Psalms 78

1 The understanding of Asaph. O my people, attend to my law. Incline your ears 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 speak about concepts that are from the beginning.

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

3 We have heard and known such great things, as our fathers have described to us.

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

4 These things have not been hidden from their sons in any generation: declaring the praises of the Lord, and his virtues, and the wonders that he has done.

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 has received testimony with Jacob, and he has set a law within Israel. Such great things, he has commanded our fathers, so as to make these things known to their sons,

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 so that another generation might know them, and so that the sons, who will be born and who will grow up, shall describe them to their sons.

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 So then, may they put their hope in God, and may they not forget the works of God, and may they 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 May they not become like their fathers, a perverse and exasperating generation: a generation that does not straighten their heart and whose spirit is not trustworthy 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 sons of Ephraim, who bend and shoot the bow, have been 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 have not kept the covenant of God. And they were not willing to walk in his law.

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

11 And they have been forgetful of his benefits, and of his miracle, which he revealed to them.

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

12 He performed miracles in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Tanis.

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

13 He broke the sea and he led them through. And he stationed the waters, as if in a vessel.

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

14 And he led them with a cloud by day, and with illumination by fire throughout the night.

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

15 He broke through the rock in the wasteland, and he gave them to drink, as if from the great abyss.

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

16 He brought forth water from the rock, and he conducted the waters, as if they were rivers.

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

17 And yet, they continued to sin against him. In a waterless place, they provoked the Most High with resentment.

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, by asking for food according to their desires.

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

19 And they spoke badly about God. They said, “Would God be able to prepare a table in the desert?

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

20 He struck the rock, and so waters flowed and the torrents flooded, but would even he be able to provide bread, or provide 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 he was dismayed, and a fire was kindled within Jacob, and an anger ascended into 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 For they neither put their trust in God, nor did they hope in his salvation.

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

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

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

24 And he rained down manna upon them to eat, and he 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 the bread of Angels. He sent them provisions in abundance.

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

26 He transferred the south wind from heaven, and, in his virtue, 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 down flesh upon them, as if it were dust, and feathered birds, as if they were the sand of the sea.

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

28 And they fell down in the midst of their camp, encircling their tabernacles.

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

29 And they ate until they were greatly satisfied, and he brought to them according to their desires.

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

30 They were not cheated out of what they wanted. Their food was still in their mouth,

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

31 and then the wrath of God came upon them. And he slew the fat ones among them, and he impeded the elect 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 all these things, they continued to sin, and they were not trustworthy with his miracles.

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

33 And their days faded away into vanity, and their years with haste.

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

34 When he slew them, then they sought him. And they returned, and they drew near to him in the early morning.

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

35 And they were mindful that God is their helper and that the Most High God is their redeemer.

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

36 And they chose him with their mouth, and then they 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 upright with him, nor have they been living faithfully in his covenant.

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

38 Yet he is merciful, and he will pardon their sins. And he will not destroy them. And he has abundantly turned aside his own wrath. And he did not enflame his wrath entirely.

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: with a spirit that goes forth and does not return.

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

40 How often did they provoke him in the desert and stir him to wrath in a waterless place?

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

41 And they turned back and tempted God, and they exasperated 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 did not remember his hand, in the day that he redeemed them from the hand of the one troubling them.

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

43 Thus, he positioned his signs in Egypt and his wonders in the field of Tanis.

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

44 And he turned their rivers into blood, along with their rain showers, so that they could not drink.

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

45 He sent among them the common fly, and it devoured them, and the frog, and it scattered them.

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

46 And he gave up their fruits to mold and their labors to the locust.

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

47 And he slew their vineyards with hail and their mulberry trees with severe frost.

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

48 And he delivered their cattle to the hail and their possessions to fire.

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

49 And he sent the wrath of his indignation among them: indignation and wrath and tribulation, sent forth 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 way for the path of his anger. He did not spare their souls from death. And he enclosed their beasts of burden in 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 he struck all the first-born in the land of Egypt: the first-fruits of all their labor in the tabernacles of Ham.

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

52 And he took away his own people like sheep, and he led them through the wilderness like a flock.

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

53 And he led them out in hope, and they did not fear. And 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 led them to the mountain of his sanctification: the mountain that his right hand had acquired. And he cast out the Gentiles before their face. And he divided their land by lot to them, with a line of distribution.

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

55 And he caused the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tabernacles.

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 aggravated God Most High, and they did not keep his testaments.

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

57 And they turned themselves aside, and they did not serve the covenant. In the same manner as their fathers, they were turned backwards, like a crooked bow.

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

58 They impelled him to anger on their hills, and they provoked him to rivalry with their graven images.

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

59 God listened, and he spurned them, and he reduced Israel greatly, almost to nothing.

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

60 And he rejected the tabernacle of Shiloh, his tabernacle where he had dwelt among men.

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

61 And he delivered their virtue into captivity, and their beauty into the hands of the enemy.

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

62 And he enclosed his people with the sword, and he spurned his inheritance.

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

63 Fire consumed their young men, and their virgins were not lamented.

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

64 Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows did not weep.

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

65 And the Lord was awakened, as if out of sleep, and like a powerful man impaired by wine.

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

66 And he struck his enemies on the back. He gave them over to everlasting disgrace.

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

67 And he rejected the tabernacle of Joseph, and he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.

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

68 But he chose the tribe of Judah: mount Zion, which he loved.

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

69 And he built up his sanctuary, like a single-horned beast, in the land that he founded for all ages.

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

70 And he chose his servant David, and he took him from the flocks of the sheep: he received him from following the ewes with their young,

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

71 in order to pasture Jacob his servant and Israel his inheritance.

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

72 And he fed them with the innocence of his heart. And he led them with the understanding of his hands.

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