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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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set.
not forget.
Psa. 77:10‑12• 10And I said, This [is] mine infirmity:{HR}The years of the right hand of the Most High.
11The deeds of Jah I will remember;{HR}For I will remember thy wonders of old.
12And I will meditate on all thy work{HR}And muse on thy doings.
(Psa. 77:10‑12)
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Psa. 103:2• 2Bless Jehovah, my soul,{HR}And forget not all his benefits; (Psa. 103:2)
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Psa. 105:5• 5Remember his wondrous works which he hath done,{HR}His miracles and the judgments of his mouth, (Psa. 105:5)
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Ex. 12:24‑27• 24And ye shall observe this as an ordinance for thee and for thy sons forever.
25And it shall come to pass, when ye are come into the land that Jehovah will give you, as he has promised, that ye shall keep this service.
26And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say to you, What mean ye by this service?
27that ye shall say, It is a sacrifice of Passover to Jehovah, 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 their heads 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• 18fear them not; remember well what Jehovah thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all the Egyptians;
19the great trials which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the powerful hand, and the stretched-out arm, whereby Jehovah thy God brought thee out: so will Jehovah thy God do unto all the peoples whom thou fearest.
(Deut. 7:18‑19)
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Deut. 8:2,11• 2And thou shalt remember all the way which Jehovah 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 Jehovah thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his ordinances, 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 that it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to the writing thereof, and according to the appointed time thereof, 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, having given thanks, he brake [it], and said, This is my body, which [is] for you: this do in remembrance of me. (1 Cor. 11:24)
keep.
Deut. 5:29• 29Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments continually, that it might be well with them and with their sons 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; but he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him and will manifest myself to him.
22Judas, not the Iscariot, saith to him, Lord, [and] how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself to us and not to the world?
23Jesus answered and said to him, If anyone love me, he will keep my word, 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 words; and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's that sent me.
(John 14:21‑24)
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1 John 3:22‑24• 22and whatsoever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments, and do the things pleasing in his sight.
23And this is his commandment, that we believe the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and that we love one another, even as he gave us commandment.
24And he that keepeth his commandments abideth in him, and he in him. And herein we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he gave to 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, 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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Anda they might set their hope in God,{HR}And not forget the deeds of God (El),{HR}And keep his commandments;

WK Translation Notes

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Or, That.