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| 1Listen, my people, to my instruction. Hear the words of my mouth. | 1A maskil of Asaph. My people, hear my teaching; listen to the words of my mouth. |
| 2I will tell a parable, speaking riddles from long ago— | 2I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter hidden things, things from of old-- |
| 3things that we have heard and known and that our ancestors related to us. | 3things we have heard and known, things our ancestors have told us. |
| 4We will not withhold them from their descendants; we'll declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD— his might and awesome deeds that he has performed. | 4We will not hide them from their descendants; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD, his power, and the wonders he has done. |
| 5He established a decree in Jacob, and established the Law in Israel, that he commanded our ancestors to reveal to their children | 5He decreed statutes for Jacob and established the law in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to teach their children, |
| 6in order that the next generation— children yet to be born— will know them and in turn teach them to their children. | 6so the next generation would know them, even the children yet to be born, and they in turn would tell their children. |
| 7Then they will put their trust in God and they will not forget his awesome deeds. Instead, they will keep his commandments. | 7Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands. |
| 8They will not be like the rebellious generation of their ancestors, a rebellious generation, whose heart was not steadfast, and whose spirits were unfaithful to God. | 8They would not be like their ancestors-- a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose hearts were not loyal to God, whose spirits were not faithful to him. |
| 9The descendants of Ephraim were sharp shooters with the bow, but they retreated in the day of battle. | 9The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows, turned back on the day of battle; |
| 10They did not keep God's covenant, and refused to live by his Law. | 10they did not keep God's covenant and refused to live by his law. |
| 11They have forgotten what he has done, his awesome deeds that they witnessed. | 11They forgot what he had done, the wonders he had shown them. |
| 12He performed marvelous things in the presence of their ancestors in the land of Egypt— in the fields of Zoan. | 12He did miracles in the sight of their ancestors in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan. |
| 13He divided the sea so that they were able to cross; he caused the water to stand in a single location. | 13He divided the sea and led them through; he made the water stand up like a wall. |
| 14He led them with a cloud during the day, and during the night with light from the fire. | 14He guided them with the cloud by day and with light from the fire all night. |
| 15He caused the rocks to split in the wilderness, and gave them water as from an abundant sea. | 15He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them water as abundant as the seas; |
| 16He brought streams from rock, causing water to flow like a river. | 16he brought streams out of a rocky crag and made water flow down like rivers. |
| 17But time and again, they sinned against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert. | 17But they continued to sin against him, rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High. |
| 18To test God was in their minds, when they demanded food to satisfy their cravings. | 18They willfully put God to the test by demanding the food they craved. |
| 19They spoke against God by asking, "Is God able to prepare a feast in the desert? | 19They spoke against God; they said, "Can God really spread a table in the wilderness? |
| 20It's true that Moses struck the rock so that water flowed forth and torrents of water gushed out, but is he also able to give bread or to supply meat for his people?" | 20True, he struck the rock, and water gushed out, streams flowed abundantly, but can he also give us bread? Can he supply meat for his people?" |
| 21Therefore, when the LORD heard this, he was angry, and fire broke out against Jacob. Moreover, his anger flared against Israel, | 21When the LORD heard them, he was furious; his fire broke out against Jacob, and his wrath rose against Israel, |
| 22because they didn't believe in God and didn't trust in his deliverance. | 22for they did not believe in God or trust in his deliverance. |
| 23Yet he commanded the skies above and the doors of the heavens to open, | 23Yet he gave a command to the skies above and opened the doors of the heavens; |
| 24so that manna rained down on them for food and he sent them the grain of heaven. | 24he rained down manna for the people to eat, he gave them the grain of heaven. |
| 25Mortal men ate the food of angels; he sent provision to them in abundance. | 25Human beings ate the bread of angels; he sent them all the food they could eat. |
| 26He stirred up the east wind in the heavens and drove the south wind by his might. | 26He let loose the east wind from the heavens and by his power made the south wind blow. |
| 27He caused meat to rain on them like dust and winged birds as the sand of the sea. | 27He rained meat down on them like dust, birds like sand on the seashore. |
| 28He caused these to fall in the middle of the camp and all around their tents. | 28He made them come down inside their camp, all around their tents. |
| 29So they ate and were very satisfied, because he granted their desire. | 29They ate till they were gorged-- he had given them what they craved. |
| 30However, before they had fulfilled their desire, while their food was still in their mouths, | 30But before they turned from what they craved, even while the food was still in their mouths, |
| 31the anger of God flared against them, and he killed the strongest men and humbled Israel's young men. | 31God's anger rose against them; he put to death the sturdiest among them, cutting down the young men of Israel. |
| 32In spite of all of this, they kept on sinning and didn't believe in his marvelous deeds. | 32In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; in spite of his wonders, they did not believe. |
| 33So he made their days end in futility, and their years with sudden terror. | 33So he ended their days in futility and their years in terror. |
| 34When he struck them, they sought him; they repented, and eagerly sought God. | 34Whenever God slew them, they would seek him; they eagerly turned to him again. |
| 35Then they remembered that God was their rock, and the Most High God was their deliverer. | 35They remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer. |
| 36But they deceived him with their mouths; they lied to him with their tongues. | 36But then they would flatter him with their mouths, lying to him with their tongues; |
| 37For their hearts weren't committed to him, and they weren't faithful to his covenant. | 37their hearts were not loyal to him, they were not faithful to his covenant. |
| 38But he, being merciful, forgave their iniquity and didn't destroy them; He restrained his anger and didn't vent all his wrath. | 38Yet he was merciful; he forgave their iniquities and did not destroy them. Time after time he restrained his anger and did not stir up his full wrath. |
| 39For he remembered that they were only flesh, a passing wind that doesn't return. | 39He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return. |
| 40How they rebelled against him in the desert, grieving him in the wilderness! | 40How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the wasteland! |
| 41They tested God again and again, provoking the Holy One of Israel. | 41Again and again they put God to the test; they vexed the Holy One of Israel. |
| 42They did not remember his power— the day he delivered them from their adversary, | 42They did not remember his power-- the day he redeemed them from the oppressor, |
| 43when he set his signs in Egypt and his wonders in the plain of Zoan. | 43the day he displayed his signs in Egypt, his wonders in the region of Zoan. |
| 44He turned their rivers into blood and made their streams undrinkable. | 44He turned their river into blood; they could not drink from their streams. |
| 45He sent swarms of insects to bite them and frogs to destroy them. | 45He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them. |
| 46He gave their crops to caterpillars and what they worked for to locusts. | 46He gave their crops to the grasshopper, their produce to the locust. |
| 47He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamore trees with frost. | 47He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamore-figs with sleet. |
| 48He delivered their beasts to hail and their livestock to lightning bolts. | 48He gave over their cattle to the hail, their livestock to bolts of lightning. |
| 49He inflicted his burning anger, wrath, indignation, and distress, sending destroying angels among them. | 49He unleashed against them his hot anger, his wrath, indignation and hostility-- a band of destroying angels. |
| 50He blazed a path for his anger; he did not stop short from killing them, but handed them over to pestilence. | 50He prepared a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death but gave them over to the plague. |
| 51He struck every firstborn in Egypt, the first fruits of their manhood in the tents of Ham. | 51He struck down all the firstborn of Egypt, the firstfruits of manhood in the tents of Ham. |
| 52Yet he led out his people like sheep, guiding them like a flock in the desert. | 52But he brought his people out like a flock; he led them like sheep through the wilderness. |
| 53He led them to safety so they would not fear. As for their enemies, the sea covered them. | 53He guided them safely, so they were unafraid; but the sea engulfed their enemies. |
| 54He brought the people to the border of his holy mountain, which he acquired by his might. | 54And so he brought them to the border of his holy land, to the hill country his right hand had taken. |
| 55He drove out nations before them and allotted their tribal inheritance, settling the tribes of Israel in their tents. | 55He drove out nations before them and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance; he settled the tribes of Israel in their homes. |
| 56But they tested the Most High God by rebelling against him, and they did not obey his statutes. | 56But they put God to the test and rebelled against the Most High; they did not keep his statutes. |
| 57They fell away and were as disloyal as their ancestors. They became unreliable, like a defective bow; | 57Like their ancestors they were disloyal and faithless, as unreliable as a faulty bow. |
| 58they angered him with their high places and with their carved images they made him jealous. | 58They angered him with their high places; they aroused his jealousy with their idols. |
| 59God heard and became furious, and he completely rejected Israel. | 59When God heard them, he was furious; he rejected Israel completely. |
| 60He abandoned the tent at Shiloh, the tent that he established among mankind. | 60He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent he had set up among humans. |
| 61Then he sent his might into captivity and his glory into the control of the adversary. | 61He sent the ark of his might into captivity, his splendor into the hands of the enemy. |
| 62He delivered his people over to the sword and was angry with his possession. | 62He gave his people over to the sword; he was furious with his inheritance. |
| 63The young men were consumed by fire, and the virgins had no marriage celebrations. | 63Fire consumed their young men, and their young women had no wedding songs; |
| 64The priests fell by the sword, yet their widows couldn't weep. | 64their priests were put to the sword, and their widows could not weep. |
| 65The LORD awoke as though from sleep, like a mighty warrior stimulated by wine. | 65Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, as a warrior wakes from the stupor of wine. |
| 66He beat back his adversaries, permanently disgracing them. | 66He beat back his enemies; he put them to everlasting shame. |
| 67He rejected the clan of Joseph; and the tribe of Ephraim he did not choose. | 67Then he rejected the tents of Joseph, he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim; |
| 68But he chose the tribe of Judah, the mountain of Zion, which he loves. | 68but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loved. |
| 69He built his sanctuary, high as the heavens, like the earth that he established forever. | 69He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth that he established forever. |
| 70Then he chose his servant David, whom he took from the sheepfold. | 70He chose David his servant and took him from the sheep pens; |
| 71He brought him from birthing sheep to care for Jacob, his people, Israel, his possession. | 71from tending the sheep he brought him to be the shepherd of his people Jacob, of Israel his inheritance. |
| 72David shepherded them with a devoted heart, and led them with skillful hands. | 72And David shepherded them with integrity of heart; with skillful hands he led them. |
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