Psalms 78

1 An Instruction of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law, Incline your ear to sayings of my mouth.

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

2 I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old,

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

3 That we have heard and do know, And our fathers have recounted to us.

Which we have heard and we have known them and ancestors our they have recounted to us.

4 We do not hide from their sons, To a later generation recounting praises of Jehovah, And His strength, and His wonders that He hath done.

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 raiseth up a testimony in Jacob, And a law hath placed in Israel, That He commanded our fathers, To make them known to their sons.

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 a later generation doth know, Sons who are born, do rise and recount to their sons,

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 And place in God their confidence, And forget not the doings of God, But keep His commands.

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 they are not like their fathers, A generation apostate and rebellious, A generation! it hath not prepared its heart, Nor stedfast with God [is] its spirit.

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 Sons of Ephraim — armed bearers of bow, Have turned in a day of conflict.

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

10 They have not kept the covenant of God, And in His law they have refused to walk,

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

11 And they forget His doings, And His wonders that He shewed them.

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

12 Before their fathers He hath done wonders, In the land of Egypt — the field of Zoan.

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

13 He cleft a sea, and causeth them to pass over, Yea, He causeth waters to stand as a heap.

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

14 And leadeth them with a cloud by day, And all the night with a light of fire.

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

15 He cleaveth rocks in a wilderness, And giveth drink — as the great deep.

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

16 And bringeth out streams from a rock, And causeth waters to come down as rivers.

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

17 And they add still to sin against Him, To provoke the Most High in the dry place.

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

18 And they try God in their heart, To ask food for their lust.

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

19 And they speak against God — they said: 'Is God able to array a table in a wilderness?'

And they spoke against God they said ¿ is he able God to arrange a table in the wilderness.

20 Lo, He hath smitten a rock, And waters flow, yea, streams overflow. 'Also — bread [is] He able to give? Doth He prepare flesh for His people?'

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 hath Jehovah heard, And He sheweth Himself wroth, And fire hath been kindled against Jacob, And anger also hath gone up against Israel,

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 they have not believed in God, Nor have they trusted in His salvation.

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

23 And He commandeth clouds from above, Yea, doors of the heavens He hath opened.

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

24 And He raineth on them manna to eat, Yea, corn of heaven He hath given to them.

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

25 Food of the mighty hath each eaten, Venison He sent to them to satiety.

Bread of mighty [ones] he ate everyone food he sent to them to satiety.

26 He causeth an east wind to journey in the heavens, And leadeth by His strength a south wind,

He led out an east wind in the heavens and he led forth by strength his a south wind.

27 And He raineth on them flesh as dust, And as sand of the seas — winged fowl,

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

28 And causeth [it] to fall in the midst of His camp, Round about His tabernacles.

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

29 And they eat, and are greatly satisfied, And their desire He bringeth to them.

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

30 They have not been estranged from their desire, Yet [is] their food in their mouth,

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

31 And the anger of God hath gone up against them, And He slayeth among their fat ones, And youths of Israel He caused to bend.

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 With all this they have sinned again, And have not believed in His wonders.

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

33 And He consumeth in vanity their days, And their years in trouble.

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

34 If He slew them, then they sought Him, And turned back, and sought God earnestly,

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

35 And they remember that God [is] their rock, And God Most High their redeemer.

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

36 And — they deceive Him with their mouth, And with their tongue do lie to Him,

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

37 And their heart hath not been right with Him, And they have not been stedfast in His covenant.

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

38 And He — the Merciful One, Pardoneth iniquity, and destroyeth not, And hath often turned back His anger, And waketh not up all His fury.

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 remembereth that they [are] flesh, A wind going on — and it returneth not.

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

40 How often do they provoke Him in the wilderness, Grieve Him in the desolate place?

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

41 Yea, they turn back, and try God, And the Holy One of Israel have limited.

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

42 They have not remembered His hand The day He ransomed them from the adversary.

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

43 When He set His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the field of Zoan,

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

44 And He turneth to blood their streams, And their floods they drink not.

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

45 He sendeth among them the beetle, and it consumeth them, And the frog, and it destroyeth them,

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

46 And giveth to the caterpillar their increase, And their labour to the locust.

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

47 He destroyeth with hail their vine, And their sycamores with frost,

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

48 And delivereth up to the hail their beasts, And their cattle to the burning flames.

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

49 He sendeth on them the fury of His anger, Wrath, and indignation, and distress — A discharge of evil messengers.

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

50 He pondereth a path for His anger, He kept not back their soul from death, Yea, their life to the pestilence He delivered up.

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 smiteth every first-born in Egypt, The first-fruit of the strong in tents of Ham.

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

52 And causeth His people to journey as a flock, And guideth them as a drove in a wilderness,

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

53 And He leadeth them confidently, And they have not been afraid, And their enemies hath the sea covered.

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

54 And He bringeth them in unto the border of His sanctuary, This mountain His right hand had got,

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

55 And casteth out nations from before them, And causeth them to fall in the line of inheritance, And causeth the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents,

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 tempt and provoke God Most High, And His testimonies have not kept.

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

57 And they turn back, And deal treacherously like their fathers, They have been turned like a deceitful bow,

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

58 And make Him angry with their high places, And with their graven images make Him zealous,

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

59 God hath heard, and sheweth Himself wroth. And kicketh exceedingly against Israel.

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

60 And He leaveth the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent He had placed among men,

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

61 And He giveth His strength to captivity, And His beauty into the hand of an adversary,

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

62 And delivereth up to the sword His people, And with His inheritance shewed Himself angry.

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

63 His young men hath fire consumed, And His virgins have not been praised.

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

64 His priests by the sword have fallen, And their widows weep not.

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

65 And the Lord waketh as a sleeper, As a mighty one crying aloud from wine.

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

66 And He smiteth His adversaries backward, A reproach age-during He hath put on them,

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

67 And He kicketh against the tent of Joseph, And on the tribe of Ephraim hath not fixed.

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

68 And He chooseth the tribe of Judah, With mount Zion that He loved,

And he chose [the] tribe of Judah [the] mountain of Zion which he loved.

69 And buildeth His sanctuary as a high place, Like the earth, He founded it to the age.

And he built like [the] high [things] sanctuary his like [the] earth [which] he founded it for ever.

70 And He fixeth on David His servant, And taketh him from the folds of a flock,

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

71 From behind suckling ones He hath brought him in, To rule over Jacob His people, And over Israel His inheritance.

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

72 And he ruleth them according to the integrity of his heart, And by the skilfulness of his hands leadeth them!

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