Psalms 78:37

37 Their hearts were not true to him. They weren't faithful to the covenant he had made with them.

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. They remembered that God Most High had set them free.

36 But they didn't mean it when they praised him. They lied to him when they spoke.

37 Their hearts were not true to him. They weren't faithful to the covenant he had made with them.

38 But he was full of tender love. He forgave their sins and didn't destroy his people. Time after time he held back his anger. He didn't let all of his burning anger blaze out.

39 He remembered that they were only human. He remembered they were only a breath of air that drifts by and doesn't return.