Psalms 78

1 A poem of Asaph give ear to! O people my instruction my incline ear your to [the] words of mouth my.

An Instructive Psalm. Asaph’s. Give ear, O my people, to mine instruction, Bend your ear to the sayings of my mouth;

2 I will open in a parable mouth my I will pour forth riddles from antiquity.

I will open, in a parable, my mouth, I will pour forth enigmas out of antiquity; —

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

Which we have heard, and come to know, And, our fathers, have recounted 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 withhold [them] from their children, To a later generation, recounting the praises of Yahweh, Even his might and his wonders which he wrought;

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.

When he set up a testimony in Jacob, And, a law, appointed in Israel, —Which he commanded our fathers, That they might 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.

To the end, A later generation, might come to know, Children who should be born, Who should arise, and recount [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, in Elohim, their confidence, —And not forget the doings of El, But, his commandments, might observe;

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 become, like their fathers, a generation stubborn and rebellious, —A generation that fixed not their heart, Neither was their spirit, faithful with GOD.

9 [the] people of Ephraim [were] equipped of shooters of a bow they turned back on [the] day of battle.

The sons of Ephraim—armed bowmen, Turned 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, in his law, refused to walk;

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

And forgat His doings, And his wonders which he had showed them:

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

In presence of their fathers, wrought he, wondrously, —In the land of Egypt—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 reared up the waters like a mound;

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

And led them, by a cloud, in the daytime, And all the night, by a light of fire;

15 He split open rocks in the wilderness and he gave [them] to drink like deeps much.

He used to cleave rocks in the desert, And let them drink as out of mighty deeps;

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

And he brought forth streams out of the cliff, And caused waters to flow down, like rivers.

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

But again, once more sinned they against him, Resisting the Most High in a land of drought:

18 And they put to [the] test God in heart their by requesting food for selves their.

They put GOD to the proof in their heart, By asking food to their mind:

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

Yea they spake against Elohim, —They said, Can GOD prepare a table in the desert?

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.

Lo! he hath smitten a rock, And waters, have gushed out, Yea, torrents, have rushed along, —Food also, can he give? Or 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, Yahweh hearkened, and became wroth, —And, a fire, was kindled against Jacob, Moreover also, anger, mounted against Israel;

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

Because, They believed not in God, Nor trusted in his salvation;

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

Though he had commanded the skies above, And, the doors of the heavens, had opened;

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

And had rained on them manna to eat, And, the corn of the heavens, had given to them:

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

The food of the mighty, each one did eat, Nourishment, sent he them to the full;

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

He let loose an east wind in the heavens, Then guided he, in his might, a south wind;

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

And rained upon them flesh as the dust, And, like the sand of the seas, birds of wing;

28 And he made [them] fall in [the] midst of camp his around dwelling his.

And 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.

So they did eat and were abundantly filled, When, what they longed for, he had brought them: —

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

They had not turned away from what they had longed for, 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 anger of God, mounted against them, And he slew of their vigorous youths, And, the choice young men of Israel, caused he to bow down in death.

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

For all this, sinned they still, And believed not in his wonders;

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

So he ended, in a breath, their days, And their years, in a sudden terror!

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

If he slew [of] them, then they sought him, Yea they turned, and did earnestly seek GOD;

35 And they remembered that God [was] rock their and God Most High [was] redeemer their.

And remembered that, Elohim, was their rock, Yea, EL Most High, their Redeemer:

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

So they spake him fair with their mouth, And, with their tongue, did promise him falsely;

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

But, their heart, was not fixed with him, Nor were they trusty 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.

Yet, he, full of compassion, would put a propitiatory-covering over iniquity, and not destroy, —Yea, many a time, turned he back his anger, And would not stir up all his wrath.

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

So then he remembered, That, Flesh, they were, A Wind departing, that returneth not.

40 How often! they rebelled against him in the wilderness they grieved him in a desolate place.

How often they, Resisted him in the desert, Vexed him, in the waste:

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

Yea they again put GOD to the test, And, to the Holy One of Israel, caused they sorrow:

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 set, in Egypt, his signs, And his wonders, in the plain of Zoan;

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

When he turned, into blood, their Nile-streams, And, their own rivers, could they 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, The gad-fly, and it devoured them, And the frog, and it despoiled them;

46 And he gave to the locust produce their and [the] result of toil their to the locust.

When he gave to the corn-locust their produce, And their toil, to the swarming locust;

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

He killed, with hail, their vine, And their sycomores, with frost:

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

When he gave up, to hail-storms, their beasts, And their cattle, to pestilent fevers;

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

He sent among them the heat of his anger, Wrath and indignation and distress, —A mission of messengers 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, Withheld not, from death, their soul, But, their life—to the pestilence, he delivered:

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

So he smote, Every first-born in Egypt, The beginning 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.

And he set forth, like sheep, his people, And guided them, like a flock in the desert;

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

Yea he led them securely, and they dreaded not, And, their enemies, the sea did cover.

54 And he brought them to [the] territory of holiness his [the] mountain which it had acquired right [hand] his.

Then brought he them within his own holy bounds, The mountain-range, which his right hand made his own:

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.

So he drave out, before them, [whole] nations, And allotted them, by line, an inheritance, And caused to dwell, in their own homes, the tribes of Israel.

56 And they put to [the] test and they rebelled against God Most High and testimonies his not they kept.

But they tested and resisted God Most High, And, his testimonies, did not observe;

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

But drew back and dealt treacherously, like their fathers, They turned aside, like deceitful bowmen;

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

And provoked him to anger with their high places, And, with their images, used to move him to jealousy.

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

God heard and was wroth, And greatly abhorred Israel;

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

So he gave up the habitation of Shiloh, The tent he had set up among Men;

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

Yea he gave up, into captivity, his strength, And his beauty into the hand of an adversary;

62 And he delivered up to the sword people his and with inheritance his he was furious.

And delivered up, to the sword, his people, And, with his own inheritance, was he wroth;

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

His young men, were devoured by fire, And, his virgins, were not praised in song;

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

His priests, by the sword, did fall, And, his widows, were not able to bewail.

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

Then awoke, as one that had slept, Adonay, As a warrior exulting with wine!

66 And he struck opponents his backwards a reproach of perpetuity he gave to them.

So he smote his adversaries in the rear, Reproach age-abiding, laid he upon them.

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

Howbeit he rejected the tent of Joseph, And, the tribe of Ephraim, did not choose:

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

But made choice of the tribe of Judah, The mountain of Zion, which he loved;

69 And he built like [the] high [things] sanctuary his like [the] earth [which] he founded it for ever.

And built, like the heights, his sanctuary, Like the earth, he founded it to times age-abiding.

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

And made choice of David his servant, And took him from among the folds of the sheep:

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

From after the sucking ewes, he brought him in, —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.

So he did shepherd them, according to the singleness of his heart, And, with the discernment of his hands, used he to guide them.