Psalm 78:8 - Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter)

⁸ And might not, like their fathers, be a stiff rebellious race; A race not right in heart; with God whose sp'rit not stedfast was.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ And might not be as their fathers–a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that set not their hearts aright nor prepared their hearts to know God, and whose spirits were not steadfast and faithful to God.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

⁸ and so that they won’t become like their ancestors: a rebellious, stubborn generation, a generation whose heart wasn’t set firm and whose spirit wasn’t faithful to God.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Do not remember our iniquities of the past. May your mercies quickly intercept us, for we have become exceedingly poor.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ Remember not our former iniquities: let thy mercies speedily prevent us, for we are become exceeding poor.

Psalm 78:8 Cross References

Psalm 106:7

The wonders great, which thou, O Lord, didst work in Egypt land, Our fathers, though they saw, yet them they did not understand: And they thy mercies' multitude kept not in memory; But at the sea, ev'n the Red sea, provok'd him grievously.

Psalm 68:6

God doth the solitary set in fam'lies: and from bands The chain'd doth free; but rebels do inhabit parched lands.

Psalm 78:37

For though their words were good, their heart with him was not sincere; Unstedfast and perfidious they in his cov'nant were.

Psalm 78:40

How often did they him provoke within the wilderness! And in the desert did him grieve with their rebelliousness!

Psalm 78:56

Yet God most high they did provoke, and tempted ever still; And to observe his testimonies did not incline their will: