Psalms 78

1 Maskil to/for Asaph to listen [emph?] people my instruction my to stretch ear your to/for word lip my

[A Psalm] of instruction for Asaph. Give heed, O my people, to my law: incline your ear to the words of my mouth.

2 to open in/on/with proverb lip my to bubble riddle from front: old

I will open my mouth in parables: I will utter dark sayings [which have been] from the beginning.

3 which to hear: hear and to know them and father our to recount to/for us

All which we have heard and known, and our fathers have declared to us.

4 not to hide from son: child their to/for generation last to recount praise LORD and strength his and to wonder his which to make: do

They were not hid from their children to a second generations; [the fathers] declaring the praises of the Lord, and his mighty acts, and his wonders which he wrought.

5 and to arise: establish testimony in/on/with Jacob and instruction to set: appoint in/on/with Israel which to command [obj] father our to/for to know them to/for son: child their

And he raised up a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, to make it known to their children:

6 because to know generation last son: child to beget to arise: rise and to recount to/for son: child their

that another generation might know, even the sons which should be born; and they should arise and declare them to their children.

7 and to set: make in/on/with God loin their and not to forget deed God and commandment his to watch

That they might set their hope on God, and not forget the works of God, but diligently seek his commandments.

8 and not to be like/as father their generation to rebel and to rebel generation not to establish: establish heart his and not be faithful with God spirit his

That they should not be as their fathers, a perverse and provoking generation; a generation which set not its heart aright, and its spirit was not steadfast with God.

9 son: descendant/people Ephraim to handle to shoot bow to overturn in/on/with day battle

The children of Ephraim, bending and shooting [with] the bow, turned [back] in the day of battle.

10 not to keep: obey covenant God and in/on/with instruction his to refuse to/for to go: walk

They kept not the covenant of God, and would not walk in his law.

11 and to forget wantonness his and to wonder his which to see: see them

And they forgot his benefits, and his miracles which he [had] shewed them;

12 before father their to make: do wonder in/on/with land: country/planet Egypt land: country Zoan

the miracles which he wrought before their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the plain of Tanes.

13 to break up/open sea and to pass: bring them and to stand water like heap

He clave the sea, and led them through: he made the waters to stand as [in] a bottle.

14 and to lead them in/on/with cloud by day and all [the] night in/on/with light fire

And he guided them with a cloud by day, and all the night with a light of fire.

15 to break up/open rock in/on/with wilderness and to water: drink like/as abyss many

he clave a rock in the wilderness, and made them drink as in a great deep.

16 and to come out: issue to flow from crag and to go down like/as river water

And he brought water out of the rock, and caused waters to flow down as rivers.

17 and to add: again still to/for to sin to/for him to/for to rebel Most High in/on/with dryness

And they sinned yet more against him; they provoked the Most High in the wilderness.

18 and to test God in/on/with heart their to/for to ask food to/for soul: appetite their

And they tempted God in their hearts, in asking meat for [the desire of] their souls.

19 and to speak: speak in/on/with God to say be able God to/for to arrange table in/on/with wilderness

They spoke also against God, and said, Will God be able to prepare a table in the wilderness?

20 look! to smite rock and to flow: flowing water and torrent: river to overflow also food: bread be able to give: give if: surely no to establish: prepare flesh to/for people his

Forasmuch as he smote the rock, and the waters flowed, and the torrents ran abundantly; will he be able also to give bread, or prepare a table for his people?

21 to/for so to hear: hear LORD and be angry and fire to kindle in/on/with Jacob and also face: anger to ascend: rise in/on/with Israel

Therefore the Lord heard, and was provoked: and fire was kindled in Jacob, and wrath went up against Israel.

22 for not be faithful in/on/with God and not to trust in/on/with salvation his

Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation.

23 and to command cloud from above and door heaven to open

Yet he commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,

24 and to rain upon them manna to/for to eat and grain heaven to give: give to/for them

and rained upon them manna to eat, and gave them the bread of heaven.

25 food: bread mighty: angel to eat man: anyone provision to send: depart to/for them to/for satiety

Man ate angels' bread; he sent them provision to the full.

26 to set out east in/on/with heaven and to lead in/on/with strength his south

He removed the south wind from heaven; and by his might he brought in the south-west wind.

27 and to rain upon them like/as dust flesh and like/as sand sea bird wing

And he rained upon them flesh like dust, and feathered birds like the sand of the seas.

28 and to fall: fall in/on/with entrails: among camp his around to/for tabernacle his

And they fell into the midst of their camp, round about their tents.

29 and to eat and to satisfy much and desire their to come (in): bring to/for them

So they ate, and were completely filled; and he gave them their desire.

30 not be a stranger from desire their still food their in/on/with lip their

They were not disappointed of their desire: [but] when their food was yet in their mouth,

31 and face: anger God to ascend: rise in/on/with them and to kill in/on/with fatness their and youth Israel to bow

then the indignation of God rose up against them, and slew the fattest of them, and overthrew the choice men of Israel.

32 in/on/with all this to sin still and not be faithful in/on/with to wonder his

In the midst of all this they sinned yet more, and believed not his miracles.

33 and to end: expend in/on/with vanity day their and year their in/on/with dismay

And their days were consumed in vanity, and their years with anxiety.

34 if to kill them and to seek him and to return: repent and to seek God

When he slew them, they sought him: and they returned and called betimes upon God.

35 and to remember for God rock their and El (Most High) (LORD) Most High to redeem: redeem their

And they remembered that God was their helper, and the most high God was their redeemer.

36 and to entice him in/on/with lip their and in/on/with tongue their to lie to/for him

Yet they loved him [only] with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.

37 and heart their not to establish: establish with him and not be faithful in/on/with covenant his

For their heart [was] not right with him, neither were they steadfast in his covenant.

38 and he/she/it compassionate to atone iniquity: crime and not to ruin and to multiply to/for to return: repent face: anger his and not to rouse all rage his

But he is compassionate, and will forgive their sins, and will not destroy [them]: yea, he will frequently turn away his wrath, and will not kindle all his anger.

39 and to remember for flesh they(masc.) spirit: breath to go: walk and not to return: return

And he remembered that they are flesh; a wind that passes away, and returns not.

40 like/as what? to rebel him in/on/with wilderness to hurt him in/on/with wilderness

How often did they provoke him in the wilderness, [and] anger him in a dry land!

41 and to return: again and to test God and holy Israel to wound

Yea, they turned back, and tempted God, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

42 not to remember [obj] hand: power his day which to ransom them from enemy

They remembered not his hand, the day in which he delivered them from the hand of the oppressor.

43 which to set: put in/on/with Egypt sign: miraculous his and wonder his in/on/with land: country Zoan

How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Tanes:

44 and to overturn to/for blood stream their and to flow their not to drink [emph?]

and had changed their rivers into blood; and their streams, that they should not drink.

45 to send: depart in/on/with them swarm and to eat them and frog and to ruin them

He sent against them the dog-fly, and it devoured them; and the frog, and it spoiled them.

46 and to give: give to/for locust crops their and toil their to/for locust

And he gave their fruit to the canker worm, and their labours to the locust.

47 to kill in/on/with hail vine their and sycamore their in/on/with frost

He killed their vines with hail, and their sycamores with frost.

48 and to shut to/for hail cattle their and livestock their to/for flash

And he gave up their cattle to hail, and their substance to the fire.

49 to send: let go in/on/with them burning anger face: anger his fury and indignation and distress deputation messenger: angel bad: harmful

He sent out against them the fury of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and affliction, a message by evil angels.

50 to envy path to/for face: anger his not to withhold from death soul: myself their and living thing their to/for pestilence to shut

He made a way for his wrath; he spared not their souls from death, but consigned their cattle to death;

51 and to smite all firstborn in/on/with Egypt first: beginning strength in/on/with tent Ham

and smote every first-born in the land of Egypt; the first-fruits of their labours in the tents of Cham.

52 and to set out like/as flock people his and to lead them like/as flock in/on/with wilderness

And he removed his people like sheep; he led them as a flock in the wilderness.

53 and to lead them to/for security and not to dread and [obj] enemy their to cover [the] sea

And he guided them with hope, and they feared not: but the sea covered their enemies.

54 and to come (in): bring them to(wards) border: boundary holiness his mountain: mount this to buy right his

And he brought them in to the mountain of his sanctuary, this mountain which his right hand had purchased.

55 and to drive out: drive out from face: before their nation and to fall: allot them in/on/with cord inheritance and to dwell in/on/with tent their tribe Israel

And he cast out the nations from before them, and made them to inherit by a line of inheritance, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

56 and to test and to rebel [obj] God Most High and testimony his not to keep: obey

Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies.

57 and to turn and to act treacherously like/as father their to overturn like/as bow deceit

And they turned back, and broke covenant, even as also their fathers: they became like a crooked bow.

58 and to provoke him in/on/with high place their and in/on/with idol their be jealous him

And they provoked him with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

59 to hear: hear God and be angry and to reject much in/on/with Israel

God heard and lightly regarded [them], and greatly despised Israel.

60 and to leave tabernacle Shiloh tent to dwell in/on/with man

And he rejected the tabernacle of Selom, his tent where he dwelt among men.

61 and to give: give to/for captivity strength his and beauty his in/on/with hand: power enemy

And he gave their strength into captivity, and their beauty into the enemy's hand.

62 and to shut to/for sword people his and in/on/with inheritance his be angry

And he gave his people to the sword; and disdained his inheritance.

63 youth his to eat fire and virgin his not to boast: praise

Fire devoured their young men; and their virgins mourned not.

64 priest his in/on/with sword to fall: kill and widow his not to weep

Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows shall not be wept for.

65 and to awake like/as sleeping Lord like/as mighty man to overcome from wine

So the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, [and] as a mighty man who has been heated with wine.

66 and to smite enemy his back reproach forever: enduring to give: put to/for them

And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he brought on them a perpetual reproach.

67 and to reject in/on/with tent Joseph and in/on/with tribe Ephraim not to choose

And he rejected the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim;

68 and to choose [obj] tribe Judah [obj] mountain: mount Zion which to love: lover

but chose the tribe of Juda, the mount Sion which he loved.

69 and to build like to exalt sanctuary his like/as land: country/planet to found her to/for forever: enduring

And he built his sanctuary as [the place] of unicorns; he founded it for ever on the earth.

70 and to choose in/on/with David servant/slave his and to take: take him from fold flock

He chose David also his servant, and took him up from the flocks of sheep.

71 from after to nurse to come (in): bring him to/for to pasture in/on/with Jacob people his and in/on/with Israel inheritance his

He took him from following the ewes great with young, to be the shepherd of Jacob his servant, and Israel his inheritance.

72 and to pasture them like/as integrity heart his and in/on/with understanding palm his to lead them

So he tended them in the innocency of his heart; and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.