Psalms 78:42
They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
Psalms 78:42 in other translations
| BSB | They did not remember His power— the day He redeemed them from the adversary, |
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| WEB | They didn’t remember his hand, nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary; |
| ASV | They remembered not his hand, Nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary; |
| YLT | They have not remembered His hand The day He ransomed them from the adversary. |
| DARBY | They remembered not his hand, the day when he delivered them from the oppressor, |
| BBE | They did not keep in mind the work of his hand, or the day when he took them from the power of their haters; |
| Webster | They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy. |
What does Psalms 78:42 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 78:40-55
Let not those that receive mercy from God, be thereby made bold to sin, for the mercies they receive will hasten its punishment; yet let not those who are under Divine rebukes for sin, be discouraged from repentance. The Holy One of Israel will do what is most for his own glory, and what is most for their good. Their forgetting former favours, led them to limit God for the future. God made his own people to go forth…
Psalms 78:42 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 78:42
- Judges 8:34
And the children of Israel remembered not the Lord their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side:
- Jeremiah 32:21
And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror;
- Psalms 78:11
And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
- Exodus 14:12
Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
- Psalms 136:10-15
To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever: And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever: With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever. To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever: …
- Psalms 106:7-10
Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea. Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known. He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness. And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
- Exodus 13:9
And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the Lord’s law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee out of Egypt.
- Isaiah 11:11
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
- Psalms 78:21-22
Therefore the Lord heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel; Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
- Exodus 14:30-31
Thus the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore. And Israel saw that great work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord, and his servant Moses.
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Context
- Psalms 78:41
Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
- Psalms 78:42
They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
- Psalms 78:43
How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:
Psalms 78:42 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No se acordaron de su mano, del día que los redimió de angustia; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ils ne se souvinrent pas de sa main au jour où il les avait délivrés de l’oppresseur, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Sie gedachten nicht an seine Hand, an den Tag, da er sie von dem Bedränger erlöste, |