Psalm 78:7
Strong's Lexicon
that they should put
וְיָשִׂ֥ימוּ (wə·yā·śî·mū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7760: 1) to put, place, set, appoint, make 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to put, set, lay, put or lay upon, lay (violent) hands on 1a2) to set, direct, direct toward 1a2a) to extend (compassion) (fig) 1a3) to set, ordain, establish, found, appoint, constitute, make, determine, fix 1a4) to set, station, put, set in place, plant, fix 1a5) to make, make for, transform into, constitute, fashion, work, bring to pass, appoint, give 1b) (Hiphil) to set or make for a sign 1c) (Hophal) to be set

their confidence
כִּ֫סְלָ֥ם (kis·lām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3689: 1) loins, flank 2) stupidity, folly 3) confidence, hope

in God,
בֵֽאלֹהִ֗ים (ḇê·lō·hîm)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: 1) (plural) 1a) rulers, judges 1b) divine ones 1c) angels 1d) gods 2) (plural intensive-singular meaning) 2a) god, goddess 2b) godlike one 2c) works or special possessions of God 2d) the (true) God 2e) God

not
וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

forgetting
יִ֭שְׁכְּחוּ (yiš·kə·ḥū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7911: 1) to forget, ignore, wither 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to forget 1a2) to cease to care 1b) (Niphal) to be forgotten 1c) (Piel) to cause to forget 1d) (Hiphil) to make or cause to forget 1e) (Hithpael) to be forgotten

[His]
אֵ֑ל (’êl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 410: 1) god, god-like one, mighty one 1a) mighty men, men of rank, mighty heroes 1b) angels 1c) god, false god, (demons, imaginations) 1d) God, the one true God, Jehovah 2) mighty things in nature 3) strength, power

works,
מַֽעַלְלֵי־ (ma·‘al·lê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 4611: 1) deed, practice 1a) practice (usually bad) 1b) deeds 1c) acts

but keeping
יִנְצֹֽרוּ׃ (yin·ṣō·rū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5341: 1) to guard, watch, watch over, keep 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to watch, guard, keep 1a2) to preserve, guard from dangers 1a3) to keep, observe, guard with fidelity 1a4) to guard, keep secret 1a5) to be kept close, be blockaded 1a6) watchman (participle)

His commandments.
וּמִצְוֺתָ֥יו (ū·miṣ·wō·ṯāw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4687: 1) commandment 1a) commandment (of man) 1b) the commandment (of God) 1c) commandment (of code of wisdom)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
that they should put their confidence in God, not forgetting His works, but keeping His commandments.

Young's Literal Translation
And place in God their confidence, and forget not the doings of God, But keep His commands.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
so that they might put their confidence in God and not forget God’s works, but keep His commands.

New American Standard Bible
That they should put their confidence in God And not forget the works of God, But keep His commandments,

King James Bible
That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands.

New Living Translation
So each generation should set its hope anew on God, not forgetting his glorious miracles and obeying his commands.

English Standard Version
so that they should set their hope in God and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments;

New American Standard Bible
That they should put their confidence in God And not forget the works of God, But keep His commandments,

King James Bible
That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
so that they might put their confidence in God and not forget God's works, but keep His commands.

International Standard Version
Then they will put their trust in God and they will not forget his awesome deeds. Instead, they will keep his commandments.

NET Bible
Then they will place their confidence in God. They will not forget the works of God, and they will obey his commands.

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

English Revised Version
That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:

Young's Literal Translation
And place in God their confidence, And forget not the doings of God, But keep His commands.
















Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:2
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

Deuteronomy 4:9
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;

Deuteronomy 5:1
And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.

Deuteronomy 5:29
O that there were such an 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!

Deuteronomy 6:12
Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

Deuteronomy 8:14
Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

Deuteronomy 27:1
And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day.

Joshua 22:5
But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Psalm 44:17
All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 78:6
That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
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