In these verses, I. The psalmist observes the late rebukes of Providence that the people of Israel had been under, which they had brought upon themselves by their dealing treacherously with God, Ps. 78:9-11. The children of Ephraim , in which tribe Shiloh was, though they were well armed and shot with bows, yet turned back in the day of battle . This seems to refer to that shameful defeat which th...