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And they remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer.
Psalms 78:35 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God, their redeemer.
  • KJV And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
  • NKJV Then they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their Redeemer.
  • NASB And they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their Redeemer.
  • NLT Then they remembered that God was their rock, that God Most High was their redeemer.

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Quick answer

They remembered that God was their rock and redeemer. In crisis they recalled His saving character.

Overview

Under pressure they 'remembered that God was their rock' and 'redeemer.' These titles affirm God as both their stable refuge and the One who bought them out of bondage in Egypt. Such redemption foreshadows the greater redemption Christ accomplishes, delivering His people from slavery to sin.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 19

  • Deut 32:4He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
  • Isa 41:14Do not fear, O worm of Jacob, O few men of Israel. I will help you,” declares the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
  • Exod 15:13With loving devotion You will lead the people You have redeemed; with Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling.
  • Titus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
  • Deut 7:8But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
  • Isa 48:17Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go.
  • Deut 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
  • Ps 74:2Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance—Mount Zion where You dwell.
  • Ps 78:11They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them.
  • Ps 78:7that they should put their confidence in God, not forgetting His works, but keeping His commandments.
  • Ps 78:42They did not remember His power—the day He redeemed them from the adversary,
  • Deut 15:15Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; that is why I am giving you this command today.
  • Deut 9:26And I prayed to the LORD and said, “O Lord GOD, do not destroy Your people, Your inheritance, whom You redeemed through Your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
  • Ps 106:13Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.
  • Ps 106:21They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,
  • Deut 32:30–31How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
  • Exod 6:6Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.
  • Isa 44:6Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
  • Isa 63:8–9For He said, “They are surely My people, sons who will not be disloyal.” So He became their Savior.

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Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 78:35 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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