Psalms 78:66 - Exposition

And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts ; rather, backward, so that they fled before him (comp. Psalms 40:14 ; Psalms 70:2 , etc.). There is no allusion to 1 Samuel 5:6-12 . The reference is rather to the many victories of Israel over the Philistines, which began under Samuel ( 1 Samuel 7:10 ), and continued under Saul and David. He put them to a perpetual reproach. Covered them, that is, with shame and disgrace. The shame culminated, perhaps, in David's victory over Goliath ( 1 Samuel 17:40-51 ).