The Meaning of Psalms 78:26 Explained

Psalms 78:26

KJV: He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.

YLT: He causeth an east wind to journey in the heavens, And leadeth by His strength a south wind,

Darby: He caused the east wind to rise in the heavens, and by his strength he brought the south wind;

ASV: He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens; And by his power he guided the south wind.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

He caused an east wind  to blow  in the heaven:  and by his power  he brought in  the south wind. 

What does Psalms 78:26 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 78:25-37 - Blessed Yet Ungrateful
God our Father is prepared to do "exceeding abundantly" for His children; but too often we become so engrossed with His gifts as to forget and neglect the Giver. We allow ourselves enjoyment to point of satiety; and then, by an inevitable revulsion, we begin to suffer. Always acknowledge God while enjoying His gifts. Do not separate the gifts of His grace and those of His providence. All good and perfect gifts are from Him, and are to be received with equal thanksgiving. Do not use them in excess, but in moderation; and let not the enjoyment of their sweetness be your main object, but that you may be fitted to play your part and do your work in the world.
It must greatly wound the love of God that we need to be placed on short rations in order to bring us back to Himself. But how true is Psalms 78:34 of us all! We sadly require to have the stedfast heart, and to be faithful to our side of the Covenant, for we must all confess to the sin of fickleness and changeableness in our religious life. Our constant prayer should be that of Psalms 51:10, Renew a stedfast spirit within me. But how can this be ours, except by the dwelling and uprising within us of the life of God? [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 78

1  An exhortation both to learn and to preach, the law of God
9  The story of God's wrath against the incredulous and disobedient
67  The Israelites being rejected, God chose Judah, Zion, and David

What do the individual words in Psalms 78:26 mean?

He caused to blow an east wind in the heavens and He brought in by His power the south wind
יַסַּ֣ע קָ֭דִים בַּשָּׁמָ֑יִם וַיְנַהֵ֖ג בְּעֻזּ֣וֹ תֵימָֽן

יַסַּ֣ע  He  caused  to  blow 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect Jussive, third person masculine singular
Root: נָסַע  
Sense: to pull out, pull up, set out, journey, remove, set forward, depart.
קָ֭דִים  an  east  wind 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: קָדִים  
Sense: east, east wind.
בַּשָּׁמָ֑יִם  in  the  heavens 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: שָׁמַיִם  
Sense: heaven, heavens, sky.
וַיְנַהֵ֖ג  and  He  brought  in 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָהַג 
Sense: to drive, lead, guide, conduct.
בְּעֻזּ֣וֹ  by  His  power 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: עֹז  
Sense: might, strength.
תֵימָֽן  the  south  wind 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: תֵּימָן  
Sense: south, southward, whatever is on the right (so the southern quarter), south wind.

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