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8And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn{H8802)} and rebellious{H8802)} generation; a generation that set not their heart aright{H8689)}, and whose spirit was not stedfast{H8738)} with God.
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For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
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.
For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?
But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)These verses, which contain the preface to this history, show that the psalm answers the title; it is indeed Maschil—a psalm to give instruction ; if we receive not the instruction it gives, it is our own fault. Here, I. The psalmist demands attention to what he wrote (Ps. 78:1): Give ear, O my people! to my law . Some make these the psalmist’s words. David, as a king, or Asaph, in his name, as hi…
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