Psalms 78
1 A poem of Asaph give ear to! O people my instruction my incline ear your to [the] words of mouth my.
Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law: Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
2 I will open in a parable mouth my I will pour forth riddles from antiquity.
I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,
3 Which we have heard and we have known them and ancestors our they have recounted to us.
Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.
4 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.
We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, And his strength, and his wondrous works that he hath done.
5 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.
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;
6 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.
That the generation to come might know [them], even the children that should be born; Who should arise and tell [them] to their children,
7 So they may put in God confidence their and not they will forget [the] deeds of God and commandments his they will observe.
That they might set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep his commandments,
8 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.
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.
9 [the] people of Ephraim [were] equipped of shooters of a bow they turned back on [the] day of battle.
The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle.
10 Not they kept [the] covenant of God and in law his they refused to walk.
They kept not the covenant of God, And refused to walk in his law;
11 And they forgot deeds his and wonders his which he had shown them.
And they forgat his doings, And his wondrous works that he had showed them.
12 Before ancestors their he did wonder[s] in [the] land of Egypt [the] region of Zoan.
Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
13 He split open [the] sea and he brought through them and he made to stand up [the] waters like a heap.
He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through; And he made the waters to stand as a heap.
14 And he guided them by the cloud by day and all the night by [the] light of a fire.
In the day-time also he led them with a cloud, And all the night with a light of fire.
15 He split open rocks in the wilderness and he gave [them] to drink like deeps much.
He clave rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.
16 And he brought out streams from a rock and he made to flow down like rivers water.
He brought streams also out of the rock, And caused waters to run down like rivers.
17 And they repeated again to sin to him by rebelling against [the] Most High in the dry region.
Yet went they on still to sin against him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.
18 And they put to [the] test God in heart their by requesting food for selves their.
And they tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire.
19 And they spoke against God they said ¿ is he able God to arrange a table in the wilderness.
Yea, they spake against God; They said, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
20 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.
Behold, he smote the rock, so that waters gushed out, And streams overflowed; Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?
21 Therefore - he heard Yahweh and he was furious and fire it was kindled in Jacob and also anger it went up in Israel.
Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth; And a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger also went up against Israel;
22 For not they trusted in God and not they trusted in salvation his.
Because they believed not in God, And trusted not in his salvation.
23 And he commanded clouds above and [the] doors of heaven he opened.
Yet he commanded the skies above, And opened the doors of heaven;
24 And he rained down on them manna to eat and [the] grain of heaven he gave to them.
And he rained down manna upon them to eat, And gave them food from heaven.
25 Bread of mighty [ones] he ate everyone food he sent to them to satiety.
Man did eat the bread of the mighty: He sent them food to the full.
26 He led out an east wind in the heavens and he led forth by strength his a south wind.
He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens; And by his power he guided the south wind.
27 And he rained down on them like dust meat and like [the] sand of [the] seas bird[s] of wing.
He rained flesh also upon them as the dust, And winged birds as the sand of the seas:
28 And he made [them] fall in [the] midst of camp his around dwelling his.
And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, Round about their habitations.
29 And they ate and they were satisfied exceedingly and desire their he brought to them.
So they did eat, and were well filled; And he gave them their own desire.
30 Not they had become estranged from desire their still food their [was] in mouth their.
They were not estranged from that which they desired, Their food was yet in their mouths,
31 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.
When the anger of God went up against them, And slew of the fattest of them, And smote down the young men of Israel.
32 In all this they sinned again and not they believed in wonders his.
For all this they sinned still, And believed not in his wondrous works.
33 And he brought to an end in futility days their and years their in sudden terror.
Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, And their years in terror.
34 If he killed them and they sought him and they returned and they sought earnestly God.
When he slew them, then they inquired after him; And they returned and sought God earnestly.
35 And they remembered that God [was] rock their and God Most High [was] redeemer their.
And they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their redeemer.
36 And they deceived him with mouth their and with tongue their they lied to him.
But they flattered him with their mouth, And lied unto him with their tongue.
37 And heart their not [was] steadfast with him and not they were faithful in covenant his.
For their heart was not right with him, Neither were they faithful in his covenant.
38 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.
But he, being merciful, forgave [their] iniquity, and destroyed [them] not: Yea, many a time turned he his anger away, And did not stir up all his wrath.
39 And he remembered that [were] flesh they a wind [which] goes and not it returns.
And he remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
40 How often! they rebelled against him in the wilderness they grieved him in a desolate place.
How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness, And grieve him in the desert!
41 And they returned and they put to [the] test God and [the] holy [one] of Israel they pained.
And they turned again and tempted God, And provoked the Holy One of Israel.
42 Not they remembered hand his [the] day when he ransomed them from [the] opponent.
They remembered not his hand, Nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;
43 When he performed in Egypt signs his and wonders his in [the] region of Zoan.
How he set his signs in Egypt, And his wonders in the field of Zoan,
44 And he turned into blood canals their and streams their not they drank!
And turned their rivers into blood, And their streams, so that they could not drink.
45 He sent among them a swarm of flies and it devoured them and frog[s] and it ruined them.
He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; And frogs, which destroyed them.
46 And he gave to the locust produce their and [the] result of toil their to the locust.
He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar, And their labor unto the locust.
47 He killed with hail vine[s] their and sycamore-fig trees their with a flood.
He destroyed their vines with hail, And their sycomore-trees with frost.
48 And he delivered up to hail cattle their and livestock their to lightning bolts.
He gave over their cattle also to the hail, And their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
49 He sent on them - [the] burning of anger his fury and indignation and trouble a band of angels of calamities.
He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, Wrath, and indignation, and trouble, A band of angels of evil.
50 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.
He made a path for his anger; He spared not their soul from death, But gave their life over to the pestilence,
51 And he struck down every firstborn in Egypt [the] beginning of manly vigor in [the] tents of Ham.
And smote all the first-born in Egypt, The chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.
52 And he led out like sheep people his and he led them like flock in the wilderness.
But he led forth his own people like sheep, And guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
53 And he guided them to security and not they were afraid and enemies their it covered the sea.
And he led them safely, so that they feared not; But the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
54 And he brought them to [the] territory of holiness his [the] mountain which it had acquired right [hand] his.
And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, To this mountain, which his right hand had gotten.
55 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.
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.
56 And they put to [the] test and they rebelled against God Most High and testimonies his not they kept.
Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, And kept not his testimonies;
57 And they turned back and they acted treacherously like ancestors their they changed like a bow of deceit.
But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers: They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
58 And they provoked to anger him by high places their and by idols their they made jealous him.
For they provoked him to anger with their high places, And moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
59 He heard God and he was furious and he rejected exceedingly Israel.
When God heard [this], he was wroth, And greatly abhorred Israel;
60 And he abandoned [the] tabernacle of Shiloh [the] tent [which] he had pitched among humankind.
So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent which he placed among men;
61 And he gave to captivity strength his and splendor his in [the] hand of [the] opponent.
And delivered his strength into captivity, And his glory into the adversary’s hand.
62 And he delivered up to the sword people his and with inheritance his he was furious.
He gave his people over also unto the sword, And was wroth with his inheritance.
63 Young men its it consumed fire and young women its not they were praised.
Fire devoured their young men; And their virgins had no marriage-song.
64 Priests its by the sword they fell and widows its not they wept.
Their priests fell by the sword; And their widows made no lamentation.
65 And he awoke like a sleeper - [the] Lord like a warrior overcome from wine.
Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, Like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
66 And he struck opponents his backwards a reproach of perpetuity he gave to them.
And he smote his adversaries backward: He put them to a perpetual reproach.
67 And he rejected [the] tent of Joseph and [the] tribe of Ephraim not he chose.
Moreover he refused the tent of Joseph, And chose not the tribe of Ephraim,
68 And he chose [the] tribe of Judah [the] mountain of Zion which he loved.
But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved.
69 And he built like [the] high [things] sanctuary his like [the] earth [which] he founded it for ever.
And he built his sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which he hath established for ever.
70 And he chose David servant his and he took him from [the] folds of sheep.
He chose David also his servant, And took him from the sheepfolds:
71 From after nursing [sheep] he brought him to shepherd Jacob people his and Israel inheritance his.
From following the ewes that have their young he brought him, To be the shepherd of Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
72 And he shepherded them according to [the] integrity of heart his and with [the] skill of hands his he led them.
So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, And guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
