King James Version
Psalms 78:37 in the King James Version says “For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 78 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.”
Psalms 78:37 · KJV
And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
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.
For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“For their heart”
H3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“was not right”
H3559properly, to be erect (i.e., stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix,
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“with him neither were they stedfast”
H539properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanen
“in his covenant”
H1285a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
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