Psalms 78
Treated in 15 passages across the library.
The verses these writers stop at
- 78:19 Yea, they spake against God; They said, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness? 4
- 78:58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, And moved him to jealousy with their graven images. 2
- 78:3 Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us. 1
- 78:4 We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, And his strength, and his wondrous works that he hath done. 1
- 78:5 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; 1
- 78:14 In the day-time also he led them with a cloud, And all the night with a light of fire. 1
- 78:17 Yet went they on still to sin against him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert. 1
- 78:18 And they tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire. 1
- 78:20 Behold, he smote the rock, so that waters gushed out, And streams overflowed; Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people? 1
- 78:21 Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth; And a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger also went up against Israel; 1
- 78:22 Because they believed not in God, And trusted not in his salvation. 1
- 78:32 For all this they sinned still, And believed not in his wondrous works. 1
- 78:33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, And their years in terror. 1
- 78:34 When he slew them, then they inquired after him; And they returned and sought God earnestly. 1
- 78:38 But he, being merciful, forgave [their] iniquity, and destroyed [them] not: Yea, many a time turned he his anger away, And did not stir up all his wrath. 1
- 78:39 And he remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passeth away, and cometh not again. 1
- 78:41 And they turned again and tempted God, And provoked the Holy One of Israel. 1
- 78:71 From following the ewes that have their young he brought him, To be the shepherd of Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. 1
American Standard Version
Where it is preached
- The Mortification of Sin in Believers ·
What it is to mortify a sin, negatively considered cites Ps. lxxviii. 32–37
…which, when they are laid aside, sin returns again to its former life and vigour. So they Ps. lxxviii. 32–37, are a full instance and description of this frame of spirit whereof I speak: “For all th…
- The Mortification of Sin in Believers ·
When the heart is disquieted by sin, speak no peace to it until God speak it cites Ps. lxxviii. 33–35
…is wounds: he must come to self-abhorrency if he come to healing. So was it with those in Ps. lxxviii. 33–35, in their great trouble and perplexity, for and upon the account of sin. I doubt not but …
- The Ten Commandments ·
1.3 The Preface to the Commandments cites Psa 78: 58
…ten after another god.’ Psa 16: 4. ‘They moved him to jealousy with their graven images.’ Psa 78: 58. ‘When God heard this he was wrath, and greatly abhorred Israel; so that he forsook the t…
- All Things for Good ·
An exhortation to love God cites Psalm lxxviii. 34
…feared God’s justice. “When he slew them, they sought him, and inquired early after God” (Psalm lxxviii. 34). But what did all this come to? “Nevertheless, they did but flatter him with their mouth…
- Divine Healing ·
The Lord That Healeth Thee cites Ps. 78:41
…l times it has been unbelief which has limited (or set bounds to) the Holy One of Israel (Ps. 78:41), and she asks herself if it is not unbelief which hinders in these days this manifestati…
- The God of All Comfort ·
Discouragement cites Psalm 78:19
…mist says: "They spoke against God, saying, 'Can God spread a table in the wilderness?'" (Psalm 78:19). Even our "reasonable" questions about God's willingness to help are a "speaking against…
- The God of All Comfort ·
Thanksgiving Versus Complaining cites Psalm 78:19
…ainst God, for He had brought them there. The Psalmist calls this "speaking against God" (Psalm 78:19). Divine history takes no account of second causes; it goes directly to the real Cause be…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.2 The Second Commandment cites Psa 78: 58
…ith their graven images. When God heard this, he was wrath, and greatly abhorred Israel.’ Psa 78: 58, 59. ‘Jealousy is the rage of a man.’ Prov 6: 34. Image-worship enrages God; it makes God…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.8 The Eighth Commandment cites Psa 78: 19
…man has a high distrust of God’s providence. ‘Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?’ Psa 78: 19. Can God spread a table for me? says the unbeliever. No, he cannot. Therefore he is resol…
- The Ten Commandments ·
3.3 The Wrath of God cites Psa 78: 38
… in this life, it is so terrible, what will it be when God shall ‘stir up all his wrath’? Psa 78: 38. How sad is it with a soul in desertion! God then dips his pen in gall, and ‘writes bitte…
- Selected Sermons of George Whitefield ·
The Good Shepherd: A Farewell Sermon cites Ps 78:71
…ome places in scripture, the shepherd is represented as going after his sheep; 2 Sam 7:8, Ps 78:71. That is our way in England; but in the Eastern nations, the shepherds generally went bef…
- Thoughts for the Quiet Hour ·
September cites Psa. lxxviii. 14
…10 In the daytime . . . He led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire. Psa. lxxviii. 14. My day is my prosperity; it is the time when the sun of fortune is bright above me, and,…
- The Bruised Reed ·
Of infirmities. No cause of discouragement, in whom they are, and how to recover peace lost cites Psalm lxxviii. 39
…ine God the more. Mercy is a part of. the Church’s jointure, Christ marries her in mercy, Psalm lxxviii. 39. The husband is bound to bear with the wife, as being the weaker vessel, Hos. ii. 19; and…
- Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners ·
A Preface, or Brief Account of the Publishing of This Work cites Ps. 78.3-5
…e Lord all the days of my life upon earth, and tell of his wondrous works to my children (Ps. 78.3-5). Moses (Num. 33.1, 2) writ of the journeyings of the children of Israel, from Egypt to t…
- The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life ·
Doubts cites Psalms 78:17 -22
…against Israel, because they did not believe in God and did not trust his saving power.” (Psalms 78:17 -22.) In contrast, Isaiah says of those who tr ust, “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind…