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Psalm 78:1-33

New Century Version NCV

1 My people, listen to my teaching; listen to what I say.

2 I will speak using stories; I will tell secret things from long ago.

3 We have heard them and known them by what our ancestors have told us.

4 We will not keep them from our children; we will tell those who come later about the praises of the Lord. We will tell about his power and the miracles he has done.

5 The Lord made an agreement with Jacob and gave the teachings to Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to teach to their children.

6 Then their children would know them, even their children not yet born. And they would tell their children.

7 So they would all trust God and would not forget what he had done but would obey his commands.

8 They would not be like their ancestors who were stubborn and disobedient. Their hearts were not loyal to God, and they were not true to him.

9 The men of Ephraim had bows for weapons, but they ran away on the day of battle.

10 They didn't keep their agreement with God and refused to live by his teachings.

11 They forgot what he had done and the miracles he had shown them.

12 He did miracles while their ancestors watched, in the fields of Zoan in Egypt.

13 He divided the Red Sea and led them through. He made the water stand up like a wall.

14 He led them with a cloud by day and by the light of a fire by night.

15 He split the rocks in the desert and gave them more than enough water, as if from the deep ocean.

16 He brought streams out of the rock and caused water to flow down like rivers.

17 But the people continued to sin against him; in the desert they turned against God Most High.

18 They decided to test God by asking for the food they wanted.

19 Then they spoke against God, saying, "Can God prepare food in the desert?

20 When he hit the rock, water poured out and rivers flowed down. But can he give us bread also? Will he provide his people with meat?"

21 When the Lord heard them, he was very angry. His anger was like fire to the people of Jacob; his anger grew against the people of Israel.

22 They had not believed God and had not trusted him to save them.

23 But he gave a command to the clouds above and opened the doors of heaven.

24 He rained manna down on them to eat; he gave them grain from heaven.

25 So they ate the bread of angels. He sent them all the food they could eat.

26 He sent the east wind from heaven and led the south wind by his power.

27 He rained meat on them like dust. The birds were as many as the sand of the sea.

28 He made the birds fall inside the camp, all around the tents.

29 So the people ate and became very full. God had given them what they wanted.

30 While they were still eating, and while the food was still in their mouths,

31 God became angry with them. He killed some of the healthiest of them; he struck down the best young men of Israel.

32 But they kept on sinning; they did not believe even with the miracles.

33 So he ended their days without meaning and their years in terror.

New International Version NIV

1 My people, hear my teaching; listen to the words of my mouth.

2 I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter hidden things, things from of old—

3 things we have heard and known, things our ancestors have told us.

4 We will not hide them from their descendants; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD, his power, and the wonders he has done.

5 He decreed statutes for Jacob and established the law in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to teach their children,

6 so the next generation would know them, even the children yet to be born, and they in turn would tell their children.

7 Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands.

8 They would not be like their ancestors— a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose hearts were not loyal to God, whose spirits were not faithful to him.

9 The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows, turned back on the day of battle;

10 they did not keep God’s covenant and refused to live by his law.

11 They forgot what he had done, the wonders he had shown them.

12 He did miracles in the sight of their ancestors in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.

13 He divided the sea and led them through; he made the water stand up like a wall.

14 He guided them with the cloud by day and with light from the fire all night.

15 He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them water as abundant as the seas;

16 he brought streams out of a rocky crag and made water flow down like rivers.

17 But they continued to sin against him, rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High.

18 They willfully put God to the test by demanding the food they craved.

19 They spoke against God; they said, “Can God really spread a table in the wilderness?

20 True, he struck the rock, and water gushed out, streams flowed abundantly, but can he also give us bread? Can he supply meat for his people?”

21 When the LORD heard them, he was furious; his fire broke out against Jacob, and his wrath rose against Israel,

22 for they did not believe in God or trust in his deliverance.

23 Yet he gave a command to the skies above and opened the doors of the heavens;

24 he rained down manna for the people to eat, he gave them the grain of heaven.

25 Human beings ate the bread of angels; he sent them all the food they could eat.

26 He let loose the east wind from the heavens and by his power made the south wind blow.

27 He rained meat down on them like dust, birds like sand on the seashore.

28 He made them come down inside their camp, all around their tents.

29 They ate till they were gorged— he had given them what they craved.

30 But before they turned from what they craved, even while the food was still in their mouths,

31 God’s anger rose against them; he put to death the sturdiest among them, cutting down the young men of Israel.

32 In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; in spite of his wonders, they did not believe.

33 So he ended their days in futility and their years in terror.