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1 My people, hear my teaching; listen to the words of my mouth.
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Listen, O my people, to my teaching. Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
2 I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter hidden things, things from of old—
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I will offer a parable [with] my mouth. I will pour out riddles from long ago,
3 things we have heard and known, things our ancestors have told us.
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that we have heard and known, and 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.
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We will not hide [them] from their children, telling the next generation the praises of Yahweh, and his power and his wonders that he has done.
5 He decreed statutes for Jacob and established the law in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to teach their children,
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For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to teach to 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.
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so that [the] next generation might know-- children [yet to] be born-- [that] they might rise up and tell their children,
7 Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands.
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that they might set their confidence in God, and not forget the deeds of God, but keep his commandments,
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.
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and not be like their ancestors, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation [that] did not make ready its heart, whose spirit was not faithful [to] God.
9 The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows, turned back on the day of battle;
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The sons of Ephraim, {armed with archers}, turned back on [the] day of battle.
10 they did not keep God’s covenant and refused to live by his law.
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They did not keep the covenant of God and refused to go in his law.
11 They forgot what he had done, the wonders he had shown them.
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They also forgot his deeds, and his wonders that he had shown them.
12 He did miracles in the sight of their ancestors in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
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In front of their ancestors he did a wonder, 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.
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He split the sea and caused them to go over, and he caused waters to stand like a heap.
14 He guided them with the cloud by day and with light from the fire all night.
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And he led them with the cloud by day, and all night with a fiery light.
15 He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them water as abundant as the seas;
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He caused rocks to split in the wilderness and provided drink abundantly as [from the] depths.
16 he brought streams out of a rocky crag and made water flow down like rivers.
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And he brought streams out of [the] rock and caused water to flow down like rivers.
17 But they continued to sin against him, rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High.
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But they sinned still further against him by rebelling [against the] Most High in the desert.
18 They willfully put God to the test by demanding the food they craved.
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And they tested God in their heart [by] asking food {for their craving}.
19 They spoke against God; they said, “Can God really spread a table in the wilderness?
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And they spoke against God. They said, "Is God able to prepare 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?”
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Yes, he struck [the] rock and water flowed and streams gushed out, [but] can he also give food or provide 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,
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Therefore Yahweh heard and he was very angry, and a fire was kindled against Jacob, and [his] anger also rose up against Israel,
22 for they did not believe in God or trust in his deliverance.
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because they did not believe God, and they did not trust his salvation.
23 Yet he gave a command to the skies above and opened the doors of the heavens;
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Nevertheless, he commanded [the] skies above and opened [the] doors of heaven,
24 he rained down manna for the people to eat, he gave them the grain of heaven.
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and rained down on them manna to eat and gave them the grain of heaven.
25 Human beings ate the bread of angels; he sent them all the food they could eat.
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Humankind ate [the] bread of {angels}. He sent them food [enough] to be satisfied.
26 He let loose the east wind from the heavens and by his power made the south wind blow.
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He caused [the] east wind to blow in the heavens and drove along [the] south wind by his strength.
27 He rained meat down on them like dust, birds like sand on the seashore.
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Then he rained meat on them like dust, even winged birds like [the] sand of [the] seas.
28 He made them come down inside their camp, all around their tents.
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He caused [them] to fall in the midst of his camp, all around his dwellings.
29 They ate till they were gorged— he had given them what they craved.
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So they ate and were well filled, and he brought about [what] they craved.
30 But before they turned from what they craved, even while the food was still in their mouths,
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They had not yet turned aside from their craving, [while] their food [was] still in their mouth,
31 God’s anger rose against them; he put to death the sturdiest among them, cutting down the young men of Israel.
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the anger of God rose against them, and he killed some of the stoutest of them, even the young men of Israel he caused to bow down [in death].
32 In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; in spite of his wonders, they did not believe.
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In spite of all this they sinned further and did not believe his wonders.
33 So he ended their days in futility and their years in terror.
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And he consumed their days with futility their years with terror.
34 Whenever God slew them, they would seek him; they eagerly turned to him again.
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When he killed [some of] them, then they sought him, and repented and earnestly sought God.
35 They remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer.
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And they remembered that God [was] their rock, and God Most High their redeemer.
36 But then they would flatter him with their mouths, lying to him with their tongues;
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But they enticed him with their mouth and lied to him with their tongue.
37 their hearts were not loyal to him, they were not faithful to his covenant.
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For their heart was not steadfast with him, nor were they faithful to his covenant.
38 Yet he was merciful; he forgave their iniquities and did not destroy them. Time after time he restrained his anger and did not stir up his full wrath.
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But he [was] compassionate; he pardoned [their] guilt and did not destroy [them]. And many [times] he turned back his anger and did not stir up all his wrath,
39 He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.
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for he remembered that they [were] flesh, a passing wind that does not return.
40 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the wasteland!
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How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and vexed him in [the] wasteland!
41 Again and again they put God to the test; they vexed the Holy One of Israel.
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So they again tested God and distressed the Holy One of Israel.
42 They did not remember his power— the day he redeemed them from the oppressor,
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And they did not remember his {power} {when} he redeemed them from the enemy,
43 the day he displayed his signs in Egypt, his wonders in the region of Zoan.
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how he performed his signs in Egypt and his wonders in the region of Zoan,
44 He turned their river into blood; they could not drink from their streams.
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when he turned their rivers to blood so they could not drink [from] their streams.
45 He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them.
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He sent among them flies that devoured them and frogs that destroyed them.
46 He gave their crops to the grasshopper, their produce to the locust.
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And he gave their crop to the locusts and their labor to the locust.
47 He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamore-figs with sleet.
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He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamore trees with sleet.
48 He gave over their cattle to the hail, their livestock to bolts of lightning.
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He also handed their cattle over to the hail and their livestock to the lightning bolts.
49 He unleashed against them his hot anger, his wrath, indignation and hostility— a band of destroying angels.
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He sent against them his fierce anger, rage and indignation and trouble, a band of {destroying} angels.
50 He prepared a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death but gave them over to the plague.
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He cleared a path for his anger. He did not spare them from death but handed their life over to the plague.
51 He struck down all the firstborn of Egypt, the firstfruits of manhood in the tents of Ham.
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And he struck down all [the] firstborn in Egypt, [the] first of [their] virility in the tents of Ham.
52 But he brought his people out like a flock; he led them like sheep through the wilderness.
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Then he led out his people like sheep and guided them like a herd in the wilderness.
53 He guided them safely, so they were unafraid; but the sea engulfed their enemies.
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And he led them safely and they were not afraid, but the sea covered their enemies.
54 And so he brought them to the border of his holy land, to the hill country his right hand had taken.
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So he brought them to his holy territory, this mountain his right hand acquired.
55 He drove out nations before them and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance; he settled the tribes of Israel in their homes.
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And he drove out nations before them and allocated them for an inheritance by [boundary] line, and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
56 But they put God to the test and rebelled against the Most High; they did not keep his statutes.
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But they tested and rebelled against God Most High and did not keep his statutes.
57 Like their ancestors they were disloyal and faithless, as unreliable as a faulty bow.
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And they turned and were treacherous like their ancestors. They twisted like a crooked bow.
58 They angered him with their high places; they aroused his jealousy with their idols.
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For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and made him jealous with their images.
59 When God heard them, he was furious; he rejected Israel completely.
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God heard and he was very angry and rejected Israel utterly.
60 He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent he had set up among humans.
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So he abandoned the dwelling place at Shiloh, [the] tent he had placed among humankind.
61 He sent the ark of his might into captivity, his splendor into the hands of the enemy.
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And he gave his strength into captivity and his splendor into [the] hand of [the] enemy.
62 He gave his people over to the sword; he was furious with his inheritance.
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He also handed his people over to the sword, and he was very angry with his inheritance.
63 Fire consumed their young men, and their young women had no wedding songs;
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Fire devoured his young men, and his young women were not praised.
64 their priests were put to the sword, and their widows could not weep.
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His priests fell by the sword, and his widows did not weep.
65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, as a warrior wakes from the stupor of wine.
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Then the Lord awoke like [one who had been] asleep, [awoke] like a warrior who had been drunk with wine.
66 He beat back his enemies; he put them to everlasting shame.
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And he beat back his enemies; he gave them over to perpetual scorn.
67 Then he rejected the tents of Joseph, he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim;
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And he rejected the tent of Joseph, and did not chose the tribe of Ephraim,
68 but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loved.
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but chose the tribe of Judah, {Mount Zion} that he loved.
69 He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth that he established forever.
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And he built his sanctuary like [the] heights, like [the] earth that he established forever.
70 He chose David his servant and took him from the sheep pens;
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And he chose David his servant and took him from [the] sheepfolds.
71 from tending the sheep he brought him to be the shepherd of his people Jacob, of Israel his inheritance.
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He brought him from following nursing ewes to shepherd Jacob, his people, and Israel, his inheritance.
72 And David shepherded them with integrity of heart; with skillful hands he led them.
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And he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart, and led them by the skillfulness of his hands.
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