Psalms 78:39-72
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.]
