Psalms 78

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

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

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

which to hear: hear and to know them and father our to recount to/for 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 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 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 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 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.

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

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

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 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 sons of Ephraim, who bend and shoot the bow, have been 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 have not kept the covenant of God. And they were not willing to 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 have been forgetful of his benefits, and of his miracle, which he revealed to them.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, by asking for food according to their desires.

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

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

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

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 he was dismayed, and a fire was kindled within Jacob, and an anger ascended into 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 For they neither put their trust in God, nor did they hope in his salvation.

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

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

and to command cloud from above and door heaven to open

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

not be a stranger from desire their still food their in/on/with lip 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 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 all these things, they continued to sin, and they were not trustworthy with his miracles.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

and heart their not to establish: establish with him and not be faithful in/on/with 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/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: with a spirit that goes forth and does not return.

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 desert and stir him to wrath in a waterless place?

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

41 And they turned back and tempted God, and they exasperated the Holy One of Israel.

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

42 They did not remember his hand, in the day that he redeemed them from the hand of the one troubling them.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

53 And he led them out in hope, and they did not fear. And 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 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 to come (in): bring them to(wards) border: boundary holiness his mountain: mount this to buy right his

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

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

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

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

58 They impelled him to anger on their hills, and they provoked him to rivalry 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 listened, and he spurned them, and he reduced Israel greatly, almost to nothing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

71 in order to pasture 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 And he fed them with the innocence of his heart. And he led them with the understanding of his hands.

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