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 maschil of Asaph. Hear my teaching, my people, 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 sing about hidden things about the past.
3 Which we have heard and we have known them and ancestors our they have recounted to us.
These are things that we have heard and learned, things that 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 keep them from their descendants. We will tell the next generation about the praiseworthy deeds of Yahweh, his strength, 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.
For he established covenant decrees in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel. He commanded our ancestors that they were to teach them 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.
He commanded this so that the generation to come might know his decrees, the children not yet born, who should tell them in turn to 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.
Then they would place their hope in God and not forget his deeds 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.
Then they would not be like their ancestors, who were a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation whose hearts were not right, and whose spirits were not committed and faithful to God.
9 [the] people of Ephraim [were] equipped of shooters of a bow they turned back on [the] day of battle.
The Ephraimites were armed with bows, but they turned back on the day of battle.
10 Not they kept [the] covenant of God and in law his they refused to walk.
They did not keep the covenant with God, and they refused to obey his law.
11 And they forgot deeds his and wonders his which he had shown them.
They forgot his deeds, the wonderful things that he had shown them.
12 Before ancestors their he did wonder[s] in [the] land of Egypt [the] region of Zoan.
They forgot the marvelous things he did in the sight of their ancestors in the land of Egypt, in the land 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 divided the sea and led them across it; he made the waters to stand like walls.
14 And he guided them by the cloud by day and all the night by [the] light of a fire.
In the daytime he led them with a cloud and all the night with the light of fire.
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 he gave them water abundantly, enough to fill the depths of the sea.
16 And he brought out streams from a rock and he made to flow down like rivers water.
He made streams flow out of the rock and made the water flow like rivers.
17 And they repeated again to sin to him by rebelling against [the] Most High in the dry region.
Yet they continued to sin against him, rebelling against the Most High in the wilderness.
18 And they put to [the] test God in heart their by requesting food for selves their.
They challenged God in their hearts by asking for food to satisfy their appetites.
19 And they spoke against God they said ¿ is he able God to arrange a table in the wilderness.
They spoke against God; they said, “Can God really lay out a table for us 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.
See, when he struck the rock, waters gushed out and streams overflowed. But can he give bread also? Will he provide meat 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.
When Yahweh heard this, he was angry; so his fire burned against Jacob, and his anger attacked Israel,
22 For not they trusted in God and not they trusted in salvation his.
because they did not believe in God and did not trust 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 the sky.
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, and gave them the grain from heaven.
25 Bread of mighty [ones] he ate everyone food he sent to them to satiety.
People 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 caused the east wind to blow in the sky, 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 down meat on them like dust, birds as numerous as the sands of the sea.
28 And he made [them] fall in [the] midst of camp his around dwelling his.
They fell in the middle of their camp, all around their tents.
29 And they ate and they were satisfied exceedingly and desire their he brought to them.
So they ate and were full. He gave them what they craved.
30 Not they had become estranged from desire their still food their [was] in mouth their.
But they had not yet filled up; 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.
Then God's anger attacked them and killed the strongest of them. He brought down the young men of Israel.
32 In all this they sinned again and not they believed in wonders his.
Despite this, they continued to sin and did not believe his wonderful deeds.
33 And he brought to an end in futility days their and years their in sudden terror.
Therefore God cut short their days; their years were filled with terror.
34 If he killed them and they sought him and they returned and they sought earnestly God.
Whenever God afflicted them, they would start to seek him, and they would return and look earnestly for him.
35 And they remembered that God [was] rock their and God Most High [was] redeemer their.
They would call to mind that God was their rock and that the Most High God was their rescuer.
36 And they deceived him with mouth their and with tongue their they lied to him.
But they would flatter him with their mouth and lie to him with their words.
37 And heart their not [was] steadfast with him and not they were faithful in covenant his.
For their hearts were not firmly fixed on him, and they were not faithful 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.
Yet he, being merciful, forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. Yes, many times he held back his anger and did not stir up all his wrath.
39 And he remembered that [were] flesh they a wind [which] goes and not it returns.
He called to mind that they were made of flesh, a wind that passes away and does not return.
40 How often! they rebelled against him in the wilderness they grieved him in a desolate place.
How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the barren regions!
41 And they returned and they put to [the] test God and [the] holy [one] of Israel they pained.
Again and again they challenged God and offended the Holy One of Israel.
42 Not they remembered hand his [the] day when he ransomed them from [the] opponent.
They did not think about his power, how he had rescued them from the enemy
43 When he performed in Egypt signs his and wonders his in [the] region of Zoan.
when he performed his terrifying signs in Egypt and his wonders in the region of Zoan.
44 And he turned into blood canals their and streams their not they drank!
He turned the Egyptians' rivers to blood so that they could not drink from their streams.
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 overran their land.
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 and their labor to 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 sycamore trees with more hail.
48 And he delivered up to hail cattle their and livestock their to lightning bolts.
He rained hail on their cattle and hurled lightning bolts at their livestock.
49 He sent on them - [the] burning of anger his fury and indignation and trouble a band of angels of calamities.
The fierceness of his anger lashed out against them. He sent wrath, fury, and trouble like agents who bring disaster.
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 did not spare them from death but gave them over to the plague.
51 And he struck down every firstborn in Egypt [the] beginning of manly vigor in [the] tents of Ham.
He killed all the firstborn in Egypt, the firstborn 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 his own people out like sheep and guided them through the wilderness like a flock.
53 And he guided them to security and not they were afraid and enemies their it covered the sea.
He led them secure and unafraid, 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.
Then he brought them to the border of his holy land, to this mountain that his right hand 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 the nations from before them and assigned them 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.
Yet they challenged and defied the Most High God and did not keep his solemn commands.
57 And they turned back and they acted treacherously like ancestors their they changed like a bow of deceit.
They were unfaithful and acted treacherously like their fathers; they were as undependable as a faulty bow.
58 And they provoked to anger him by high places their and by idols their they made jealous him.
For they made him angry with their high places and provoked him to jealous anger with their idols.
59 He heard God and he was furious and he rejected exceedingly Israel.
When God heard this, he was angry and completely rejected Israel.
60 And he abandoned [the] tabernacle of Shiloh [the] tent [which] he had pitched among humankind.
He abandoned the sanctuary of Shiloh, the tent where he had lived among people.
61 And he gave to captivity strength his and splendor his in [the] hand of [the] opponent.
He allowed his strength to be captured and gave his glory into the enemy's hand.
62 And he delivered up to the sword people his and with inheritance his he was furious.
He handed his people over to the sword, and he was angry with his heritage.
63 Young men its it consumed fire and young women its not they were praised.
Fire devoured their young men, and their young women had no wedding songs.
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 awakened as one from sleep, like a warrior who shouts because of wine.
66 And he struck opponents his backwards a reproach of perpetuity he gave to them.
He drove his adversaries back; 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 he did not chose the tribe of Ephraim.
68 And he chose [the] tribe of Judah [the] mountain of Zion which he loved.
He chose the tribe of Judah and Mount Zion that 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 heavens, like the earth that 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.
He took him from following the ewes with their young, and he brought him to be shepherd of Jacob, his people, and of Israel, his heritage.
72 And he shepherded them according to [the] integrity of heart his and with [the] skill of hands his he led them.
David shepherded them with the integrity of his heart, and he guided them with the skill of his hands.
