King James Version
What Does Psalms 78:66 Mean?
“And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.”
Context
64
Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
65
Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
66
And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
67
Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
68
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(66) **He smote.**—Possibly an allusion to 1Samuel 5:9, or else to the repeated defeats of the Philistines under Saul and David.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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