What is the meaning of Psalm 78:3? That we have heard • The word “heard” points to God’s ordained method of revelation—spoken truth entering open ears. “Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ” (Romans 10:17). • Israel first heard God’s covenant commands aloud: “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One” (Deuteronomy 6:4). • Hearing implies attentiveness; the people gathered to listen publicly (Nehemiah 8:2-3). The verse reminds us that the psalmist’s testimony is not invented folklore but verifiable words heard by a community under God’s authority. and known • Knowledge moves truth from the ears to the heart. Jesus said, “You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” (John 8:32). • The psalmist’s generation didn’t merely collect facts; they experienced God’s acts—the plagues, the Red Sea, manna (Psalm 78:12-25). • Such knowledge produces settled conviction: “I know whom I have believed” (2 Timothy 1:12). Psalm 1:2-3 pictures the blessed person who knows God’s law so well that it shapes every season of life. and our fathers have relayed to us • Truth heard and known must be passed on. “Repeat them diligently to your children” (Deuteronomy 6:7). • God told Moses that the Exodus signs were “so that you may tell your son and grandson what I have done” (Exodus 10:2). • Joel echoed the chain: “Tell your children about it, and let your children tell their children” (Joel 1:3). • The apostle continued the pattern: “What you have heard from me… entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also” (2 Timothy 2:2). • Psalm 145:4 captures the heartbeat: “One generation will praise Your works to the next.” Psalm 78:3 underlines that the fathers fulfilled this duty; now the psalmist takes his turn, urging us to do the same. summary Psalm 78:3 affirms a three-fold progression: God’s mighty works were heard with obedient ears, known with convinced hearts, and faithfully relayed from fathers to children. The verse calls every believer to stay in that chain—listening to Scripture, embracing its truth, and passing it on so the next generation will trust the living God. |
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