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<> Hear my law, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.
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I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,
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Which we have heard and known, Our fathers have told us.
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We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, His strength, and his wondrous works that he has done.
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For he established a testimony in Ya`akov, And appointed a law in Yisra'el, Which he commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children;
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That the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; Who should arise and tell their children,
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That they might set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep his mitzvot,
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And might not be as their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that didn't make their hearts loyal, Whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
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The children of Efrayim, being armed and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle.
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They didn't keep the covenant of God, And refused to walk in his law.
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They forgot his doings, His wondrous works that he had shown them.
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Marvelous things did he in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Mitzrayim, in the field of Tzo`an.
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He split the sea, and caused them to pass through; He made the waters stand as a heap.
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In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, All the night with a light of fire.
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He split rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.
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He brought streams also out of the rock, And caused waters to run down like rivers.
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Yet they still went on to sin against him, To rebel against Ha`Elyon in the desert.
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They tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire.
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Yes, they spoke against God. They said, "Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
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Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out, Streams overflowed. Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?"
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Therefore the LORD heard, and was angry. A fire was kindled against Ya`akov, Anger also went up against Yisra'el,
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Because they didn't believe in God, And didn't trust in his yeshu`ah.
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Yet he commanded the skies above, And opened the doors of heaven.
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He rained down manna on them to eat, And gave them food from the sky.
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Man ate the bread of angels. He sent them food to the full.
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He caused the east wind to blow in the sky. By his power he guided the south wind.
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He rained also flesh on them as the dust; Winged birds as the sand of the seas.
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He let them fall in the midst of their camp, Around their habitations.
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So they ate, and were well filled. He gave them their own desire.
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They didn't turn from their cravings. Their food was yet in their mouths,
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When the anger of God went up against them, And killed some of the fattest of them, And struck down the young men of Yisra'el.
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For all this they still sinned, And didn't believe in his wondrous works.
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Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, And their years in terror.