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Psalms 78:34
34When God killed some of them, the other people turned to God. They were sorry and they prayed to him.
Psalms 78:34 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
- New International Version (NIV)Whenever God slew them, they would seek him; they eagerly turned to him again.
- English Standard Version (ESV)When he killed them, they sought him; they repented and sought God earnestly.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When He slew them, then they sought Him; And they returned and sought earnestly for God.
Context of Psalms 78:34
32Even when this happened, the people continued to do bad things. When God had done these miracles, they still did not trust him to help them. 33So he made their lives end quickly, like a breath. They became very afraid. When God killed some of them, the other people turned to God. They were sorry and they prayed to him. 35They remembered that God was their strong Rock. They remembered that the Most High God was their Redeemer. 36But they deceived him with their words. What they said to him was lies.
Read all of Psalms 78Psalms 78:34 word by word
אִם־הֲרָגָ֥ם וּדְרָשׁ֑וּהוּ וְ֝שָׁ֗בוּ וְשִֽׁחֲרוּ־אֵֽל׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 78:34
- Numbers 21:7So the people came to Moses and they said, ‘We did a bad thing when we spoke against the Lord and against you. Please pray to the Lord on our behalf. Ask him to remove the snakes from us.’ So Moses prayed for the people.
- Judges 3:8The Lord was very angry with the Israelites. He let King Cushan-Rishathaim of Aram Naharaim attack them. They were under his power for eight years.
- Judges 4:3He had 900 iron chariots for his army. He used his power to be cruel to the Israelites for 20 years. So they called out to the Lord for help.
- Judges 10:7The Lord became angry with the Israelites. He put them under the power of the Ammonites and the Philistines.
- Isaiah 26:6The poor people and the helpless people will walk all over it.
- Jeremiah 22:23You live safely in beautiful houses that are made from Lebanon's cedar wood. But when I punish you, you will cry out with pain. You will feel pain like a woman who is having a baby.’
- Hosea 5:15Then I will return to my place. I will leave them to receive their full punishment. When they have suffered enough, they will turn back to me. They will want to serve me again.’
- Hosea 7:14They do not pray and trust me to help them. Instead, they lie down on their beds and they weep loudly. They cut their bodies to get grain and wine. They turn away from me.
Commentaries on Psalms 78:34
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 34When he slew them - While his judgments were upon them, then they began to humble themselves, and deprecate his wrath. When they saw some fall, the rest began to tremble.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 34When he slew them - When he came forth in his wrath and cut them down by the plague, by fiery serpents, or by their enemies. Then they sought him - Their calamities had the effect of producing temporary reformation. They became professedly penitent; they manifested a wish to know God, and expressed a purpose to serve him. It was, however, a temporary and hollow, not a deep and real reformation. This often occurs. In times of affliction, in sickness, in…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-39Verses 9-39 Sin dispirits men, and takes away the heart. Forgetfulness of God's works is the cause of disobedience to his laws. This narrative relates a struggle between God's goodness and man's badness. The Lord hears all our murmurings and distrusts, and is much displeased. Those that will not believe the power of God's mercy, shall feel the fire of his indignation. Those cannot be said to trust in God's salvation as their happiness at last, who can not…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 34they repented: This strong show of effort was not sincere.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33-3933-39. Though there were partial reformations after chastisement, and God, in pity, withdrew His hand for a time, yet their general conduct was rebellious, and He was thus provoked to waste and destroy them, by long and fruitless wandering in the desert.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 78
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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