Psalms 78 · Verse 35

Psalms 78:35

And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
Psalms 78:35, King James Version

Psalms 78:35 in other translations

BSBAnd they remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer.
WEBThey remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God, their redeemer.
ASVAnd they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their redeemer.
YLTAnd they remember that God is their rock, And God Most High their redeemer.
DARBYAnd they remembered that God was their rock, and God, the Most High, their redeemer.
BBEIn the memory that God was their Rock, and the Most High God their saviour.
WebsterAnd they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.

What does Psalms 78:35 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 78:33-39

33-39. Though there were partial reformations after chastisement, and God, in pity, withdrew His hand for a time, yet their general conduct was rebellious, and He was thus provoked to waste and destroy them, by long and fruitless wandering in the desert.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 35 That God was their rock - They recollected in their affliction that Jehovah was their Creator, and their Father; the Rock, the Source, not only of their being, but of all their blessings; or, that he was their sole Protector. And the high God their Redeemer - ואל עליון גאלם veel elyon goalam, "And the strong God the Most High, their kinsman." That one who possessed the right of redemption; the nearest akin to him who had forfeited his inheritance; so the word originally means, and hence it is often used for a redeemer. The Hebrew word גאל goel answers to the Greek σωτηρ, a savior; and is given to the Lord Jesus Christ, the strong God, the Most High, the Redeemer of a lost world. After this verse there is the following Masoretic note: חצי הספר chatsi hassepher, "The middle of the book." And thus the reader has arrived at the middle of the Psalter, a book for excellence unparalleled.

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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 78:35 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.

וַֽ֭יִּזְכְּרוּVai.yiz.ke.ruand they rememberedH2142
כִּֽי\־ki-thatH3588
אֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimGodH430
צוּרָ֑םtzu.Ram[was] rock theirH6697
וְאֵ֥לve.'Eland GodH410
עֶ֝לְיוֹן'El.yonMost HighH5945
גֹּאֲלָֽם\׃go.'a.Lam[was] redeemer theirH1350

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

Cross references for Psalms 78:35

  • Deuteronomy 32:4

    He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

  • Isaiah 41:14

    Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

  • Exodus 15:13

    Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.

  • Titus 2:14

    Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

  • Deuteronomy 32:15

    But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

  • Isaiah 48:17

    Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.

  • Deuteronomy 7:8

    But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

  • Deuteronomy 15:15

    And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the Lord thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day.

  • Isaiah 63:8-9

    For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour. In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.

  • Psalms 106:21

    They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;

  • Psalms 78:7

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

  • Psalms 78:42

    They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
remembered.
7,11,42; 106:13,21
God was.
De 32:4,15,30,31
the high.{Ail élyon goälom,} "the strong God, the Most High, their redeemer," or kinsman: that one who possessed the right of redemption; the nearest akin to him who had forfeited his inheritance, as the word originally means; and hence is used for a redeemer; and here denotes Him who redeemed them from Egyptian bondage.
their redeemer.
Ex 6:6; 15:13; De 7:8; 15:15; Isa 41:14; 44:6; 48:17; 63:8,9
Tit 2:14

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Context

  • Psalms 78:34

    When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.

  • Psalms 78:35

    And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.

  • Psalms 78:36

    Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.

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Psalms 78:35 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y acordábanse que Dios era su refugio, y el Dios Alto su redentor.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ils se souvenaient que Dieu était leur rocher, et ✶Dieu, le Très-haut, leur rédempteur;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie gedachten daran, daß Gott ihr Fels sei, und Gott, der Höchste, ihr Erlöser.