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Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 <<A maskil by Asaf.>> Hear my law, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.
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An Instruction of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law, Incline your ear to sayings of my mouth.
2 I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,
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I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old,
3 Which we have heard and known, Our fathers have told us.
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That we have heard and do know, And our fathers have recounted to us.
4 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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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.
5 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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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.
6 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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So that a later generation doth know, Sons who are born, do rise and recount to their sons,
7 That they might set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep his mitzvot,
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And place in God their confidence, And forget not the doings of God, But keep His commands.
8 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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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.
9 The children of Efrayim, being armed and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle.
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Sons of Ephraim -- armed bearers of bow, Have turned in a day of conflict.
10 They didn't keep the covenant of God, And refused to walk in his law.
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They have not kept the covenant of God, And in His law they have refused to walk,
11 They forgot his doings, His wondrous works that he had shown them.
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And they forget His doings, And His wonders that He shewed them.
12 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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Before their fathers He hath done wonders, In the land of Egypt -- the field of Zoan.
13 He split the sea, and caused them to pass through; He made the waters stand as a heap.
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He cleft a sea, and causeth them to pass over, Yea, He causeth waters to stand as a heap.
14 In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, All the night with a light of fire.
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And leadeth them with a cloud by day, And all the night with a light of fire.
15 He split rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.
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He cleaveth rocks in a wilderness, And giveth drink -- as the great deep.
16 He brought streams also out of the rock, And caused waters to run down like rivers.
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And bringeth out streams from a rock, And causeth waters to come down as rivers.
17 Yet they still went on to sin against him, To rebel against Ha`Elyon in the desert.
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And they add still to sin against Him, To provoke the Most High in the dry place.
18 They tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire.
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And they try God in their heart, To ask food for their lust.
19 Yes, they spoke against God. They said, "Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
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And they speak against God -- they said: `Is God able to array a table in a wilderness?'
20 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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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?'
21 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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Therefore hath Jehovah heard, And He sheweth Himself wroth, And fire hath been kindled against Jacob, And anger also hath gone up against Israel,
22 Because they didn't believe in God, And didn't trust in his yeshu`ah.
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For they have not believed in God, Nor have they trusted in His salvation.
23 Yet he commanded the skies above, And opened the doors of heaven.
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And He commandeth clouds from above, Yea, doors of the heavens He hath opened.
24 He rained down manna on them to eat, And gave them food from the sky.
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And He raineth on them manna to eat, Yea, corn of heaven He hath given to them.
25 Man ate the bread of angels. He sent them food to the full.
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Food of the mighty hath each eaten, Venison He sent to them to satiety.
26 He caused the east wind to blow in the sky. By his power he guided the south wind.
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He causeth an east wind to journey in the heavens, And leadeth by His strength a south wind,
27 He rained also flesh on them as the dust; Winged birds as the sand of the seas.
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And He raineth on them flesh as dust, And as sand of the seas -- winged fowl,
28 He let them fall in the midst of their camp, Around their habitations.
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And causeth [it] to fall in the midst of His camp, Round about His tabernacles.
29 So they ate, and were well filled. He gave them their own desire.
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And they eat, and are greatly satisfied, And their desire He bringeth to them.
30 They didn't turn from their cravings. Their food was yet in their mouths,
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They have not been estranged from their desire, Yet [is] their food in their mouth,
31 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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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.
32 For all this they still sinned, And didn't believe in his wondrous works.
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With all this they have sinned again, And have not believed in His wonders.
33 Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, And their years in terror.
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And He consumeth in vanity their days, And their years in trouble.
34 When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.
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If He slew them, then they sought Him, And turned back, and sought God earnestly,
35 They remembered that God was their rock, The El `Elyon their redeemer.
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And they remember that God [is] their rock, And God Most High their redeemer.
36 But they flattered him with their mouth, And lied to him with their tongue.
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And -- they deceive Him with their mouth, And with their tongue do lie to Him,
37 For their heart was not right with him, Neither were they faithful in his covenant.
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And their heart hath not been right with Him, And they have not been stedfast in His covenant.
38 But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and didn't destroy them. Yes, many times he turned his anger away, And didn't stir up all his wrath.
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And He -- the Merciful One, Pardoneth iniquity, and destroyeth not, And hath often turned back His anger, And waketh not up all His fury.
39 He remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passes away, and doesn't come again.
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And He remembereth that they [are] flesh, A wind going on -- and it returneth not.
40 How often did they rebel against him in the wilderness, And grieve him in the desert!
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How often do they provoke Him in the wilderness, Grieve Him in the desolate place?
41 They turned again and tempted God, And provoked the Holy One of Yisra'el.
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Yea, they turn back, and try God, And the Holy One of Israel have limited.
42 They didn't remember his hand, Nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;
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They have not remembered His hand The day He ransomed them from the adversary.
43 How he set his signs in Mitzrayim, His wonders in the field of Tzo`an,
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When He set His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the field of Zoan,
44 Turned their rivers into blood, Their streams, so that they could not drink.
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And He turneth to blood their streams, And their floods they drink not.
45 He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; Frogs, which destroyed them.
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He sendeth among them the beetle, and it consumeth them, And the frog, and it destroyeth them,
46 He gave also their increase to the caterpillar, Their labor to the arbeh.
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And giveth to the caterpillar their increase, And their labour to the locust.
47 He destroyed their vines with hail, Their sycamore-fig trees with frost.
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He destroyeth with hail their vine, And their sycamores with frost,
48 He gave over their cattle also to the hail, And their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
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And delivereth up to the hail their beasts, And their cattle to the burning flames.
49 He threw on them the fierceness of his anger, Wrath, indignation, and trouble, And a band of angels of evil.
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He sendeth on them the fury of His anger, Wrath, and indignation, and distress -- A discharge of evil messengers.
50 He made a path for his anger. He didn't spare their soul from death, But gave their life over to the pestilence,
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He pondereth a path for His anger, He kept not back their soul from death, Yea, their life to the pestilence He delivered up.
51 And struck all the firstborn in Mitzrayim, The chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.
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And He smiteth every first-born in Egypt, The first-fruit of the strong in tents of Ham.
52 But he led forth his own people like sheep, And guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
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And causeth His people to journey as a flock, And guideth them as a drove in a wilderness,
53 He led them safely, so that they weren't afraid, But the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
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And He leadeth them confidently, And they have not been afraid, And their enemies hath the sea covered.
54 He brought them to the border of his sanctuary, To this mountain, which his right hand had taken.
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And He bringeth them in unto the border of His sanctuary, This mountain His right hand had got,
55 He also drove out the nations before them, Allotted them for an inheritance by line, And made the tribes of Yisra'el to dwell in their tents.
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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,
56 Yet they tempted and rebelled against Ha`Elyon God, And didn't keep his testimonies;
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And they tempt and provoke God Most High, And His testimonies have not kept.
57 But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
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And they turn back, And deal treacherously like their fathers, They have been turned like a deceitful bow,
58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, And moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.
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And make Him angry with their high places, And with their graven images make Him zealous,
59 When God heard this, he was angry, And greatly abhorred Yisra'el;
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God hath heard, and sheweth Himself wroth. And kicketh exceedingly against Israel.
60 So that he forsook the tent of Shiloh, The tent which he placed among men;
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And He leaveth the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent He had placed among men,
61 And delivered his strength into captivity, His glory into the adversary's hand.
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And He giveth His strength to captivity, And His beauty into the hand of an adversary,
62 He also gave his people over to the sword, And was angry with his inheritance.
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And delivereth up to the sword His people, And with His inheritance shewed Himself angry.
63 Fire devoured their young men; Their virgins had no wedding song.
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His young men hath fire consumed, And His virgins have not been praised.
64 Their Kohanim fell by the sword; Their widows made no lamentation.
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His priests by the sword have fallen, And their widows weep not.
65 Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep, Like a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine.
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And the Lord waketh as a sleeper, As a mighty one crying aloud from wine.
66 He struck his adversaries backward. He put them to a perpetual reproach.
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And He smiteth His adversaries backward, A reproach age-during He hath put on them,
67 Moreover he rejected the tent of Yosef, And didn't choose the tribe of Efrayim,
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And He kicketh against the tent of Joseph, And on the tribe of Ephraim hath not fixed.
68 But chose the tribe of Yehudah, Mount Tziyon which he loved.
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And He chooseth the tribe of Judah, With mount Zion that He loved,
69 He built his sanctuary like the heights, Like the eretz which he has established forever.
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And buildeth His sanctuary as a high place, Like the earth, He founded it to the age.
70 He also chose David his servant, And took him from the sheepfolds;
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And He fixeth on David His servant, And taketh him from the folds of a flock,
71 From following the ewes that have their young he brought him To be the shepherd of Ya`akov, his people, and Yisra'el, his inheritance.
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From behind suckling ones He hath brought him in, To rule over Jacob His people, And over Israel His inheritance.
72 So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, And guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.
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And he ruleth them according to the integrity of his heart, And by the skilfulness of his hands leadeth them!
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