The Bible — notes and cross-references in Psalms | Interpretation and commentary to chapter 78

78:31^a anger

Num. 11:33
78:32^a not

Num. 14:11; Psa. 78:22
78:34^a inquired

Num. 21:7
78:27^a birds

Exo. 16:13; Num. 11:32
78:26^a wind

Num. 11:31
78:24^b food

Exo. 16:4; John 6:31; cf. 1 Cor. 10:3
78:24^a manna

Exo. 16:31; Num. 11:6-7; Deut. 8:3, 16
78:22^a not

Num. 14:11; Heb. 3:19; Jude 1:5
78:21^a angry

Num. 11:1; Isa. 66:15
78:20^a rock

Psa. 78:15-16
78:19^b wilderness

Exo. 16:3; Num. 21:5
78:19^a table

Psa. 23:5; Prov. 9:2; 2 Sam. 9:7, 11, 13; cf. 1 Cor. 10:21
78:18^a test

Exo. 17:2, 7; Deut. 6:16; Psa. 78:41, 56; 95:9; 1 Cor. 10:9; Heb. 3:9
78:15^a rocks

Exo. 17:6; Psa. 78:20; 105:41; 114:8; Isa. 48:21; 1 Cor. 10:4
78:14^a cloud

Exo. 13:21-22; Psa. 105:39
78:13^b heap

Exo. 15:8; Psa. 33:7
78:13^a divided

Exo. 14:21; Psa. 74:13
78:12^a wonderful

Deut. 6:22; Psa. 78:43; 105:27
78:8^b heart

Psa. 78:37; Acts 8:21
78:8^a generation

Psa. 95:10-11
78:5^a children

Deut. 4:10
78:2^b parable

Matt. 13:3; Psa. 49:4
78:2^a I

Matt. 13:35
78:1¹ instruction

The subject of this psalm is man’s failure and God’s restoration. Verses 1-58 are the psalmist’s recalling of Israel’s failure in the past; vv. 59-64 describe the issue of Israel’s failure; and vv. 65-72 is a word concerning God’s restoration of Israel.
78:1^a Psa. 50 title

Deut. 32:1; Isa. 51:4; Matt. 13:9
78:0^a of

Psa. 50 title
78:0¹ Maschil

See note on the superscription of Psa. 32.
78:35^a rock

Deut. 32:4, 15, 31; Psa. 18:2
78:61^1a Ark

1 Sam. 4:11, 21

Lit., strength. This refers to the capture of the Ark by the Philistines before the temple was built (1 Sam. 4).
78:61² glory

Or, beauty.
78:64^a fell

cf. 1 Sam. 4:11; 22:18
78:68^a chose

1 Sam. 16:1; 2 Chron. 6:6
78:37^a heart

Psa. 78:8; Acts 8:21
78:38^a merciful

Exo. 34:6; Psa. 86:15
78:39^a flesh

Gen. 6:3
78:39^1b wind

James 4:14

Or, breath.
78:40^a grieved

Isa. 63:10; Eph. 4:30
78:41^a test

Psa. 78:18; 106:14; Heb. 3:9
78:41^b Holy

Psa. 71:22; Isa. 30:15; 54:5; 60:9
78:43^a When

vv. 43-51; cf. Psa. 105:27-36
78:44^a blood

Exo. 7:17-24
78:45^a flies

Exo. 8:21-24
78:45^b frogs

Exo. 8:2-14
78:46^a locust

Exo. 10:12-15
78:47^a hail

Exo. 9:22-25
78:48^a cattle

Exo. 9:19-21
78:50^a pestilence

Exo. 9:3-6
78:51^a struck

Exo. 12:29; Psa. 105:36
78:52^a flock

Psa. 77:20; 80:1
78:53^a covered

Exo. 14:27-28; 15:10
78:54^a mountain

Exo. 15:17; Psa. 68:16
78:55^a drove

Exo. 34:24; Psa. 44:2
78:55^b inheritance

Josh. 23:4; Acts 13:19
78:58^a high

Lev. 26:30; 1 Kings 11:7
78:58^b jealous

Deut. 32:16, 21; Psa. 79:5
78:60^a Shiloh

Josh. 18:1; Jer. 7:12, 14
78:68^b Zion

Psa. 2:6; 87:2
78:70^a sheepfolds

2 Sam. 7:8; cf. 1 Sam. 16:11
78:71^1a shepherd

2 Sam. 5:2; 1 Chron. 11:2; Psa. 28:9; Ezek. 34:23

Or, pasture, feed. So also in the next verse. Here David (v. 70) is a type of Christ as the Shepherd of God’s people (Matt. 2:6; John 10:11; Heb. 13:20; 1 Pet. 2:25; 5:4). See note Psa. 23:1^2a. In the restoration of God’s people there is always the shepherding, the feeding, of Christ.

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