TheWay Bible
Free on iPhoneStudy, memorize, journal, and pray.
Get the app

Home›Bible›Psalms›Psalm 78›Psalm 78:65

Psalm 78:65 KJV

Psalms · chapter 78 · verse 65

Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.Psalm 78:65 · King James Version

Psalm 78:65 in context

63The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.

64Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.

65Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

66And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.

67Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:

Read all of Psalm 78 →

Commentary

The matter and scope of this paragraph are the same with the former, showing what great mercies God had bestowed upon Israel, how provoking they had been, what judgments he had brought upon them for their sins, and yet how, in judgment, he remembered mercy at last.

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 40-72

Key words (Strong's)

Keep reading in TheWay Bible App

Read, study, memorize, journal, and pray — tap any word for its Greek or Hebrew definition, save verses to memorize, and keep a journal. Free on the web and iOS.