Psalm 78:62

62 He also handed his people over to the sword, and he was very angry with his inheritance.

Psalm 78:62 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 78:62

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, ( 1 Samuel 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, ( Psalms 33:12 ) .

Psalm 78:62 In-Context

60 So he abandoned the dwelling place at Shiloh, [the] tent he had placed among humankind.

61 And he gave his strength into captivity and his splendor into [the] hand of [the] enemy.

62 He also handed his people over to the sword, and he was very angry with his inheritance.

63 Fire devoured his young men, and his young women were not praised.

64 His priests fell by the sword, and his widows did not weep.