Psalms 78:7

That they might set, in Elohim, their confidence,—And not forget the doings of El, But, his commandments, might observe;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

6To the end, A later generation, might come to know, Children who should be born, Who should arise, and recount [them] to their children;

8And not become, like their fathers, a generation stubborn and rebellious,—A generation that fixed not their heart, Neither was their spirit, faithful with GOD.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:9Only take thou heed to thyself and keep thy soul diligently, so that thou forget not the things which thine own eyes have seen, and so that they go not out of thy heart, all the days of thy life,—but thou shalt make them known unto thy sons and unto thy sons’ sons:—

Deuteronomy 6:12take heed unto thyself, lest thou forget Yahweh,—who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt out of the house of servants.

Deuteronomy 6:25and righteousness, shall it be to us,—when we take heed to do all this commandment, before Yahweh our God, as he commanded us.

Deuteronomy 8:2So then, thou shalt remember all the way in which Yahweh thy God caused thee to journey these forty years in the desert,—that he might humble thee to put thee to the proof to know what was in thy heart,—whether thou wouldest keep his commandments or not.

Esther 9:27The Jews established and took upon themselves—and upon their seed, and upon all who should join themselves unto them, that it might not pass away, that they would continue to keep these two days, according to the writing concerning them and at their set time,—always year by year.

Psalms 62:5Surely, towards God, be thou silent, my soul, For, from him, is mine expectation:

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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