and that they should not be (A)like their fathers,
    (B)a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation (C)whose heart was not steadfast,
    whose spirit was not faithful to God.

The Ephraimites, armed with[a] the bow,
    (D)turned back on the day of battle.
10 They (E)did not keep God's covenant,
    but refused to walk according to his law.
11 They (F)forgot his works
    and (G)the wonders that he had shown them.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 78:9 Hebrew armed and shooting

They would not be like their ancestors(A)
    a stubborn(B) and rebellious(C) generation,
whose hearts were not loyal to God,
    whose spirits were not faithful to him.

The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows,(D)
    turned back on the day of battle;(E)
10 they did not keep God’s covenant(F)
    and refused to live by his law.(G)
11 They forgot what he had done,(H)
    the wonders he had shown them.

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