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Psalms 78:7

That they might put their confidence in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep His commandments;

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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, even the children that should be born; who should arise and tell them to their children,

8And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, 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 which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children's children;

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

Deuteronomy 6:25And it shall be righteousness unto us, if we observe to do all this commandment before the LORD our God, as He hath commanded us.'

Deuteronomy 8:2And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God hath led thee these forty years in the wilderness, that He might afflict thee, to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldest keep His commandments, or no.

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

Psalms 62:5(62-6) Only for God wait thou in stillness, my soul; for from Him cometh my hope.

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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