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Psalms 78:22 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation: "
Psalms 78:22
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20 Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
21 Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
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Psalms 78:1
"Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth."
Psalms 78:2
"I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:"
Psalms 78:3
"Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told"
Psalms 78:4
"We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done."
Psalms 78:5
"For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:"
Psalms 78:6
"That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:"
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