“The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.”
The devastation is comprehensive: "Fire consumed their young men, and their girls had no marriage song." The death of young men represents the breaking of the people's future; the reference to the absence of marriage songs emphasizes the cultural and relational devastation that accompanies military loss.
Church Fathers on Psalms 78:63
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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