King James Version
Psalms 78:7 in the King James Version says “That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 78 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:”
Psalms 78:7 · KJV
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:
That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
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. that: Heb. that prepared not their heart
The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. carrying: Heb. throwing forth
KJV Study — Public Domain
“That they might set”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
“in God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“their hope”
H3689properly, fatness, i.e., by implication (literally) the loin (as the seat of the leaf fat) or (generally) the viscera; also (figuratively) silliness o
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“and not forget”
H7911to mislay, i.e., to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
“of God”
H410strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the almighty (but used also of any deity)
“his commandments”
H4687a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the law)
“but keep”
H5341to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
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