Psalms 78:65
But at length the Lord awaked as from sleep, As a hero who had been overpowered by wine;
Noyes Bible
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.
66He smote his enemies, and drove them back, And covered them with everlasting disgrace.
Cross References
Psalms 44:23Awake! why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise! cast us not off for ever!
Isaiah 42:13Jehovah shall march forth like a hero; Like a mighty warrior shall he rouse his indignation, He shall cry aloud; he shall shout the war-cry, And show himself mighty against his enemies.
Zephaniah 3:17Jehovah thy God will be in the midst of thee; The mighty one will save thee. He will rejoice over thee with gladness; He will pardon thee in his love; He will exult 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 →