Psalm 78 - 1/19/2025 Sunday PM Study

The Tabernacle Today

Psalm 78 Worksheet

The Hebrew word for contemplation is Maschil (H4905). It is used in the titles of _____ of the Psalms.

With 72 verses, Psalm 78 is the second longest of the Psalms. It still only has ______________% as many verses as the longest, Psalm 119 (176 verses).

Two more things we know about Asaph:

He liked his worship ___________________ (cymbals and trumpets)

He influenced _______________________ after him to worship God!

Psalm 78:1-8 is like 2 Timothy 2:1-2. There are at least ___________ generations of believers pictured in both passages.

Why are we to rise and tell our children the things of the Lord?

So they may put their __________________ in God (v. 7)

Psalm 78:9-55 is a wonderfully poetic retelling of the Exodus and Conquest of Canaan. God took His people out of Egypt and ___________________________ them to the Promised Land.

In these verses we see both God’s ____________________________ and Israel’s failures and fickleness emphasized.

Psalm 78:56-72 celebrate the emergence of __________________________ as foremost of the tribes.

Verse 59 speaks of the rejection of Israel, and abandonment of the Tabernacle at Shiloh.

What tribe is Shiloh in? _______________________

Genesis 37-50 tells the story of the 12 tribes, and why the Messiah will be from the tribe of Judah not Joseph. In the rest of the Old Testament those 2 tribes _________________________ the others.

Even before the Kingdon of Israel divided the basic division of Israel was Judah in the South and Joseph and the other tribes in the North.

In the Old Testament, sometimes the _________________________ North is referred to as Joseph or Ephraim, as happens here in Psalm 78.

Psalm 78 could also be a rationale around the time of the dedication of the Temple for why the ruling tribe is now Judah and why the Temple is ______________ Judah’s borders in Jerusalem, not Ephraim’s at Shiloh.

Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not something to be waited for, it is something to be achieved. -William Jennings Bryan