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 Asaph.” Give ear, O my people, to my instruction! 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 in a psalm; I will utter sayings of ancient times.
3 which to hear: hear and to know them and father our to recount to/for us
What we have heard and learned, 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; Showing to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, His might, and the wonders he hath 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
For he appointed statutes in Jacob, And established a law in Israel, Which he commanded our fathers To make 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
So that the generation to come might know them; The children, which should be born, and rise up, Who should 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 put their trust in God, And not forget his deeds, 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, like their forefathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, —A generation whose heart was not fixed upon God, And whose spirit was not steadfast toward the Almighty.
9 son: descendant/people Ephraim to handle to shoot bow to overturn in/on/with day battle
The children of Ephraim were like armed bowmen, Who turn their backs 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 forgot his mighty deeds, And the wonders 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 divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; Yea, 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 he led them by a cloud, And all the night by a light of fire.
15 to break up/open rock in/on/with wilderness and to water: drink like/as abyss many
He clave the rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink, as from the great deep.
16 and to come out: issue to flow from crag and to go down like/as river water
From the rock he brought flowing streams, And made 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
Yet still they sinned against him, And provoked 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
They tempted God in their hearts, By asking food for their delight.
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 spake against God, and said, “Can God spread 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, and the water flowed, And streams gushed forth: Is he also able to give bread? 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
When, therefore, the LORD heard this, he was wroth: So a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger arose 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 aid.
23 and to command cloud from above and door heaven to open
Yet he had commanded the clouds above, And had 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 had rained down upon them manna for food, And had given them the corn of heaven.
25 food: bread mighty: angel to eat man: anyone provision to send: depart to/for them to/for satiety
Every one ate the food of princes; He sent them bread to the full.
26 to set out east in/on/with heaven and to lead in/on/with strength his south
Then he caused a strong wind to blow in the heavens, And by his power he brought a south wind;
27 and to rain upon them like/as dust flesh and like/as sand sea bird wing
He rained down flesh upon them as dust, And feathered fowls as the sand of the sea.
28 and to fall: fall in/on/with entrails: among camp his around to/for tabernacle his
He caused them to 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
So they did eat, and were filled; For he gave them their own desire.
30 not be a stranger from desire their still food their in/on/with lip their
Their desire was not yet satisfied, And their meat 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 wrath of God came upon them, And slew their strong men, And smote down the chosen 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 put no trust in his wondrous works.
33 and to end: expend in/on/with vanity day their and year their in/on/with dismay
Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, And their years in sudden destruction.
34 if to kill them and to seek him and to return: repent and to seek God
When he slew them, they sought him; They returned, and sought earnestly for God;
35 and to remember for God rock their and El (Most High) (LORD) Most High to redeem: redeem their
And remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High 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 only flattered him with their mouths, And spake falsely to him with their tongues.
37 and heart their not to establish: establish with him and not be faithful in/on/with covenant his
For their hearts were not true to him, Nor 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
Yet, being full of compassion, he forgave their iniquity, And would not utterly destroy them; Often he restrained his indignation, And stirred not up all his anger.
39 and to remember for flesh they(masc.) spirit: breath to go: walk and not to return: return
He remembered that they were but flesh, —A breath, that passeth and cometh not back.
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! How often did they anger him in the desert!
41 and to return: again and to test God and holy Israel to wound
Again and again they tempted God, And offended 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 delivered them from the enemy;
43 which to set: put in/on/with Egypt sign: miraculous his and wonder his in/on/with land: country Zoan
What signs he had wrought in Egypt, And what wonders in the fields of Zoan.
44 and to overturn to/for blood stream their and to flow their not to drink [emph?]
He turned their rivers into blood, So that they could not drink of their streams.
45 to send: depart in/on/with them swarm and to eat them and frog and to ruin them
He sent amongst them 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 fruits to the caterpillar, And their labor to 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 also gave up their cattle to hail, And their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
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 against them the fierceness of his anger, Wrath, indignation, and woe, —A host of angels 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 made a way for his anger, He spared them not from death, But gave up their lives to the pestilence.
51 and to smite all firstborn in/on/with Egypt first: beginning strength in/on/with tent Ham
He smote all the firstborn 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 led forth his own people like sheep, And guided them like 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
He led them on safely, so that they feared not, While 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
He brought them to his own sacred border, Even to this mountain which his right hand had gained.
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 cast out the nations before them, And divided their land by a measuring-line, as an inheritance, And caused 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 God, the Most High, And kept not his statutes;
57 and to turn and to act treacherously like/as father their to overturn like/as bow deceit
Like their fathers they were faithless, and turned back; They 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
They provoked his anger by their high places, And stirred up his jealousy by their graven images.
59 to hear: hear God and be angry and to reject much in/on/with Israel
God saw this, and was wroth, And greatly abhorred Israel;
60 and to leave tabernacle Shiloh tent to dwell in/on/with man
So that he forsook the habitation at Shiloh, The tabernacle 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 delivered his strength into captivity, And his glory into the hand of the enemy.
62 and to shut to/for sword people his and in/on/with inheritance his be angry
His own people he gave up to the sword, And was wroth with his own inheritance.
63 youth his to eat fire and virgin his not to boast: praise
Fire consumed their young men, And their maidens did not bewail them.
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
But at length the Lord awaked as from sleep, As a hero who had been overpowered by wine;
66 and to smite enemy his back reproach forever: enduring to give: put to/for them
He smote his enemies, and drove them back, And covered them with everlasting disgrace.
67 and to reject in/on/with tent Joseph and in/on/with tribe Ephraim not to choose
Yet he rejected the tents 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
Where he built, like the heavens, his sanctuary; Like the earth, which he hath established for ever.
70 and to choose in/on/with David servant/slave his and to take: take him from fold flock
And he chose David, 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 tending the suckling ewes 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
He fed them with an upright heart, And guided them with skilful hands.
