Psalms 78:12

"They forgot his doings, his wondrous deeds that he had shown them."

Key Reflection

Psalms 78:12 speaks to a common human experience of forgetting God's blessings and interventions in history. This verse reminds us that even after witnessing God’s mighty acts, such as splitting the sea for Israel (Exodus 14), people can still turn away from remembering His wonders. The cultural context highlights how the Israelites often failed to appreciate or learn the lessons from their past experiences with God, leading them back to idolatry and disobedience despite clear evidence of divine intervention.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers -Things suited to excite wonder and astonishment. Such were all the miracles that he performed, in effecting the deliverance of his people. In the land of Egypt -In delivering them from Pharaoh. In the field of Zoan -The Septuagint renders thisἐν πεδίῳ Τάνεωςen pediō Taneōs” in the plain of Tanis.” So the Latin Vulgate. Zoan or Tanis was an ancient city of Lower Egypt, situated on the eastern side of the Tanitie arm of the Nile. The name given to it in the Egyptian language signified “low region.” See the notes atIsaiah 19:11.

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