Psalms 78:66

"Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep, like a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine."

Key Reflection

This verse illustrates God's sudden and powerful intervention in response to Israel's enemies. Just as a warrior awakens from a deep sleep, shouting with joy after victory, so too does the Lord arise to protect his people, demonstrating both his divine power and his protective care.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

And he smote his enemies in the hinder part -From behind; that is, as they fled. There are two ideas here: one, that they fled at his approach, or turned their backs; the other, that as they fled, he smote and destroyed them. He put them to a perpetual reproach -As discomfited; as defeated and scattered; as unable to contend with him. The allusion is, probably, to the victories of David, occurring after the events related in the preceding verses.

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