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PsalmsPsalm 78 |
1 GIVE ear, O my people, to my law; incline your ears to the words of my mouth. |
2 I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter proverbs of old. |
3 That which we have heard and known, and which our fathers have told us, |
4 We will not hide from their children, showing to the generation to come the praise of the LORD and his strength and the wonderful works that he has done. |
5 For he established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers that they should make known to their children, |
6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born, who should arise and declare them to their children; |
7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments; |
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 steadfast with God. |
9 The children of Ephraim, being armed and throwing forth bows, turned back in the day of battle. |
10 For they kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law; |
11 And forgot his works and his wonders that he had shown them in the sight of their fathers. |
12 Marvellous things did he in the land of Egypt and in the fields of Zoan. |
13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as in skins. |
14 In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire. |
15 He cleaved the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of great depths. |
16 He brought forth streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers. |
17 But the people continued to sin, and to murmur against the most High in their thirst for water. |
18 And they tempted God in their hearts by asking food to satisfy their desires. |
19 Yea, they complained against God; they said, Can God furnish tables of food in the wilderness? |
20 Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide food for his people? |
21 Therefore the LORD heard this and was angered; so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel, |
22 Because they believed not in God and trusted not in his salvation: |
23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above and opened the doors of heaven, |
24 And had rained down manna for them to eat and had given them of the bread of heaven. |
25 Man did eat angels' food; he sent them game in abundance. |
26 He caused winds to blow in the skies; and by his power he brought in the south wind. |
27 He rained flesh also upon them like dust, and feathered fowls like the sands of the sea: |
28 And he let these fall in the midst of their camp, round about their tents. |
29 So they did eat and were well filled; for he gave them their own desire. |
30 They relinquished not their craving. But while their food was yet in their mouths, |
31 The anger of God came upon them and slew the richest of them, and made to bow the chosen men of Israel. |
32 Nevertheless they sinned still, and believed not in his wondrous works. |
33 Wherefore their days were spent in emptiness, and their years in impatience. |
34 When he slew them, then they sought him; and they returned and drew nearer to him. |
35 And they remembered that God was their helper, and the high God their Saviour. |
36 Nevertheless they loved him with their mouths, and they lied to him with their tongues. |
37 For their hearts were not right with him, neither were they steadfast in his covenant. |
38 He is merciful, the forgiver of sins, and destroys not; yea, many a time turned he his anger away and did not stir up all his wrath. |
39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passes away and comes not again. |
40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! |
41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and defied the Holy One of Israel. |
42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the oppressor, |
43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt and his wonders in the field of Zoan, |
44 Nor how he had turned their rivers into blood and their brooks, that they could not drink. |
45 He sent swarms of insects among them, which devoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them. |
46 He gave also their crops to the locusts, and their labor to the caterpillars. |
47 He destroyed their vines with hail and their fig trees with frost. |
48 He gave up their cattle also to the hail and their flocks to destruction. |
49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, indignation, and trouble, by the hand of an evil angel. |
50 He resorted to strong measures; he spared not their souls from death, and gave their cattle over to the pestilence; |
51 And smote all the first-born in Egypt, the fairest of their sons in the tabernacles of Ham; |
52 But he led forth his own people like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. |
53 And he led them on safely so that they feared not; but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. |
54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had possessed. |
55 He cast out the Gentiles from before them, and allotted them an inheritance by measure, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. |
56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most High God, and kept not his testimonies; |
57 But turned back and dealt deceitfully like their fathers; they were crooked like a twisted bow. |
58 For they provoked him to anger by sacrificing on high places, and made him indignant with their graven images. |
59 When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel, |
60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men; |
61 And he delivered his people into captivity, and his glory into the oppressor's hand. |
62 He delivered his people to the sword, and disregarded his inheritance. |
63 The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were violated. |
64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation. |
65 Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep and like a mighty man who has shaken off the effects of wine. |
66 And he caused his enemies to retreat; he put them to a perpetual reproach. |
67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim; |
68 But chose the tribe of Judah, mount Zion which he loved. |
69 And he built his sanctuary on a high place, and he established it upon the earth for ever. |
70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds; |
71 From following the ewes that give suck, he brought him to feed Jacob his people and Israel his inheritance. |
72 So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands. |
PsalmsPsalm 78 |
PsalmsPsalm 78 |
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1 GIVE ear, O my people, to my law; incline your ears to the words of my mouth. |
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2 I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter proverbs of old. |
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3 That which we have heard and known, and which our fathers have told us, |
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4 We will not hide from their children, showing to the generation to come the praise of the LORD and his strength and the wonderful works that he has done. |
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5 For he established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers that they should make known to their children, |
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6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born, who should arise and declare them to their children; |
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7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments; |
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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 steadfast with God. |
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9 The children of Ephraim, being armed and throwing forth bows, turned back in the day of battle. |
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10 For they kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law; |
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11 And forgot his works and his wonders that he had shown them in the sight of their fathers. |
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12 Marvellous things did he in the land of Egypt and in the fields of Zoan. |
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13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as in skins. |
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14 In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire. |
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15 He cleaved the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of great depths. |
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16 He brought forth streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers. |
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17 But the people continued to sin, and to murmur against the most High in their thirst for water. |
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18 And they tempted God in their hearts by asking food to satisfy their desires. |
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19 Yea, they complained against God; they said, Can God furnish tables of food in the wilderness? |
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20 Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide food for his people? |
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21 Therefore the LORD heard this and was angered; so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel, |
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22 Because they believed not in God and trusted not in his salvation: |
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23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above and opened the doors of heaven, |
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24 And had rained down manna for them to eat and had given them of the bread of heaven. |
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25 Man did eat angels' food; he sent them game in abundance. |
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26 He caused winds to blow in the skies; and by his power he brought in the south wind. |
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27 He rained flesh also upon them like dust, and feathered fowls like the sands of the sea: |
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28 And he let these fall in the midst of their camp, round about their tents. |
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29 So they did eat and were well filled; for he gave them their own desire. |
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30 They relinquished not their craving. But while their food was yet in their mouths, |
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31 The anger of God came upon them and slew the richest of them, and made to bow the chosen men of Israel. |
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32 Nevertheless they sinned still, and believed not in his wondrous works. |
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33 Wherefore their days were spent in emptiness, and their years in impatience. |
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34 When he slew them, then they sought him; and they returned and drew nearer to him. |
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35 And they remembered that God was their helper, and the high God their Saviour. |
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36 Nevertheless they loved him with their mouths, and they lied to him with their tongues. |
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37 For their hearts were not right with him, neither were they steadfast in his covenant. |
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38 He is merciful, the forgiver of sins, and destroys not; yea, many a time turned he his anger away and did not stir up all his wrath. |
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39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passes away and comes not again. |
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40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! |
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41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and defied the Holy One of Israel. |
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42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the oppressor, |
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43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt and his wonders in the field of Zoan, |
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44 Nor how he had turned their rivers into blood and their brooks, that they could not drink. |
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45 He sent swarms of insects among them, which devoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them. |
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46 He gave also their crops to the locusts, and their labor to the caterpillars. |
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47 He destroyed their vines with hail and their fig trees with frost. |
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48 He gave up their cattle also to the hail and their flocks to destruction. |
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49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, indignation, and trouble, by the hand of an evil angel. |
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50 He resorted to strong measures; he spared not their souls from death, and gave their cattle over to the pestilence; |
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51 And smote all the first-born in Egypt, the fairest of their sons in the tabernacles of Ham; |
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52 But he led forth his own people like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. |
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53 And he led them on safely so that they feared not; but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. |
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54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had possessed. |
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55 He cast out the Gentiles from before them, and allotted them an inheritance by measure, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. |
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56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most High God, and kept not his testimonies; |
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57 But turned back and dealt deceitfully like their fathers; they were crooked like a twisted bow. |
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58 For they provoked him to anger by sacrificing on high places, and made him indignant with their graven images. |
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59 When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel, |
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60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men; |
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61 And he delivered his people into captivity, and his glory into the oppressor's hand. |
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62 He delivered his people to the sword, and disregarded his inheritance. |
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63 The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were violated. |
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64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation. |
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65 Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep and like a mighty man who has shaken off the effects of wine. |
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66 And he caused his enemies to retreat; he put them to a perpetual reproach. |
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67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim; |
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68 But chose the tribe of Judah, mount Zion which he loved. |
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69 And he built his sanctuary on a high place, and he established it upon the earth for ever. |
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70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds; |
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71 From following the ewes that give suck, he brought him to feed Jacob his people and Israel his inheritance. |
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72 So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands. |