Psalms 78:65
63 Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs.
64 His priests fell by the sword, but their widows could not lament.
Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a mighty warrior overcome by wine.
66 He beat back His foes; He put them to everlasting shame.
67 He rejected the tent of Joseph and refused the tribe of Ephraim.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a mighty warrior overcome by wine.
- KJV
- Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
- WEB
- Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep, like a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine.
- ASV
- Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, Like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
- DARBY
- Then the Lord awoke as one out of sleep, like a mighty man that shouteth aloud by reason of wine;
- BLB
- And the Lord awoke as a sleeper, as a mighty one overcome by wine.
- ÅB
- Da våknet Herren som en sovende, som en helt som jubler av vin.
- OTB
- Da våknet Herren som fra søvn,
Som en kriger overveldet av vin. - B1930
- Da våknet Herren som en sovende, som en helt som jubler av vin.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 44:23
Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
Read in contextPsalms 7:6
Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
Read in contextIsaiah 51:9
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?
Read in contextIsaiah 42:13–14
The LORD goes forth like a mighty one; He stirs up His zeal like a warrior. He shouts; yes, He roars in triumph over His enemies:
Read in contextPsalms 73:20
Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.
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