Psalms 78:7

78:6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:

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

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that they might set their hope in God, and not forget God’s deeds, but keep his commandments,

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

78:8 And 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. that: Heb. that prepared not their heart

What does Psalms 78:7 mean?

Psalms 78:7 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שׂוּם (sûwm), כֶּסֶל (keçel), אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym).

Hebrew interlinear

That

they

might

setשׂוּםsûwm/soom/H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

their

hopeכֶּסֶלkeçel/keh'-sel/H3689properly, fatness, i.e. by implication (literally) the loin (as the seat of the leaf fat) or (generally) the viscera; also (figuratively) silliness or (in a good sense) trust

God,אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîym/el-o-heem'/H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative

and

not

forgetשָׁכַחshâkach/shaw-kakh'/H7911to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention

the

worksמַעֲלָלmaʻălâl/mah-al-awl'/H4611an act (good or bad)

God,אֵלʼêl/ale/H410strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)

but

keepנָצַרnâtsar/naw-tsar'/H5341to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)

his

commandments:מִצְוָהmitsvâh/mits-vaw'/H4687a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 78:7.

Deuteronomy 4:31

(For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.

Deuteronomy 7:9

Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;

Deuteronomy 8:11

Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:

Genesis 2:8

And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

Genesis 46:3

And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:

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What does Psalms 78:7 say?

Psalms 78:7 (King James Version) reads: "That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:"

Is Psalms 78:7 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 78:7 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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