THE INHERITANCE OF GENERATION X
(Psalm 78:5-11)

PSA 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:

PSA 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:

1752>duwr, dure; a prim. root; prop. to gyrate (or move in a circle), i.e. to remain:-dwell.

<to come> acharown, akh-ar-one'; or (short.) 'acharon, akh-ar-one'; late or last; spec. (as facing the east) western:-after (- ward), to come, following - from the root

309> 'achar, aw-khar''; a prim. root; to loiter (i.e. be behind); by impl. to procrastinate:-continue, defer, delay, hinder, be late (slack), stay (there), tarry (longer).

<declare> 5608>caphar, saw-far'; a prim. root; prop. to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by impl.) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intens. to recount, i.e. celebrate:-commune, (ac-) count, declare, number, + penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.

PSA 78:7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:

<set> 7760>suwm, soom; or siym, seem; a prim. root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, lit., fig., infer. and ellip.):-X any wise, appoint, bring, call [a name], care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, + disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, + name, X on, ordain, order, + paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), + regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, + stedfastly, take, X tell, + tread down, ([over-]) turn, X wholly, work.

<hope> 3689>kecel, keh'-sel; from 3688; prop. fatness, i.e. by impl. (lit.) the loin (as the seat of the leaf fat) or (gen.) the viscera; also (fig.) silliness or (in a good sense) trust:-confidence, flank, folly, hope, loin.

<God> 430> 'elohiym, el-o-heem'; plur. of 433; gods in the ordinary sense; but spec. used (in the plur. thus, esp. with the art.) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative:-angels, X exceeding, God (gods) (-ly)

not <forget> 7911>shakach, shaw-kakh'; or shakeach, shaw-kay'-akh; a prim. root; to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention:-X at all, (cause to) forget.

<works> of God 4611>ma`alal, mah-al-awl'; from 5953; an act (good or bad):-doing, endeavour, invention, work.

5953>`alal, aw-lal'; a prim. root; to effect throughly; spec. to glean (also fig.); by impl. (in a bad sense) to overdo, i.e. maltreat, be saucy to, pain, impose (also lit.):-abuse, affect, X child, defile, do, glean, mock, practise, throughly, work (wonderfully).

<God> 410> 'el, ale; short. from 352; strength; as adj. mighty; espec. the Almighty (but used also of any deity):-God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, mighty -y one), power, strong.

352> 'ayil, ah'-yil; from the same as 193; prop. strength; hence anything strong; spec. a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an oak or other strong tree:-mighty (man)

<keep> 5341>natsar, naw-tsar'; a prim. root; to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) keep (-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve (-r), subtil, watcher (-man)

<commandments> 687>mitsvah, mits-vaw'; from 6680; a command, whether human or divine (collect. the Law):-(which was) commanded (-ment), law, ordinance, precept.

6680>tsavah, tsaw-vaw'; a prim. root; (intens.) to constitute, enjoin:- appoint, (for-) bid, (give a) charge, (give a, send with) command (-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.

PSA 78:8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation [that] set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

<stubborn> 5637>carar, saw-rar'; a prim. root; to turn away, i.e. (morally) be refractory:-X away, backsliding, rebellious, revlolter (-ing), slide back, stubborn, withdrew.

<rebellious> 4784>marah, maw-raw'; a prim. root; to be (caus. make) bitter (or unpleasant); (fig.) to rebel (or resist; causat. to provoke):-bitter, change, be disobedient, disobey, grievously, provocation, provoke

<set> not their heart aright 3559>kuwn, koon; a prim. root; prop. to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causat.) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether lit. (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or fig. (appoint, render sure,proper or prosperous):-certain (-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, stablish, stand, tarry, very deed.

<heart> 3820>leb, labe; a form of 3824; the heart; also used (fig.) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything:-+ care for, comfortable, consent, X considered, courag [- eous], friend [-ly], ([broken-], [hard-], [merry-] [stiff-], (stout-), double) heart ([-ed]), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind (-ed), X regard ([-ed]), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, well, willingly, wise

3824>lebab, lay-bawb'; from 3823; the heart (as the most interior organ); used also like 3820:-+ bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, [faint], [tender-] heart ([-ed]), midst, mind, understanding.

<aright> 3559>kuwn, koon; a prim. root; prop. to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causat.) to set up in a great variety of applications, whether lit. (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or fig. (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous):-certain (-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-) stablish, stand, tarry, X very deed.

<spirit> 7307>ruwach, roo'-akh; from 7306; wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; fig. life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extens. a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (includ. its expression and functions):-air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit ([-ual]), tempest, X vain, ([whirl-]) wind (-y)

7306>ruwach, roo'-akh; a prim. root; prop. to blow, i.e. breathe; only (lit.) to smell or (by impl.) perceive (fig. to anticipate, enjoy):-accept, smell, x touch, make of quick understanding.

not <stedfast> with God. 539> 'aman, aw-man'; a prim. root; prop. to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; fig. to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; mor. to be true or certain; once (Isa. 30:21; by interch. for 541) to go to the right hand:-hence assurance, believe, bring up, establish, + fail, be faithful (of long continuance, stedfast, sure, surely, trusty, verified), nurse, (-ing father), (put), trust, turn to the right.

541> 'aman, aw-man'; denom. from 3225; to take the right hand road:-turn to the right. See 539.

PSA 78:9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, [and] carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.

<Ephrayim> 669> 'Ephrayim, ef-rah'-yim; dual of a masc. form of 672; double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory:-Ephraim, Ephraimites.

672> 'Ephrath, ef-rawth'; or 'Ephrathah, ef-raw'-tkaw; from 6509; fruitfulness; Ephrath, another name for Bethlehem, once (Psa. 132:6) perh. for Ephraim; also of an Israelitish woman

<armed> 5401>nashaq, naw-shak'; a prim. root [ident. with 5400, through the idea of fastening up; comp. 2388, 2836]; to kiss, lit. or fig. (touch); also (as a mode of attachment), to equip with weapons:-armed (men), rule, kiss, that touched.

5400>nasaq, naw-sak'; a prim. root; to catch fire:-burn, kindle.

2388>chazaq, khaw-zak'; a prim. root; to fasten upon; hence to seize, be strong (fig. courageous, causat. strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer:-aid, amend, X calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage (-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong (-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.

<carrying> 7411>ramah, raw-maw'; a prim. root; to hurl; spec. to shoot; fig. to delude or betray (as if causing to fall):-beguile, betray, [bow-] man, carry,deceive, throw.

<bows> 7198>qesheth, keh'-sheth; from 7185 in the orig. sense (of 6983) of bending; a bow, for shooting (hence fig. strength) or the iris:-X arch (-er), + arrow, bow ([-man, -shot]).

7185>qashah, kaw-shaw'; a prim. root; prop. to be dense, i.e. tough or severe(in various applications):-be cruel, be fiercer, make grievous, be ([ask a], be in, have, seem, would) hard (-en, [labour], -ly, thing), be sore, (be, make) stiff (-en, [-necked]).

6983>qowsh, koshe; a prim. root; to bend; used only as denom. for 3369, to set a trap:-lay a snare.

<turned back> 2015>haphak, haw-fak'; a prim. root; to turn about or over; by impl. to change, overturn, return, pervert:-X become, change, come, be converted, give, make [a bed], overthrow (-turn), perverse, retire, tumble, turn(again, aside, back, to the contrary, every way).

on the <day> 3117>yowm, yome; from an unused root mean. to be hot; a day (as the warm hours) whether lit. (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or fig. (a space of time defined by an associated term), [often used adv.]:-age, + always, + chronicles, continually (-ance), daily, ([birth-], each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever (-lasting, more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, +perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year (-ly), + younger.

of <battle> 7128>qerab, ker-awb'; from 7126; hostile encounter:-battle, war.

7126>qarab, kaw-rab'; a prim. root; to approach (caus. bring near) for whatever purpose:-(cause to) approach, (cause to) bring (forth, near),(cause to) come (near, nigh), (cause to) draw near (nigh), go (near), be at hand, join, be near, offer, present, produce, make ready, stand, take.

PSA 78:10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law

<kept> not 8104>shamar, shaw-mar'; a prim. root; prop. to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; gen. to protect, attend to, etc.:-beware, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep (-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch (-man).

<covenant> of God,1285>beriyth, ber-eeth'; from 1262 (in the sense of cutting [like 1254]); a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh):-confederacy, [con-] feder [-ate], covenant, league.

1262>barah, baw-raw'; a prim. root; to select; also (as denom. from 1250) to feed; also (as equiv. to 1305) to render clear (Eccl. 3:18):-choose, (cause to) eat, manifest, (give) meat.

G1254>diakoluo, dee-ak-o-loo'-o; from 1223 and 2967; to hinder altogether, i.e. utterly prohibit:-forbid.

<refused> 3985>ma'en, maw-ane'; a prim. root; to refuse:-refuse, X utterly.

to <walk> in his law 3212>yalak, yaw-lak'; a prim. root [comp. 1980]; to walk (lit. or fig.); causat. to carry (in various senses):-X again, away, bear, bring, carry(away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow (-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, make) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ([-journey]), vanish, (cause to) walk (-ing), G1980>episkeptomai, ep-ee-skep'-tom-ahee; mid. from 1909 and the base of 4649; to inspect, i.e. (by impl.) to select; by extens. to go see, relieve:-look out, visit.

<law> 8451>towrah, to-raw'; or torah, to-raw'; from 3384; a precept or statute, the Decalogue or Pentateuch:

3384>yarah, yaw-raw'; or (2 Chr. 26:15)yara', yaw-raw'; a prim. root; prop. to flow as water (i.e. to rain); trans. to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach:-(+) archer, cast, direct, inform, instruct, lay, shew, shoot, teach, (-er, -ing) thru

PSA 78:11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.

<forgat> 7911>shakach, shaw-kakh'; or shakeach, shaw-kay'-akh; a prim. root; to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention:-X at all, (cause to) forget.

His <works> 5949>`aliylah, al-ee-law'; or `alilah, al-ee-law'; from 5953 in the sense of effecting; an exploit (of God), or a performance (of man, often in a bad sense); by impl. an opportunity:-act (-ion), deed, doing, invention, occasion, work.

5953>`alal, aw-lal'; a prim. root; to effect throughly; spec. to glean (also fig.); by impl. (in a bad sense) to overdo, i.e. maltreat, be saucy to, pain, impose (also lit.):-abuse, affect, X child, defile, do, glean, mock, practise, throughly, work (wonderfully)

<wonders> that He had shewed them.6381>pala', paw-law'; a prim. root; prop. perh. to separate, i.e. distinguish (lit. or fig.); by impl. to be (causat. make) great, difficult, wonderful:-accomplish, (arise... too, be too) hard, hidden, things too high, (be, do, do a, shew) marvellous (-ly, -els, things, work), miracles, perform, separate, make singular, (be, great, make) wonderful (-ers, -ly, things, works), wondrous (things).

AMPLIFIED SUMMARY PSA 78:5-11

For he established a testimony in Jacob, (the loser who became leader) and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

That in (the last revolution of time) , the (slacker) generation to come (from out of the West - GenX) might know (by actually seeing) the children (nation, family to come) [which] shall be born; (Millennialists) [who] shall rise to accomplish, (make good, make their mark, celebrate) and declare [them] in turn to their children: That they might set their hope in (the surpreme and greatest just) God, and not forget the works of (this Almighty powerful) God, but keep his commandments.

And might not be as their fathers (Boomers), a stubborn and rebellious generation;(wouldn't listen and wouldn't do it) a generation [that] set not their heart aright, (would not stand up at the centre for anything) and whose spirit was not stedfast with God. (didn't hang in )

The children of Ephraim, being armed (equipped with weapons), [and] carrying bows, turned back (became perversely converted back) in the day of battle. (Given both short and long-range firepower but gave up just when they most needed to fight)

They kept not (did not guard or build a hedge about) the covenant of God and (utterly) refused to walk in his law (Broke both His rules & their promises)

And forgat (became oblivious by not paying attention to) his works, (thoroughly effecting exploits) and his wonders (distinctive marvels & miracles) that he had shewed them. (Paid no attention to the purpose of the power and the miracles)

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