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Psalms 78 — We Will Not Hide Them From Their Children

Summary

I will open my mouth in a parable. That which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord. For he established a testimony in Jacob. They might set their hope in God. Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God. But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not. He chose David also his servant.

Key verse

“We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.”

— Psalm 78:4

Outline
  1. v.1-8 Tell the next generation
  2. v.9-72 The history of Israel's rebellion and God's mercy
Verse-by-verse
4 We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.

The discipline of generational teaching. The faith is passed by deliberate telling.

A check on assumed transmission. Without intentional showing, the next generation does not know.

Cross-references Deuteronomy 6:7 · Ephesians 6:4 · 2 Timothy 1:5 · Psalm 145:4
38 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.

God's patience through Israel's long rebellion. Many a time turned he his anger away.

A perspective on God's historical mercy. The verse is hope for any who fear they have exhausted His patience.

Cross-references Exodus 34:6 · Lamentations 3:22 · Romans 2:4 · Nehemiah 9:31
Key doctrines
Telling God's Works to the Next Generation
Psalm 78:4 · Deuteronomy 6:7 · Ephesians 6:4
God's Patient Compassion Through Rebellion
Psalm 78:38 · Exodus 34:6 · Romans 2:4
Application

Verse 4 is the generational charge. Tell your children, grandchildren, neighbors' children. Do not assume; show.

Christ in this chapter

The praises of the Lord in v.4 culminate in Christ. Every generation's teaching trains toward Him.

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