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Psalms 78:1

Give ear, O my people, to my law: Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

{An instruction. Of Asaph.} Give ear, O my people, to my law; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

A psalm for Asaph. O God, the heathens are come into thy inheritance, they have defiled thy holy temple: they have made Jerusalem as a place to keep fruit.

Psalms 78:2

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter riddles from of old,

They have given the dead bodies of thy servants to be meat for the fowls of the air: the flesh of thy saints for the beasts of the earth.

Psalms 78:3

Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.

Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us:

They have poured out their blood as water, round about Jerusalem and there was none to bury them.

Psalms 78:4

We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, And his strength, and his wondrous works that he hath done.

We will not hide [them] from their sons, shewing forth to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, and his strength, and his marvellous works which he hath done.

We are become a reproach to our neighbours: a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

Psalms 78:5

For he established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which he commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children;

For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;

How long, O Lord, wilt thou be angry for ever: shall thy zeal be kindled like a fire?

Psalms 78:6

That the generation to come might know [them], even the children that should be born; Who should arise and tell [them] to their children,

That the generation to come might know [them], the children that should be born; that they might rise up and tell [them] to their children,

Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that have not known thee: and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.

Psalms 78:7

That they might set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep his commandments,

And that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of ùGod, but observe his commandments;

Because they have devoured Jacob; and have laid waste his place.

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 might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that prepared not their heart, and whose spirit was not stedfast with ùGod.

Remember not our former iniquities: let thy mercies speedily prevent us, for we are become exceeding poor.

Psalms 78:9

The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle.

The sons of Ephraim, armed bowmen, turned back in the day of battle.

Help us, O God, our saviour: and for the glory of thy name, O Lord, deliver us: and forgive us our sins for thy name's sake:

Psalms 78:10

They kept not the covenant of God, And refused to walk in his law;

They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;

Lest they should say among the Gentiles: Where is their God? And let him be made known among the nations before our eyes, By the revenging the blood of thy servants, which hath been shed:

Psalms 78:11

And they forgat his doings, And his wondrous works that he had showed them.

And forgot his doings, and his marvellous works which he had shewn them.

let the sighing of the prisoners come in before thee. According to the greatness of thy arm, take possession of the children of them that have been put to death.

Psalms 78:12

Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

In the sight of their fathers had he done wonders, in the land of Egypt, the field of Zoan.

And render to our neighbours sevenfold in their bosom: the reproach wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

Psalms 78:13

He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through; And he made the waters to stand as a heap.

He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through; and made the waters to stand as a heap;

But we thy people, and the sheep of thy pasture, will give thanks to thee for ever. We will shew forth thy praise, unto generation and generation.

Psalms 78:14

In the day-time also he led them with a cloud, And all the night with a light of fire.

And he led them with a cloud in the daytime, and all the night with the light of fire.

Psalms 78:15

He clave rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.

He clave rocks in the wilderness, and gave [them] drink as out of the depths, abundantly;

Psalms 78:16

He brought streams also out of the rock, And caused waters to run down like rivers.

And he brought streams out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

Psalms 78:17

Yet went they on still to sin against him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.

Yet they still went on sinning against him, provoking the Most High in the desert;

Psalms 78:18

And they tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire.

And they tempted ùGod in their heart, by asking meat for their lust;

Psalms 78:19

Yea, they spake against God; They said, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

And they spoke against God: they said, Is ùGod able to prepare a table in the wilderness?

Psalms 78:20

Behold, he smote the rock, so that waters gushed out, And streams overflowed; Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?

Behold, he smote the rock, and waters gushed out, and streams overflowed; is he able to give bread also, or provide flesh for his people?

Psalms 78:21

Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth; And a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger also went up against Israel;

Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth; and fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also went up against Israel:

Psalms 78:22

Because they believed not in God, And trusted not in his salvation.

Because they believed not in God, and confided not in his salvation;

Psalms 78:23

Yet he commanded the skies above, And opened the doors of heaven;

Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and had opened the doors of the heavens,

Psalms 78:24

And he rained down manna upon them to eat, And gave them food from heaven.

And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them the corn of the heavens.

Psalms 78:25

Man did eat the bread of the mighty: He sent them food to the full.

Man did eat the bread of the mighty; he sent them provision to the full.

Psalms 78:26

He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens; And by his power he guided the south wind.

He caused the east wind to rise in the heavens, and by his strength he brought the south wind;

Psalms 78:27

He rained flesh also upon them as the dust, And winged birds as the sand of the seas:

And he rained flesh upon them as dust, and feathered fowl as the sand of the seas,

Psalms 78:28

And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, Round about their habitations.

And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations:

Psalms 78:29

So they did eat, and were well filled; And he gave them their own desire.

And they did eat, and were well filled; for that they lusted after, he brought to them.

Psalms 78:30

They were not estranged from that which they desired, Their food was yet in their mouths,

They were not alienated from their lust, their meat was yet in their mouths,

Psalms 78:31

When the anger of God went up against them, And slew of the fattest of them, And smote down the young men of Israel.

When the anger of God went up against them; and he slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.

Psalms 78:32

For all this they sinned still, And believed not in his wondrous works.

For all this, they sinned still, and believed not in his marvellous works;

Psalms 78:33

Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, And their years in terror.

And he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror.

Psalms 78:34

When he slew them, then they inquired after him; And they returned and sought God earnestly.

When he slew them, then they sought him, and returned and sought early after ùGod;

Psalms 78:35

And they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their redeemer.

And they remembered that God was their rock, and ùGod, the Most High, their redeemer.

Psalms 78:36

But they flattered him with their mouth, And lied unto him with their tongue.

But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied unto him with their tongue;

Psalms 78:37

For their heart was not right with him, Neither were they faithful in his covenant.

For their heart was not firm toward him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

Psalms 78:38

But he, being merciful, forgave [their] iniquity, and destroyed [them] not: Yea, many a time turned he his anger away, And did not stir up all his wrath.

But he was merciful: he forgave the iniquity, and destroyed [them] not; but many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his fury:

Psalms 78:39

And he remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

And he remembered that they were flesh, a breath that passeth away and cometh not again.

Psalms 78:40

How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness, And grieve him in the desert!

How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

Psalms 78:41

And they turned again and tempted God, And provoked the Holy One of Israel.

And they turned again and tempted ùGod, and grieved the Holy One of Israel.

Psalms 78:42

They remember not his hand, Nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;

They remembered not his hand, the day when he delivered them from the oppressor,

Psalms 78:43

How he set his signs in Egypt, And his wonders in the field of Zoan,

How he set his signs in Egypt, and his miracles in the field of Zoan;

Psalms 78:44

And turned their rivers into blood, And their streams, so that they could not drink.

And turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, that they could not drink;

Psalms 78:45

He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; And frogs, which destroyed them.

He sent dog-flies among them, which devoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them;

Psalms 78:46

He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar, And their labor unto the locust.

And he gave their increase unto the caterpillar, and their labour unto the locust;

Psalms 78:47

He destroyed their vines with hail, And their sycomore-trees with frost.

He killed their vines with hail, and their sycamore trees with hail-stones;

Psalms 78:48

He gave over their cattle also to the hail, And their flocks to hot thunderbolts.

And he delivered up their cattle to the hail, and their flocks to thunderbolts.

Psalms 78:49

He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, Wrath, and indignation, and trouble, A band of angels of evil.

He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and distress, a mission of angels of woes.

Psalms 78:50

He made a path for his anger; He spared not their soul from death, But gave their life over to the pestilence,

He made a way for his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

Psalms 78:51

And smote all the first-born in Egypt, The chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.

And he smote all the firstborn in Egypt, the first-fruits of their vigour in the tents of Ham.

Psalms 78:52

But he led forth his own people like sheep, And guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

And he made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock;

Psalms 78:53

And he led them safely, so that they feared not; But the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

And he led them safely, so that they were without fear; and the sea covered their enemies.

Psalms 78:54

And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, To this mountain, which his right hand had gotten.

And he brought them to his holy border, this mountain, which his right hand purchased;

Psalms 78:55

He drove out the nations also before them, And allotted them for an inheritance by line, And made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

And he drove out the nations before them, and allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

Psalms 78:56

Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, And kept not his testimonies;

But they tempted and provoked God, the Most High, and kept not his testimonies,

Psalms 78:57

But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers: They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

And they drew back and dealt treacherously like their fathers: they turned like a deceitful bow.

Psalms 78:58

For they provoked him to anger with their high places, And moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

And they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

Psalms 78:59

When God heard [this], he was wroth, And greatly abhorred Israel;

God heard, and was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

Psalms 78:60

So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent which he placed among men;

And he forsook the tabernacle at Shiloh, the tent where he had dwelt among men,

Psalms 78:61

And delivered his strength into captivity, And his glory into the adversary's hand.

And gave his strength into captivity, and his glory into the hand of the oppressor;

Psalms 78:62

He gave his people over also unto the sword, And was wroth with his inheritance.

And delivered up his people unto the sword, and was very wroth with his inheritance:

Psalms 78:63

Fire devoured their young men; And their virgins had no marriage-song.

The fire consumed their young men, and their maidens were not praised in [nuptial] song;

Psalms 78:64

Their priests fell by the sword; And their widows made no lamentation.

Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation.

Psalms 78:65

Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, Like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

Then the Lord awoke as one out of sleep, like a mighty man that shouteth aloud by reason of wine;

Psalms 78:66

And he smote his adversaries backward: He put them to a perpetual reproach.

And he smote his adversaries in the hinder part, and put them to everlasting reproach.

Psalms 78:67

Moreover he refused the tent of Joseph, And chose not the tribe of Ephraim,

And he rejected the tent of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim,

Psalms 78:68

But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved.

But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved;

Psalms 78:69

And he built his sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which he hath established for ever.

And he built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he hath founded for ever.

Psalms 78:70

He chose David also his servant, And took him from the sheepfolds:

And he chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

Psalms 78:71

From following the ewes that have their young he brought him, To be the shepherd of Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

From following the suckling-ewes, he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

Psalms 78:72

So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, And guided them by the skilfulness of his hands. Psalm 79 A Psalm of Asaph.

And he fed them according to the integrity of his heart, and led them by the skilfulness of his hands.

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