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Psalm 78:35
They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God, their redeemer.
33Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror.
34When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.
35They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God, their redeemer.
36But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.
37For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant.
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Remembering God as their rock came amid judgment, yet the next lines expose how words of trust can coexist with hearts that remain unfaithful.
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Job 19:25But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth.Both passages speak of a redeemer: Israel remembers who God is, while Job declares that his Redeemer lives.
Deuteronomy 32:4The Rock: his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he.Both name God as Rock, with Deuteronomy describing his perfect work, justice, and faithfulness.
Isaiah 41:14Don’t be afraid, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel. I will help you,” says the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.Both identify God as Israel’s redeemer; Isaiah joins that name to God’s promise to help his people.
Exodus 15:13“You, in your loving kindness, have led the people that you have redeemed. You have guided them in your strength to your holy habitation.Both describe God’s relationship with a redeemed people; Exodus recounts his loving kindness and strength in leading them.
Hebrews 7:1For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,The shared title is God Most High, remembered by Israel here and named as the God Melchizedek served.
Titus 2:14who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.Redemption links the passages: the psalm names Israel’s redeemer, while Titus describes self-giving to redeem a people from iniquity.
Isaiah 44:24The LORD, your Redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb says: “I am the LORD, who makes all things; who alone stretches out the heavens; who spreads out …Both name God as redeemer; Isaiah also identifies him as the maker of all things.
Isaiah 48:17The LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, says: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way that you should go.Both identify the LORD as his people’s redeemer; Isaiah describes him teaching and leading them.
Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. You have grown fat. You have grown thick. You have become sleek. Then he abandoned God who made him, and rejected the Rock …Both call God the Rock associated with deliverance, though the psalm describes remembrance and Deuteronomy describes rejection.
Deuteronomy 7:8but because the LORD loves you, and because he desires to keep the oath which he swore to your fathers, the LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand and …Both identify God as Israel’s redeemer; Deuteronomy names the rescue from Pharaoh and the love behind it.
Acts 16:17Following Paul and us, she cried out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us a way of salvation!”Both use the title Most High God, naming the one Israel remembered and the one Paul’s companions served.
Psalm 42:9I will ask God, my rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”Both call God their rock, with Psalm 42 addressing him through a question about apparent abandonment.
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The people’s false words did not make God less than their rock and redeemer; the truth they remembered deserved the faithfulness their hearts withheld.
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