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Psalm 78:7
that they might set their hope in God, and not forget God’s deeds, but keep his commandments,
5For he established a covenant in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;
6that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell their children,
7that they might set their hope in God, and not forget God’s deeds, but keep his commandments,
8and might not be as their fathers— a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that didn’t make their hearts loyal, whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
9The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
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The hope sought for the next generation is tied to remembering God’s deeds, making obedience part of what their elders are meant to pass on.
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Deuteronomy 5:29Oh that there were such a 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 …Both passages express a desire for obedience to God’s commandments with the coming generations in view.
Revelation 14:12Here is the perseverance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.”Both name keeping God’s commandments as part of a life directed toward him, alongside hope in the psalm and faith in Revelation.
1 John 5:3For this is loving God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.Keeping God’s commandments appears in both texts; the psalm connects it with hope and remembrance, while John connects it with loving God.
Deuteronomy 4:9Only be careful, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; …Both warn against forgetting, and both place remembrance within the work of teaching children and future generations.
John 14:21–24One who has my commandments and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal …Both speak of keeping commandments; Psalm 78 names God’s commandments, while Jesus speaks of keeping his as an expression of love.
1 John 3:22–24so whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.Both name keeping God’s commandments, though John connects obedience with receiving what is asked and the psalm with hope and remembrance.
Jeremiah 17:7–8“Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose confidence is in the LORD.Setting hope in God shares its direction with Jeremiah’s description of a person whose trust and confidence are in the LORD.
Psalm 77:10–12Then I thought, “I will appeal to this: the years of the right hand of the Most High.”Both turn attention toward God’s past: Psalm 78 names his deeds, while Psalm 77 appeals to the years of his right hand.
Psalm 91:14“Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.Both describe a person’s heart directed toward God, with hope named in Psalm 78 and love named in Psalm 91.
Deuteronomy 8:2You shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to test you, to know what was …Both connect remembering God’s past dealings with keeping his commandments; Deuteronomy names the forty years of wilderness leading.
Psalm 130:6–7My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.Both direct desire toward God: Psalm 78 speaks of hope in him, while Psalm 130 describes longing for the Lord.
Psalm 103:2Praise the LORD, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits,Both warn against forgetting what God has done, naming his deeds in Psalm 78 and his benefits in Psalm 103.
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