Psalms 78:7

For they have devoured Jacob, and they have desolated his place.

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In The King James Version

That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:

In Context

6Pour out your wrath among the Gentiles, who have not known you, and upon the kingdoms that have not invoked your name.

8Do not remember our iniquities of the past. May your mercies quickly intercept us, for we have become exceedingly poor.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:9And so, guard yourself and your soul carefully. You should not forget the words that your eyes have seen, and do not let them be cut away from your heart, throughout all the days of your life. You shall teach them to your sons and to your grandsons,

Deuteronomy 6:12and when you will have eaten and been satisfied:

Deuteronomy 6:25And he will be merciful to us, if we keep and perform all his precepts, in the sight of the Lord our God, just as he has commanded us.’”

Deuteronomy 8:2And you shall remember the entire journey along which the Lord your God led you, for forty years through the desert, to afflict you, and to test you, and to make known the things that were turning in your soul, whether or not you would keep his commandments.

Esther 9:27And whatever they suffered, and whatever was altered afterwards, the Jews received for themselves and their offspring and for all who were willing to be joined to their religion, so that none would be permitted to transgress the solemnity of these two days, to which the writing testifies, and which certain times require, as the years continually succeed one another.

Psalms 62:5So will I bless you in my life, and I will lift up my hands in your name.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:2-9

The Importance of Religious Instruction. 1 Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. 2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: 3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. 4 We will not hide them from their children, showing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord , and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. 5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our… Read the whole commentary →

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