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 Instruction of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law, Incline your ear to sayings of my mouth.

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

I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old,

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

That we have heard and do 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 do not hide from their sons, To a later generation recounting praises of Jehovah, And His strength, and His wonders that 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.

And He raiseth up a testimony in Jacob, And a law hath placed in Israel, That He commanded our fathers, To make them known to their sons.

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.

So that a later generation doth know, Sons who are born, do rise and recount to their sons,

7 So they may put in God confidence their and not they will forget [the] deeds of God and commandments his they will observe.

And place in God their confidence, And forget not the doings of God, But keep His commands.

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 they are not like their fathers, A generation apostate and rebellious, A generation! it hath not prepared its heart, Nor stedfast with God [is] its spirit.

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

Sons of Ephraim — armed bearers of bow, Have turned in a day of conflict.

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

They have not kept the covenant of God, And in His law they have refused to walk,

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

And they forget His doings, And His wonders that He shewed them.

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

Before their fathers He hath done wonders, 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 cleft a sea, and causeth them to pass over, Yea, He causeth waters to stand as a heap.

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

And leadeth them with a 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 cleaveth rocks in a wilderness, And giveth drink — as the great deep.

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

And bringeth out streams from a rock, And causeth waters to come down as rivers.

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

And they add still to sin against Him, To provoke the Most High in the dry place.

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

And they try God in their heart, To ask food for their lust.

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

And they speak against God — they said: 'Is God able to array a table in a 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.

Lo, He hath smitten a rock, And waters flow, yea, streams overflow. 'Also — bread [is] He able to give? Doth He prepare 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 hath Jehovah heard, And He sheweth Himself wroth, And fire hath been kindled against Jacob, And anger also hath gone up against Israel,

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

For they have not believed in God, Nor have they trusted in His salvation.

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

And He commandeth clouds from above, Yea, doors of the heavens He hath opened.

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

And He raineth on them manna to eat, Yea, corn of heaven He hath given to them.

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

Food of the mighty hath each eaten, Venison He sent to them to satiety.

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

He causeth an east wind to journey in the heavens, And leadeth by His strength 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 He raineth on them flesh as dust, And as sand of the seas — winged fowl,

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

And causeth [it] to fall in the midst of His camp, Round about His tabernacles.

29 And they ate and they were satisfied exceedingly and desire their he brought to them.

And they eat, and are greatly satisfied, And their desire He bringeth to them.

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

They have not been estranged from their desire, Yet [is] 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.

And the anger of God hath gone up against them, And He slayeth among their fat ones, And youths of Israel He caused to bend.

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

With all this they have sinned again, And have not believed in His wonders.

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

And He consumeth in vanity their days, And their years in trouble.

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

If He slew them, then they sought Him, And turned back, and sought God earnestly,

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

And they remember that God [is] their rock, And God Most High their redeemer.

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

And — they deceive Him with their mouth, And with their tongue do lie to Him,

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

And their heart hath not been right with Him, And they have not been stedfast 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.

And He — the Merciful One, Pardoneth iniquity, and destroyeth not, And hath often turned back His anger, And waketh not up all His fury.

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

And He remembereth that they [are] flesh, A wind going on — and it returneth not.

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

How often do they provoke Him in the wilderness, Grieve Him in the desolate place?

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

Yea, they turn back, and try God, And the Holy One of Israel have limited.

42 Not they remembered hand his [the] day when he ransomed them from [the] opponent.

They have not remembered His hand The day 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 His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the field of Zoan,

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

And He turneth to blood their streams, And their floods they drink not.

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

He sendeth among them the beetle, and it consumeth them, And the frog, and it destroyeth them,

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

And giveth to the caterpillar their increase, And their labour to the locust.

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

He destroyeth with hail their vine, And their sycamores with frost,

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

And delivereth up to the hail their beasts, And their cattle to the burning flames.

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

He sendeth on them the fury of His anger, Wrath, and indignation, and distress — A discharge of evil messengers.

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 pondereth a path for His anger, He kept not back their soul from death, Yea, their life to the pestilence He delivered up.

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

And He smiteth every first-born in Egypt, The first-fruit of the strong in tents of Ham.

52 And he led out like sheep people his and he led them like flock in the wilderness.

And causeth His people to journey as a flock, And guideth them as a drove in a wilderness,

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

And He leadeth them confidently, And they have not been afraid, And their enemies hath the sea covered.

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

And He bringeth them in unto the border of His sanctuary, This mountain His right hand had got,

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 casteth out nations from before them, And causeth them to fall in the line of inheritance, And causeth 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.

And they tempt and provoke God Most High, And His testimonies have not kept.

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

And they turn back, And deal treacherously like their fathers, They have been turned like a deceitful bow,

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

And make Him angry with their high places, And with their graven images make Him zealous,

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

God hath heard, and sheweth Himself wroth. And kicketh exceedingly against Israel.

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

And He leaveth the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent He had placed among men,

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

And He giveth His strength to captivity, 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 delivereth up to the sword His people, And with His inheritance shewed Himself angry.

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

His young men hath fire consumed, And His virgins have not been praised.

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

His priests by the sword have fallen, And their widows weep not.

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

And the Lord waketh as a sleeper, As a mighty one crying aloud from wine.

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

And He smiteth His adversaries backward, A reproach age-during He hath put on them,

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

And He kicketh against the tent of Joseph, And on the tribe of Ephraim hath not fixed.

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

And He chooseth the tribe of Judah, With mount Zion that He loved,

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

And buildeth His sanctuary as a high place, Like the earth, He founded it to the age.

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

And He fixeth on David His servant, And taketh him from the folds of a flock,

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

From behind suckling ones He hath brought him in, To rule over Jacob His people, And over 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 ruleth them according to the integrity of his heart, And by the skilfulness of his hands leadeth them!