Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 78:35
And they remembered that God [was] their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
35. their rock ] Cp. Deu 32:4 ff.
the high God ] God Most High, El Elyn, a combination found elsewhere only in Gen 14:18 ff. But cp. Psa 73:11; and Psa 7:17, Psa 47:2, Jehovah Elyn; Psa 57:2, Elhm Elyn.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
And they remembered that God was their Rock – See Deu 32:4, Deu 32:15, Deu 32:31. Compare the notes at Psa 18:2. That is, they were brought to reflect that their only security and defense was God. They were made to feel that they could not rely on themselves, or on any human power, and that their only trust was in God.
And the high God their Redeemer – The God who is exalted over all; the true and living God. The truth was brought to their recollection that it was He who had delivered them from bondage in Egypt, and who had brought them out into freedom. On the word Redeemer, see the notes at Isa 41:14. Compare Isa 43:14; Isa 44:6, Isa 44:24; Isa 47:4; Isa 59:20; Psa 25:22; Job 5:20.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 35. That God was their rock] They recollected in their affliction that Jehovah was their Creator, and their Father; the Rock, the Source, not only of their being, but of all their blessings; or, that he was their sole Protector.
And the high God their Redeemer.] veel elyon goalam, “And the strong God the Most High, their kinsman.” That one who possessed the right of redemption; the nearest akin to him who had forfeited his inheritance; so the word originally means, and hence it is often used for a redeemer. The Hebrew word goel answers to the Greek , a saviour; and is given to the Lord Jesus Christ, the strong God, the Most High, the Redeemer of a lost world. After this verse there is the following Masoretic note: chatsi hassepher, “The middle of the book.” And thus the reader has arrived at the middle of the Psalter, a book for excellence unparalleled.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
They considered that God, and God alone, had preserved them in all their former exigences, and that he only could now help them, and not those idols or creatures which they had preferred before him; and therefore being driven by absolute necessity, they fled to him for relief.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And they remembered that God was their Rock,…. Who had delivered them out of the hands of their enemies, had strengthened them against them, and supported and protected them, as well as supplied them with all good things, of whom they had been greatly unmindful; but affliction was a means of refreshing their memory; see De 32:15,
and the high God their Redeemer; who had redeemed them out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, with a high hand and a mighty arm, and thereby showed himself to be the most high God: between this and the following verse the Masorah puts this note,
“half of the book,”
i.e. half of the book of Psalms ends here.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(35) Rock.A reminiscence of Deu. 32:15-18.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Psa 78:35 And they remembered that God [was] their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
Ver. 35. And they remembered ] Misery is the best art of memory. But this remembrance of God was but as letters written in the sand, or as a picture drawn on the ice, that long continueth not; it was but a flash, and while they were in a good mood; it was but as Nebuchadnezzar’s dream, which he had soon forgotten. They remembered God, lingua non corde, with the tongue, but not with the heart, as Aben Ezra here glosseth. They gave God a mess of fair words, calling him Rock, Redeemer, &c., but he is not to be so courted and complimented; goats may be fed with leaves, but God is not mocked.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
THE HIGH GOD. Hebrew ‘El ‘Elyon . = EL MOST HIGH.
redeemer. Hebrew. ga’al. See note on Exo 6:6; Exo 13:13.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
remembered: Psa 78:7, Psa 78:11, Psa 78:42, Psa 106:13, Psa 106:21
God was: Deu 32:4, Deu 32:15, Deu 32:30, Deu 32:31
the high: Ail elyon goalom, “the strong God, the Most High, their redeemer,” or kinsman: that one who possessed the right of redemption; the nearest akin to him who had forfeited his inheritance, as the word originally means; and hence is used for a redeemer; and here denotes Him who redeemed them from Egyptian bondage.
their redeemer: Exo 6:6, Exo 15:13, Deu 7:8, Deu 15:15, Isa 41:14, Isa 44:6, Isa 48:17, Isa 63:8, Isa 63:9, Tit 2:14
Reciprocal: Num 11:2 – cried Jdg 21:4 – rose early 1Sa 12:10 – And they 1Sa 12:19 – Pray for thy 2Ch 12:6 – humbled Psa 42:9 – God Psa 66:3 – submit themselves Psa 107:19 – General Isa 44:24 – thy redeemer Act 8:13 – believed Act 16:17 – the most Heb 7:1 – the most