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Psalm 78

Psa. 78:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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That they might set
suwm (Hebrew #7760)
a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, + disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, + name, X on, ordain, order, + paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), + regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, + stedfastly, take, X tell, + tread down, ((over-))turn, X wholly, work.
Pronounce: soom
Origin: or siym {seem}
their hope
kecel (Hebrew #3689)
properly, fatness, i.e. by implication (literally) the loin (as the seat of the leaf fat) or (generally) the viscera; also (figuratively) silliness or (in a good sense) trust
KJV usage: confidence, flank, folly, hope, loin.
Pronounce: keh'-sel
Origin: from 3688
in God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
, and not forget
shakach (Hebrew #7911)
a primitive root; to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
KJV usage: X at all, (cause to) forget.
Pronounce: shaw-kakh'
Origin: or shakeach {shaw-kay'-akh}
the works
ma`alal (Hebrew #4611)
an act (good or bad)
KJV usage: doing, endeavour, invention, work.
Pronounce: mah-al-awl'
Origin: from 5953
of God
'el (Hebrew #410)
strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
KJV usage: God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in "-el."
Pronounce: ale
Origin: shortened from 352
, but keep
natsar (Hebrew #5341)
to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
KJV usage: besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man).
Pronounce: naw-tsar'
Origin: a primitive root
his commandments
mitsvah (Hebrew #4687)
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
KJV usage: (which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.
Pronounce: mits-vaw'
Origin: from 6680
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Psa. 40:4• 4Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. (Psa. 40:4)
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Psa. 62:5• 5My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. (Psa. 62:5)
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Psa. 91:14• 14Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. (Psa. 91:14)
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Psa. 130:6‑7• 6My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
 7Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. (Psa. 130:6‑7)
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Psa. 146:5• 5Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God: (Psa. 146:5)
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Jer. 17:7‑8• 7Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
 8For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. (Jer. 17:7‑8)
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1 Peter 1:21• 21Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God. (1 Peter 1:21)
not forget.
Psa. 77:10‑12• 10And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.
 11I will remember the works of the Lord: surely I will remember thy wonders of old.
 12I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings. (Psa. 77:10‑12)
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Psa. 103:2• 2Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: (Psa. 103:2)
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Psa. 105:5• 5Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; (Psa. 105:5)
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Ex. 12:24‑27• 24And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.
 25And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the Lord will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.
 26And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?
 27That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the Lord's passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped. (Ex. 12:24‑27)
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Deut. 4:9• 9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons; (Deut. 4:9)
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Deut. 7:18‑19• 18Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the Lord thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;
 19The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the Lord thy God brought thee out: so shall the Lord thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid. (Deut. 7:18‑19)
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Deut. 8:2,11• 2And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
 11Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day: (Deut. 8:2,11)
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Esther 9:27‑28• 27The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year;
 28And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed. (Esther 9:27‑28)
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1 Cor. 11:24• 24And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. (1 Cor. 11:24)
keep.
Deut. 5:29• 29O 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! (Deut. 5:29)
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John 14:21‑24• 21He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
 22Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
 23Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
 24He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me. (John 14:21‑24)
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1 John 3:22‑24• 22And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
 23And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
 24And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. (1 John 3:22‑24)
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1 John 5:3• 3For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. (1 John 5:3)
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Rev. 14:12• 12Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. (Rev. 14:12)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the worksa of *God, but observe his commandments;

JND Translation Notes

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As Ps. 77.11.