Thematic Bible
Psalm 78:1 (show verse)
An instruction of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law; bow down your ears to the words of my mouth.
Psalm 78:2 (show verse)
I will open my mouth in a parable; I will speak 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 sons, showing to the generations to come the praises of Jehovah, and His strength, and His wonderful works that He has done.
Psalm 78:5 (show verse)
For He set up a testimony in Jacob, and ordered a Law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers, that they should teach them to their sons;
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)
so that the generation to come might know; sons shall be born, and they shall arise and tell their sons,
Psalm 78:7 (show verse)
so 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 like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that did not set their heart aright, and whose spirit was not faithful 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 sons of Ephraim, armed shooters of bows, turned back in the day of battle.
Psalm 78:10 (show verse)
They did not keep the covenant of God, and refused to walk in His Law.
Psalm 78:11 (show verse)
And they forgot His works and His wonders which He had shown them.
Psalm 78:12 (show verse)
He did marvelous things 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 in a heap.
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Psalm 78:14 (show verse)
And in the daytime 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 split the rocks in the wilderness, and let them drink, as from 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 still 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 food 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)
And they spoke against God; they said, Can God set a table in the wilderness?
Psalm 78:20 (show verse)
Behold! He struck the rock so that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed. Can He also give bread? 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 Jehovah heard, and was made furious; so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel,
Psalm 78:22 (show verse)
because they did not believe in God, and did not trust 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 had opened the doors of the heavens;
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 on them to eat, and He gave them of the grain of the heavens.
Psalm 78:25 (show verse)
Man ate the food of the mighty; He sent them meat to the full.
Psalm 78:26 (show verse)
He caused an east wind to blow in the sky; and by His power He brought in the south wind.
Psalm 78:27 (show verse)
and He also rained flesh on them like dust, and winged birds like the sand of the sea;
Psalm 78:28 (show verse)
and He let them fall in the middle of their camp, all around their tents.
Psalm 78:29 (show verse)
So they ate, and were filled to the full; for He gave them their own desire.
Psalm 78:30 (show verse)
They were not turned away from their lust, but while their food was still in their mouths,
Psalm 78:31 (show verse)
the wrath of God came on them and killed the fattest of them, and struck down the chosen of Israel.
Psalm 78:32 (show verse)
For all this they still sinned, and did not believe because of His wonderful 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 He ended their days 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 killed them, then they looked for Him; and they turned back and sought 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 Most High God was their redeemer.
Psalm 78:36 (show verse)
But they flattered Him with their mouths, and they lied to Him with their tongues.
Psalm 78:37 (show verse)
For their heart was not right with Him, neither were they faithful in His covenant.
Psalm 78:38 (show verse)
But He, full of pity, forgave their iniquity, and did not destroy them; yea, many times He turned 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 passes away and does not come again.
Psalm 78:40 (show verse)
How often they provoked Him in the wilderness, and grieved Him in the desert!
Psalm 78:41 (show verse)
Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and pained the Holy One of Israel.
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Psalm 78:42 (show verse)
They did not remember His hand, the day when He delivered them from the enemy;
Psalm 78:43 (show verse)
how He had set His signs in Egypt, and His wonders in the fields of Zoan.
Psalm 78:44 (show verse)
He turned their rivers into blood, and their floods, so that they could not drink.
Psalm 78:45 (show verse)
He sent different kinds of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
Psalm 78:46 (show verse)
He also gave their crops to the stripping locust, and their labor to the locust.
Psalm 78:47 (show verse)
He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore trees with sleet.
Psalm 78:48 (show verse)
He gave up their cattle to the hail, and their flocks to bolts of fire.
Psalm 78:49 (show verse)
He sent on them the heat of His anger, wrath and fury and trouble, by sending evil angels.
Psalm 78:50 (show verse)
He made a way to His anger; He did not save their soul from death, but gave 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
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 struck all the first-born in Egypt, the first of the strong in the tents of Ham;
Psalm 78:52 (show verse)
and led His people 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 did not fear; but the sea flooded over their enemies.
Psalm 78:54 (show verse)
And He brought them within His own holy border, this mountain, which His right hand had bought.
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 78:55 (show verse)
He also cast out the nations 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 they turned back, and acted unfaithfully like their fathers; they were turned aside like a deceiving bow.
Psalm 78:58 (show verse)
For they provoked Him to anger with their high places, and moved Him to jealousy with their carved images.
Psalm 78:59 (show verse)
When God heard, He was angry, and turned away from Israel;
Psalm 78:60 (show verse)
so that He left 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 hands.
Psalm 78:62 (show verse)
He also gave His people over to the sword, and was angry with His inheritance.
Psalm 78:63 (show verse)
The fire burned up their young men; and their maidens were not given in marriage.
Psalm 78:64 (show verse)
Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows were not able to weep.
Psalm 78:65 (show verse)
Then the Lord awakened like one out of sleep, like a mighty man rejoicing with wine.
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 78:66 (show verse)
And He drove His enemies backward; He put them to a never-ending shame.
Psalm 78:67 (show verse)
And 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 holy place like high palaces, like the earth which He has founded forever.
Psalm 78:70 (show verse)
He also chose David 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)
And he fed them according to the pureness of his heart, and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.