Psalms 78 — Overview

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Psalms 78:1, An exhortation both to learn and to preach, the law of God; Psalms 78:9, The story of God’s wrath against the incredulous and disobedient; Psalms 78:67, The Israelites being rejected, God chose Judah, Zion, and David.

Asaph, to give instruction. Psalms 74:1 *title This Psalm was probably written, as Calmet and others suppose, by Asaph in the days of Asa, who had gained, by the aid of the Syrians, a great victory over the Israelites, and brought back to the pure worship of God many out of the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon.

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