Psalms 78:62
in Psalms 78He surrendered His people to the sword because He was enraged by His heritage.
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ASV
He gave his people over also unto the sword, And was wroth with his inheritance.
KJV
He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.
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This verse in Psalms 78
Commentary
4 notes on this verseHe gave his people over also to the sword,.... To those that kill with the sword, as the Targum; that is, to the Philistines, when there fell of them thirty thousand men at once, 1Sa 4:10. and was wroth with his inheritance; and the above showed that he was, though they were his inheritance, his portion and possession, and he had chosen them for it, Psa 33:12.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"And He ended with the sword His people, and His inheritance He despised" [Psalm 78:62].
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
He gave his people over also unto the sword. They fell in battle because they were no longer aided by the divine strength. Sharp was the sword, but sharper still the cause of its being unsheathed. And was wroth with his inheritance. They were his still, and twice in this verse they are called so; yet his regard for them did not prevent his chastening them, even with a rod of steel. Where the love is most fervent, the jealousy is most cruel. Sin cannot be tolerated in those who are a people near unto God.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
He gave his people over also unto the sword - When the ark was taken, 1Sa 4:10. Thirty thousand of the children of Israel fell on that occasion. And was wroth with his inheritance - Was angry with his people, considered as his inheritance; that is, considered as his own special people, or his possession.
The words behind it
5 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּסְגֵּ֣ר | vaiyasger | and he delivered up | H5462 → | 91 times |
| לַחֶ֣רֶב | lacherev | to the sword | H2719 → | 413 times |
| עַמּ֑וֹ | amo | people his | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| וּ֝בְנַחֲלָת֗וֹ | uvenachalato | and with inheritance his | H5159 → | 222 times |
| הִתְעַבָּֽר׃ | hitabar | he was furious | H5674 → | 556 times |
וַיַּסְגֵּ֣רand he delivered up
vaiyasgerH5462 →91 times
לַחֶ֣רֶבto the sword
lacherevH2719 →413 times
עַמּ֑וֹpeople his
amoH5971 →1873 times
וּ֝בְנַחֲלָת֗וֹand with inheritance his
uvenachalatoH5159 →222 times
הִתְעַבָּֽר׃he was furious
hitabarH5674 →556 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 89:38Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 28:9
As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought.…
- Deuteronomy 32:19
When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.
- Psalms 106:40
So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.
- Psalms 89:51
how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!
- 1 Chronicles 28:9
Through
Isaiah 64:9Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people!
it leads to
- Micah 7:18–20
Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
- Psalms 79:13
Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.
- Psalms 74:1–2
Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
- Micah 7:18–20
Through
1 Samuel 4:2The Philistines arrayed themselves against Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who struck down about four thousand men on the battlefield.
it leads to
- Lamentations 3:40
Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.
- Lamentations 3:40
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About Psalms
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 78; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 3 and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).