Psalms 78:1-11
well-written song <04905> [A.M. 3074. B.C. 930. (Title.) Maschil. or, A Psalm for]
Asaph, to give instruction.
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. .# 2Ch 15:1-16:14
[See on Ps.]
sing ......... make <06605 05042> [I will.]
insightful observations <02420> [dark sayings.]
hide <03582> [We will.]
tell <05608> [shewing.]
praiseworthy acts <08416> [praises.]
established <06965> [For he.]
rule <05715> [testimony.]
The word testimony is used for the ark, and for the law, written on tables of stone, put within the ark, and covered with the mercy seat. This testified the Lord's gracious presence with his people, and seemed to point out to them both the way of access and acceptance, and the standard or rule of their duty.
known <03045> [that they.]
generation <01755> [That.]
grow up <06965> [who.]
Then .... place <07760> [set.]
forget <07911> [not forget.]
<05341> [keep.]
ancestors <01> [as their.]
committed <03559 03820> [set not. Heb. prepared not.]
<07307> [whose.]
Ephraimites <01121> [The children.]
Some think this refers to a defeat of the Ephraimites mentioned in 1 Ch 7:20-22; but it probably refers to the conduct and defeat of the ten tribes of which Ephraim was the head. Nothing is recorded in the history of Israel concerning the cowardice of the Ephraimites, as distinct from that of the other tribes: some therefore think, "that the children of Ephraim" is put by a figure of speech for the nation in general.
armed <07411> [carrying. Heb. throwing forth. turned.]
