Sálmarnir 78:37

Heilögum Biblíunni

37 En hjarta þeirra var eigi stöðugt gagnvart honum, og þeir voru eigi trúir sáttmála hans.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

their heart: Psalms 119:80, Hosea 7:14, Hosea 7:16, Hosea 10:2, Acts 8:21

stedfast: Psalms 78:8, Psalms 44:17, Psalms 44:18, Deuteronomy 31:20, Hosea 8:1

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 19:14 - forsaken 2 Chronicles 12:14 - he prepared 2 Chronicles 24:2 - Joash 2 Chronicles 25:2 - but not Ezra 10:12 - so must we do Psalms 33:1 - praise Psalms 51:10 - right Psalms 119:10 - my whole Psalms 119:118 - their deceit Isaiah 63:8 - children Jeremiah 3:10 - Judah Ezekiel 20:17 - mine Ezekiel 33:31 - for with John 6:26 - Ye seek 1 Corinthians 15:58 - be ye Colossians 2:5 - and the

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For their heart was not right with him - Luther renders this, “Not fast with him.” The Hebrew word means “to fit, to prepare;” and the idea is, that the heart was not “adjusted” to such a profession, or did not “accord” with such a promise or pledge. It was a mere profession made by the lips, while the heart remained unaffected. See the notes at Psalms 78:8.

Neither were they stedfast in his covenant - In maintaining his covenant, or in adhering to it. Compare Psalms 25:14; Psalms 44:17. See also Psalms 78:8.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 78:37. Their heart was not right — When the heart is wrong, the life is wrong; and because their heart was not right with God, therefore they were not faithful in his covenant.