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- Chapter 78
- Verse 8
And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
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Gill's Exposition
And might not be as their fathers,.... This chiefly respects the Jews in Christ's time: though it also is an admonition to them in succeeding ages, and especially in the latter day, when they shall be…
Barnes' Notes
And might not be as their fathers - Their ancestors, particularly in the wilderness, as they passed through it to the promised land. See Exo 32:7-9; Exo 33:3; Exo 34:9; Act 7:51-53. A stubborn and…
These verses, which contain the preface to this history, show that the psalm answers the title; it is indeed Maschil - a psalm to give instruction; if we receive not the instruction it gives, it is…
Cambridge Bible
as their fathers Primarily, the generation of the wandering in the wilderness; but the warning was true for almost every age.
stubborn and rebellious Epithets applied in Deu 21:18 to the son, whom no…
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