Psalms 78

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

Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears 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 with a parable; I will utter dark sayings concerning days of old;

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

That which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told 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

We will not hide from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and His strength, and His wondrous works that He hath done.

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

For He established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers, that they should make them 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 the generation to come might know them, even the children that should be born; who should arise and tell 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 put their confidence in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep 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

And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

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

The children of Ephraim were as archers handling the bow, that 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 refused to walk in His law;

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

And they forgot His doings, and His wondrous works that He had shown them.

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

Marvellous things did He in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

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

He cleaved the sea, and caused them to pass through; and He made the waters to stand as a heap.

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

By day also He led them with a cloud, 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 cleaved rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the great deep.

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

He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

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

Yet went they on still to sin against Him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert.

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

And they tried God in their heart by asking food for their craving.

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

Yea, they spoke against God; they said: 'Can God 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

Behold, He smote the rock, that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed; can He give bread also? or will He provide flesh 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 wroth; and a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also 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

And He commanded the skies 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 He caused manna to rain upon them for food, and gave them of the corn of heaven.

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

Man did eat the bread of the mighty; He sent them provisions to the full.

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

He caused the east wind to set forth in heaven; and by His power He brought on the south wind.

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

He caused flesh also to rain upon them as the dust, and winged fowl as the sand of the seas;

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

And He let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their dwellings.

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

So they did eat, and were well filled; and He gave them that which they craved.

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

They were not estranged from their craving, their food was yet in their mouths,

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

When the anger of God went up against them, and slew of the lustieth among them, and smote down the young men of Israel.

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

For all this they sinned still, and believed not in His wondrous works.

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

Therefore He ended their days as a breath, and their years in terror.

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

When He slew them, then they would inquire after Him, and turn back and seek God earnestly.

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 Rock, and the Most High God their redeemer.

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

But they beguiled Him with their mouth, and lied unto 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 stedfast with Him, neither were they faithful 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, being full of compassion, forgiveth iniquity, and destroyeth not; yea, many a time doth He turn His anger away, and doth not stir up all His wrath.

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

So He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

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

How oft did they rebel against Him in the wilderness, and grieve Him in the desert!

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

And still again they tried God, and set bounds to 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, nor the day when He redeemed them from the adversary.

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

How He set His signs in Egypt, and His wonders in the field of Zoan;

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

And turned their rivers into blood, so that they could not drink their streams.

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

He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.

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

He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar, and their labour unto the locust.

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

He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore-trees with frost.

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

He gave over their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to fiery bolts.

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 forth upon them the fierceness of His anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, a sending of messengers of evil.

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 levelled a path for His anger; He spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

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

And smote all the first-born in Egypt, the first-fruits of their strength in the tents of Ham;

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

But He made His own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

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

And He led them safely, and they feared not; but the sea overwhelmed 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 to His holy border, to the mountain, which His right hand had gotten.

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

He drove out the nations also before them, and allotted them for an inheritance by line, 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 tried and provoked God, the Most High, and kept not His testimonies;

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

But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers; they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

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

For 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 was wroth, and He greatly abhorred Israel;

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

And He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which He had made to dwell among men;

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

And delivered His strength into captivity, and His glory into the adversary's hand.

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

He gave His people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with His inheritance.

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

Fire devoured their young men; and their virgins had no marriage-song.

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 made no lamentation.

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

Then the Lord awaked as one asleep, like a mighty man recovering from wine.

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

And He smote His adversaries backward; He put upon them a perpetual reproach.

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

Moreover He abhorred the tent 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 Judah, the mount Zion 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 like the heights, like the earth which He hath founded for ever.

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 from the sheepfolds;

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

From following the ewes that give suck He brought him, to be shepherd over Jacob His people, 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 shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart; and lead them by the skilfulness of his hands.