Psalms 78:7

And that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but observe his commandments;

Darby Translation

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

6That the generation to come might know [them], the children that should be born; that they might rise up and tell [them] to their children,

8And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that prepared not their heart, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things that thine eyes have seen (and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but thou shalt make them known to thy sons and to thy sons' sons),

Deuteronomy 6:12[then] beware lest thou forget Jehovah who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Deuteronomy 6:25And it shall be our righteousness if we take heed to do all these commandments before Jehovah our God, as he hath commanded us.

Deuteronomy 8:2And thou shalt remember all the way which Jehovah thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments or not.

Esther 9:27the Jews ordained and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves to them, so that it should not fail, that they would observe these two days according to their writing and according to their fixed time, every year;

Psalms 62:5Upon God alone, O my soul, rest peacefully; for my expectation is from him.

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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