Psalms 78:65
Then awoke the Lord as one that sleepeth, like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
Leeser Tanakh
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
64His priests fell by the sword; and his widows did not weep.
66And he smote his enemies backward: a perpetual disgrace on them.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 23:15(23:16) Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant who may escape unto thee from his master;
Psalms 44:23(44:24) Awake, wherefore wilt thou sleep, O Lord? arise, abandon us not for ever.
Isaiah 42:13The Lord—as a mighty one will he go forth, like a man of war will he arouse his vengeance: he will shout, yea, raise the war-cry; against his enemies will he show his strength.
Zephaniah 3:17The Lord thy God is in the midst of thee, the mighty one who will save; he will be glad over thee with rejoicing; he will be silent in his love, he will exult over thee with song.
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 →