Psalms 78:61

And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy’s hand.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
delivered	וַיִּתֵּ֣ן vai.yi.Ten	H5414	to give · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
strength	עֻזּ֑וֹ u.Zo	H5797	strength in various applications (force · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
captivity	לַשְּׁבִ֣י la.she.Vi	H7628	exiled · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
glory	וְֽתִפְאַרְתּ֥וֹ ve.tif.'ar.To	H8597	ornament (abstractly or concretely · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
enemy’s	צָֽר Tzar	H6862	narrow · noun, common masculine singular absolute
hand	בְיַד ve.yad-	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct

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Cross-references

Psalms 132:8 Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.
Judges 18:30 And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the…
1 Samuel 4:17 And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and…
1 Samuel 4:21-5:2 And she named the child I-chabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in…
Exodus 40:34 Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
2 Chronicles 6:41 Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with sal…
Psalms 24:7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
Psalms 63:2 To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:40–end

The matter and scope of this paragraph are the same with the former, showing what great mercies God had bestowed upon Israel, how provoking they had been, what judgments he had brought upon them for their sins, and yet how, in judgment, he remembered mercy at last. Let not those that receive mercy from God be thereby emboldened to sin, for the mercies they receive will aggravate their sin and hasten the punishment of it; yet let not those that are under divine rebukes for sin be discouraged from repentance, for their punishments are means of repentance, and shall not prevent the mercy God has yet in store for them. Observe, I. The sins of Israel in the wilderness again reflected on, because…

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John Gill on Psalms 78:61

And delivered his strength into captivity,.... That is, the ark, called his strength, and the ark of his strength, Psalm 105:4, because it was a token of his strength, and by means of which he displayed it, as when the Israelites passed through Jordan into Canaan's land, and encompassed the city of Jericho; and besides, it was typical of Christ, the man of God's right hand, made strong for himself, and in whom is strength as well as righteousness for his people; now this was delivered up into the hands of the Philistines, and carried captive, 1 Samuel 4:11. The Targum renders it, "his law", because the two tables of the law were in the ark; so Jarchi interprets it, the ark and the tables: a…

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John Calvin on Psalms 78:59-66

Psalm 78:59-66 59. God heard it, and was wroth, and exceedingly abhorred Israel. 60. And he forsook the habitation of Shiloh, [358] the tabernacle where he dwelt among men. 61. And he delivered his strength into captivity, and his beauty into the hand of the enemy. 62. And he shut up his people to the sword, and was wroth with his own inheritance. 63. The fire devoured their chosen; [359] , and their virgins were not applauded. [360] 64. Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no Lamentations 65. But the Lord awoke as one asleep, as a mighty man that crieth out by reason of wine. 66. And he smote his enemies behind; he put upon them everlasting disgrace. 59 God heard it, and…

The Church Fathers

"And He gave over unto captivity their strength, and their beauty unto the hands of the enemy." The very Ark whereby they thought themselves invincible, and whereon they plumed themselves, he calleth their "virtue" and "beauty." Lastly, also afterward, when they were living ill, and boasting of the temple of the Lord, He doth terrify them by a Prophet, saying, "See ye what I have done to Selom, where was My tabernacle."
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 78

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Dictionary and topics

Anthropomorphisms · .Sleeping — .Sleeping
Jews, The · Punished for: Idolatry — Punished for: Idolatry

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 78:61

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:40–end

John Gill on Psalms 78:61

John Calvin on Psalms 78:59-66

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 78:61

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:40–end

John Gill on Psalms 78:61

John Calvin on Psalms 78:59-66

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 78:60–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 78:60

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 78:61