Psalms 78

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

13 He split open [the] sea and he brought through them and he made to stand up [the] waters like a heap.

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

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

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

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

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

19 And they spoke against God they said ¿ is he able God to arrange 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.

21 Therefore - he heard Yahweh and he was furious and fire it was kindled in Jacob and also anger it went up in Israel.

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

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

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

25 Bread of mighty [ones] he ate everyone food 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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

43 When he performed in Egypt signs his and wonders his in [the] region of Zoan.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

68 And he chose [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.

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

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

72 And he shepherded them according to [the] integrity of heart his and with [the] skill of hands his he led them.