Psalms 78:61
He gave his strength up to captivity, his glory to the hands of the foe.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy’s hand.
In Context
60He abandoned his home in Shiloh, the tent he had pitched among people.
62He gave his people to the sword, he was furious with his own.
Cross References
Psalms 24:7Lift high your heads, you gates – Higher, you ancient doors; welcome the glorious king.
Psalms 132:8“Arise, Lord, and enter your resting-place, you and your mighty ark.
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 →