Thematic Bible
Psalm 78:1 (show verse)
{Maschil of Asaph.} Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
Psalm 78:2 (show verse)
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
Psalm 78:3 (show verse)
Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
Psalm 78:4 (show verse)
We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
Psalm 78:5 (show verse)
For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
Children » Instruction of
Children » Indulgence of » Instruction of
Family » Devotions » Instruction of children
Fathers » Duties of » Instruction of children
Home » special duties of parents » Instruction of children
Instruction » Of children encouraged » Instruction of children
The law of God » Given » To the israelites
the Law of moses » Given » To the jews
Missionaries » In the family
Rebellion against God » Religious instruction designed to prevent
School » In the home
Social duties » Parental parental duties » Instruction of children
Children » Indulgence of » Instruction of
Family » Devotions » Instruction of children
Fathers » Duties of » Instruction of children
Home » special duties of parents » Instruction of children
Instruction » Of children encouraged » Instruction of children
The law of God » Given » To the israelites
the Law of moses » Given » To the jews
Missionaries » In the family
Rebellion against God » Religious instruction designed to prevent
School » In the home
Social duties » Parental parental duties » Instruction of children
Psalm 78:6 (show verse)
That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
Psalm 78:7 (show verse)
That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
Psalm 78:8 (show verse)
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.
Children » Instruction of
Decision » Opposed to » Not setting the heart aright
Missionaries » In the family
Rebellion against God » Religious instruction designed to prevent
School » In the home
Self-will » Exhibited in » Rebelling against God
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Rebelling against God
Steadfastness » The wicked devoid of
Stubbornness » Warnings against
Titles and names of the wicked » Stubborn and rebellious generation
Decision » Opposed to » Not setting the heart aright
Missionaries » In the family
Rebellion against God » Religious instruction designed to prevent
School » In the home
Self-will » Exhibited in » Rebelling against God
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Rebelling against God
Steadfastness » The wicked devoid of
Stubbornness » Warnings against
Titles and names of the wicked » Stubborn and rebellious generation
Psalm 78:9 (show verse)
The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
Psalm 78:10 (show verse)
They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
Psalm 78:11 (show verse)
And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
Psalm 78:12 (show verse)
Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
Psalm 78:13 (show verse)
He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 78:14 (show verse)
In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
Cloud of glory » Was designed to » Shew light to israel
Symbols of the Holy Spirit » Fire » Illuminating
Fire » Characterized as » Enlightening
divine Guidance » Promised to the obedient » Examples of
Light » Divided into » Extraordinary or miraculous
Symbols and similitudes » Of the holy spirit » Illuminating
Symbols of the Holy Spirit » Fire » Illuminating
Fire » Characterized as » Enlightening
divine Guidance » Promised to the obedient » Examples of
Light » Divided into » Extraordinary or miraculous
Symbols and similitudes » Of the holy spirit » Illuminating
Psalm 78:15 (show verse)
He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
Psalm 78:16 (show verse)
He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
Psalm 78:17 (show verse)
And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
Psalm 78:18 (show verse)
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
Blessing » Temporal » From God » israelites » Supplying » Water
Gluttony » Exemplified
Gluttony » Instances of » Israel
Meteorology and celestial phenomena » Phenomena of » Plagues of hail, and thunder, and lightning in egypt
Unbelief » The reward for not believing the lord
Worldliness » Instances of » israelites
Gluttony » Exemplified
Gluttony » Instances of » Israel
Meteorology and celestial phenomena » Phenomena of » Plagues of hail, and thunder, and lightning in egypt
Unbelief » The reward for not believing the lord
Worldliness » Instances of » israelites
Psalm 78:19 (show verse)
Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
Psalm 78:20 (show verse)
Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
Blessing » Temporal » From God » israelites » Supplying » Water
Meteorology and celestial phenomena » Phenomena of » Plagues of hail, and thunder, and lightning in egypt
Rock » Struck by moses for water
Unbelief » The reward for not believing the lord
Unbelief » Exhibited in » Questioning the power of God
Meteorology and celestial phenomena » Phenomena of » Plagues of hail, and thunder, and lightning in egypt
Rock » Struck by moses for water
Unbelief » The reward for not believing the lord
Unbelief » Exhibited in » Questioning the power of God
Psalm 78:21 (show verse)
Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
Psalm 78:22 (show verse)
Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
Anger of God » Against » Unbelief
Jews, the » National character of » Distrustful of God
Meteorology and celestial phenomena » Phenomena of » Plagues of hail, and thunder, and lightning in egypt
Trust » Of the wicked » Is not in God
Trust » The reward for not trusting in the lord
Unbelief » The reward for not believing the lord
Jews, the » National character of » Distrustful of God
Meteorology and celestial phenomena » Phenomena of » Plagues of hail, and thunder, and lightning in egypt
Trust » Of the wicked » Is not in God
Trust » The reward for not trusting in the lord
Unbelief » The reward for not believing the lord
Psalm 78:23 (show verse)
Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
Blessing » Temporal » From God » israelites » Supplying » Manna
Blessing » Temporal » From God » israelites » Supplying » Quail
Meteorology and celestial phenomena » Phenomena of » Plagues of hail, and thunder, and lightning in egypt
Trust » The reward for not trusting in the lord
Unbelief » The reward for not believing the lord
Blessing » Temporal » From God » israelites » Supplying » Quail
Meteorology and celestial phenomena » Phenomena of » Plagues of hail, and thunder, and lightning in egypt
Trust » The reward for not trusting in the lord
Unbelief » The reward for not believing the lord
Psalm 78:24 (show verse)
And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
Psalm 78:25 (show verse)
Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.
Psalm 78:26 (show verse)
He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.
Psalm 78:27 (show verse)
He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
Psalm 78:28 (show verse)
And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.
Psalm 78:29 (show verse)
So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;
Psalm 78:30 (show verse)
They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
Psalm 78:31 (show verse)
The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
Psalm 78:32 (show verse)
For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.
Compassion » The lord being compassionate
Forgiveness » The lord forgiving
Hardness (of heart) » Examples of
Judgments » Different kinds of » Continued sorrows
Trouble » Why people have trouble
Unbelief » The reward for not believing the lord
Unbelief » Exhibited in » Not believing the works of God
Unbelievers » Their lifetime spent in vanity
Forgiveness » The lord forgiving
Hardness (of heart) » Examples of
Judgments » Different kinds of » Continued sorrows
Trouble » Why people have trouble
Unbelief » The reward for not believing the lord
Unbelief » Exhibited in » Not believing the works of God
Unbelievers » Their lifetime spent in vanity
Psalm 78:33 (show verse)
Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
Compassion » The lord being compassionate
Forgiveness » The lord forgiving
Judgments » Different kinds of » Continued sorrows
Seeking God » Afflictions designed to lead to
Trouble » Why people have trouble
Unbelief » The reward for not believing the lord
Unbelievers » Their lifetime spent in vanity
Vanity » The wicked » Judicially given up to
Vanity » Evil people » Judicially given up to
Forgiveness » The lord forgiving
Judgments » Different kinds of » Continued sorrows
Seeking God » Afflictions designed to lead to
Trouble » Why people have trouble
Unbelief » The reward for not believing the lord
Unbelievers » Their lifetime spent in vanity
Vanity » The wicked » Judicially given up to
Vanity » Evil people » Judicially given up to
Psalm 78:34 (show verse)
When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God.
Compassion » The lord being compassionate
Conversion » Through the instrumentality of » Affliction
Enquiring of God » General examples of
Forgiveness » The lord forgiving
God » Remember » Returning to
Inquiring of God » General examples of
Redemption » The lord being the redeemer
Returning to God » General references to
Seeking God » Afflictions designed to lead to
Trouble » Why people have trouble
Unbelief » The reward for not believing the lord
Conversion » Through the instrumentality of » Affliction
Enquiring of God » General examples of
Forgiveness » The lord forgiving
God » Remember » Returning to
Inquiring of God » General examples of
Redemption » The lord being the redeemer
Returning to God » General references to
Seeking God » Afflictions designed to lead to
Trouble » Why people have trouble
Unbelief » The reward for not believing the lord
Psalm 78:35 (show verse)
And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
Psalm 78:36 (show verse)
Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
Psalm 78:37 (show verse)
For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
Psalm 78:38 (show verse)
But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
Afflictions » Tempered with mercy
Compassion » Of Christ » Of God
Compassion » The lord being compassionate
Error » Definition of » Forgiven
Forgiveness » The lord forgiving
God » Examples of Leadership » Compassion of
Longsuffering Of God » Exemplified
Sin » Excuses offered for » Forgiven
Transgression » Sin, definition of » Forgiven
Compassion » Of Christ » Of God
Compassion » The lord being compassionate
Error » Definition of » Forgiven
Forgiveness » The lord forgiving
God » Examples of Leadership » Compassion of
Longsuffering Of God » Exemplified
Sin » Excuses offered for » Forgiven
Transgression » Sin, definition of » Forgiven
Psalm 78:39 (show verse)
For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
Psalm 78:40 (show verse)
How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
Psalm 78:41 (show verse)
Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 78:42 (show verse)
They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
Psalm 78:43 (show verse)
How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:
Psalm 78:44 (show verse)
And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
Psalm 78:45 (show verse)
He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
Psalm 78:46 (show verse)
He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.
Psalm 78:47 (show verse)
He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
Psalm 78:48 (show verse)
He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
Psalm 78:49 (show verse)
He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
Psalm 78:50 (show verse)
He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
Anger of God » Manifested in judgments and afflictions
Egyptians » Visted by plagues
God's Judgments » Pestilence » Sent
natural Life » Of the wicked, not specially protected by God
Murrain (a disease of livestock) » A plague of egypt
Plagues » Fatal to man and beast
Punishment of the The Wicked » In this life by » Sickness
Egyptians » Visted by plagues
God's Judgments » Pestilence » Sent
natural Life » Of the wicked, not specially protected by God
Murrain (a disease of livestock) » A plague of egypt
Plagues » Fatal to man and beast
Punishment of the The Wicked » In this life by » Sickness
Psalm 78:51 (show verse)
And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
Psalm 78:52 (show verse)
But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
journey of israel through the Desert » Under God's guidance
God » People of general references to » Guided like a flock
Jews, the » Called God's people » Guided like a flock
God's People » General references to » Guided like a flock
Righteous » Compared with » Sheep
compared to Saints » Sheep
Sheep » Illustrative » Of the jews
Shepherd » One who cares for flocks of sheep
Shepherd » Figurative » Of God's care
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Going before and leading them
God » People of general references to » Guided like a flock
Jews, the » Called God's people » Guided like a flock
God's People » General references to » Guided like a flock
Righteous » Compared with » Sheep
compared to Saints » Sheep
Sheep » Illustrative » Of the jews
Shepherd » One who cares for flocks of sheep
Shepherd » Figurative » Of God's care
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Going before and leading them
Psalm 78:53 (show verse)
And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
Psalm 78:54 (show verse)
And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 78:55 (show verse)
He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
Psalm 78:56 (show verse)
Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 78:57 (show verse)
But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
Psalm 78:58 (show verse)
For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
Psalm 78:59 (show verse)
When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
Psalm 78:60 (show verse)
So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
Psalm 78:61 (show verse)
And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.
Psalm 78:62 (show verse)
He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.
Psalm 78:63 (show verse)
The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
Psalm 78:64 (show verse)
Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
Psalm 78:65 (show verse)
Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 78:66 (show verse)
And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
Psalm 78:67 (show verse)
Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
Psalm 78:68 (show verse)
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 78:69 (show verse)
And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.
Psalm 78:70 (show verse)
He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
Psalm 78:71 (show verse)
From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
Psalm 78:72 (show verse)
So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.