“Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.”
Then God acts again: "Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a warrior shouting because of wine." The personification of God awakening from sleep suggests a period of inaction during which judgment was allowed to transpire. God's awakening brings a renewed assertion of power; the image of a warrior shouting because of wine suggests intoxication with righteous anger.
Church Fathers on Psalms 78:65
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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