Psalms 78

1 Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; 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 with a parable; I will utter dark sayings concerning days of old;

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

3 That which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us,

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

4 We will not hide from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and His strength, and His wondrous works that He hath 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 For He established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers, that they should make them 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 the generation to come might know them, even the children that should be born; who should arise and tell 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 put their confidence in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep 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 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 stedfast 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 were as archers handling the bow, that 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 refused to walk in His law;

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

11 And they forgot His doings, and His wondrous works that He had shown them.

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

12 Marvellous things did He in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

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

13 He cleaved the sea, and caused them to pass through; and He made the waters to stand as a heap.

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

14 By day also He led them with a cloud, 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 cleaved rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the great deep.

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

16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

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

17 Yet went they on still to sin against Him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert.

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

18 And they tried God in their heart by asking food for their craving.

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

19 Yea, they spoke against God; they said: 'Can God 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 Behold, He smote the rock, that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed; can He give bread also? or will He provide flesh 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 wroth; and a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also 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 And He commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven;

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

24 And He caused manna to rain upon them for food, and gave them of the corn of heaven.

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

25 Man did eat the bread of the mighty; He sent them provisions to the full.

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

26 He caused the east wind to set forth in heaven; and by His power He brought on the south wind.

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

27 He caused flesh also to rain upon them as the dust, and winged fowl as 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 He let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their dwellings.

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

29 So they did eat, and were well filled; and He gave them that which they craved.

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

30 They were not estranged from their craving, their food was yet in their mouths,

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

31 When the anger of God went up against them, and slew of the lustieth among them, and smote down the young 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 For all this they sinned still, and believed not in His wondrous works.

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

33 Therefore He ended their days as a breath, and their years in terror.

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

34 When He slew them, then they would inquire after Him, and turn back and seek God earnestly.

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

35 And they remembered that God was their Rock, and the Most High God their redeemer.

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

36 But they beguiled Him with their mouth, and lied unto 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 stedfast with Him, neither were they faithful in His covenant.

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

38 But He, being full of compassion, forgiveth iniquity, and destroyeth not; yea, many a time doth He turn His anger away, and doth not stir up all His wrath.

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 So He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

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

40 How oft did they rebel against Him in the wilderness, and grieve Him in the desert!

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

41 And still again they tried God, and set bounds to 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, nor the day when He redeemed them from the adversary.

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

43 How He set His signs in Egypt, and His wonders in the field of Zoan;

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

44 And turned their rivers into blood, so that they could not drink their streams.

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

45 He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.

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

46 He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar, and their labour unto the locust.

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

47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore-trees with frost.

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

48 He gave over their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to fiery bolts.

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

49 He sent forth upon them the fierceness of His anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, a sending of messengers of evil.

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

50 He levelled a path for His anger; He spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

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 smote all the first-born in Egypt, the first-fruits of their strength in the tents of Ham;

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

52 But He made His own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in 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 safely, and they feared not; but the sea overwhelmed 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 to His holy border, to the mountain, which His right hand had gotten.

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

55 He drove out the nations also before them, and allotted them for an inheritance by line, 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 tried and provoked God, the Most High, 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 But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers; they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

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

58 For 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 was wroth, and He greatly abhorred Israel;

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

60 And He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which He had made to dwell among men;

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

61 And delivered His strength into captivity, and His glory into the adversary's hand.

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

62 He gave His people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with 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 had no marriage-song.

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

64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.

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

65 Then the Lord awaked as one asleep, like a mighty man recovering from wine.

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

66 And He smote His adversaries backward; He put upon them a perpetual reproach.

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

67 Moreover He abhorred the tent 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 Judah, the mount Zion which He loved.

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

69 And He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which He hath founded for ever.

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 from the sheepfolds;

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

71 From following the ewes that give suck He brought him, to be shepherd over Jacob His people, and Israel His inheritance.

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

72 So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart; and lead 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.