Bible Strands
Psalms 78:7
that they should put their confidence in God, not forgetting His works, but keeping His commandments.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses Israel, instructing the current generation to teach the coming generation about God's past deeds so that future children may know them. This instruction occurs within a historical recounting meant to prevent the next generation from repeating the rebellious patterns of their ancestors.
The words — The text highlights כִּסְלָם (kisla/m) meaning "their confidence" and מַֽעַלְלֵי־אֵל (ma'alei-'El) meaning "the deeds of God." These terms anchor the command to trust God rather than abandon remembrance of His actions.
The thread — The call to remember God's works and keep His commandments echoes in Deuteronomy 4:9 and Deuteronomy 5:29. The New Testament reinforces this pattern in Revelation 14:12 by linking saintly perseverance to obedience to God's commandments.
Why it lands — The verse demands active reliance on God, deliberate retention of His historical acts, and consistent obedience to His directives. It requires the reader to break cycles of forgetfulness by teaching and modeling faithful dependence.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 5:29 If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.
- Revelation 14:12 Here is a call for the perseverance of the saints, who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
- Deuteronomy 4:9 Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.
- 1 John 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,
- John 14:21 Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
- Jeremiah 17:7 But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.
- 1 John 3:22 and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.
- Deuteronomy 8:2 Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.
- Deuteronomy 8:11 Be careful not to forget the LORD your God by failing to keep His commandments and ordinances and statutes, which I am giving you this day.
- Psalms 40:4 Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.