“Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.”
Yet their repentance is insincere: "But they flattered him with their mouths and lied to him with their tongues." The word "flattered" suggests deceptive praise, a manipulation of words designed to placate God rather than express genuine devotion. The explicit statement that they lied indicates a fundamental dishonesty in their approach to the divine.
Church Fathers on Psalms 78:36
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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