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They refused to walk in His law,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/78.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />They did not keep the covenant of God And refused to walk in His Law;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/78.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />They did not keep the covenant of God And refused to walk in His law;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/78.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />They did not keep the covenant of God, And refused to walk in His law;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/78.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />They did not keep the covenant of God And refused to walk in His law;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/78.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />They did not keep the covenant of God And refused to walk according to His law;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/78.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They did not keep God’s covenant and refused to live by his law.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/78.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They did not keep God&#8217s covenant and refused to live by His law. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/78.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />They kept not the covenant of God, And refused to walk in his law;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/78.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />They broke their agreement with God, and they turned their backs on his teaching. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/78.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/78.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They had not been faithful to God's promise. They refused to follow his teachings. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/78.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />They did not keep their covenant with God; they refused to obey his law. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/78.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />They did not keep God's covenant, and refused to live by his Law.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/78.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />They failed to keep God?s covenant and refused to live by His law.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/78.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />They did not keep their covenant with God, and they refused to obey his law. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/78.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They did not keep God's covenant, and refused to walk by his Law.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/78.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/78.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They didn’t keep God’s covenant, and refused to walk in his law. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/78.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />They have not kept the covenant of God, "" And they have refused to walk in His law,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/78.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> They have not kept the covenant of God, And in His law they have refused to walk,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/78.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />They watched not the covenant of God, and in his law they refused to go;<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/78.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />They kept not the covenant of God: and in his law they would not walk. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/78.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 77:10>They have not kept the covenant of God. And they were not willing to walk in his law.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/78.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They did not keep God’s covenant; they refused to walk according to his law. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/78.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />They did not keep God’s covenant, but refused to walk according to his law.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/78.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For they kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/78.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />For they did not keep the covenant of God and they did not choose to walk in his Law.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/78.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />They kept not the covenant of God, And refused to walk in His law;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/78.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />They kept not the covenant of God, and would not walk in his law.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/78-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=9540" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/78.htm">I Will Open My Mouth in Parables</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>The archers of Ephraim turned back on the day of battle. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">They failed</a> <a href="/hebrew/8104.htm" title="8104: mə·rū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To keep, watch, preserve. A primitive root; properly, to hedge about, i.e. Guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.">to keep</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">God’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/1285.htm" title="1285: bə·rîṯ (N-fsc) -- A covenant. From barah (like bara'); a compact.">covenant</a> <a href="/hebrew/3985.htm" title="3985: mê·’ă·nū (V-Piel-Perf-3cp) -- To refuse. A primitive root; to refuse.">and refused</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: lā·le·ḵeṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">to live</a> <a href="/hebrew/8451.htm" title="8451: ū·ḇə·ṯō·w·rā·ṯōw (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Direction, instruction, law. Or torah; from yarah; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch.">by His law.</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/2-20.htm">Judges 2:20-21</a></span><br />So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He said, “Because this nation has transgressed the covenant I laid down for their fathers and has not heeded My voice, / I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-15.htm">2 Kings 17:15</a></span><br />They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-19.htm">2 Kings 17:19-20</a></span><br />and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced. / So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/8-1.htm">Hosea 8:1</a></span><br />Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/8-12.htm">Hosea 8:12</a></span><br />Though I wrote for them the great things of My law, they regarded them as something strange.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/6-7.htm">Hosea 6:7</a></span><br />But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/11-10.htm">Jeremiah 11:10</a></span><br />They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-32.htm">Jeremiah 31:32</a></span><br />It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-13.htm">Ezekiel 20:13</a></span><br />Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-21.htm">Ezekiel 20:21</a></span><br />But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they profaned My Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/12-9.htm">1 Samuel 12:9-10</a></span><br />But they forgot the LORD their God, and He sold them into the hand of Sisera the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them. / Then they cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and Ashtoreths. Now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, that we may serve You.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-14.htm">2 Chronicles 36:14-16</a></span><br />Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem. / Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. / But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-26.htm">Nehemiah 9:26</a></span><br />But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/24-5.htm">Isaiah 24:5</a></span><br />The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/31-16.htm">Deuteronomy 31:16,20</a></b></br> And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go <i>to be</i> among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/2-10.htm">Judges 2:10-12</a></b></br> And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/17-14.htm">2 Kings 17:14,15</a></b></br> Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/74-20.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/psalms/78-7.htm">God's</a> <a href="/psalms/77-4.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/psalms/78-5.htm">Law</a> <a href="/psalms/77-2.htm">Refused</a> <a href="/psalms/18-44.htm">Ruled</a> <a href="/psalms/56-13.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/psalms/77-19.htm">Way</a> <a href="/psalms/78-6.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/78-37.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/psalms/78-31.htm">God's</a> <a href="/psalms/78-32.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/psalms/81-4.htm">Law</a> <a href="/psalms/78-67.htm">Refused</a> <a href="/psalms/89-30.htm">Ruled</a> <a href="/psalms/81-12.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/psalms/78-50.htm">Way</a> <a href="/psalms/81-8.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 78</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/78-1.htm">An exhortation both to learn and to preach, the law of God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/78-9.htm">The story of God's wrath against the incredulous and disobedient</a></span><br><span class="reftext">67. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/78-67.htm">The Israelites being rejected, God chose Judah, Zion, and David.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/78.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/78.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>They failed to keep God’s covenant</b><br>The Israelites' failure to keep God's covenant is a recurring theme throughout the Old Testament. The covenant refers to the agreement established between God and the people of Israel, beginning with Abraham and later formalized through Moses at Mount Sinai (Exodus 19-24). This covenant required the Israelites to obey God's commandments and, in return, they would be His chosen people. Their failure to uphold this covenant is seen in their repeated disobedience and idolatry, which led to various consequences, including exile. This failure highlights the human tendency to stray from divine instructions and the need for a savior, pointing to the ultimate fulfillment of the covenant through Jesus Christ, who perfectly obeyed God's law and established a new covenant through His sacrifice (<a href="/hebrews/8-6.htm">Hebrews 8:6-13</a>).<p><b>and refused to live by His law.</b><br>The law given to the Israelites included moral, ceremonial, and civil instructions, primarily found in the first five books of the Bible, known as the Torah. Living by God's law was intended to set Israel apart as a holy nation and a kingdom of priests (<a href="/exodus/19-6.htm">Exodus 19:6</a>). Their refusal to live by these laws often led to societal and spiritual decay, as seen in the periods of the Judges and the divided kingdom. This refusal is not just a historical account but serves as a warning and lesson for believers today about the importance of obedience to God's commands. The law also serves as a tutor leading to Christ (<a href="/galatians/3-24.htm">Galatians 3:24</a>), showing humanity's inability to achieve righteousness on their own and the necessity of grace through faith in Jesus.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The primary subjects of <a href="/bsb/psalms/78.htm">Psalm 78</a>, representing God's chosen people who repeatedly failed to uphold His covenant.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_covenant.htm">God's Covenant</a></b><br>The sacred agreement between God and the Israelites, which included laws and commandments given through Moses.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_law.htm">The Law</a></b><br>Refers to the Torah, the first five books of the Bible, which contain the laws and commandments given to the Israelites.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/w/wilderness_wanderings.htm">Wilderness Wanderings</a></b><br>The period when the Israelites wandered in the desert for 40 years, a backdrop for many of their failures to keep God's covenant.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/e/ephraim.htm">Ephraim</a></b><br>Mentioned earlier in <a href="/bsb/psalms/78.htm">Psalm 78</a>, representing a tribe of Israel that symbolizes the broader failure of the nation to remain faithful.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_covenant_faithfulness.htm">The Importance of Covenant Faithfulness</a></b><br>God's covenant is not just a set of rules but a relationship that requires faithfulness and commitment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Disobedience to God's law leads to spiritual and sometimes physical consequences, as seen in the history of Israel.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_need_for_a_new_heart.htm">The Need for a New Heart</a></b><br>The failure of the Israelites to keep the covenant points to the need for a transformation of the heart, fulfilled in the new covenant through Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/learning_from_the_past.htm">Learning from the Past</a></b><br>Reflecting on the failures of the Israelites can help us understand the importance of obedience and reliance on God's grace.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_by_god's_law_today.htm">Living by God's Law Today</a></b><br>While Christians are not under the old covenant, the principles of God's law guide us in living a life that honors Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_78.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 78</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_micah_6_8_conflict_with_ot_laws.htm">Does Micah 6:8's emphasis on justice, mercy, and humility conflict with the harsher laws found elsewhere in the Old Testament?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_psalm_40_7-8_and_nt_views_on_jesus_align.htm">Psalm 40:7-8 - The psalmist speaks of fulfilling what is written in the scroll; how does this align--or conflict--with later New Testament interpretations that apply these verses to Jesus?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_don't_believers_follow_lev._19_10_today.htm">Leviticus 19:10 commands leaving part of the harvest for the poor; why isn't this universally practiced today by believers?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_judges_2_3_align_with_joshua.htm">In Judges 2:3, God says He will no longer drive out the remaining nations; how does this align with earlier promises of total conquest in Joshua?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/78.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">They kept not the covenant of God</span> (comp. <a href="/deuteronomy/29-25.htm">Deuteronomy 29:25</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/31-20.htm">Deuteronomy 31:20</a>; <a href="/1_kings/19-10.htm">1 Kings 19:10, 14</a>, etc.). <span class="cmt_word">And refused to walk in his law</span> (see <a href="/judges/2-11.htm">Judges 2:11-13</a>; <a href="/judges/8-33.htm">Judges 8:33</a>; <a href="/judges/10-10.htm">Judges 10:10</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/78-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">They did not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">keep</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁ֭מְרוּ</span> <span class="translit">(mə·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8104.htm">Strong's 8104: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">God’s</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">covenant</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּרִ֣ית</span> <span class="translit">(bə·rîṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1285.htm">Strong's 1285: </a> </span><span class="str2">A covenant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and refused</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵאֲנ֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(mê·’ă·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3985.htm">Strong's 3985: </a> </span><span class="str2">To refuse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to live</span><br /><span class="heb">לָלֶֽכֶת׃</span> <span class="translit">(lā·le·ḵeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by His law.</span><br /><span class="heb">וּ֝בְתוֹרָת֗וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·ṯō·w·rā·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8451.htm">Strong's 8451: </a> </span><span class="str2">Direction, instruction, law</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/78-10.htm">Psalm 78:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/78-10.htm">Psalm 78:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/78-10.htm">Psalm 78:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/78-10.htm">Psalm 78:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/78-10.htm">Psalm 78:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/78-10.htm">Psalm 78:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/78-10.htm">Psalm 78:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/78-10.htm">Psalm 78:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/78-10.htm">Psalm 78:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/78-10.htm">Psalm 78:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/78-10.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 78:10 They didn't keep God's covenant and refused (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/78-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 78:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 78:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/78-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 78:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 78:11" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>