Psalms 78
1 AN INSTRUCTION OF ASAPH. Give ear, O my people, to my law, Incline your ear to sayings 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 open my mouth with an allegory, I bring forth hidden things of old,
to open in/on/with proverb lip my to bubble riddle from front: old
3 That we have heard and know, And our fathers have recounted to us.
which to hear: hear and to know them and father our to recount to/for us
4 We do not hide from their sons, Recounting praises of YHWH to a later generation, And His strength, and His 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 raises up a testimony in Jacob, And has placed a law in Israel, That He commanded our fathers, To make them 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 a later generation knows, Sons who are born, rise and recount to their sons,
because to know generation last son: child to beget to arise: rise and to recount to/for son: child their
7 And place their confidence in God, And do not forget the doings of God, But keep His commands.
and to set: make in/on/with God loin their and not to forget deed God and commandment his to watch
8 And they are not like their fathers, A generation apostatizing and being rebellious, A generation—it has not prepared its heart, Nor [is] its spirit 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 Sons of Ephraim—armed bearers of bow, Have turned in a day of conflict.
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 have refused 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 forget His doings, And His wonders that He showed them.
and to forget wantonness his and to wonder his which to see: see them
12 He has done wonders before their fathers, In the land of Egypt—the field of Zoan.
before father their to make: do wonder in/on/with land: country/planet Egypt land: country Zoan
13 He cleft a sea, and causes them to pass over, Indeed, He causes waters to stand as a heap.
to break up/open sea and to pass: bring them and to stand water like heap
14 And leads them with a cloud by day, And with a light of fire all the night.
and to lead them in/on/with cloud by day and all [the] night in/on/with light fire
15 He cleaves rocks in a wilderness, And gives drink—as the great deep.
to break up/open rock in/on/with wilderness and to water: drink like/as abyss many
16 And brings out streams from a rock, And causes waters to come down as rivers.
and to come out: issue to flow from crag and to go down like/as river water
17 And they still add to sin against Him, To provoke the Most High in the dry place.
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 try God in their heart, To ask food for their lust.
and to test God in/on/with heart their to/for to ask food to/for soul: appetite their
19 And they speak against God—they said: “Is God able to array a table in a wilderness?”
and to speak: speak in/on/with God to say be able God to/for to arrange table in/on/with wilderness
20 Behold, He has struck a rock, And waters flow, indeed, streams overflow. “Also, [is] He able to give bread? Does He prepare flesh 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 YHWH has heard, And He shows Himself angry, And fire has been kindled against Jacob, And anger has also gone 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 For they have not believed in God, Nor have they trusted in His salvation.
for not be faithful in/on/with God and not to trust in/on/with salvation his
23 And He commands clouds from above, Indeed, He has opened doors of the heavens.
and to command cloud from above and door heaven to open
24 And He rains manna on them to eat, Indeed, He has given grain of the heavens to them.
and to rain upon them manna to/for to eat and grain heaven to give: give to/for them
25 Each has eaten food of the mighty, He sent provision to them to satiety.
food: bread mighty: angel to eat man: anyone provision to send: depart to/for them to/for satiety
26 He causes an east wind to journey in the heavens, And leads a south wind by His strength,
to set out east in/on/with heaven and to lead in/on/with strength his south
27 And He rains on them flesh as dust, And as sand of the seas—winged bird,
and to rain upon them like/as dust flesh and like/as sand sea bird wing
28 And causes [it] to fall in the midst of His camp, Around His dwelling places.
and to fall: fall in/on/with entrails: among camp his around to/for tabernacle his
29 And they eat, and are greatly satisfied, And He brings their desire to them.
and to eat and to satisfy much and desire their to come (in): bring to/for them
30 They have not been estranged from their desire, Their food [is] yet in their mouth,
not be a stranger from desire their still food their in/on/with lip their
31 And the anger of God has gone up against them, And He slays among their fat ones, And He caused youths of Israel to bend.
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 With all this they have sinned again, And have not believed in His wonders.
in/on/with all this to sin still and not be faithful in/on/with to wonder his
33 And He consumes their days in vanity, And their years in trouble.
and to end: expend in/on/with vanity day their and year their in/on/with dismay
34 If He slew them, then they sought Him, And turned back, and earnestly sought God,
if to kill them and to seek him and to return: repent and to seek God
35 And they remember that God [is] their rock, And God Most High their redeemer.
and to remember for God rock their and El (Most High) (LORD) Most High to redeem: redeem their
36 And they deceive Him with their mouth, And lie 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 And their heart has not been right with Him, And they have not been steadfast in His covenant.
and heart their not to establish: establish with him and not be faithful in/on/with covenant his
38 And He, the Merciful One, pardons iniquity, and does not destroy, And has often turned back His anger, And does not awaken all His fury.
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 remembers that they [are] flesh, A wind going on—and it does not return.
and to remember for flesh they(masc.) spirit: breath to go: walk and not to return: return
40 How often do they provoke Him in the wilderness, Grieve Him in the desolate place?
like/as what? to rebel him in/on/with wilderness to hurt him in/on/with wilderness
41 Indeed, they turn back, and try God, And have limited the Holy One of Israel.
and to return: again and to test God and holy Israel to wound
42 They have not remembered His hand The day He ransomed them from the adversary.
not to remember [obj] hand: power his day which to ransom them from enemy
43 When He set His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the field of Zoan,
which to set: put in/on/with Egypt sign: miraculous his and wonder his in/on/with land: country Zoan
44 And He turns their streams to blood, And they do not drink their floods.
and to overturn to/for blood stream their and to flow their not to drink [emph?]
45 He sends among them the beetle, and it consumes them, And the frog, and it destroys them,
to send: depart in/on/with them swarm and to eat them and frog and to ruin them
46 And gives their increase to the caterpillar, And their labor to the locust.
and to give: give to/for locust crops their and toil their to/for locust
47 He destroys their vine with hail, And their sycamores with frost,
to kill in/on/with hail vine their and sycamore their in/on/with frost
48 And delivers their beasts up to the hail, And their livestock to the burning flames.
and to shut to/for hail cattle their and livestock their to/for flash
49 He sends on them the fury of His anger, Wrath, and indignation, and distress—A discharge of evil messengers.
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 ponders a path for His anger, He did not keep back their soul from death, Indeed, He delivered up their life to the pestilence.
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 strikes every firstborn in Egypt, The first-fruit of the strong in tents of Ham.
and to smite all firstborn in/on/with Egypt first: beginning strength in/on/with tent Ham
52 And causes His people to journey as a flock, And guides them as a drove in a wilderness,
and to set out like/as flock people his and to lead them like/as flock in/on/with wilderness
53 And He leads them confidently, And they have not been afraid, And the sea has 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 brings them to the border of His sanctuary, This mountain His right hand had acquired,
and to come (in): bring them to(wards) border: boundary holiness his mountain: mount this to buy right his
55 And casts out nations from before them, And causes them to fall in the line of inheritance, And causes 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 And they tempt and provoke God Most High, And have not kept His testimonies.
and to test and to rebel [obj] God Most High and testimony his not to keep: obey
57 And they turn back, And deal treacherously like their fathers, They have been turned like a deceitful bow,
and to turn and to act treacherously like/as father their to overturn like/as bow deceit
58 And make Him angry with their high places, And make Him zealous with their carved images,
and to provoke him in/on/with high place their and in/on/with idol their be jealous him
59 God has heard, and shows Himself angry. And kicks exceedingly against Israel.
to hear: hear God and be angry and to reject much in/on/with Israel
60 And He leaves the Dwelling Place of Shiloh, The tent He had placed among men,
and to leave tabernacle Shiloh tent to dwell in/on/with man
61 And He gives His strength to captivity, And His beauty into the hand of an adversary,
and to give: give to/for captivity strength his and beauty his in/on/with hand: power enemy
62 And delivers His people up to the sword, And showed Himself angry with His inheritance.
and to shut to/for sword people his and in/on/with inheritance his be angry
63 Fire has consumed His young men, And His virgins have not been praised.
youth his to eat fire and virgin his not to boast: praise
64 His priests have fallen by the sword, And their widows do not weep.
priest his in/on/with sword to fall: kill and widow his not to weep
65 And the Lord wakes as a sleeper, As a mighty one crying aloud from wine.
and to awake like/as sleeping Lord like/as mighty man to overcome from wine
66 And He strikes His adversaries backward, He has put a continuous reproach on them,
and to smite enemy his back reproach forever: enduring to give: put to/for them
67 And He kicks against the tent of Joseph, And has not fixed on the tribe of Ephraim.
and to reject in/on/with tent Joseph and in/on/with tribe Ephraim not to choose
68 And He chooses the tribe of Judah, With Mount Zion that He loved,
and to choose [obj] tribe Judah [obj] mountain: mount Zion which to love: lover
69 And builds His sanctuary as a high place, Like the earth, He founded it for all time.
and to build like to exalt sanctuary his like/as land: country/planet to found her to/for forever: enduring
70 And He fixes on His servant David, And takes him from the folds of a flock,
and to choose in/on/with David servant/slave his and to take: take him from fold flock
71 He has brought him in from behind suckling ones, To rule over Jacob His people, And over 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 rules them according to the integrity of his heart, And leads them by the skillfulness of his hands!
and to pasture them like/as integrity heart his and in/on/with understanding palm his to lead them
