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Psalms 78 · Grade 5

Lest We Forget

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The title of Psalm 78 calls it a contemplation by Asaph. It is a long teaching psalm that retells Israel's history from the exodus to King David. Asaph opens like a teacher: Hear my teaching, my people. I will open my mouth in a parable. In the New Testament, Matthew sees Jesus' parables as fulfilling this verse (Matthew 13:35). The purpose is stated in verses 5 to 7: God commanded the fathers to teach their children, so that the generation to come might know, and might set their hope in God.

The history is honest about failure. God split the sea, led with a cloud and fire, split rocks in the wilderness, and rained down manna, the bread of angels. Yet the people kept testing God. They spoke against him, asking, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness? When God disciplined them, they returned for a while, but their hearts were not steadfast. The psalm pairs this pattern with Egypt's plagues and the settling of the land.

Running through the whole story is God's mercy. He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away. Many times he turned his anger away. The story ends with grace: God rejected Shiloh but chose the tribe of Judah and Mount Zion. He chose David his servant from following the ewes, and David shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart. The lesson is that remembering God's works guards against forgetting God himself.

Show What You Know

  1. What span of history does the psalm retell?

  2. What question showed the people's lack of trust?

  3. What did God remember about the people?

  4. What does the psalm teach about remembering?

Crossword

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Across

  1. He brought streams also out of the ____.
  2. And all night with a light of ____.
  3. I will open my mouth in a ____.

Down

  1. We will not hide them from their ____.
  2. In the daytime he also led them with a ____.

Think About It

  1. What habits help a family or church remember what God has done?

  2. Why do you think God kept showing mercy when the people kept failing?

Memory Verse

“We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, his strength, and his wondrous deeds that he has done.”

Psalms 78:4 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for your faithfulness to every generation. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What does it mean that their hearts were not steadfast?
  • How could your household keep God's deeds fresh in your mind?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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