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Psalm 78
78:1 A well-written song by Asaph. Pay attention, my people, to my instruction! Listen to the words I speak! 78:2 I will sing a song that imparts wisdom; I will make insightful observations about the past. 78:3 What we have heard and learned– that which our ancestors have told us– 78:4 we will not hide from their descendants. We will tell the next generation about the Lord’s praiseworthy acts, about his strength and the amazing things he has done. 78:5 He established a rule in Jacob; he set up a law in Israel. He commanded our ancestors to make his deeds known to their descendants, 78:6 so that the next generation, children yet to be born, might know about them. They will grow up and tell their descendants about them. 78:7 Then they will place their confidence in God. They will not forget the works of God, and they will obey his commands. 78:8 Then they will not be like their ancestors, who were a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that was not committed and faithful to God. 78:9 The Ephraimites were armed with bows, but they retreated in the day of battle. 78:10 They did not keep their covenant with God, and they refused to obey his law. 78:11 They forgot what he had done, the amazing things he had shown them. 78:12 He did amazing things in the sight of their ancestors, in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan. 78:13 He divided the sea and led them across it; he made the water stand in a heap. 78:14 He led them with a cloud by day, and with the light of a fire all night long. 78:15 He broke open rocks in the wilderness, and gave them enough water to fill the depths of the sea. 78:16 He caused streams to flow from the rock, and made the water flow like rivers. 78:17 Yet they continued to sin against him, and rebelled against the sovereign One in the desert. 78:18 They willfully challenged God by asking for food to satisfy their appetite. 78:19 They insulted God, saying, “Is God really able to give us food in the wilderness? 78:20 Yes, he struck a rock and water flowed out, streams gushed forth. But can he also give us food? Will he provide meat for his people?” 78:21 When the Lord heard this, he was furious. A fire broke out against Jacob, and his anger flared up against Israel,
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Asaph father of Joah, Hezekiah's recorder,son of Berechiah the Levite; music minister under David,father of Zichri; a Levite ancestor of some returnees,an official over the (Persian) king's forest in Judah
 · Egypt descendants of Mizraim
 · Ephraimites the tribe of Ephraim as a whole,the northern kingdom of Israel
 · Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel
 · Jacob the second so of a pair of twins born to Isaac and Rebeccaa; ancestor of the 12 tribes of Israel,the nation of Israel,a person, male,son of Isaac; Israel the man and nation
 · Maskil a literary or musical term
 · sea the Dead Sea, at the southern end of the Jordan River,the Mediterranean Sea,the Persian Gulf south east of Babylon,the Red Sea
 · Zoan a town of Egypt on the east side of the Nile delta


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Asaph | Psalms | PROVIDENCE, 1 | PLAGUES OF EGYPT | HEZEKIAH (2) | Israel | Unbelief | Wicked | Music | Miracles | Children | Instruction | Commandments | Blessing | Rock | God | Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena | Complaint | School | Word of God | more
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NET Notes: Psa 78:1 Heb “Turn your ear to the words of my mouth.”

NET Notes: Psa 78:2 Heb “I will open with a wise saying my mouth, I will utter insightful sayings from long ago.” Elsewhere the Hebrew word pair חִ...

NET Notes: Psa 78:3 Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 5, 8, 12, 57).

NET Notes: Psa 78:4 Heb “to a following generation telling the praises of the Lord.” “Praises” stand by metonymy for the mighty acts that prompt w...

NET Notes: Psa 78:5 Heb “which he commanded our fathers to make them known to their sons.” The plural suffix “them” probably refers back to the Lo...

NET Notes: Psa 78:6 Heb “in order that they might know, a following generation, sons [who] will be born, they will arise and will tell to their sons.”

NET Notes: Psa 78:7 Heb “keep.”

NET Notes: Psa 78:8 Heb “a generation that did not make firm its heart and whose spirit was not faithful with God.” The expression “make firm the heart&...

NET Notes: Psa 78:9 They retreated. This could refer to the northern tribes’ failure to conquer completely their allotted territory (see Judg 1), or it could refer ...

NET Notes: Psa 78:10 Heb “walk in.”

NET Notes: Psa 78:11 Heb “his deeds.”

NET Notes: Psa 78:12 The region of Zoan was located in the Egyptian delta, where the enslaved Israelites lived (see Num 13:22; Isa 19:11, 13; 30:4; Ezek 30:14).

NET Notes: Psa 78:15 Heb “and caused them to drink, like the depths, abundantly.”

NET Notes: Psa 78:17 Heb “rebelling [against] the Most High.”

NET Notes: Psa 78:18 Heb “and they tested God in their heart.” The “heart” is viewed here as the center of their volition.

NET Notes: Psa 78:19 Heb “to arrange a table [for food].”

NET Notes: Psa 78:20 Heb “look.”

NET Notes: Psa 78:21 Heb “and also anger went up.”

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