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Themes in Psalm 78

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Themes in Psalm 78

Psalm 78:1 (show verse)

Listen, O my people, to my teaching. Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

Children » Instruction of
Miracles » The wicked » Forget
Music » Maschil » This musical sign occurs in the titles of
Parables » Jesus Christ speaking in parables

Psalm 78:2 (show verse)

I will offer a parable [with] my mouth. I will pour out riddles from long ago,

Children » Instruction of
Parables » Jesus Christ speaking in parables
Prophecies respecting Christ » His preaching by parables

Psalm 78:3 (show verse)

that we have heard and known, and our ancestors have told us.

Children » Instruction of

Psalm 78:4 (show verse)

We will not hide [them] from their children, telling the next generation the praises of Yahweh, and his power and his wonders that he has done.

Children » Instruction of
Parents » Their duty to their children is » To tell them of the miraculous works of God

Psalm 78:5 (show verse)

For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to teach 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

Psalm 78:6 (show verse)

so that [the] next generation might know-- children [yet to] be born-- [that] they might rise up and tell their children,

Children » Instruction of
Instruction » Of children encouraged » Encouraged
Missionaries » In the family
School » In the home
teaching » Spirit as » Encouraged

Psalm 78:7 (show verse)

that they might set their confidence in God, and not forget the deeds of God, but keep his commandments,

Children » Instruction of
Forgetting God » Is forgetting his » Works
Forgetting God » Works
Missionaries » In the family
School » In the home

Psalm 78:8 (show verse)

and not be like their ancestors, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation [that] did not make ready its heart, whose spirit was not faithful [to] 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

Psalm 78:9 (show verse)

The sons of Ephraim, {armed with archers}, turned back on [the] day of battle.

Cowardice » Cowardice, examples of » Ephraim
Cowardice » Instances of » Ephraimites

Psalm 78:10 (show verse)

They did not keep the covenant of God and refused to go in his law.

Disobedience to God » Provokes his anger
Law » Bondage of » Despised
The law of God » The wicked » Refuse to walk in
Self-will » Exhibited in » Refusing to walk in the ways of God
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Refusing to walk in the ways of God
The bible » The law part of » Despised

Psalm 78:11 (show verse)

They also forgot his deeds, and his wonders that he had shown them.

Forgetfulness » Fate of those guilty of
Forgetting God » Fate of those guilty of
Forgetting God » Works
Miracles » The wicked » Forget

Psalm 78:12 (show verse)

In front of their ancestors he did a wonder, in the land of Egypt, [in] the region of Zoan.

Miracles » Described as » Marvellous things
Miracles » Called » Marvelous things

Psalm 78:13 (show verse)

He split the sea and caused them to go over, and he caused waters to stand like a heap.

No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 78:14 (show verse)

And he led them with the cloud by day, and all night with a fiery light.

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

Psalm 78:15 (show verse)

He caused rocks to split in the wilderness and provided drink abundantly as [from the] depths.

Blessing » Temporal » From God » israelites » Supplying » Water
Living waters » Waters coming forth from the rock
Rock » Struck by moses for water

Psalm 78:16 (show verse)

And he brought streams out of [the] rock and caused water to flow down like rivers.

Blessing » Temporal » From God » israelites » Supplying » Water
Rock » Struck by moses for water
Water » Described as » Fluid
Water » Collected in » Streams

Psalm 78:17 (show verse)

But they sinned still further against him by rebelling [against the] Most High in the desert.

Blessing » Temporal » From God » israelites » Supplying » Water
Holy spirit » As jehovah, most high
Meteorology and celestial phenomena » Phenomena of » Plagues of hail, and thunder, and lightning in egypt
Sin » The wicked » Heap up
Unbelief » The reward for not believing the lord

Psalm 78:18 (show verse)

And they tested God in their heart [by] asking food {for their craving}.

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

Psalm 78:19 (show verse)

And they spoke against God. They said, "Is God able to prepare a table in the wilderness?

Blessing » Temporal » From God » israelites » Supplying » Water
Meteorology and celestial phenomena » Phenomena of » Plagues of hail, and thunder, and lightning in egypt
Unbelief » The reward for not believing the lord
Unbelief » Exhibited in » Questioning the power of God

Psalm 78:20 (show verse)

Yes, he struck [the] rock and water flowed and streams gushed out, [but] can he also give food or provide meat 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

Psalm 78:21 (show verse)

Therefore Yahweh heard and he was very angry, and a fire was kindled against Jacob, and [his] anger also rose up against Israel,

Anger of God » Against » Unbelief
Holy spirit » As jehovah, most high
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 78:22 (show verse)

because they did not believe God, and they did not trust 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

Psalm 78:23 (show verse)

Nevertheless, he commanded [the] skies 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

Psalm 78:24 (show verse)

and rained down on them manna to eat and gave them the grain of heaven.

Blessing » Temporal » From God » israelites » Supplying » Manna
Blessing » Temporal » From God » israelites » Supplying » Quail
Manna » Called » Corn of heaven
Trust » The reward for not trusting in the lord
Unbelief » The reward for not believing the lord

Psalm 78:25 (show verse)

Humankind ate [the] bread of {angels}. He sent them food [enough] to be satisfied.

Blessing » Temporal » From God » israelites » Supplying » Quail
Manna » Called » Angel's food
Trust » The reward for not trusting in the lord
Unbelief » The reward for not believing the lord

Psalm 78:26 (show verse)

He caused [the] east wind to blow in the heavens and drove along [the] south wind by his strength.

Blessing » Temporal » From God » israelites » Supplying » Quail
Meteorology and celestial phenomena » Phenomena of » That brought the quails
Trust » The reward for not trusting in the lord
Unbelief » The reward for not believing the lord
Wind » God » Changes

Psalm 78:27 (show verse)

Then he rained meat on them like dust, even winged birds like [the] sand of [the] seas.

Blessing » Temporal » From God » israelites » Supplying » Quail
Meteorology and celestial phenomena » Phenomena of » That brought the quails
the Sea » The shore of, covered with sand
Trust » The reward for not trusting in the lord
Unbelief » The reward for not believing the lord

Psalm 78:28 (show verse)

He caused [them] to fall in the midst of his camp, all around his dwellings.

Psalm 78:29 (show verse)

So they ate and were well filled, and he brought about [what] they craved.

Blessing » Temporal » From God » israelites » Supplying » Quail
Trust » The reward for not trusting in the lord
Unbelief » The reward for not believing the lord
Worldliness » Instances of » israelites

Psalm 78:30 (show verse)

They had not yet turned aside from their craving, [while] their food [was] still in their mouth,

Blessing » Temporal » From God » israelites » Supplying » Quail
journey of israel through the Desert » To kibroth-hattaavah » Their murmuring punished
Trust » The reward for not trusting in the lord
Unbelief » The reward for not believing the lord
Worldliness » Instances of » israelites

Psalm 78:31 (show verse)

the anger of God rose against them, and he killed some of the stoutest of them, even the young men of Israel he caused to bow down [in death].

journey of israel through the Desert » To kibroth-hattaavah » Their murmuring punished
Trust » The reward for not trusting in the lord
Unbelief » The reward for not believing the lord
Worldliness » Instances of » israelites

Psalm 78:32 (show verse)

In spite of all this they sinned further and did not believe his wonders.

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

Psalm 78:33 (show verse)

And he consumed their days with futility their years with terror.

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

Psalm 78:34 (show verse)

When he killed [some of] them, then they sought him, and repented and earnestly sought 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

Psalm 78:35 (show verse)

And they remembered that God [was] their rock, and God Most High their redeemer.

Compassion » The lord being compassionate
Forgiveness » The lord forgiving
Redemption » The lord being the redeemer
Religion » Characteristics of » False profession
Trouble » Why people have trouble
FALSE » Religion characteristics of » False profession
FALSE » Economy » Profession of religion

Psalm 78:36 (show verse)

But they enticed him with their mouth and lied to him with their tongue.

Compassion » The lord being compassionate
Flattery » Hypocrites use, to » God
Forgiveness » The lord forgiving
Religion » Characteristics of » False profession
Trouble » Why people have trouble
FALSE » Religion characteristics of » False profession
FALSE » Economy » Profession of religion

Psalm 78:37 (show verse)

For their heart was not steadfast with him, nor were they faithful to his covenant.

Compassion » The lord being compassionate
Decision » Opposed to » Not setting the heart aright
Forgiveness » The lord forgiving
Steadfastness » The wicked devoid of
Trouble » Why people have trouble

Psalm 78:38 (show verse)

But he [was] compassionate; he pardoned [their] guilt and did not destroy [them]. And many [times] he turned back his anger 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

Psalm 78:39 (show verse)

for he remembered that they [were] flesh, a passing wind that does not return.

Body » Frailty of
Man » Extremity of examples of » Frailty of
divine Sympathy » For human frailties and sorrows

Psalm 78:40 (show verse)

How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and vexed him in [the] wasteland!

journey of israel through the Desert » Marked by constant murmurings and rebellions
Disobedience to God » Provokes his anger

Psalm 78:41 (show verse)

So they again tested God and distressed the Holy One of Israel.

No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 78:42 (show verse)

And they did not remember his {power} {when} he redeemed them from the enemy,

Forgetting God » Is forgetting his » Past deliverance
Forgetting God » Past deliverances

Psalm 78:43 (show verse)

how he performed his signs in Egypt and his wonders in the region of Zoan,

Egyptians » Visted by plagues

Psalm 78:44 (show verse)

when he turned their rivers to blood so they could not drink [from] their streams.

Blood » Plague of
Egyptians » Visted by plagues

Psalm 78:45 (show verse)

He sent among them flies that devoured them and frogs that destroyed them.

Egyptians » Visted by plagues
Flies » Plague of
Insects » Flies

Psalm 78:46 (show verse)

And he gave their crop to the locusts and their labor to the locust.

Agriculture » Foes of » Caterpillars
Caterpillar » Sent as a judgment
Egyptians » Visted by plagues
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Caterpillar

Psalm 78:47 (show verse)

He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamore trees with sleet.

Egypt » Productions of
Egyptians » Visted by plagues
Meteorology » Frost
Sycamore » Destroyed by frost
Trees » Varieties » Sycamore
Trees » Often suffered from » Hail and frost
The vine » Frequently injured by hail and frost
The vine » Places celebrated for » Egypt

Psalm 78:48 (show verse)

He also handed their cattle over to the hail and their livestock to the lightning bolts.

Egyptians » Visted by plagues
Hail » Plague of, in egypt
Meteorology » Thunder and lightning » Sent as punishment
Thunder » Sent as punishment

Psalm 78:49 (show verse)

He sent against them his fierce anger, rage and indignation and trouble, a band of {destroying} angels.

Anger of God » Manifested in judgments and afflictions
Egyptians » Visted by plagues

Psalm 78:50 (show verse)

He cleared a path for his anger. He did not spare them from death but handed their life over to the plague.

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

Psalm 78:51 (show verse)

And he struck down all [the] firstborn in Egypt, [the] first of [their] virility in the tents of Ham.

Anger of God » Manifested in judgments and afflictions
Egyptians » Visted by plagues
Egyptians » Firstborn of destroyed
Ham » Patronymic of the descendants of ham

Psalm 78:52 (show verse)

Then he led out his people like sheep and guided them like a herd in the wilderness.

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