Psalms 78 · Verse 22

Psalms 78:22

Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
Psalms 78:22, King James Version

Psalms 78:22 in other translations

BSBbecause they did not believe God or rely on His salvation.
WEBbecause they didn’t believe in God, and didn’t trust in his salvation.
ASVBecause they believed not in God, And trusted not in his salvation.
YLTFor they have not believed in God, Nor have they trusted in His salvation.
DARBYBecause they believed not in God, and confided not in his salvation;
BBEBecause they had no faith in God, and no hope in his salvation.
WebsterBecause they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:

What does Psalms 78:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
22. (Compare He 8:8, 9).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 22 They believed not in God - After all the miracles they had seen, they were not convinced that there was a Supreme Being! and, consequently, they did not trust in his salvation - did not expect the glorious rest which he had promised them. Their descendants in the present day are precisely in this state. Multitudes of them disbelieve the Divine origin of their law, and have given up all hopes of a Messiah.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 78:9-39

Sin dispirits men, and takes away the heart. Forgetfulness of God's works is the cause of disobedience to his laws. This narrative relates a struggle between God's goodness and man's badness. The Lord hears all our murmurings and distrusts, and is much displeased. Those that will not believe the power of God's mercy, shall feel the fire of his indignation. Those cannot be said to trust in God's salvation as their…

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Psalms 78:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּ֤יkiforH3588
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
הֶ֭אֱמִינוּHe.'e.mi.nuthey trustedH539
בֵּאלֹהִ֑יםbe.lo.Himin GodH430
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808
בָ֝טְח֗וּva.te.Chuthey trustedH982
בִּֽישׁוּעָתֽוֹ\׃bi.shu.'a.toin salvation hisH3444

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 78:22

  • Hebrews 3:18-19

    And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not? So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

  • Jude 1:5

    I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.

  • Deuteronomy 1:32

    Yet in this thing ye did not believe the Lord your God,

  • Hebrews 11:6

    But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

  • Hebrews 3:12

    Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

  • Isaiah 7:9

    And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.

  • Psalms 106:24

    Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:

  • 1 John 5:10

    He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
106:24; Isa 7:9; Heb 3:12,18,19; 11:6; 1Jo 5:10; Jude 1:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 78:21

    Therefore the Lord heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;

  • Psalms 78:22

    Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:

  • Psalms 78:23

    Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,

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Psalms 78:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por cuanto no habían creído á Dios, ni habían confiado en su salud:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car ils ne crurent pas Dieu, et ne se fièrent pas en son salut,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Weil sie Gott nicht glaubten und nicht vertrauten auf seine Rettung.