Psalm 78:42

42 Sie gedachten nicht an seine Hand, an den Tag, da er sie von dem Bedränger erlöste,

Psalm 78:42 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 78:42

They remembered not his hand
Which brought them out of Egypt, and dashed their enemies in pieces, and which had been so often opened to supply their wants in the wilderness; the Targum renders it, the miracles of his hand:

nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy;
Pharaoh king of Egypt; that very memorable day in which they were delivered out of his hands, that selfsame day which had been fixed, by promise and prophecy many hundreds of years before, in which the hosts of the Lord went out of Egypt, ( Exodus 12:41 ) ( Genesis 15:13 Genesis 15:14 ) , times when as well as places where deliverances and salvation have been wrought should not be forgotten; and forgetfulness of the goodness of God in times past is often the cause and occasion of sinning against him, which, by a remembrance of his kind appearances, might be prevented.

Psalm 78:42 In-Context

40 Wie oft waren sie widerspenstig gegen ihn in der Wüste, betrübten ihn in der Einöde!

41 Und sie versuchten Gott wiederum und kränkten den Heiligen Israels.

42 Sie gedachten nicht an seine Hand, an den Tag, da er sie von dem Bedränger erlöste,

43 als er seine Zeichen tat in Ägypten und seine Wunder in dem Gefilde Zoans:

44 Er verwandelte ihre Ströme in Blut, so daß sie ihre fließenden Wasser nicht trinken konnten.