Psalm 78:67-69 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 78:40-72

The matter and scope of this paragraph are the same with the former, showing what great mercies God had bestowed upon Israel, how provoking they had been, what judgments he had brought upon them for their sins, and yet how, in judgment, he remembered mercy at last. Let not those that receive mercy from God be thereby emboldened to sin, for the mercies they receive will aggravate their sin and hasten the punishment of it; yet let not those that are under divine rebukes for sin be discouraged... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 78:67

Moreover, he refused the tabernacle of Joseph ,.... That is, the tabernacle of Moses, which had been for a long time at Shiloh, a city in the tribe of Ephraim, the son of Joseph; when the ark was brought back by the Philistines, it was not returned to Shiloh, but carried to Kirjathjearim, where it remained twenty years, and after that was had to Zion, the city of David, 1 Samuel 7:1 , so the Targum, "and he rejected the tabernacle which he had stretched out in the border of Joseph;' he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 78:68

But chose the tribe of Judah ,.... Both to be the seat of kingly power and government, and of religious worship; the latter is chiefly designed. Jerusalem was, at least part of it, in the tribe of Judah: here David, who was of that tribe, dwelt, and Solomon his son, and all the kings of Judah afterwards; here the temple was built, into which the ark of the covenant was put, and whither the tribes went up to worship the mount Zion, which he loved ; where was the city of David; into which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 78:69

And he built his sanctuary like high palaces ,.... The temple at Jerusalem, called a sanctuary, or holy place, because separated and dedicated to holy use and service; where the holy God had his residence, and was worshipped, and was a figure of the holy place not made with hands: this is said to be built by the Lord, because the materials provided for it, and which David and his people so willingly offered, were his own; "of his own" they gave him; as well as the pattern after which it was... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 78:67

He refused the tabernacle of Joseph - See the note on Psalm 78:60 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 78:69

He built his sanctuary like high palaces - רמים כמו kemo ramim , which several of the Versions understand of the monoceros or rhinoceros. The temple of God at Jerusalem was the only one in the land, and stood as prominent on Mount Zion as the horn of the unicorn or rhinoceros does upon his snout. And there he established his ark, to go no more out as long as the temple should last. Before this time it was frequently in a migratory state, not only in the wilderness, but afterwards in the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 78:67

Verse 67 67.And he rejected the tabernacle of Joseph. Those who suppose that the word enemies, in the 66th verse, applies to the Israelites, connect these verses with the preceding, and suppose the meaning to be, that the wound which God had inflicted upon them was incurable. But, preferring the other opinion, which regards the Philistines as spoken of, and the scope to be, that God, in punishing them so severely, evidently showed that the covenant which he had made with his people was not... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 78:68

Verse 68 68.But he chose the tribe of Judah. The meaning is, that God preferred the tribe of Judah to all the rest of the people, and chose from it a king, whom he might set over all the Israelites as well as the Jews. And he chose the mountain of Zion, appointing a certain spot upon it to be the seat of his sanctuary. That the cause of this choice might not be sought any where else but in God, it is particularly stated that the preferring of mount Zion to all other places, and the enriching of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 78:69

Verse 69 69.And built his sanctuary like high places. (368) In this verse, what is intimated is simply this, that Mount Zion was singularly beautified; which, however, ought to be referred to the heavenly pattern. It was not the will of God that the minds of his people should be entirely engrossed with the magnificence of the building, or with the pomp of outward ceremonies; but that they should be elevated to Christ, in whom the truth of the figures of the former economy was exhibited. It is,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 78:1-72

The psalm is, as the title also declares, one of "instruction." It seeks to keep the people faithful to David and his house, and to check their tendency to place themselves under the leadership of the tribe of Ephraim, by recalling the whole course of God's dealings with Israel in the past, from the time of the sojourn in Egypt to the establishment of David's kingdom. It also seeks to keep them faithful to God, by showing how all their past calamities and sufferings had arisen out of... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 78:40-72

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 78:67

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 78:68

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 78:69

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 78:67

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 78:69

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 78:67

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 78:68

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 78:69

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 78:1-72

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