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.

Maskil to/for Asaph to listen [emph?] people my instruction my to stretch ear your to/for word lip my

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

to open in/on/with proverb lip my to bubble riddle from front: old

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

which to hear: hear and to know them and father our to recount to/for 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 to hide from son: child their to/for generation last to recount praise LORD and strength his and to wonder his which to make: do

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 to arise: establish testimony in/on/with Jacob and instruction to set: appoint in/on/with Israel which to command [obj] father our to/for to know them to/for son: child their

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

because to know generation last son: child to beget to arise: rise and to recount to/for son: child their

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

and to set: make in/on/with God loin their and not to forget deed God and commandment his to watch

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 to be like/as father their generation to rebel and to rebel generation not to establish: establish heart his and not be faithful with God spirit his

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

son: descendant/people Ephraim to handle to shoot bow to overturn in/on/with day battle

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

not to keep: obey covenant God and in/on/with instruction his to refuse to/for to go: walk

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

and to forget wantonness his and to wonder his which to see: see them

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

before father their to make: do wonder in/on/with land: country/planet Egypt land: country Zoan

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

to break up/open sea and to pass: bring them and to stand water like heap

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

and to lead them in/on/with cloud by day and all [the] night in/on/with light fire

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

to break up/open rock in/on/with wilderness and to water: drink like/as abyss many

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

and to come out: issue to flow from crag and to go down like/as river water

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

and to add: again still to/for to sin to/for him to/for to rebel Most High in/on/with dryness

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

and to test God in/on/with heart their to/for to ask food to/for soul: appetite their

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

and to speak: speak in/on/with God to say be able God to/for to arrange table in/on/with 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?

look! to smite rock and to flow: flowing water and torrent: river to overflow also food: bread be able to give: give if: surely no to establish: prepare flesh to/for people his

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

to/for so to hear: hear LORD and be angry and fire to kindle in/on/with Jacob and also face: anger to ascend: rise in/on/with Israel

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

for not be faithful in/on/with God and not to trust in/on/with salvation his

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

and to command cloud from above and door heaven to open

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

and to rain upon them manna to/for to eat and grain heaven to give: give to/for them

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

food: bread mighty: angel to eat man: anyone provision to send: depart to/for them to/for satiety

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

to set out east in/on/with heaven and to lead in/on/with strength his south

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

and to rain upon them like/as dust flesh and like/as sand sea bird wing

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

and to fall: fall in/on/with entrails: among camp his around to/for tabernacle his

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

and to eat and to satisfy much and desire their to come (in): bring to/for them

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

not be a stranger from desire their still food their in/on/with lip 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 face: anger God to ascend: rise in/on/with them and to kill in/on/with fatness their and youth Israel to bow

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

in/on/with all this to sin still and not be faithful in/on/with to wonder his

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

and to end: expend in/on/with vanity day their and year their in/on/with dismay

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

if to kill them and to seek him and to return: repent and to seek God

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

and to remember for God rock their and El (Most High) (LORD) Most High to redeem: redeem their

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

and to entice him in/on/with lip their and in/on/with tongue their to lie to/for him

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

and heart their not to establish: establish with him and not be faithful in/on/with 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/she/it compassionate to atone iniquity: crime and not to ruin and to multiply to/for to return: repent face: anger his and not to rouse all rage his

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

and to remember for flesh they(masc.) spirit: breath to go: walk and not to return: return

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

like/as what? to rebel him in/on/with wilderness to hurt him in/on/with wilderness

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

and to return: again and to test God and holy Israel to wound

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

not to remember [obj] hand: power his day which to ransom them from enemy

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

which to set: put in/on/with Egypt sign: miraculous his and wonder his in/on/with land: country Zoan

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

and to overturn to/for blood stream their and to flow their not to drink [emph?]

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

to send: depart in/on/with them swarm and to eat them and frog and to ruin them

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

and to give: give to/for locust crops their and toil their to/for locust

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

to kill in/on/with hail vine their and sycamore their in/on/with frost

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

and to shut to/for hail cattle their and livestock their to/for flash

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

to send: let go in/on/with them burning anger face: anger his fury and indignation and distress deputation messenger: angel bad: harmful

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

to envy path to/for face: anger his not to withhold from death soul: myself their and living thing their to/for pestilence to shut

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

and to smite all firstborn in/on/with Egypt first: beginning strength in/on/with tent Ham

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

and to set out like/as flock people his and to lead them like/as flock in/on/with wilderness

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

and to lead them to/for security and not to dread and [obj] enemy their to cover [the] sea

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

and to come (in): bring them to(wards) border: boundary holiness his mountain: mount this to buy right 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 to drive out: drive out from face: before their nation and to fall: allot them in/on/with cord inheritance and to dwell in/on/with tent their tribe Israel

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

and to test and to rebel [obj] God Most High and testimony his not to keep: obey

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

and to turn and to act treacherously like/as father their to overturn like/as bow deceit

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

and to provoke him in/on/with high place their and in/on/with idol their be jealous him

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

to hear: hear God and be angry and to reject much in/on/with Israel

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

and to leave tabernacle Shiloh tent to dwell in/on/with man

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

and to give: give to/for captivity strength his and beauty his in/on/with hand: power enemy

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

and to shut to/for sword people his and in/on/with inheritance his be angry

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

youth his to eat fire and virgin his not to boast: praise

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

priest his in/on/with sword to fall: kill and widow his not to weep

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

and to awake like/as sleeping Lord like/as mighty man to overcome from wine

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

and to smite enemy his back reproach forever: enduring to give: put to/for them

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

and to reject in/on/with tent Joseph and in/on/with tribe Ephraim not to choose

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

and to choose [obj] tribe Judah [obj] mountain: mount Zion which to love: lover

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

and to build like to exalt sanctuary his like/as land: country/planet to found her to/for forever: enduring

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

and to choose in/on/with David servant/slave his and to take: take him from fold flock

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 to nurse to come (in): bring him to/for to pasture in/on/with Jacob people his and in/on/with Israel inheritance his

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

and to pasture them like/as integrity heart his and in/on/with understanding palm his to lead them