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. My people, attend to my teaching: bend your ears to the words of my mouth,
2 I will open in a parable mouth my I will pour forth riddles from antiquity.
as I open my mouth in a poem on the riddling story of the past.
3 Which we have heard and we have known them and ancestors our they have recounted to us.
What we have heard and known, and what our ancestors 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 from their children. We will tell to the next generation the praises and might of the Lord, and the wonders that he has 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.
He set up a testimony in Jacob, a law he appointed in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to make 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 next generation should know it, that the children yet to be born should arise and tell 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 in God they might put their confidence, and not forget God’s works; but that they might 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 not be like their ancestors, a generation defiant and stubborn, a generation with heart unsteady, and spirit unfaithful towards God.
9 [the] people of Ephraim [were] equipped of shooters of a bow they turned back on [the] day of battle.
Ephraimites, armed bowmen, turned back in the day of battle.
10 Not they kept [the] covenant of God and in law his they refused to walk.
They did not keep God’s covenant, they refused to walk in his law.
11 And they forgot deeds his and wonders his which he had shown them.
They forgot what he had done, and the wonders he had shown them.
12 Before ancestors their he did wonder[s] in [the] land of Egypt [the] region of Zoan.
He did wonders before their ancestors in the country of Zoan in Egypt.
13 He split open [the] sea and he brought through them and he made to stand up [the] waters like a heap.
Through the sea which he split he brought them, making waters stand up like a heap;
14 And he guided them by the cloud by day and all the night by [the] light of a fire.
he led them by day with a cloud, 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.
From the rocks which he split in the wilderness, he gave them to drink as of ocean’s abundance.
16 And he brought out streams from a rock and he made to flow down like rivers water.
He brought streams out of the rock, and made water run down like rivers.
17 And they repeated again to sin to him by rebelling against [the] Most High in the dry region.
Yet they still went on sinning against him, they defied the Most High in the desert.
18 And they put to [the] test God in heart their by requesting food for selves their.
They wilfully challenged God, demanding the food that they longed for.
19 And they spoke against God they said ¿ is he able God to arrange a table in the wilderness.
‘Is God able,’ such was their challenge, ‘to spread in the desert a table?
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.
From the rock that he struck there gushed water, and torrents that overflowed; but can he also give bread, or provide 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.
When the Lord heard this, he was furious, and fire was kindled on Jacob, anger flared up against Israel.
22 For not they trusted in God and not they trusted in salvation his.
For they put no trust in God, no confidence in his help.
23 And he commanded clouds above and [the] doors of heaven he opened.
So he summoned the clouds above; and, opening the doors of heaven,
24 And he rained down on them manna to eat and [the] grain of heaven he gave to them.
he rained manna upon them for food, and grain of heaven he gave them.
25 Bread of mighty [ones] he ate everyone food he sent to them to satiety.
Everyone ate the bread of angels; 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 launched the east wind in the heavens, and guided the south by his power.
27 And he rained down on them like dust meat and like [the] sand of [the] seas bird[s] of wing.
He rained meat upon them like dust, winged bird like the sand of the sea.
28 And he made [them] fall in [the] midst of camp his around dwelling his.
In the midst of their camp he dropped it, all around their tents.
29 And they ate and they were satisfied exceedingly and desire their he brought to them.
They ate and were more than filled; he had brought them the thing they desired.
30 Not they had become estranged from desire their still food their [was] in mouth their.
But the thing they desired became loathsome: while their food was 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.
the wrath of God rose against them. He slew the stoutest among them, and laid low the young men of Israel.
32 In all this they sinned again and not they believed in wonders his.
Yet for all this they sinned yet more, and refused to believe in his wonders.
33 And he brought to an end in futility days their and years their in sudden terror.
So he ended their days in a breath, and their years in sudden dismay.
34 If he killed them and they sought him and they returned and they sought earnestly God.
When he slew them, then they sought after him, they turned and sought God with diligence.
35 And they remembered that God [was] rock their and God Most High [was] redeemer their.
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 to him with their tongue.
37 And heart their not [was] steadfast with him and not they were faithful in covenant his.
Their heart was not steady with him, they were faithless 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.
But he is full of pity: he pardons sin and destroys not. Often he turns his anger away, without stirring his wrath at all.
39 And he remembered that [were] flesh they a wind [which] goes and not it returns.
So he remembered that they were but flesh, breath that passes and does not return.
40 How often! they rebelled against him in the wilderness they grieved him in a desolate place.
But how often they rebelled in the desert, and caused him grief in the wilderness,
41 And they returned and they put to [the] test God and [the] holy [one] of Israel they pained.
tempting God again and again, provoking 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 strength, nor the day he redeemed from the foe,
43 When he performed in Egypt signs his and wonders his in [the] region of Zoan.
how he set his signs in Egypt, in the country of Zoan his wonders.
44 And he turned into blood canals their and streams their not they drank!
He turned their canals into blood, their streams undrinkable.
45 He sent among them a swarm of flies and it devoured them and frog[s] and it ruined them.
He sent forth flies, which devoured them; frogs, too, which destroyed them.
46 And he gave to the locust produce their and [the] result of toil their to the locust.
Their crops he gave to the caterpillar, and the fruits of their toil to the locust.
47 He killed with hail vine[s] their and sycamore-fig trees their with a flood.
He slew their vines with hail, and their sycamore trees with frost.
48 And he delivered up to hail cattle their and livestock their to lightning bolts.
He delivered their cattle to the hail, and their flocks to bolts of fire.
49 He sent on them - [the] burning of anger his fury and indignation and trouble a band of angels of calamities.
He let loose his hot anger among them, fury and wrath and distress, 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, did not spare them from death, but gave them over to pestilence.
51 And he struck down every firstborn in Egypt [the] beginning of manly vigor in [the] tents of Ham.
He struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, the first fruits 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.
He led forth his people like sheep, he was guide to his flock in the desert.
53 And he guided them to security and not they were afraid and enemies their it covered the sea.
Securely he led them, and free from fear, while their foes were drowned in the sea.
54 And he brought them to [the] territory of holiness his [the] mountain which it had acquired right [hand] his.
To his holy realm he brought them, to the mountain his right hand had purchased.
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 before them, and allotted their land for possession, and their tents for Israel to live in.
56 And they put to [the] test and they rebelled against God Most High and testimonies his not they kept.
Yet they tempted and angered the Most High God, they did not observe his decrees.
57 And they turned back and they acted treacherously like ancestors their they changed like a bow of deceit.
They drew back, false like their ancestors; they failed like a treacherous bow.
58 And they provoked to anger him by high places their and by idols their they made jealous him.
Their shrines stirred him to anger, their idols moved him to jealousy.
59 He heard God and he was furious and he rejected exceedingly Israel.
When God heard of this, he was furious, and he spurned Israel utterly.
60 And he abandoned [the] tabernacle of Shiloh [the] tent [which] he had pitched among humankind.
He abandoned his home in Shiloh, the tent he had pitched among people.
61 And he gave to captivity strength his and splendor his in [the] hand of [the] opponent.
He gave his strength up to captivity, his glory to the hands of the foe.
62 And he delivered up to the sword people his and with inheritance his he was furious.
He gave his people to the sword, he was furious with his own.
63 Young men its it consumed fire and young women its not they were praised.
Fire devoured their young men, and their maidens 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 could not weep.
65 And he awoke like a sleeper - [the] Lord like a warrior overcome from wine.
Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a warrior flushed with wine;
66 And he struck opponents his backwards a reproach of perpetuity he gave to them.
and he beat back his foes, putting them to perpetual scorn.
67 And he rejected [the] tent of Joseph and [the] tribe of Ephraim not he chose.
He disowned the tent of Joseph, he rejected 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 loves.
69 And he built like [the] high [things] sanctuary his like [the] earth [which] he founded it for ever.
And he built like the heights his sanctuary, like the earth which he founded forever.
70 And he chose David servant his and he took him from [the] folds of sheep.
And he chose David his servant, taking him from the sheepfolds.
71 From after nursing [sheep] he brought him to shepherd Jacob people his and Israel inheritance his.
From the mother-ewes he brought him, to be shepherd to Jacob his people, and to 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.
With upright heart did he shepherd them, and with skilful hands did he guide them.
