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 contemplation by Asaph. Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears 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 a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,
3 Which we have heard and we have known them and ancestors our they have recounted to us.
which we have heard and known, and our fathers 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 them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, his strength, and his wondrous deeds 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 a covenant in Jacob, and appointed a teaching 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.
that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who 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 they might set their hope in God, and not forget God’s 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.
and might not be as their fathers— a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that didn’t make their hearts loyal, whose spirit was not steadfast with 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, being armed and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
10 Not they kept [the] covenant of God and in law his they refused to walk.
They didn’t keep God’s covenant, and refused to walk in his law.
11 And they forgot deeds his and wonders his which he had shown them.
They forgot his doings, his wondrous deeds that he had shown them.
12 Before ancestors their he did wonder[s] in [the] land of Egypt [the] region of Zoan.
He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in 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 split the sea, and caused them to pass through. He made the waters stand as a heap.
14 And he guided them by the cloud by day and all the night by [the] light of a fire.
In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, and all 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 abundantly as out of the depths.
16 And he brought out streams from a rock and he made to flow down like rivers water.
He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to 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 to sin against him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert.
18 And they put to [the] test God in heart their by requesting food for selves their.
They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.
19 And they spoke against God they said ¿ is he able God to arrange a table in the wilderness.
Yes, they spoke against God. They said, “Can God 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.
Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed. 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.
Therefore Yahweh heard, and was angry. A fire was kindled against Jacob, anger also went up against Israel,
22 For not they trusted in God and not they trusted in salvation his.
because they didn’t believe in God, and didn’t 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 heaven.
24 And he rained down on them manna to eat and [the] grain of heaven he gave to them.
He rained down manna on them to eat, and gave them food from the sky.
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 to the full.
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. 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 also rained meat on them as the dust, winged birds as the sand of the seas.
28 And he made [them] fall in [the] midst of camp his around dwelling his.
He let them fall in the middle of their camp, around their habitations.
29 And they ate and they were satisfied exceedingly and desire their he brought to them.
So they ate, and were well filled. He gave them their own desire.
30 Not they had become estranged from desire their still food their [was] in mouth their.
They didn’t turn from their cravings. Their food was yet 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.
when the anger of God went up against them, killed some of their strongest, and struck down the young men of Israel.
32 In all this they sinned again and not they believed in wonders his.
For all this they still sinned, and didn’t believe in his wondrous works.
33 And he brought to an end in futility days their and years their in sudden terror.
Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror.
34 If he killed them and they sought him and they returned and they sought earnestly God.
When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.
35 And they remembered that God [was] rock their and God Most High [was] redeemer their.
They remembered that God was their rock, 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.
For their heart was not right with him, neither were they 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 iniquity, and didn’t destroy them. Yes, many times he turned his anger away, and didn’t stir up all his 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 wind that passes away, and doesn’t come again.
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 desert!
41 And they returned and they put to [the] test God and [the] holy [one] of Israel they pained.
They turned again and tempted God, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
42 Not they remembered hand his [the] day when he ransomed them from [the] opponent.
They didn’t remember his hand, nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;
43 When he performed in Egypt signs his and wonders his in [the] region of Zoan.
how he set his signs in Egypt, his wonders in the field of Zoan,
44 And he turned into blood canals their and streams their not they drank!
he turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, so that 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 among them swarms of flies, 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.
He also gave their increase to the caterpillar, 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, their sycamore fig trees with frost.
48 And he delivered up to hail cattle their and livestock their to lightning bolts.
He also gave over their livestock to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
49 He sent on them - [the] burning of anger his fury and indignation and trouble a band of angels of calamities.
He threw on them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, indignation, and trouble, and a band of angels of evil.
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 made a path for his anger. He didn’t spare their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence,
51 And he struck down every firstborn in Egypt [the] beginning of manly vigor in [the] tents of Ham.
and struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief 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 led out his own people like sheep, and guided them in 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 safely, so that they weren’t afraid, 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.
He brought them to the border of his sanctuary, to this mountain, which his right hand had taken.
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 also drove out the nations before them, allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell 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 tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and didn’t keep his testimonies,
57 And they turned back and they acted treacherously like ancestors their they changed like a bow of deceit.
but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were twisted like a deceitful bow.
58 And they provoked to anger him by high places their and by idols their they made jealous him.
For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.
59 He heard God and he was furious and he rejected exceedingly Israel.
When God heard this, he was angry, and greatly abhorred Israel,
60 And he abandoned [the] tabernacle of Shiloh [the] tent [which] he had pitched among humankind.
so that he abandoned the tent of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men,
61 And he gave to captivity strength his and splendor his in [the] hand of [the] opponent.
and delivered his strength into captivity, his glory into the adversary’s hand.
62 And he delivered up to the sword people his and with inheritance his he was furious.
He also gave his people over to the sword, and was angry with his inheritance.
63 Young men its it consumed fire and young women its not they were praised.
Fire devoured their young men. Their virgins had no wedding song.
64 Priests its by the sword they fell and widows its not they wept.
Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows couldn’t weep.
65 And he awoke like a sleeper - [the] Lord like a warrior overcome from wine.
Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep, like a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine.
66 And he struck opponents his backwards a reproach of perpetuity he gave to them.
He struck his adversaries backward. He put them to a perpetual reproach.
67 And he rejected [the] tent of Joseph and [the] tribe of Ephraim not he chose.
Moreover he rejected the tent of Joseph, and didn’t choose the tribe of Ephraim,
68 And he chose [the] tribe of Judah [the] mountain of Zion which he loved.
But 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 which he has established forever.
70 And he chose David servant his and he took him from [the] folds of sheep.
He also 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 following the ewes that have their young, he brought him to be the shepherd of 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.
So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.
