Salmos 78:52-55 NVI

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 78:52

But made his own people to go forth like sheep ,.... The people of Israel, whom the Lord chose to be his peculiar people above all others; these he caused to go forth out of Egypt, with a mighty hand and stretched out arm; like sheep, weak, timorous, unarmed, harmless, and inoffensive, not a dog daring to move his tongue at them: the power of God was wonderfully displayed in the delivery of his poor, helpless, and oppressed people, well may it be ascribed to him; for it was not their arm,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 78:53

And he led them on safely ,.... Through the sea, where the waters were on each side; and through the wilderness, in which were serpents and scorpions, and where they were attacked by many powerful enemies: so that they feared not ; for though they feared for a while at the Red sea, yet their fears were soon silenced, and they by faith passed through the Red sea as on dry land; and especially their fears were gone, when they saw the Egyptians dead on the sea shore; wherefore it follows: ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 78:54

And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary ,.... Of the land of Canaan, which the Lord had sanctified, and set apart for them; and of Jerusalem, the holy city, the city of the great God, and of the temple where his residence was to be; so the Targum, "to the border of the place of the house of his sanctuary:' even to this mountain, which his right hand purchased ; the mount Moriah, on which the temple was built; this psalm being composed, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi think, after it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 78:55

He cast out the Heathen also before them ,.... The seven nations, the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, Deuteronomy 7:1 . and divided them an inheritance by line : the land of Canaan was divided among the nine tribes and a half by Joshua, the other two and a half having had their portion assigned them on the other side; this distribution was made very exactly by lot, by line, and measure, so that every tribe had their proper portion and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 78:54

The border of his sanctuary - קדשו kodsho , "of his holy place," that is, the land of Canaan, called afterwards the mountain which his right hand had purchased; because it was a mountainous country, widely differing from Egypt, which was a long, continued, and almost perfect level. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 78:52

Verse 52 52.And he made his people to go forth like sheep. The Psalmist again celebrates God’s fatherly love towards the chosen people, whom, as we have elsewhere remarked, he compares to a flock of sheep. They had no wisdom or power of their own to preserve and defend themselves; but God graciously condescended to perform towards them the office of a shepherd. It is a singular token of the love which he bore towards them, that he did not disdain to humble himself so far as to feed them as his... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 78:53

Verse 53 53.And he conducted them in safety, and they were not afraid. This does not imply that they relied on God confidently, and with tranquil minds, but that, having God for their guide and the guardian of their welfare, they had no just cause to be afraid. When at any time they were thrown into consternation, this was owing to their own unbelief. From this cause proceeded these murmuring questions to which they gave utterance, when Pharaoh pursued them, upon their leaving Egypt, and when... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 78:55

Verse 55 55.He expelled the heathen from before them; and made them to fall into their part of the inheritance. These words are an explanation of the concluding sentence of the preceding verse: they describe the manner in which the land of Canaan was acquired, plainly intimating that the Israelites were not such a warlike race, nor those heathen nations so cowardly, as to render it an easy matter for the former to vanquish the latter, and that it would have been impossible for the former to... 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 78:52

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 78:53

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 78:54

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 78:55

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 78:54

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 78:52

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 78:53

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 78:55

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 78:1-72

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