Psalms 78
1 “A psalm of Asaph.” Give ear, O my people, to my instruction! 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 a psalm; I will utter sayings of ancient times.
I will open in a parable mouth my I will pour forth riddles from antiquity.
3 What we have heard and learned, 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; Showing to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, His might, and the wonders he hath wrought.
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 appointed statutes in Jacob, And established a law in Israel, Which he commanded our fathers To make 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 So that the generation to come might know them; The children, which should be born, and rise up, Who should declare 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 trust in God, And not forget his deeds, 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, like their forefathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, —A generation whose heart was not fixed upon God, And whose spirit was not steadfast toward the Almighty.
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 like armed bowmen, Who turn their backs 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 forgot his mighty deeds, And the wonders 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 divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; Yea, 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 he led them by a cloud, And all the night by 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 clave the rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink, as from the great deep.
He split open rocks in the wilderness and he gave [them] to drink like deeps much.
16 From the rock he brought flowing streams, And made water to run down like rivers.
And he brought out streams from a rock and he made to flow down like rivers water.
17 Yet still they sinned against him, And provoked 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 They tempted God in their hearts, By asking food for their delight.
And they put to [the] test God in heart their by requesting food for selves their.
19 Yea, they spake against God, and said, “Can God spread 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, and the water flowed, And streams gushed forth: Is he also able to give bread? Can 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 When, therefore, the LORD heard this, he was wroth: So a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger arose 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 aid.
For not they trusted in God and not they trusted in salvation his.
23 Yet he had commanded the clouds above, And had opened the doors of heaven;
And he commanded clouds above and [the] doors of heaven he opened.
24 And had rained down upon them manna for food, And had given them the corn of heaven.
And he rained down on them manna to eat and [the] grain of heaven he gave to them.
25 Every one ate the food of princes; He sent them bread to the full.
Bread of mighty [ones] he ate everyone food he sent to them to satiety.
26 Then he caused a strong wind to blow in the heavens, And by his power he brought a south wind;
He led out an east wind in the heavens and he led forth by strength his a south wind.
27 He rained down flesh upon them as dust, And feathered fowls as 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 He caused them to fall in the midst of their camp, Round about their habitations.
And he made [them] fall in [the] midst of camp his around dwelling his.
29 So they did eat, and were filled; For he gave them their own desire.
And they ate and they were satisfied exceedingly and desire their he brought to them.
30 Their desire was not yet satisfied, And their meat was yet in their mouths,
Not they had become estranged from desire their still food their [was] in mouth their.
31 When the wrath of God came upon them, And slew their strong men, And smote down the chosen 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 put no trust in his wondrous works.
In all this they sinned again and not they believed in wonders his.
33 Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, And their years in sudden destruction.
And he brought to an end in futility days their and years their in sudden terror.
34 When he slew them, they sought him; They returned, and sought earnestly for God;
If he killed them and they sought him and they returned and they sought earnestly God.
35 And remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High their redeemer.
And they remembered that God [was] rock their and God Most High [was] redeemer their.
36 But they only flattered him with their mouths, And spake falsely to him with their tongues.
And they deceived him with mouth their and with tongue their they lied to him.
37 For their hearts were not true to him, Nor were they steadfast in his covenant.
And heart their not [was] steadfast with him and not they were faithful in covenant his.
38 Yet, being full of compassion, he forgave their iniquity, And would not utterly destroy them; Often he restrained his indignation, And stirred not up all his anger.
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 He remembered that they were but flesh, —A breath, that passeth and cometh not back.
And he remembered that [were] flesh they a wind [which] goes and not it returns.
40 How often did they provoke him in the wilderness! How often did they anger him in the desert!
How often! they rebelled against him in the wilderness they grieved him in a desolate place.
41 Again and again they tempted God, And offended 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 delivered them from the enemy;
Not they remembered hand his [the] day when he ransomed them from [the] opponent.
43 What signs he had wrought in Egypt, And what wonders in the fields of Zoan.
When he performed in Egypt signs his and wonders his in [the] region of Zoan.
44 He turned their rivers into blood, So that they could not drink of their streams.
And he turned into blood canals their and streams their not they drank!
45 He sent amongst them 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 fruits to the caterpillar, And their labor to 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 also gave up their cattle to hail, And their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
And he delivered up to hail cattle their and livestock their to lightning bolts.
49 He sent against them the fierceness of his anger, Wrath, indignation, and woe, —A host of angels of evil.
He sent on them - [the] burning of anger his fury and indignation and trouble a band of angels of calamities.
50 He made a way for his anger, He spared them not from death, But gave up their lives 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 He smote all the firstborn 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 led forth his own people like sheep, And guided them like a flock in the wilderness.
And he led out like sheep people his and he led them like flock in the wilderness.
53 He led them on safely, so that they feared not, While the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
And he guided them to security and not they were afraid and enemies their it covered the sea.
54 He brought them to his own sacred border, Even to this mountain which his right hand had gained.
And he brought them to [the] territory of holiness his [the] mountain which it had acquired right [hand] his.
55 He cast out the nations before them, And divided their land by a measuring-line, as an inheritance, And caused 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 tempted and provoked God, the Most High, And kept not his statutes;
And they put to [the] test and they rebelled against God Most High and testimonies his not they kept.
57 Like their fathers they were faithless, and turned back; They 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 They provoked his anger by their high places, And stirred up his jealousy by their graven images.
And they provoked to anger him by high places their and by idols their they made jealous him.
59 God saw this, and was wroth, And greatly abhorred Israel;
He heard God and he was furious and he rejected exceedingly Israel.
60 So that he forsook the habitation at Shiloh, The tabernacle where he dwelt 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 hand of the enemy.
And he gave to captivity strength his and splendor his in [the] hand of [the] opponent.
62 His own people he gave up to the sword, And was wroth with his own 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 maidens did not bewail them.
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 But at length the Lord awaked as from sleep, As a hero who had been overpowered by wine;
And he awoke like a sleeper - [the] Lord like a warrior overcome from wine.
66 He smote his enemies, and drove them back, And covered them with everlasting disgrace.
And he struck opponents his backwards a reproach of perpetuity he gave to them.
67 Yet he rejected the tents 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 Where he built, like the heavens, his sanctuary; Like the earth, which he hath established for ever.
And he built like [the] high [things] sanctuary his like [the] earth [which] he founded it for ever.
70 And he chose David, 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 tending the suckling ewes he brought him To feed Jacob his people, And Israel his inheritance.
From after nursing [sheep] he brought him to shepherd Jacob people his and Israel inheritance his.
72 He fed them with an upright heart, And guided them with skilful hands.
And he shepherded them according to [the] integrity of heart his and with [the] skill of hands his he led them.
