Psalm 78:42

Modern

They did not remember His power—the day He redeemed them from the adversary,

Traditional

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

Literal

They have not remembered His hand, the day when He ransomed them from the adversary,

Latin

Non sunt recordati manus ejus, die qua redemit eos de manu tribulantis:

Hebrew

English

They did not remember His power—the day He redeemed them from the adversary,

The Israelites rebelled even though the Lord had rescued them from powerful plagues.

This wisdom psalm urges people to learn wisdom and share it faithfully.

Theme notes and profiles

Judges 8:34
The Israelites failed to remember the LORD their God who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side.
Jeremiah 32:21
You brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror.
Psalm 78:11
They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them.
Exodus 14:12
Did we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”
Psalm 136:10–15
He struck down the firstborn of Egypt His loving devotion endures forever.
Psalm 106:7–10
Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.
Exodus 13:9
It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.
Isaiah 11:11
On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
Psalm 78:21–22
Therefore the LORD heard and was filled with wrath; so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and His anger flared against Israel,
Exodus 14:30–31
That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore.