Sálmarnir 78:34

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34 Þegar hann deyddi þá, leituðu þeir hans, sneru sér og spurðu eftir Guði

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Numbers 21:7, Judges 3:8, Judges 3:9, Judges 3:12-15, Judges 4:3, Judges 10:7-10, Isaiah 26:6, Jeremiah 22:23, Hosea 5:15, Hosea 7:14

Reciprocal: Exodus 8:8 - and I will Exodus 8:29 - deal Numbers 11:2 - cried Numbers 22:34 - I Have sinned Deuteronomy 1:45 - General Judges 3:15 - cried unto Judges 6:6 - cried Judges 20:23 - wept Judges 21:4 - rose early 1 Samuel 12:10 - And they 1 Samuel 12:19 - Pray for thy 2 Samuel 19:20 - I am come 1 Kings 13:33 - made again 1 Kings 21:29 - Ahab 2 Kings 3:10 - the Lord 2 Kings 13:4 - Jehoahaz 2 Chronicles 12:6 - humbled Job 27:10 - will he always Psalms 63:1 - early Psalms 107:19 - General Proverbs 1:28 - they shall seek Jeremiah 2:27 - but in the time Jeremiah 34:11 - General Hosea 6:4 - for Hosea 8:2 - General Jonah 1:6 - arise Malachi 2:13 - covering Matthew 13:20 - anon John 4:46 - whose

Gill's Notes on the Bible

When he slew them,.... Some of them, the spies particularly; or when he threatened to slay them, or was about to do it:

then they sought him; that is, those who either survived the slain, or were threatened with destruction; these sought the Lord by prayer and supplication, that he would not destroy them; the Targum is,

"they repented and sought him;''

see Numbers 14:37,

and they returned; from their evil ways, and by repentance, at least in show and appearance:

and inquired early after God; but not earnestly, and with their whole hearts and spirits; the Targum is,

"they prayed before God;''

which is often done, by carnal professors, in trouble; see Isaiah 26:16 Hosea 5:15.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

When he slew them - When he came forth in his wrath and cut them down by the plague, by fiery serpents, or by their enemies.

Then they sought him - Their calamities had the effect of producing temporary reformation. They became professedly penitent; they manifested a wish to know God, and expressed a purpose to serve him. It was, however, a temporary and hollow, not a deep and real reformation. This often occurs. In times of affliction, in sickness, in bereavement, in the loss of property, people become serious, and express a purpose to repent and turn to God. A deep impression seems to be produced on their minds, to last, alas! only as long as the hand of God rests upon them. Resolutions of repentance are formed only to be forgotten when the affliction is removed, and when the days of prosperity again return.

And they returned and inquired early after God - The word rendered “inquired early” has reference to the first rays of the morning - the aurora - the dawn. Then it comes to denote the beginning of anything; or, the first thing. Thus employed, it may refer to the act of seeking God as the first thing; in youth; in the morning; at the commencement of any enterprise or undertaking. See Proverbs 8:17; Proverbs 1:28. Here it means that, in their affliction, they did not delay to seek God, but expressed an early intention of serving him. They evinced a prompt purpose to break off their sins, and to return to him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 78:34. When he slew them — While his judgments were upon them, then they began to humble themselves, and deprecate his wrath. When they saw some fall, the rest began to tremble.