Psalms 78:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

That they might set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep his commandments,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְיָשִׂ֥ימוּ בֵֽאלֹהִ֗ים כִּ֫סְלָ֥ם וְלֹ֣א יִ֭שְׁכְּחוּ מַֽעַלְלֵי אֵ֑ל וּמִצְוֺתָ֥יו יִנְצֹֽרוּ׃

Transliteration

And they would wᵉyāśîmû in ḇēʾlōhîm their kislām and not wᵉlōʾ yišəkəḥû maʿalᵉlê ʾēl and his ûmiṣwōtāyw yinṣōrû

Grammar Details

*wᵉyāśîmû*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - and they would place/set
*ḇēʾlōhîm*: preposition + noun, masculine plural - in God
*kislām*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their confidence/hope
*wᵉlōʾ*: waw conjunctive + negative particle - and not
*yišəkəḥû*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they would forget
*maʿalᵉlê*: noun, masculine plural construct - deeds/works of
*ʾēl*: noun, masculine singular - God
*ûmiṣwōtāyw*: waw conjunctive + noun, feminine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and his commandments
*yinṣōrû*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they would keep/observe

Word Meanings

*yāśîmû*: they would place/set/put/establish
*ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/judges
*kislām*: their confidence/hope/trust/expectation
*yišəkəḥû*: they would forget/neglect/ignore
*maʿalᵉlê*: deeds/works/practices/actions
*ʾēl*: God/mighty one/power
*miṣwōtāyw*: his commandments/precepts/ordinances
*yinṣōrû*: they would keep/observe/guard/preserve

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Referenced Verses

Deut 5:29 : 29 Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
Deut 4:9 : 9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children's children;
Exod 12:24-27 : 24 And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever. 25 And it shall come to pass, when ye are come to the land which Jehovah will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service. 26 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service? 27 that ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of Jehovah's passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.
Deut 6:12 : 12 then beware lest thou forget Jehovah, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Deut 7:18-19 : 18 thou shalt not be afraid of them: thou shalt well remember what Jehovah thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt; 19 the great trials which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm, whereby Jehovah thy God brought thee out: so shall Jehovah thy God do unto all the peoples of whom thou art afraid.
Deut 8:2 : 2 And thou shalt remember all the way which Jehovah thy God hath led thee these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble thee, to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or not.
Deut 8:11 : 11 Beware lest thou forget Jehovah thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:
Esth 9:27-28 : 27 the Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so that it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to the writing thereof, and according to the appointed time thereof, every year; 28 and that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the remembrance of them perish from their seed.
Ps 40:4 : 4 Blessed is the man that maketh Jehovah his trust, And respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
Ps 62:5 : 5 My soul, wait thou in silence for God only; For my expectation is from him.
Ps 77:10-12 : 10 And I said, This is my infirmity; [But I will remember] the years of the right hand of the Most High. 11 I will make mention of the deeds of Jehovah; For I will remember thy wonders of old. 12 I will meditate also upon all thy work, And muse on thy doings.
Ps 91:14 : 14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
Ps 103:2 : 2 Bless Jehovah, O my soul, And forget not all his benefits:
Ps 105:5 : 5 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, His wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,
Ps 130:6-7 : 6 My soul [waiteth] for the Lord More than watchmen [wait] for the morning; [Yea, more than] watchmen for the morning. 7 O Israel, hope in Jehovah; For with Jehovah there is lovingkindness, And with him is plenteous redemption.
Ps 146:5 : 5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in Jehovah his God:
Jer 17:7-8 : 7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in Jehovah, and whose trust Jehovah is. 8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, that spreadeth out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat cometh, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
John 14:21-24 : 21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself unto him. 22 Judas (not Iscariot) saith unto him, Lord, what is come to pass that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? 23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. 24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my words: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.
1 Cor 11:24 : 24 and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, {G2983} {G5315} This is my body, which is {G2806} for you: this do in remembrance of me.
1 Pet 1:21 : 21 who through him are believers in God, that raised him {G1453} from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.
1 John 3:22-24 : 22 and whatsoever {G1437} we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight. 23 And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he gave us commandment. 24 And he that keepeth his commandments abideth in him, and he in him. And hereby {G5129} we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.
1 John 5:3 : 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
Rev 14:12 : 12 Here is the patience of the saints, {G5602} they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

Similar Verses (AI)

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3Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.
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8And 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.
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10They kept not the covenant of God, And refused to walk in his law;
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Ps 78:35
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35And they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their redeemer.
Prov 3:1
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1My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments:
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15Remember his covenant for ever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
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8He hath remembered his covenant for ever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
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13They soon forgat his works; They waited not for his counsel,
Deut 5:29
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29Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
1 Kgs 8:58
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Ps 78:42
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42They remember not his hand, Nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;
Ps 78:32
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Ps 78:56
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9Know therefore that Jehovah thy God, he is God, the faithful God, who keepeth covenant and lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,
1 Kgs 8:40
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40that they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
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Ps 107:8
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21This I recall to my mind; therefore have I hope.
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2 Chr 30:7
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Deut 4:9-10
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40that ye may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.
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2 Kgs 17:40
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Ps 107:31
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2 Chr 6:31
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Ps 77:11
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Joel 1:3
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Deut 8:18
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