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| Psalms 78:1 | Hear my law, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth. | <Maschil. Of Asaph.> Give ear, O my people, to my law; let your ears be bent down to the words of my mouth. |
| Psalms 78:2 | I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old, | Opening my mouth I will give out a story, even the dark sayings of old times; |
| Psalms 78:3 | Which we have heard and known, Our fathers have told us. | Which have come to our hearing and our knowledge, as they were given to us by our fathers. |
| Psalms 78:4 | We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, His strength, and his wondrous works that he has done. | We will not keep them secret from our children; we will make clear to the coming generation the praises of the Lord and his strength, and the great works of wonder which he has done. |
| 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; | He put up a witness in Jacob, and made a law in Israel; which he gave to our fathers so that they might give knowledge of them to their children; |
| Psalms 78:6 | That the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; Who should arise and tell their children, | So that the generation to come might have knowledge of them, even the children of the future, who would give word of them to their children; |
| Psalms 78:7 | That they might set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep his commandments, | So that they might put their hope in God, and not let God's works go out of their minds, but keep his laws; |
| Psalms 78:8 | And might not be as their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that didn't make their hearts loyal, Whose spirit was not steadfast with God. | And not be like their fathers, a stiff-necked and uncontrolled generation; a generation whose heart was hard, whose spirit was not true to God. |
| Psalms 78:9 | The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle. | The children of Ephraim, armed with bows, were turned back on the day of the fight. |
| Psalms 78:10 | They didn't keep the covenant of God, And refused to walk in his law. | They were not ruled by God's word, and they would not go in the way of his law; |
| Psalms 78:11 | They forgot his doings, His wondrous works that he had showed them. | They let his works go out of their memory, and the wonders which he had made them see. |
| Psalms 78:12 | Marvelous things did he in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. | He did great works before the eyes of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zoan. |
| Psalms 78:13 | He split the sea, and caused them to pass through; He made the waters stand as a heap. | The sea was cut in two so that they might go through; the waters were massed together on this side and on that. |
| Psalms 78:14 | In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, All the night with a light of fire. | In the daytime he was guiding them in the cloud, and all through the night with a light of fire. |
| Psalms 78:15 | He split rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths. | The rocks of the waste land were broken by his power, and he gave them drink as out of the deep waters. |
| Psalms 78:16 | He brought streams also out of the rock, And caused waters to run down like rivers. | He made streams come out of the rock; and waters came flowing down like rivers. |
| Psalms 78:17 | Yet they still went on to sin against him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert. | And they went on sinning against him even more, turning away from the Most High in the waste land; |
| Psalms 78:18 | They tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire. | Testing God in their hearts, requesting meat for their desire. |
| Psalms 78:19 | Yes, they spoke against God. They said, "Can God prepare a table in the wilderness? | They said bitter words against God, saying, Is God able to make ready a table in the waste land? |
| Psalms 78:20 | Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out, Streams overflowed. Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?" | See, the rock was cut open by his power, so that the water came rushing out, and overflowing streams; is he able to give us bread? is he able to get meat for his people? |
| Psalms 78:21 | Therefore Yahweh heard, and was angry. A fire was kindled against Jacob, Anger also went up against Israel, | So these things came to the Lord's ears, and he was angry; and a fire was lighted against Jacob, and wrath came up against Israel; |
| Psalms 78:22 | Because they didn't believe in God, And didn't trust in his salvation. | Because they had no faith in God, and no hope in his salvation. |
| Psalms 78:23 | Yet he commanded the skies above, And opened the doors of heaven. | And he gave orders to the clouds on high, and the doors of heaven were open; |
| Psalms 78:24 | He rained down manna on them to eat, And gave them food from the sky. | And he sent down manna like rain for their food, and gave them the grain of heaven. |
| Psalms 78:25 | Man ate the bread of angels. He sent them food to the full. | Man took part in the food of strong ones; he sent them meat in full measure. |
| Psalms 78:26 | He caused the east wind to blow in the sky. By his power he guided the south wind. | He sent an east wind from heaven, driving on the south wind by his power. |
| Psalms 78:27 | He rained also flesh on them as the dust; Winged birds as the sand of the seas. | He sent down meat on them like dust, and feathered birds like the sand of the sea, |
| Psalms 78:28 | He let them fall in the midst of their camp, Around their habitations. | And he let it come down into their resting-place, round about their tents. |
| Psalms 78:29 | So they ate, and were well filled. He gave them their own desire. | So they had food and were full; for he gave them their desire; |
| Psalms 78:30 | They didn't turn from their cravings. Their food was yet in their mouths, | But they were not turned from their desires; and while the food was still in their mouths, |
| Psalms 78:31 | When the anger of God went up against them, And killed some of the fattest of them, And struck down the young men of Israel. | The wrath of God came on them, and put to death the fattest of them, and put an end to the young men of Israel. |
| Psalms 78:32 | For all this they still sinned, And didn't believe in his wondrous works. | For all this they went on sinning even more, and had no faith in his great wonders. |
| Psalms 78:33 | Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, And their years in terror. | So their days were wasted like a breath, and their years in trouble. |
| Psalms 78:34 | When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly. | When he sent death on them, then they made search for him; turning to him and looking for him with care; |
| Psalms 78:35 | They remembered that God was their rock, The Most High God their redeemer. | In the memory that God was their Rock, and the Most High God their saviour. |
| Psalms 78:36 | But they flattered him with their mouth, And lied to him with their tongue. | But their lips were false to him, and their tongues were untrue to him; |
| Psalms 78:37 | For their heart was not right with him, Neither were they faithful in his covenant. | And their hearts were not right with him, and they did not keep their agreement with him. |
| Psalms 78:38 | But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and didn't destroy them. Yes, many times he turned his anger away, And didn't stir up all his wrath. | But he, being full of pity, has forgiveness for sin, and does not put an end to man: frequently turning back his wrath, and not being violently angry. |
| Psalms 78:39 | He remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passes away, and doesn't come again. | So he kept in mind that they were only flesh; a breath which is quickly gone, and will not come again. |
| Psalms 78:40 | How often did they rebel against him in the wilderness, And grieve him in the desert! | How frequently did they go against him in the waste land, and give him cause for grief in the dry places! |
| Psalms 78:41 | They turned again and tempted God, And provoked the Holy One of Israel. | Again they put God to the test, and gave pain to the Holy One of Israel. |
| Psalms 78:42 | They didn't remember his hand, Nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary; | They did not keep in mind the work of his hand, or the day when he took them from the power of their haters; |
| Psalms 78:43 | How he set his signs in Egypt, His wonders in the field of Zoan, | How he had done his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan; |
| Psalms 78:44 | Turned their rivers into blood, Their streams, so that they could not drink. | So that their rivers were turned to blood, and they were not able to get drink from their streams. |
| Psalms 78:45 | He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; Frogs, which destroyed them. | He sent different sorts of flies among them, poisoning their flesh; and frogs for their destruction. |
| Psalms 78:46 | He gave also their increase to the caterpillar, Their labor to the locust. | He gave the increase of their fields to worms, the fruits of their industry to the locusts. |
| Psalms 78:47 | He destroyed their vines with hail, Their sycamore-fig trees with frost. | He sent ice for the destruction of their vines; their trees were damaged by the bitter cold. |
| Psalms 78:48 | He gave over their cattle also to the hail, And their flocks to hot thunderbolts. | Ice was rained down on their cattle; thunderstorms sent destruction among the flocks. |
| Psalms 78:49 | He threw on them the fierceness of his anger, Wrath, indignation, and trouble, And a band of angels of evil. | He sent on them the heat of his wrath, his bitter disgust, letting loose evil angels among them. |
| Psalms 78:50 | He made a path for his anger. He didn't spare their soul from death, But gave their life over to the pestilence, | He let his wrath have its way; he did not keep back their soul from death, but gave their life to disease. |
| Psalms 78:51 | And struck all the firstborn in Egypt, The chief of their strength in the tents of Ham. | He gave to destruction all the first sons of Egypt; the first-fruits of their strength 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. | But he took his people out like sheep, guiding them in the waste land like a flock. |
| Psalms 78:53 | He led them safely, so that they weren't afraid, But the sea overwhelmed their enemies. | He took them on safely so that they had no fear; but their haters were covered by the sea. |
| Psalms 78:54 | He brought them to the border of his sanctuary, To this mountain, which his right hand had taken. | And he was their guide to his holy land, even to the mountain, which his right hand had made his; |
| Psalms 78:55 | He also drove out the nations before them, Allotted them for an inheritance by line, And made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. | Driving out nations before them, marking out the line of their heritage, and giving the people of Israel their tents for a resting-place. |
| Psalms 78:56 | Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, And didn't keep his testimonies; | But they were bitter against the Most High God, testing him, and not keeping his laws; |
| Psalms 78:57 | But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were turned aside like a deceitful bow. | Their hearts were turned back and untrue like their fathers; they were turned to one side like a twisted bow. |
| Psalms 78:58 | For they provoked him to anger with their high places, And moved him to jealousy with their engraved images. | They made him angry with their high places; moving him to wrath with their images. |
| Psalms 78:59 | When God heard this, he was angry, And greatly abhorred Israel; | When this came to God's ears he was very angry, and gave up Israel completely; |
| Psalms 78:60 | So that he forsook the tent of Shiloh, The tent which he placed among men; | So that he went away from the holy place in Shiloh, the tent which he had put among men; |
| Psalms 78:61 | And delivered his strength into captivity, His glory into the adversary's hand. | And he let his strength be taken prisoner, and gave his glory into the hands of his hater. |
| Psalms 78:62 | He also gave his people over to the sword, And was angry with his inheritance. | He gave his people up to the sword, and was angry with his heritage. |
| Psalms 78:63 | Fire devoured their young men; Their virgins had no wedding song. | Their young men were burned in the fire; and their virgins were not praised in the bride-song. |
| Psalms 78:64 | Their priests fell by the sword; Their widows made no lamentation. | Their priests were put to death by the sword, and their widows made no weeping for them. |
| Psalms 78:65 | Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep, Like a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine. | Then was the Lord like one awaking from sleep, and like a strong man crying out because of wine. |
| Psalms 78:66 | He struck his adversaries backward. He put them to a perpetual reproach. | His haters were turned back by his blows and shamed for ever. |
| Psalms 78:67 | Moreover he rejected the tent of Joseph, And didn't choose the tribe of Ephraim, | And he put the tent of Joseph on one side, and took not the tribe of Ephraim; |
| Psalms 78:68 | But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved. | But he took the tribe of Judah for himself, and the mountain of Zion, in which he had pleasure. |
| Psalms 78:69 | He built his sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which he has established forever. | And he made his holy place like the high heaven, like the earth which is fixed by him for ever. |
| Psalms 78:70 | He also chose David his servant, And took him from the sheepfolds; | He took David to be his servant, taking him from the place of the flocks; |
| 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 looking after the sheep which were giving milk, he took him to give food to Jacob his people, and to Israel his heritage. |
| Psalms 78:72 | So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, And guided them by the skillfulness of his hands. Psalm 79 A Psalm by Asaph. | So he gave them food with an upright heart, guiding them by the wisdom of his hands. |
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