“And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.”
The ancestors are blamed for forgetting: "They forgot what he had done, and the miracles that he had shown them." Amnesia becomes the root sin; Israel's repeated failures stem from failure to remember God's mighty works. This verse shifts responsibility away from God (who has been faithful) to Israel (who has been forgetful), establishing that the covenant crisis is not God's failure but Israel's failure of memory and faith.
Church Fathers on Psalms 78:11
1. This Psalm does contain the things which are said to have been done among the old people: but the new and latter people is being admonished, to beware that it be not ungrateful regarding the blessings of God, and provoke His anger against it, whereas it ought to receive His grace....The Title thereof does first move and engage our attention. For it is not without reason inscribed, “Understanding of Asaph:” but it is perchance because these words require a reader who does…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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