Psalms 78
1 A poem of Asaph give ear to! O people my instruction my incline ear your to [the] words of mouth my.
A Maskil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; listen 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 parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,
3 Which we have heard and we have known them and ancestors our they have recounted to us.
that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to 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, but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might, and the wonders He has performed.
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 to teach 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 coming generation would know them— even children yet to be born— to arise and tell their own 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 should put their confidence in God, not forgetting His works, but keeping 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.
Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.
9 [the] people of Ephraim [were] equipped of shooters of a bow they turned back on [the] day of battle.
The archers of Ephraim turned back on the day of battle.
10 Not they kept [the] covenant of God and in law his they refused to walk.
They failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law.
11 And they forgot deeds his and wonders his which he had shown them.
They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them.
12 Before ancestors their he did wonder[s] in [the] land of Egypt [the] region of Zoan.
He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region 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 split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.
14 And he guided them by the cloud by day and all the night by [the] light of a fire.
He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.
15 He split open rocks in the wilderness and he gave [them] to drink like deeps much.
He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas.
16 And he brought out streams from a rock and he made to flow down like rivers water.
He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers.
17 And they repeated again to sin to him by rebelling against [the] Most High in the dry region.
But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High.
18 And they put to [the] test God in heart their by requesting food for selves their.
They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.
19 And they spoke against God they said ¿ is he able God to arrange a table in the wilderness.
They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really 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.
When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”
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 the LORD heard and was filled with wrath; so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and His anger flared against Israel,
22 For not they trusted in God and not they trusted in salvation his.
because they did not believe God or rely on His salvation.
23 And he commanded clouds above and [the] doors of heaven he opened.
Yet He commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of the heavens.
24 And he rained down on them manna to eat and [the] grain of heaven he gave to them.
He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven.
25 Bread of mighty [ones] he ate everyone food he sent to them to satiety.
Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance.
26 He led out an east wind in the heavens and he led forth by strength his a south wind.
He stirred the east wind from the heavens and drove the south wind by His might.
27 And he rained down on them like dust meat and like [the] sand of [the] seas bird[s] of wing.
He rained meat on them like dust, and winged birds like the sand of the sea.
28 And he made [them] fall in [the] midst of camp his around dwelling his.
He felled them in the midst of their camp, all around their dwellings.
29 And they ate and they were satisfied exceedingly and desire their he brought to them.
So they ate and were well filled, for He gave them what they craved.
30 Not they had become estranged from desire their still food their [was] in mouth their.
Yet before they had filled their desire, with the food still 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.
God’s anger flared against them, and He put to death their strongest and subdued the young men of Israel.
32 In all this they sinned again and not they believed in wonders his.
In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; despite His wonderful works, they did not believe.
33 And he brought to an end in futility days their and years their in sudden terror.
So He ended their days in futility, and their years in sudden terror.
34 If he killed them and they sought him and they returned and they sought earnestly God.
When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God.
35 And they remembered that God [was] rock their and God Most High [was] redeemer their.
And they remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer.
36 And they deceived him with mouth their and with tongue their they lied to him.
But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues.
37 And heart their not [was] steadfast with him and not they were faithful in covenant his.
Their hearts were disloyal to Him, and they were unfaithful to 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.
And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.
39 And he remembered that [were] flesh they a wind [which] goes and not it returns.
He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.
40 How often! they rebelled against him in the wilderness they grieved him in a desolate place.
How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!
41 And they returned and they put to [the] test God and [the] holy [one] of Israel they pained.
Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
42 Not they remembered hand his [the] day when he ransomed them from [the] opponent.
They did not remember His power — the day He redeemed them from the adversary,
43 When he performed in Egypt signs his and wonders his in [the] region of Zoan.
when He performed His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the fields of Zoan.
44 And he turned into blood canals their and streams their not they drank!
He turned their rivers to blood, and from their streams 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 swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them.
46 And he gave to the locust produce their and [the] result of toil their to the locust.
He gave their crops to the grasshopper, the fruit of their labor to the locust.
47 He killed with hail vine[s] their and sycamore-fig trees their with a flood.
He killed their vines with hailstones and their sycamore-figs with sleet.
48 And he delivered up to hail cattle their and livestock their to lightning bolts.
He abandoned their cattle to the hail and their livestock to bolts of lightning.
49 He sent on them - [the] burning of anger his fury and indignation and trouble a band of angels of calamities.
He unleashed His fury against them, wrath, indignation, and calamity— a band of destroying angels.
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 cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague.
51 And he struck down every firstborn in Egypt [the] beginning of manly vigor in [the] tents of Ham.
He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham.
52 And he led out like sheep people his and he led them like flock in the wilderness.
He led out His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.
53 And he guided them to security and not they were afraid and enemies their it covered the sea.
He led them safely, so they did not fear, but the sea engulfed their enemies.
54 And he brought them to [the] territory of holiness his [the] mountain which it had acquired right [hand] his.
He brought them to His holy land, to the mountain His right hand had acquired.
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 nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
56 And they put to [the] test and they rebelled against God Most High and testimonies his not they kept.
But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees.
57 And they turned back and they acted treacherously like ancestors their they changed like a bow of deceit.
They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.
58 And they provoked to anger him by high places their and by idols their they made jealous him.
They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.
59 He heard God and he was furious and he rejected exceedingly Israel.
On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely.
60 And he abandoned [the] tabernacle of Shiloh [the] tent [which] he had pitched among humankind.
He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men.
61 And he gave to captivity strength his and splendor his in [the] hand of [the] opponent.
He delivered His strength to captivity, and His splendor to the hand of the adversary.
62 And he delivered up to the sword people his and with inheritance his he was furious.
He surrendered His people to the sword because He was enraged by His heritage.
63 Young men its it consumed fire and young women its not they were praised.
Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs.
64 Priests its by the sword they fell and widows its not they wept.
His priests fell by the sword, but their widows could not lament.
65 And he awoke like a sleeper - [the] Lord like a warrior overcome from wine.
Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a mighty warrior overcome by wine.
66 And he struck opponents his backwards a reproach of perpetuity he gave to them.
He beat back His foes; He put them to everlasting shame.
67 And he rejected [the] tent of Joseph and [the] tribe of Ephraim not he chose.
He rejected the tent of Joseph and refused the tribe of Ephraim.
68 And he chose [the] tribe of Judah [the] mountain of Zion which he loved.
But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.
69 And he built like [the] high [things] sanctuary his like [the] earth [which] he founded it for ever.
He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth He has established forever.
70 And he chose David servant his and he took him from [the] folds of sheep.
He chose David 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 tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of 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 David shepherded them with integrity of heart and guided them with skillful hands.
