Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 78:62
He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.
62. See 1Sa 4:2 ; 1Sa 4:10; 1Sa 4:17.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
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.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
62. gaveor, “shut up.”
his people (Psa 78:48;1Sa 4:10-17).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
He 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, Ps 33:12.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
62. And he shut up his people to the sword. Other parts of the calamity which befell Israel in the time of the high priest Eli are here mentioned. God, in permitting the ark to be carried away, showed that he had withdrawn his favor from them. This was also demonstrated from the fact, that all the flower of the people — those who were in the prime and blush of manhood — were consumed by the wrath of God: which is expressed by the fire devouring them. But this language is metaphorical, as is evident from the history of the event referred to, which informs us, that those that perished who were of the chosen of Israel, to the number of thirty thousand men, fell by the sword of the enemy, and not by fire, (1Sa 4:10.) This figure points out the suddenness of the dreadful calamity. It is as if it had been said, They were destroyed in a moment, even as fire quickly consumes chaff and the dry leaves of trees. (361)
The great extent of this slaughter is heightened by another figure, which is, that for want of men, the maidens continued unmarried. This is the meaning of the clause, Their virgins were not applauded; the reference being to the nuptial songs which were wont to be sung at marriages in praise of the bride. To aggravate still more the unwonted and appalling nature of the calamity, it is added, that even the priests, whom God had taken under his special protection, perished indiscriminately with others. When it is said, that the widows made no lamentation, I would explain it as denoting, either that they themselves died first for sorrow, so that they had no opportunity of mourning for others, or else, that when led captive by their enemies, they were prohibited to mourn. By all these expressions, the object is to show, in a few words, that all kinds of calamities were heaped upon them. (362)
(361) “ Que c’en a este fait en un moment, ainsi que le feu a incontinent consume de la paille ou des fueilles d’arbres bieu seiches.” — Fr.
(362) That is, the order of enumerating first the judgments inflicted by God upon his own people, and then those inflicted upon their enemies.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
62. He gave his people unto the sword Thirty thousand fell in the battle. 1Sa 4:10
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Psa 78:62 He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.
Ver. 62. He gave his people also unto the sword ] sc. Of the Philistines, who slew thirty thousand of them in one battle, 1Sa 4:10 , they lost him and themselves too; the ark having been a far better defence to them than the Palladium to the Trojans.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
unto the sword. Compare 1Sa 4:10.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
gave: 1Sa 4:2, 1Sa 4:10, 1Sa 4:11, wrought, Psa 89:38, Isa 64:9
Reciprocal: Exo 34:9 – take us Lev 26:25 – will bring Jer 5:10 – they are not
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Psa 78:62-64. He gave his people over unto the sword To the sword of his own justice, and of the enemies rage, for he was wroth with his inheritance; and that wrath of his was the fire which consumed their young men in the prime of their time, by the sword or sickness, and made such devastation of them, that their maidens were not given in marriage Because the young men, who should have married them, were slain, and there were few or none left to whom they could be given, and because the distresses and calamities of Israel were so great, that the joys of marriage solemnities were judged unseasonable; and it was said, Blessed is the womb that beareth not. Hebrew, , their maidens were not praised; namely, with marriage songs, which was usual at marriage solemnities among the Jews: see Jer 7:34; Jer 16:9; Jer 25:10. Their priests fell by the sword Hophni and Phinehas, and others. And their widows made no lamentation No funeral solemnities; either because they were prevented by their own death, as the wife of Phinehas was, who, instead of lamenting her husbands death, died herself, when she had called her son Ichabod; or because they were so overwhelmed with a sense of public calamities, that the resentment of their private losses was swallowed up by it, and all the ceremonies of mourning were lost and buried in substantial grief.