Psalm 78:27-37

27 E fece piover sopra loro della carne, a guisa di polvere; Ed uccelli, a guisa della rena del mare.

28 E li fece cadere in mezzo al lor campo, D’intorno a’ lor padiglioni.

29 Ed essi mangiarono, e furono grandemente satollati; E Iddio fece lor venire ciò che desideravano.

30 Essi non si erano ancora stolti dalla lor cupidigia; Avevano ancora il cibo loro nella bocca,

31 Quando l’ira montò a Dio contro a loro, Ed uccise i più grassi di loro, Ed abbattè la scelta d’Israele.

32 Con tutto ciò peccarono ancora, E non credettero alle sue maraviglie.

33 Laonde egli consumò i lor giorni in vanità, E gli anni loro in ispaventi.

34 Quando egli li uccideva, essi lo richiedevano, E ricercavano di nuovo Iddio.

35 E si ricordavano che Iddio era la lor Rocca, E che l’Iddio altissimo era il lor Redentore.

36 Ma lo lusingavano colla lor bocca, E gli mentivano colla lor lingua;

37 E il cuor loro non era diritto inverso lui, E non erano leali nel suo patto.

Psalm 78:27-37 Meaning and Commentary

Maschil of Asaph. Or for "Asaph" {f}; a doctrinal and "instructive" psalm, as the word "Maschil" signifies; see Psalm 32:1, which was delivered to Asaph to be sung; the Targum is, "the understanding of the Holy Spirit by the hands of Asaph." Some think David was the penman of it; but from the latter part of it, in which mention is made of him, and of his government of the people of Israel, it looks as if it was wrote by another, and after his death, though not long after, since the account is carried on no further than his times; and therefore it is probable enough it was written by Asaph, the chief singer, that lived in that age: whoever was the penman of it, it is certain he was a prophet, and so was Asaph, who is called a seer, the same with a prophet, and who is said to prophesy, 2 Chronicles 29:30 and also that he represented Christ; for that the Messiah is the person that is introduced speaking in this psalm is clear from Matthew 13:34 and the whole may be considered as a discourse of his to the Jews of his time; giving them an history of the Israelites from their first coming out of Egypt to the times of David, and in it an account of the various benefits bestowed upon them, of their great ingratitude, and of the divine resentment; the design of which is to admonish and caution them against committing the like sins, lest they should be rejected of God, as their fathers were, and perish: some Jewish writers, as Arama observes, interpret this psalm of the children of Ephraim going out of Egypt before the time appointed.