Psalm 78
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1A Contemplation of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.1A Maskil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; listen to the words of my mouth.
2I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,2I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,
3Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.3that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.
4We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, And His strength and His wonderful works that He has done.4We will not hide them from their children, but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might, and the wonders He has performed.
5For 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;5For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children,
6That the generation to come might know them, The children who would be born, That they may arise and declare them to their children,6that the coming generation would know them—even children yet to be born—to arise and tell their own children
7That they may set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep His commandments;7that they should put their confidence in God, not forgetting His works, but keeping His commandments.
8And may not be like their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that did not set its heart aright, And whose spirit was not faithful to God.8Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.
9The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle.9The archers of Ephraim turned back on the day of battle.
10They did not keep the covenant of God; They refused to walk in His law,10They failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law.
11And forgot His works And His wonders that He had shown them.11They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them.
12Marvelous things He did in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.12He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
13He divided the sea and caused them to pass through; And He made the waters stand up like a heap.13He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.
14In the daytime also He led them with the cloud, And all the night with a light of fire.14He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.
15He split the rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink in abundance like the depths.15He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas.
16He also brought streams out of the rock, And caused waters to run down like rivers.16He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers.
17But they sinned even more against Him By rebelling against the Most High in the wilderness.17But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High.
18And they tested God in their heart By asking for the food of their fancy.18They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.
19Yes, they spoke against God: They said, “Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?19They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?
20Behold, He struck the rock, So that the waters gushed out, And the streams overflowed. Can He give bread also? Can He provide meat for His people?”20When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”
21Therefore the LORD heard this and was furious; So a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger also came up against Israel,21Therefore the LORD heard and was filled with wrath; so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and His anger flared against Israel,
22Because they did not believe in God, And did not trust in His salvation.22because they did not believe God or rely on His salvation.
23Yet He had commanded the clouds above, And opened the doors of heaven,23Yet He commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of the heavens.
24Had rained down manna on them to eat, And given them of the bread of heaven.24He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven.
25Men ate angels’ food; He sent them food to the full.25Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance.
26He caused an east wind to blow in the heavens; And by His power He brought in the south wind.26He stirred the east wind from the heavens and drove the south wind by His might.
27He also rained meat on them like the dust, Feathered fowl like the sand of the seas;27He rained meat on them like dust, and winged birds like the sand of the sea.
28And He let them fall in the midst of their camp, All around their dwellings.28He felled them in the midst of their camp, all around their dwellings.
29So they ate and were well filled, For He gave them their own desire.29So they ate and were well filled, for He gave them what they craved.
30They were not deprived of their craving; But while their food was still in their mouths,30Yet before they had filled their desire, with the food still in their mouths,
31The wrath of God came against them, And slew the stoutest of them, And struck down the choice men of Israel.31God’s anger flared against them, and He put to death their strongest and subdued the young men of Israel.
32In spite of this they still sinned, And did not believe in His wondrous works.32In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; despite His wonderful works, they did not believe.
33Therefore their days He consumed in futility, And their years in fear.33So He ended their days in futility, and their years in sudden terror.
34When He slew them, then they sought Him; And they returned and sought earnestly for God.34When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God.
35Then they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their Redeemer.35And they remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer.
36Nevertheless they flattered Him with their mouth, And they lied to Him with their tongue;36But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues.
37For their heart was not steadfast with Him, Nor were they faithful in His covenant.37Their hearts were disloyal to Him, and they were unfaithful to His covenant.
38But He, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, And did not destroy them. Yes, many a time He turned His anger away, And did not stir up all His wrath;38And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.
39For He remembered that they were but flesh, A breath that passes away and does not come again.39He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.
40How often they provoked Him in the wilderness, And grieved Him in the desert!40How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!
41Yes, again and again they tempted God, And limited the Holy One of Israel.41Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
42They did not remember His power: The day when He redeemed them from the enemy,42They did not remember His power—the day He redeemed them from the adversary,
43When He worked His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the field of Zoan;43when He performed His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the fields of Zoan.
44Turned their rivers into blood, And their streams, that they could not drink.44He turned their rivers to blood, and from their streams they could not drink.
45He sent swarms of flies among them, which devoured them, And frogs, which destroyed them.45He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them.
46He also gave their crops to the caterpillar, And their labor to the locust.46He gave their crops to the grasshopper, the fruit of their labor to the locust.
47He destroyed their vines with hail, And their sycamore trees with frost.47He killed their vines with hailstones and their sycamore-figs with sleet.
48He also gave up their cattle to the hail, And their flocks to fiery lightning.48He abandoned their cattle to the hail and their livestock to bolts of lightning.
49He cast on them the fierceness of His anger, Wrath, indignation, and trouble, By sending angels of destruction among them.49He unleashed His fury against them, wrath, indignation, and calamity—a band of destroying angels.
50He made a path for His anger; He did not spare their soul from death, But gave their life over to the plague,50He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague.
51And destroyed all the firstborn in Egypt, The first of their strength in the tents of Ham.51He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham.
52But He made His own people go forth like sheep, And guided them in the wilderness like a flock;52He led out His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.
53And He led them on safely, so that they did not fear; But the sea overwhelmed their enemies.53He led them safely, so they did not fear, but the sea engulfed their enemies.
54And He brought them to His holy border, This mountain which His right hand had acquired.54He brought them to His holy land, to the mountain His right hand had acquired.
55He also drove out the nations before them, Allotted them an inheritance by survey, And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.55He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
56Yet they tested and provoked the Most High God, And did not keep His testimonies,56But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees.
57But turned back and acted unfaithfully like their fathers; They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.57They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.
58For they provoked Him to anger with their high places, And moved Him to jealousy with their carved images.58They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.
59When God heard this, He was furious, And greatly abhorred Israel,59On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely.
60So that He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent He had placed among men,60He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men.
61And delivered His strength into captivity, And His glory into the enemy’s hand.61He delivered His strength to captivity, and His splendor to the hand of the adversary.
62He also gave His people over to the sword, And was furious with His inheritance.62He surrendered His people to the sword because He was enraged by His heritage.
63The fire consumed their young men, And their maidens were not given in marriage.63Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs.
64Their priests fell by the sword, And their widows made no lamentation.64His priests fell by the sword, but their widows could not lament.
65Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, Like a mighty man who shouts because of wine.65Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a mighty warrior overcome by wine.
66And He beat back His enemies; He put them to a perpetual reproach.66He beat back His foes; He put them to everlasting shame.
67Moreover He rejected the tent of Joseph, And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,67He rejected the tent of Joseph and refused the tribe of Ephraim.
68But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which He loved.68But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.
69And He built His sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which He has established forever.69He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth He has established forever.
70He also chose David His servant, And took him from the sheepfolds;70He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;
71From following the ewes that had young He brought him, To shepherd Jacob His people, And Israel His inheritance.71from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance.
72So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart, And guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.72So David shepherded them with integrity of heart and guided them with skillful hands.
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Psalm 77
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