Psalms 78 · Verse 36

Psalms 78:36

Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
Psalms 78:36, King James Version

Psalms 78:36 in other translations

BSBBut they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues.
WEBBut they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.
ASVBut they flattered him with their mouth, And lied unto him with their tongue.
YLTAnd--they deceive Him with their mouth, And with their tongue do lie to Him,
DARBYBut they flattered him with their mouth, and lied unto him with their tongue;
BBEBut their lips were false to him, and their tongues were untrue to him;
WebsterNevertheless they flattered him with their mouth, and they lied to him with their tongues.

What does Psalms 78:36 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 36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth - What idea could such people have of God, whom they supposed they could thus deceive? They promised well, they called him their God, and their fathers' God; and told him how good, and kind, and merciful he had been to them. Thus, their mouth flattered him. And they said that, whatever the Lord their God commanded them to do, they would perform. And they lied unto him - I think the Vulgate gives the true sense of the Hebrew: Dilexerunt eum in ore suo; et lingua sua mentiti Bunt ei, - "They loved him with their mouth; and they lied unto him with their tongue." "That is," says the old Psalter, "thai sayde thai lufed God, bot thai lighed, als thair dedes schewes; for thai do noght als thai hight; for when God ceses to make men rad; than cese thai to do wele."

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 78:36 in the original Hebrew

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וַיְפַתּ֥וּהוּvay.fa.Tu.huand they deceived himH6601
בְּפִיהֶ֑םbe.fi.Hemwith mouth theirH6310
וּ֝בִלְשׁוֹנָ֗םu.vil.sho.Namand with tongue theirH3956
יְכַזְּבוּ\־ye.kha.ze.vu-they liedH3576
לֽוֹ\׃loto him

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

Cross references for Psalms 78:36

  • Isaiah 29:13

    Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

  • Ezekiel 33:31

    And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.

  • Psalms 18:44

    As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.

  • Isaiah 57:11

    And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?

  • Hosea 11:12

    Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.

  • Deuteronomy 5:28-29

    And the Lord heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and the Lord said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken. 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!

  • Psalms 106:12-13

    Then believed they his words; they sang his praise. They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Nevertheless.
106:12,13; De 5:28,29; Isa 29:13; Eze 33:31; Ho 11:12
lied.
18:44; *marg:

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

Context

  • 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.

  • Psalms 78:37

    For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

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Psalms 78:36 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mas le lisonjeaban con su boca, y con su lengua le mentían:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Mais ils le flattaient de leur bouche et ils lui mentaient de leur langue;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie heuchelten ihm mit ihrem Munde, und mit ihrer Zunge logen sie ihm;