Psalms 78:34
When He slew them, then they would inquire after Him, and turn back and seek God earnestly.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
In Context
33Therefore He ended their days as a breath, and their years in terror.
35And they remembered that God was their Rock, and the Most High God their redeemer.
Cross References
Judges 3:8Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and He gave them over into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim; and the children of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.
Judges 4:3And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD; for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
Isaiah 26:6The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
Jeremiah 22:23O inhabitant of Lebanon, that art nestled in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
Hosea 7:14And they have not cried unto Me with their heart, though they wail upon their beds; they assemble themselves for corn and wine, they rebel against Me.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:10-40
Wonders Wrought in Behalf of Israel; The Crimes of the Israelites; 9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. 10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law; 11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had showed them. 12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. 13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as a heap. 14 In the daytime… Read the whole commentary →