Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 78:26
He caused an east wind to blow - See the note on Numbers 11:31 . read more
Psalm 78
Adam Clarke
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 78:32
For all this they sinned still - How astonishing is this! They were neither drawn by mercies, nor awed by judgments! But we shall cease to wonder at this, if we have a thorough acquaintance with our own hearts. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 78:33
Their days did he consume in vanity - By causing them to wander forty years in the wilderness, vainly expecting an end to their labor, and the enjoyment of the promised rest, which, by their rebellions, they had forfeited. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 78:34
When he slew them - While his judgments were upon them, then they began to humble themselves, and deprecate his wrath. When they saw some fall, the rest began to tremble. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 78:35
That God was their rock - They recollected in their affliction that Jehovah was their Creator, and their Father; the Rock, the Source, not only of their being, but of all their blessings; or, that he was their sole Protector. And the high God their Redeemer - גאלם עליון ואל veel elyon goalam , "And the strong God the Most High, their kinsman." That one who possessed the right of redemption; the nearest akin to him who had forfeited his inheritance; so the word originally means, and... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 78:36
Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth - What idea could such people have of God, whom they supposed they could thus deceive? They promised well, they called him their God, and their fathers' God; and told him how good, and kind, and merciful he had been to them. Thus, their mouth flattered him. And they said that, whatever the Lord their God commanded them to do, they would perform. And they lied unto him - I think the Vulgate gives the true sense of the Hebrew: Dilexerunt... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 78:37
Their heart was not right - When the heart is wrong, the life is wrong; and because their heart was not right with God, therefore they were not faithful in his covenant. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 78:38
But he, being full of compassion - Feeling for them as a father for his children. Forgave their iniquity - יחפר yechapper , made an atonement for their iniquity. And did not stir up all his wrath - Though they often grieved his Spirit, and rebelled against him, yet he seldom punished them; and when he did chastise them, it was as a tender and merciful Father. He did not stir up all his wrath - the punishment was much less than the iniquity deserved. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 78:39
He remembered that they were but flesh - Weak mortals. He took their feeble perishing state always into consideration, and knew how much they needed the whole of their state of probation; and therefore he bore with them to the uttermost. How merciful is God! A wind that passeth away, and cometh not again - I believe this to be a bad translation and may be productive of error; as if when a man dies his being were ended, and death were an eternal sleep. The original is, ישוב ולא הולך רוח ... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 78:25
Man did eat angels' food - איש אכל אבירים לחם lechem abbirim achal ish , "Man did eat the bread of the mighty ones;" or, each person ate, etc. They ate such bread as could only be expected at the tables of the rich and great, the best, the most delicate food. How little did this gross people know of the sublime excellence of that which they called light bread, and which they said their soul loathed; Numbers 21:5 ;! It was a type of Jesus Christ for so says St. Paul: "They all ate the... read more