Psalms 78

1 [A Psalm] of instruction for Asaph. Give heed, O my people, to my law: incline your ear to the words of my mouth.

A poem of Asaph give ear to! O people my instruction my incline ear your to [the] words of mouth my.

2 I will open my mouth in parables: I will utter dark sayings [which have been] from the beginning.

I will open in a parable mouth my I will pour forth riddles from antiquity.

3 All which we have heard and known, and our fathers have declared to us.

Which we have heard and we have known them and ancestors our they have recounted to us.

4 They were not hid from their children to a second generations; [the fathers] declaring the praises of the Lord, and his mighty acts, and his wonders which he wrought.

Not we will hide - from descendants their to a generation later recounting [the] praises of Yahweh and might his and wonders his which he has done.

5 And he raised up a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, to make it known to their children:

And he established a testimony - in Jacob and a law he appointed in Israel which he commanded ancestors our to make known them to children their.

6 that another generation might know, even the sons which should be born; and they should arise and declare them to their children.

So that they may know - a generation later children [who] they will be born they will arise and may they recount [them] to children their.

7 That they might set their hope on God, and not forget the works of God, but diligently seek his commandments.

So they may put in God confidence their and not they will forget [the] deeds of God and commandments his they will observe.

8 That they should not be as their fathers, a perverse and provoking generation; a generation which set not its heart aright, and its spirit was not steadfast with God.

And not they will be - like ancestors their a generation stubborn and rebellious a generation [which] not it directed heart its and [which] not it was faithful with God spirit its.

9 The children of Ephraim, bending and shooting [with] the bow, turned [back] in the day of battle.

[the] people of Ephraim [were] equipped of shooters of a bow they turned back on [the] day of battle.

10 They kept not the covenant of God, and would not walk in his law.

Not they kept [the] covenant of God and in law his they refused to walk.

11 And they forgot his benefits, and his miracles which he [had] showed them;

And they forgot deeds his and wonders his which he had shown them.

12 the miracles which he wrought before their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the plain of Tanes.

Before ancestors their he did wonder[s] in [the] land of Egypt [the] region of Zoan.

13 He clave the sea, and led them through: he made the waters to stand as [in] a bottle.

He split open [the] sea and he brought through them and he made to stand up [the] waters like a heap.

14 And he guided them with a cloud by day, and all the night with a light of fire.

And he guided them by the cloud by day and all the night by [the] light of a fire.

15 he clave a rock in the wilderness, and made them drink as in a great deep.

He split open rocks in the wilderness and he gave [them] to drink like deeps much.

16 And he brought water out of the rock, and caused waters to flow down as rivers.

And he brought out streams from a rock and he made to flow down like rivers water.

17 And they sinned yet more against him; they provoked the Most High in the wilderness.

And they repeated again to sin to him by rebelling against [the] Most High in the dry region.

18 And they tempted God in their hearts, in asking meat for [the desire of] their souls.

And they put to [the] test God in heart their by requesting food for selves their.

19 They spoke also against God, and said, Will God be able to prepare a table in the wilderness?

And they spoke against God they said ¿ is he able God to arrange a table in the wilderness.

20 Forasmuch as he struck the rock, and the waters flowed, and the torrents ran abundantly; will he be able also to give bread, or prepare a table for his people?

There! he struck a rock - and they flowed out waters and torrents they overflowed ¿ also food is he able to give or? will he prepare meat for people his.

21 Therefore the Lord heard, and was provoked: and fire was kindled in Jacob, and wrath went up against Israel.

Therefore - he heard Yahweh and he was furious and fire it was kindled in Jacob and also anger it went up in Israel.

22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation.

For not they trusted in God and not they trusted in salvation his.

23 Yet he commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,

And he commanded clouds above and [the] doors of heaven he opened.

24 and rained upon them manna to eat, and gave them the bread of heaven.

And he rained down on them manna to eat and [the] grain of heaven he gave to them.

25 Man ate angels' bread; he sent them provision to the full.

Bread of mighty [ones] he ate everyone food he sent to them to satiety.

26 He removed the south wind from heaven; and by his might he brought in the southwest wind.

He led out an east wind in the heavens and he led forth by strength his a south wind.

27 And he rained upon them flesh like dust, and feathered birds like the sand of the seas.

And he rained down on them like dust meat and like [the] sand of [the] seas bird[s] of wing.

28 And they fell into the midst of their camp, round about their tents.

And he made [them] fall in [the] midst of camp his around dwelling his.

29 So they ate, and were completely filled; and he gave them their desire.

And they ate and they were satisfied exceedingly and desire their he brought to them.

30 They were not disappointed of their desire: [but] when their food was yet in their mouth,

Not they had become estranged from desire their still food their [was] in mouth their.

31 then the indignation of God rose up against them, and killed the fattest of them, and overthrew the choice men of Israel.

And [the] anger of God - it went up in them and he killed among vigorous ones their and [the] young men of Israel he made bow down.

32 In the midst of all this they sinned yet more, and believed not his miracles.

In all this they sinned again and not they believed in wonders his.

33 And their days were consumed in vanity, and their years with anxiety.

And he brought to an end in futility days their and years their in sudden terror.

34 When he killed them, they sought him: and they returned and called betimes upon God.

If he killed them and they sought him and they returned and they sought earnestly God.

35 And they remembered that God was their helper, and the most high God was their redeemer.

And they remembered that God [was] rock their and God Most High [was] redeemer their.

36 Yet they loved him [only] with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.

And they deceived him with mouth their and with tongue their they lied to him.

37 For their heart [was] not right with him, neither were they steadfast in his covenant.

And heart their not [was] steadfast with him and not they were faithful in covenant his.

38 But he is compassionate, and will forgive their sins, and will not destroy [them]: yes, he will frequently turn away his wrath, and will not kindle all his anger.

And he [was] compassionate - he atoned for iniquity and not he destroyed [them] and he increased to turn back anger his and not he stirred up all rage his.

39 And he remembered that they are flesh; a wind that passes away, and returns not.

And he remembered that [were] flesh they a wind [which] goes and not it returns.

40 How often did they provoke him in the wilderness, [and] anger him in a dry land!

How often! they rebelled against him in the wilderness they grieved him in a desolate place.

41 Yes, they turned back, and tempted God, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

And they returned and they put to [the] test God and [the] holy [one] of Israel they pained.

42 They remembered not his hand, the day in which he delivered them from the hand of the oppressor.

Not they remembered hand his [the] day when he ransomed them from [the] opponent.

43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Tanes:

When he performed in Egypt signs his and wonders his in [the] region of Zoan.

44 and had changed their rivers into blood; and their streams, that they should not drink.

And he turned into blood canals their and streams their not they drank!

45 He sent against them the dog-fly, and it devoured them; and the frog, and it spoiled them.

He sent among them a swarm of flies and it devoured them and frog[s] and it ruined them.

46 And he gave their fruit to the canker worm, and their labours to the locust.

And he gave to the locust produce their and [the] result of toil their to the locust.

47 He killed their vines with hail, and their sycamores with frost.

He killed with hail vine[s] their and sycamore-fig trees their with a flood.

48 And he gave up their cattle to hail, and their substance to the fire.

And he delivered up to hail cattle their and livestock their to lightning bolts.

49 He sent out against them the fury of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and affliction, a message by evil angels.

He sent on them - [the] burning of anger his fury and indignation and trouble a band of angels of calamities.

50 He made a way for his wrath; he spared not their souls from death, but consigned their cattle to death;

He made level a path for anger his not he kept back from death life their and life their to the pestilence he delivered up.

51 and struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt; the first fruits of their labours in the tents of Cham.

And he struck down every firstborn in Egypt [the] beginning of manly vigor in [the] tents of Ham.

52 And he removed his people like sheep; he led them as a flock in the wilderness.

And he led out like sheep people his and he led them like flock in the wilderness.

53 And he guided them with hope, and they feared not: but the sea covered their enemies.

And he guided them to security and not they were afraid and enemies their it covered the sea.

54 And he brought them in to the mountain of his sanctuary, this mountain which his right hand had purchased.

And he brought them to [the] territory of holiness his [the] mountain which it had acquired right [hand] his.

55 And he cast out the nations from before them, and made them to inherit by a line of inheritance, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

And he drove out from before them - nations and he made fall them by a measuring-line of inheritance and he caused to dwell in tents their [the] tribes of Israel.

56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies.

And they put to [the] test and they rebelled against God Most High and testimonies his not they kept.

57 And they turned back, and broke covenant, even as also their fathers: they became like a crooked bow.

And they turned back and they acted treacherously like ancestors their they changed like a bow of deceit.

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

And they provoked to anger him by high places their and by idols their they made jealous him.

59 God heard and lightly regarded [them], and greatly despised Israel.

He heard God and he was furious and he rejected exceedingly Israel.

60 And he rejected the tabernacle of Selom, his tent where he lived amongst men.

And he abandoned [the] tabernacle of Shiloh [the] tent [which] he had pitched among humankind.

61 And he gave their strength into captivity, and their beauty into the enemy's hand.

And he gave to captivity strength his and splendor his in [the] hand of [the] opponent.

62 And he gave his people to the sword; and disdained his inheritance.

And he delivered up to the sword people his and with inheritance his he was furious.

63 Fire devoured their young men; and their virgins mourned not.

Young men its it consumed fire and young women its not they were praised.

64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows shall not be wept for.

Priests its by the sword they fell and widows its not they wept.

65 So the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, [and] as a mighty man who has been heated with wine.

And he awoke like a sleeper - [the] Lord like a warrior overcome from wine.

66 And he struck his enemies in the hinder parts: he brought on them a perpetual reproach.

And he struck opponents his backwards a reproach of perpetuity he gave to them.

67 And he rejected the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim;

And he rejected [the] tent of Joseph and [the] tribe of Ephraim not he chose.

68 but chose the tribe of Juda, the mount Sion which he loved.

And he chose [the] tribe of Judah [the] mountain of Zion which he loved.

69 And he built his sanctuary as [the place] of unicorns; he founded it for ever on the earth.

And he built like [the] high [things] sanctuary his like [the] earth [which] he founded it for ever.

70 He chose David also his servant, and took him up from the flocks of sheep.

And he chose David servant his and he took him from [the] folds of sheep.

71 He took him from following the ewes great with young, to be the shepherd of Jacob his servant, and Israel his inheritance.

From after nursing [sheep] he brought him to shepherd Jacob people his and Israel inheritance his.

72 So he tended them in the innocency of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.

And he shepherded them according to [the] integrity of heart his and with [the] skill of hands his he led them.