Psalms 78:65
Then the Lord awaked as one asleep, like a mighty man recovering from wine.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
In Context
64Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
66And He smote His adversaries backward; He put upon them a perpetual reproach.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 23:15(23-16) Thou shalt not deliver unto his master a bondman that is escaped from his master unto thee;
Psalms 44:23(44-24) Awake, why sleepest Thou, O Lord? Arouse Thyself, cast not off for ever.
Isaiah 42:13The LORD will go forth as a mighty man, He will stir up jealousy like a man of war; He will cry, yea, He will shout aloud, He will prove Himself mighty against His enemies.
Zephaniah 3:17The LORD thy God is in the midst of thee, a Mighty One who will save; He will rejoice over thee with joy, He will be silent in His love, He will joy over thee with singing.'
Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:41-72
Judgments and Mercies; Wonders Wrought for Israel; Renewed Mercies 40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! 41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. 42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy. 43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan: 44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink. 45 He sent divers sorts of flies among… Read the whole commentary →