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Psalms 78:65
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63 The fire consumed their young men,
And atheir maidens were not given in marriage. 
64 aTheir priests fell by the sword,
And btheir widows made no lamentation. 
65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,
aLike a mighty man who shouts because of wine. 
66 And aHe beat back His enemies;
He put them to a perpetual reproach. 
67 Moreover He rejected the tent of Joseph,
And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
68 But chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount Zion awhich He loved. 
69 And He built His asanctuary like the heights,
Like the earth which He has established forever. 
70 aHe also chose David His servant,
And took him from the sheepfolds; 
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Psalms 78:65

Then the Lord awaked - He seemed as if he had totally disregarded what was done to his people, and the reproach that seemed to fall on himself and his worship by the capture of the ark.

Like a mighty man - kegibbor , like a hero that shouteth by reason of wine. One who, going forth to meet his enemy, having taken a sufficiency of wine to refresh himself, and become a proper stimulus to his animal spirits shouts - gives the war-signal for the onset; impatient to meet the foe, and sure of victory. The idea is not taken from the case of a drunken man. A person in such a state would be very unfit to meet his enemy, and could have little prospect of conquest.


 
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