Psalms 78:63

“The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.”

"The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage." - Psalms 78:63
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What does Psalms 78:63 mean?

Psalms 78:63 (KJV) reads, “The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage." This verse comes from Psalm 78, a lengthy psalm attributed to Asaph, a Levite and chief musician during the reign of King David. The psalm is a form of historical…

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When Judgment Meets Mercy: Understanding Psalm 78:63

Psalm 78 is a poignant recounting of Israel's history, often reminding us of the dire consequences of disobedience and neglect of God’s covenant. Within this history, we are drawn to verse 63, which declares, "The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given…

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A Prayer for Deliverance and Restoration

O Lord, our God, As we come before You today, we reflect on the weight of Your Word as it is written in Psalm 78:63: "The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage." These words evoke a profound sorrow, reminding us of the consequences of…

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Psalms 78:63 - "The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage."
Psalms 63:4 - "Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name."
Psalms 78:8 - "And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God."
"And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer." - Psalms 78:35
Psalms 63:10 - "They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes."
Psalms 63:11 - "But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped."
"They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;" - Psalms 78:10
"Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble." - Psalms 78:33
Psalms 78:18 - "And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust."
Psalms 78:35 - "And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer."
Psalms 78:47 - "He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost."
Psalms 78:10 - "They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;"
Psalms 78:64 - "Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation."
Psalms 78:22 - "Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:"
"He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts." - Psalms 78:48
"They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths," - Psalms 78:30
Psalms 78:61 - "And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand."
Psalms 78:67 - "Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:"
"And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness." - Psalms 78:17
"When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:" - Psalms 78:59
Psalms 78:44 - "And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink."
Psalms 78:32 - "For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works."
Psalms 63:9 - "But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth."
Psalms 78:41 - "Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel."
Psalms 78:17 - "And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness."
Psalms 78:36 - "Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues."
Psalms 78:59 - "When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:"
Psalms 78:28 - "And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations."
Psalms 78:51 - "And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:"