Psalms 78:37

37 their hearts were insincere toward Him, and they were unfaithful to His covenant.

Psalms 78:37 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 78:37

For their heart was not right with him
Neither prepared and ready to any good work, but reprobate thereunto; nor steady, fixed, and established, as a good man's heart is, trusting in the Lord; but wavering, fickle, and inconstant; nor true, faithful, and upright; but turning aside like a deceitful bow, as is afterwards said, ( Psalms 78:57 ) ,

neither were they steadfast in his covenant;
which was made with them at Sinai, though they promised to be obedient, and to do all the Lord said unto them; but this covenant they broke, though he were an husband to them; see ( Exodus 24:7 ) ( Jeremiah 31:32 ) .

Psalms 78:37 In-Context

35 They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God, their Redeemer.

36 But they deceived Him with their mouths, they lied to Him with their tongues,

37 their hearts were insincere toward Him, and they were unfaithful to His covenant.

38 Yet He was compassionate; He atoned for [their] guilt and did not destroy [them]. He often turned His anger aside and did not unleash all His wrath.

39 He remembered that they were [only] flesh, a wind that passes and does not return.

Footnotes

• [a]. Ac 8:21