes Him who redeemed them from Egyptian bondage.
deliverer <01350> [their redeemer.]
deceived <06601> [Nevertheless.]
lied <03576> [lied.]
<03820> [their heart.]
unfaithful <0539> [stedfast.]
compassionate <07349> [But he.]
often <07235> [many.]
stir <05782> [did not.]
remembered <02142> [For he.]
wind <07307> [a wind.]
Or, as the Hebrew {roo„ch holaich welo yashoov} may be rendered, "the spirit goeth away and returneth not again." To this purpose the Arabic, "He remembered that they were flesh; and a spirit which when it departs, returneth not again." The human being is composed of flesh and spirit, or body and soul: these are easily separated, and when separated, the body turns to dust, and the spirit returns no more to animate the body in a state of probation.
How .... rebelled <04100 04784> [How oft.]
rebelled ...... wilderness <04784 04057> [provoke him. or, rebel against him. grieve.]
again <07725> [Yea.]
offended <08428> [limited.]
remember <02142> [remembered.]
<03117> [the day.]
enemy <06862> [the enemy. or, affliction.]
performed <07760> [How.]
performed <07760> [wrought. Heb. set. wonders.]
The miracles mentioned in this and the four subsequent verses, evidently shew the power of God over the elements of nature, which at that time were the objects of Egyptian worship.
sent <07971> [sent.]
frogs <06854> [frogs.]
gave ... crops <05414 02981> [gave also.]
[the caterpillar.]
{Chosal,} from {chasal,} to consume, eat up, is rendered [\~broucov\~, brouchos] by the LXX., in 2 Ch 6:28, and Aquila here, and also the Vulgate in Chron. and Isa 33:4 and Jerome here, {bruchus,} the chaffer, which every one knows to be a great devourer of the leaves of trees. The Syriac in Joel 1:4; 2:25, renders it {tzartzooro,} which Michaelis, from the Arabic {tzartzar,} a cricket, interprets the mole-cricket, which in its grub state is also very destructive to corn, grass, and other vegetables, by cankering the roots on which it feeds.
destroyed <02026> [destroyed. or, killed. with hail.]
[sycamore.]
From the value of the sycamore in furnishing wood for various uses, from the grateful shade which its wide spreading branches afforded, and on account of the fruit, which Mr. Maillet says the Egyptians hold in the highest estimation, we may conceive somewhat of the loss they sustained when "their vines were destroyed with hail; and their sycamore trees with frost." See Note on 1 Ch 27:28.
driving rain <02602> [frost. or, great hailstones.]
rained ... down <05462> [gave up. Heb. shut up. hot thunderbolts. or, lightnings.]
sent <07971> [cast.]
lashed out <04917> [by sending.]
sent <06424> [made away. Heb. weighed a path. he spared.]
lives over ... destruction <05462 01698 02416> [life over to the pestilence. or, beasts to the murrain.]
struck <05221> [smote.]
firstfruits <07225> [the chief.]
tents <0168> [tabernacles.]
people <05971> [But.]
flock <05739> [like a.]
<06342> [so that.]
sea <03220> [but.]
covered <03680> [overwhelmed. Heb. covered.]
brought <0935> [And he.]
right hand <03225> [his right.]
[cost.]
assigned <05307> [divided.]
tribes <07626> [and made.]
unfaithful <05472> [But.]
unreliable <02015> [they were.]
pagan shrines <01116> [their high.]
jealous <07065> [moved.]
pagan shrines ........ idols <01116 06456> [with.]
God <0430> [God.]
completely <03966> [greatly.]
strong <05797> [his strength.]
That is, the ark, where his power and glory were displayed.
splendor <08597> [glory.]
delivered <05462> [gave.]
[wrought.]
Fire <0784> [fire.]
virgins <01330> [maidens.]
unmarried <01984> [given to marriage. Heb. praised.]
priests <03548> [priests.]
widows <0490> [widows.]
Lord <0136> [Then.]
warrior <01368> [and like.]
drove <05221> [And he.]
target <05414> [he put.]
chose <0977> [chose.]
Mount <02022> [mount.]
enduring <01129> [And he.]
<07311> [high.]
earth <0776> [earth.]
established <03245> [established. Heb. founded.]
chose <0977> [chose.]
took <03947> [and took.]
following <0310> [From following. Heb. From after. ewes.]
took <0935> [brought.]
shepherd <07462> [feed.]
motives <08537> [according.]
led <05148> [guided.]
Psalms 105:39-41
spread <06566> [spread.]
asked <07592> [asked.]
satisfied <07646> [satisfied.]
food <03899> [bread.]
opened <06605> [opened.]
Psalms 106:12-48
quickly forgot <04116 07911> [They soon forgat. Heb. They made haste, they forgat.]
Three days afterwards, at the waters of Marah.
wait <02442> [waited.]
craving <0183> [But.]
insatiable craving <08378 0183> [lusted exceedingly. Heb. lusted a lust. tempted.]
granted <05414> [he gave.]
struck <07971> [but sent.]
They despised the manna, calling it light or innutritive food. God gave them flesh as they desired, but no blessing accompanied it; and, in consequence, they did not fatten, but grew lean upon it; and many, surfeited by excess, died of disease. Instead of {razon,} "leanness," however, Bp. Lowth supposes we should read {zeraâ€n,} "nausea or loathing," which appears to be supported by several ancient versions, and by Nu 11:20, where this portion of the history of the Israelites is recorded, and where the word {zara} is used, and rendered, "it be loathsome."
resented <07065> [envied.]
holy priest <06918> [the saint.]
traded <04171> [Thus.]
majestic <03519> [their glory.]
That is, their God, who ought to have been the peculiar object of their glory.
image <08403> [into.]
rejected <07911> [forgat.]
God <0410> [God.]
performed <06213> [which.]
amazing <06381> [Wondrous.]
The plagues he inflicted on the Egyptians. Egypt is called the land of Ham, or rather, Cham, because it was peopled by Mizraim the son of Ham, and grandson of Noah. Plutarch informs us, that the Egyptians called their country [Chemia,] Chemia; and the Copts give it the name of Chemi, [Chemi,] to the present day.
acts <03372> [terrible.]
threatened <0559> [he said.]
chosen one <0972> [his chosen.]
interceded <05975> [stood.]
rejected <03988> [they despised.]
fruitful land <02532 0776> [the pleasant land. Heb. a land of desire.]
believe <0539> [they believed.]
grumbled <07279> [murmured.]
obey <08085> [hearkened.]
<05375> [Therefore.]
<05375> [lifted.]
die <05307> [overthrow. Heb. make them fall. to scatter.]
worshiped <06775> [joined.]
dead <04191> [of the dead.]
The word {maithim} signifies dead men; for the idols of the heathen were generally men,--warriors, kings, or lawgivers,-- who had been deified after their death; though many of them had been execrated during their life.
actions <04611> [with their.]
plague <04046> [the plague.]
angry <07107> [angered.]
suffered <03415> [so that.]
aroused <04784> [Because.]
spoke <0981> [he spake.]
destroy <08045> [did not.]
<03068> [concerning.]
mixed <06148> [But.]
learned <03925> [learned.]
worshiped <05647> [And.]
snare <04170> [which.]
sacrificed <02076> [they sacrificed.]
However unnatural and horrid human sacrifices may appear, it is certain, that they did not only exist, but almost universally prevailed in the heathen world, especially among the Canaanites and Phoenicians.
demons <07700> [devils.]
shed <08210> [shed.]
land <0776> [the land.]
defiled <02930> [defiled.]
unfaithful <02181> [went.]
deeds ...... actions <04639 04611> [their own.]
angry <0639> [the wrath.]
despised <08581> [insomuch.]
people who belong to him <05159> [his own.]
handed <05414> [he gave.]
hated <08130> [and they.]
Many <07227> [Many.]
attitude <06098> [with their.]
degraded <04355> [brought low. or, impoverished, or weakened.]
remembered <02142> [And he.]
relented <05162> [repented.]
great <07230> [to the.]
Deliver .... Lord <03467 03068> [Save us.]
Gather <06908> [gather.]
give thanks <03034> [to give.]
deserves <01288> [Blessed.]
Praise ... Lord <01984 03050> [Praise ye the Lord. Heb. Hallelujah.]
