“Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.”
The recitation of God's mighty works begins: "In the sight of their ancestors he worked marvels in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zoan." The reference to Zoan (a city in the Egyptian Delta where the plagues occurred) grounds the miraculous works in specific historical geography. The phrase "in the sight of their ancestors" emphasizes that these wonders were not hidden reports but witnessed events, making the subsequent forgetting all the more culpable.
Church Fathers on Psalms 78:12
1. This Psalm does contain the things which are said to have been done among the old people: but the new and latter people is being admonished, to beware that it be not ungrateful regarding the blessings of God, and provoke His anger against it, whereas it ought to receive His grace....The Title thereof does first move and engage our attention. For it is not without reason inscribed, “Understanding of Asaph:” but it is perchance because these words require a reader who does…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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