Psalms 78

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

“A Maskil of Assaph.” Give ear, O my people, to my instruction: incline thy 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 with a parable my mouth: I will utter riddles out of ancient times;

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

Which we have heard and know, and which our fathers have related unto 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 conceal them from their children, relating to the latest generation the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful deeds which 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

Yea, he established a testimony in Jacob, and instituted 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

In order that the latest generation might know them, even the children that are to be born; that they may arise and relate 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 may place in God their hope, and not forget the doings of God, but observe 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 that they may not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that had not directed their heart firmly, and whose spirit was not faithful to God.

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

The children of Ephraim, like well-armed archers, that turn round on the day of battle,

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

Kept not the covenant of God, and in his law they refused to walk;

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

And they forgot his deeds, as also his wonders, which he had permitted them to see.

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

In the presence of their fathers did he do wonders, in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zo'an.

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

He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters stand upright as a wall.

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

And he led them with the 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 split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the mighty deep.

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

And he brought forth running streams out of the rock, and caused water 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

But they repeated to sin yet more against him, rebelling 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 tempted God in their heart, by asking food for their desire.

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, Will God be able to set in order 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, so that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed: shall he also be able to give bread? or can 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, when the Lord heard this, he became wroth: and a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also ascended against Israel,

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

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

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

Then he ordained the skies from above, and the doors of heaven he opened;

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

And he let rain down upon them manna to eat, and the corn of heaven gave he unto them.

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

Angels' bread did man eat: he sent them provision to satisfaction.

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

He caused an east wind to pass along the heavens; and he led forth by his strength the south wind.

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

And he let rain upon them flesh [as plentiful] as the dust, and winged birds like the sand of the sea;

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

And he let them fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.

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

And they ate, and were greatly satisfied, and what they longed for he brought unto them.

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

They were not estranged from their longing, yet was their food 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

When the wrath of God ascended against them, and he slew some of the fattest of them, and the young men of Israel did he strike down.

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

With all this they sinned again, and believed not in his wonders.

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

Therefore he caused their days to come to an end in nought, and their years in dread.

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

When he slew them, then did they seek him, and they returned and inquired earnestly after 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 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

Nevertheless they prayed insincerely to him with their mouth, and with their tongue they lied unto him.

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

For their heart was not firm with him, and they were not 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 merciful, forgave the iniquity, and destroyed [them] not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not awaken all his fury.

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

And he remembered that they are but flesh, a spirit that passeth away, and returneth 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, grieve him in the desert!

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

Yea, they once more tempted God, and set limits 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, the day when he ransomed 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

When he displayed in Egypt his signs, and his wonderful tokens in the fields of Zo'an.

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

And he changed their rivers into blood; and their running streams, that they could not drink [of them].

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

He sent out among them various wild beasts, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.

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

And he gave unto the cricket their products, and their labor unto the locust.

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

He slew with hail their vines, and their sycamore-trees with ice-bolts.

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

And he surrendered to the hail their cattle, and their herds to the lightning's flashes.

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 let loose against them the fierceness of his anger, wrath and indignation, and distress, a host of angels of misfortune.

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 leveled a path for his anger; he withheld not from death their soul, and their life he surrendered to the pestilence;

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

And he smote all the first-born in Egypt; the first 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 caused his own people to depart like flocks, and guided them like a drove 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 led them in safety, so that they felt no dread; but the sea covered over 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 territory, even to this mount, which his right hand had acquired.

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 drove out from before them nations, and divided them by the measuring-line as an inheritance, and he caused to dwell in their tents the tribes of Israel.

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

Yet they tempted and rebelled against the most high God, and his testimonies they kept not;

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

But swerved aside, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers; they turned about like a deceitful 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 to anger with their high-places, and with their graven images they moved him to jealousy.

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

God heard this, and he became wroth, and felt greatly disgusted with Israel;

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

And he cast off the dwelling at Shiloh, the tabernacle where he had 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 up his strength unto 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

And he surrendered his people unto the sword; and with his inheritance was he wroth.

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

His young men the fire devoured; and his virgins were not demanded in marriage.

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

His priests fell by the sword; and his widows did not weep.

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

Then awoke the Lord as one that sleepeth, like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

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

And he smote his enemies backward: a perpetual disgrace on them.

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

Yet was he disgusted with the tent of Joseph, and of the tribe of Ephraim he made not choice;

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

But he 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 like high [mountains] his sanctuary, 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

And he made choice of David his servant, and took him from the sheep-folds:

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 with young he brought him, to feed 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

And he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and by the skilfulness of his hands did he lead them.