Psalm 78:1-16

Psalm 78:1-16 - Daily Devotion - 29 January 2026 St Barnabas Anglican Church Fairfield & Bossley Park We are going to read Psalm 78 over 3 days, because it is fairly long. As you read, keep in mind our two questions:What things in this Psalm can I relate to?Is there anything in the Psalm that makes me think of Jesus?A Maskil of Asaph.1 Give ear, O my people, to my instruction;listen to the words of my mouth.2 I will open my mouth in parables;I will utter things hidden from the beginning,3 that we have heard and knownand our fathers have relayed to us.4 We will not hide them from their children,but will declare to the next generationthe praises of the LORD and His might,and the wonders He has performed.5 For He established a testimony in Jacoband appointed a law in Israel,which He commanded our fathersto teach to their children,6 that the coming generation would know them—even children yet to be born—to arise and tell their own children7 that they should put their confidence in God,not forgetting His works,but keeping His commandments.8 Then they will not be like their fathers,a stubborn and rebellious generation,whose heart was not loyal,whose spirit was not faithful to God.9 The archers of Ephraimturned back on the day of battle.10 They failed to keep God’s covenantand refused to live by His law.11 They forgot what He had done,the wonders He had shown them.12 He worked wonders before their fathersin the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.13 He split the sea and brought them through;He set the waters upright like a wall.14 He led them with a cloud by dayand with a light of fire all night.15 He split the rocks in the wildernessand gave them drink as abundant as the seas.16 He brought streams from the stoneand made water flow down like rivers.REFLECTIONSNow think about the two questions:What things in this Psalm can I relate to?Is there anything in the Psalm that makes me think of Jesus?Then pray, seeking to delight in God or to depend on God.