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 Assaph.” Give ear, O my people, to my instruction: incline thy ear 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 with a parable my mouth: I will utter riddles out of ancient times;

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

Which we have heard and know, and which our fathers have related unto 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 conceal them from their children, relating to the latest generation the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful deeds which 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.

Yea, he established a testimony in Jacob, and instituted 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.

In order that the latest generation might know them, even the children that are to be born; that they may arise and relate 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 may place in God their hope, and not forget the doings of God, but observe 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 that they may not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that had not directed their heart firmly, and 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 children of Ephraim, like well-armed archers, that turn round on the day of battle,

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

Kept not the covenant of God, and in his law they refused to walk;

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

And they forgot his deeds, as also his wonders, which he had permitted them to see.

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

In the presence of their fathers did he do wonders, in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zo'an.

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

He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters stand upright as a wall.

14 And he guided them by the cloud by day and all the night by [the] light of a fire.

And he led them with the cloud by day, 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 split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the mighty deep.

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

And he brought forth running streams out of the rock, and caused water to run down like rivers.

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

But they repeated to sin yet more against him, rebelling 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 for their desire.

19 And they spoke against God they said ¿ is he able God to arrange a table in the wilderness.

Yea, they spoke against God: they said, Will God be able to set in order 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: shall he also be able to give bread? or can 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, when the Lord heard this, he became wroth: and a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also ascended against Israel,

22 For not they trusted in God and not they trusted in salvation his.

Because they had not believed in God, and had not trusted in his salvation.

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

Then he ordained the skies from above, and the doors of heaven he opened;

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

And he let rain down upon them manna to eat, and the corn of heaven gave he unto them.

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

Angels' bread did man eat: he sent them provision to satisfaction.

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

He caused an east wind to pass along the heavens; and he led forth by his strength the south wind.

27 And he rained down on them like dust meat and like [the] sand of [the] seas bird[s] of wing.

And he let rain upon them flesh [as plentiful] as the 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.

And he let them 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.

And they ate, and were greatly satisfied, and what they longed for he brought unto them.

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

They were not estranged from their longing, yet was their food in their mouth:

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 wrath of God ascended against them, and he slew some of the fattest of them, and the young men of Israel did he strike down.

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

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

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

Therefore he caused their days to come to an end in nought, and their years in dread.

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

When he slew them, then did they seek him, and they returned and inquired earnestly after 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, and the most high God their redeemer.

36 And they deceived him with mouth their and with tongue their they lied to him.

Nevertheless they prayed insincerely to him with their mouth, and with their tongue they lied unto him.

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

For their heart was not firm with him, and they were not 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 the iniquity, and destroyed [them] not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not awaken all his fury.

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

And he remembered that they are but flesh, a spirit that passeth away, and returneth 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, grieve him in the desert!

41 And they returned and they put to [the] test God and [the] holy [one] of Israel they pained.

Yea, they once more tempted God, and set limits to 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, the day when he ransomed them from the adversary;

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

When he displayed in Egypt his signs, and his wonderful tokens in the fields of Zo'an.

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

And he changed their rivers into blood; and their running streams, that they could not drink [of them].

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

He sent out among them various wild beasts, 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.

And he gave unto the cricket their products, and their labor unto the locust.

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

He slew with hail their vines, and their sycamore-trees with ice-bolts.

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

And he surrendered to the hail their cattle, and their herds to the lightning's flashes.

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

He let loose against them the fierceness of his anger, wrath and indignation, and distress, a host of angels of misfortune.

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 leveled a path for his anger; he withheld not from death their soul, and their life he surrendered to the pestilence;

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

And he smote all the first-born in Egypt; the first 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 caused his own people to depart like flocks, and guided them like a drove in the wilderness.

53 And he guided them to security and not they were afraid and enemies their it covered the sea.

And he led them in safety, so that they felt no dread; but the sea covered over 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 his holy territory, even to this mount, which 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.

And he drove out from before them nations, and divided them by the measuring-line as an inheritance, and he caused to dwell in their tents the tribes of Israel.

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 his testimonies they kept not;

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

But swerved aside, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers; they turned about like a deceitful bow.

58 And they provoked to anger him by high places their and by idols their they made jealous him.

And they provoked him to anger with their high-places, and with their graven images they moved him to jealousy.

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

God heard this, and he became wroth, and felt greatly disgusted with Israel;

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

And he cast off the dwelling at Shiloh, the tabernacle where he had dwelt among men;

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

And he gave up his strength unto 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.

And he surrendered his people unto the sword; and with his inheritance was he wroth.

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

His young men the fire devoured; and his virgins were not demanded in marriage.

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

His priests fell by the sword; and his widows did not weep.

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

Then awoke the Lord as one that sleepeth, 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 enemies backward: a perpetual disgrace on them.

67 And he rejected [the] tent of Joseph and [the] tribe of Ephraim not he chose.

Yet was he disgusted with the tent of Joseph, and of the tribe of Ephraim he made not choice;

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

But he 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 like high [mountains] his sanctuary, like the earth which he hath founded for ever.

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

And he made choice of David his servant, and took him from the sheep-folds:

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

From following the ewes with young he brought him, to feed 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.

And he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and by the skilfulness of his hands did he lead them.