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1 My people, hear my teaching; listen 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 with a parable; I will utter hidden things, things from of old—
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I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old,
3 things we have heard and known, things our ancestors 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 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 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 He decreed statutes for Jacob and established the law in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to teach 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 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 a later generation doth know, Sons who are born, do rise and recount to their sons,
7 Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands.
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And place in God their confidence, And forget not the doings of God, But 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.
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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 men of Ephraim, though armed with bows, turned back on the day of battle;
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Sons of Ephraim -- armed bearers of bow, Have turned in a day of conflict.
10 they did not keep God’s covenant and refused to live by 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 what he had done, the wonders he had shown them.
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And they forget His doings, And His wonders that He shewed 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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Before their fathers He hath done wonders, In the land of Egypt -- the field 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 cleft a sea, and causeth them to pass over, Yea, He causeth waters to stand as a heap.
14 He guided them with the cloud by day and with light from the fire all night.
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And leadeth them with a cloud by day, And all the night with a light of fire.
15 He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them water as abundant as the seas;
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He cleaveth rocks in a wilderness, And giveth drink -- as the great deep.
16 he brought streams out of a rocky crag and made water flow down like rivers.
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And bringeth out streams from a rock, And causeth waters to come down as rivers.
17 But they continued to sin against him, rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High.
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And they add still to sin against Him, To provoke the Most High in the dry place.
18 They willfully put God to the test by demanding the food they craved.
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And they try God in their heart, To ask food for their lust.
19 They spoke against God; they said, “Can God really spread 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 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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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 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 hath Jehovah heard, And He sheweth Himself wroth, And fire hath been kindled against Jacob, And anger also hath gone up against Israel,
22 for they did not believe in God or trust in his deliverance.
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For they have not believed in God, Nor have they trusted in His salvation.
23 Yet he gave a command to the skies above and opened the doors of the heavens;
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And He commandeth clouds from above, Yea, doors of the heavens He hath opened.
24 he rained down manna for the people to eat, he gave them the grain of heaven.
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And He raineth on them manna to eat, Yea, corn of heaven He hath given to them.
25 Human beings ate the bread of angels; he sent them all the food they could eat.
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Food of the mighty hath each eaten, Venison He sent to them to satiety.
26 He let loose the east wind from the heavens and by his power made the south wind blow.
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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 meat down on them like dust, birds like sand on the seashore.
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And He raineth on them flesh as dust, And as sand of the seas -- winged fowl,
28 He made them come down inside their camp, all around their tents.
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And causeth [it] to fall in the midst of His camp, Round about His tabernacles.
29 They ate till they were gorged— he had given them what they craved.
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And they eat, and are greatly satisfied, And their desire He bringeth to them.
30 But before they turned from what they craved, even while the food was still in their mouths,
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They have not been estranged from their desire, Yet [is] their food 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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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 In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; in spite of his wonders, they did not believe.
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With all this they have sinned again, And have not believed in His wonders.
33 So he ended their days in futility and their years in terror.
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And He consumeth in vanity their days, And their years in trouble.
34 Whenever God slew them, they would seek him; they eagerly turned to him again.
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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, that God Most High was their Redeemer.
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And they remember that God [is] 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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And -- they deceive Him with their mouth, And with their tongue do lie to Him,
37 their hearts were not loyal to him, they were not faithful to 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 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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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 passing breeze that does not return.
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And He remembereth that they [are] flesh, A wind going on -- and it returneth not.
40 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the wasteland!
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How often do they provoke Him in the wilderness, Grieve Him in the desolate place?
41 Again and again they put God to the test; they vexed the Holy One of Israel.
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Yea, they turn back, and try God, And the Holy One of Israel have limited.
42 They did not remember his power— the day he redeemed them from the oppressor,
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They have not remembered His hand The day He ransomed them from the adversary.
43 the day he displayed his signs in Egypt, his wonders in the region of Zoan.
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When He set His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the field of Zoan,
44 He turned their river into blood; they could not drink from their streams.
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And He turneth to blood their streams, And their floods they drink not.
45 He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated 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 their crops to the grasshopper, their produce to the locust.
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And giveth to the caterpillar their increase, And their labour to the locust.
47 He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamore-figs with sleet.
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He destroyeth with hail their vine, And their sycamores with frost,
48 He gave over their cattle to the hail, their livestock to bolts of lightning.
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And delivereth up to the hail their beasts, And their cattle to the burning flames.
49 He unleashed against them his hot anger, his wrath, indignation and hostility— a band of destroying angels.
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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 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 pondereth a path for His anger, He kept not back their soul from death, Yea, their life to the pestilence He delivered up.
51 He struck down all the firstborn of Egypt, the firstfruits of manhood 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 brought his people out like a flock; he led them like sheep through the wilderness.
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And causeth His people to journey as a flock, And guideth them as a drove in a wilderness,
53 He guided them safely, so they were unafraid; but the sea engulfed 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 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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And He bringeth them in unto the border of His sanctuary, This mountain His right hand had got,
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 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 But they put God to the test and rebelled against the Most High; they did not keep his statutes.
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And they tempt and provoke God Most High, And His testimonies have not kept.
57 Like their ancestors they were disloyal and faithless, as unreliable as a faulty bow.
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And they turn back, And deal treacherously like their fathers, They have been turned like a deceitful bow,
58 They angered him with their high places; they aroused his jealousy with their idols.
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And make Him angry with their high places, And with their graven images make Him zealous,
59 When God heard them, he was furious; he rejected Israel completely.
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God hath heard, and sheweth Himself wroth. And kicketh exceedingly against Israel.
60 He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent he had set up among humans.
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And He leaveth the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent He had placed among men,
61 He sent the ark of his might into captivity, his splendor into the hands of the enemy.
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And He giveth His strength to captivity, And His beauty into the hand of an adversary,
62 He gave his people over to the sword; he was furious with his inheritance.
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And delivereth up to the sword His people, And with His inheritance shewed Himself angry.
63 Fire consumed their young men, and their young women had no wedding songs;
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His young men hath fire consumed, And His virgins have not been praised.
64 their priests were put to the sword, and their widows could not weep.
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His priests by the sword have fallen, And their widows weep not.
65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, as a warrior wakes from the stupor of wine.
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And the Lord waketh as a sleeper, As a mighty one crying aloud from wine.
66 He beat back his enemies; he put them to everlasting shame.
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And He smiteth His adversaries backward, A reproach age-during He hath put on them,
67 Then he rejected the tents of Joseph, he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim;
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And He kicketh against the tent of Joseph, And on the tribe of Ephraim hath not fixed.
68 but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, 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 earth that he 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 chose David his servant and took him from the sheep pens;
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And He fixeth on David His servant, And taketh him from the folds of a flock,
71 from tending the sheep he brought him to be the shepherd of his people Jacob, of Israel 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 And David shepherded them with integrity of heart; with skillful hands he led them.
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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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