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Psalms 78

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1 A Maskil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth!

2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old,

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

4 We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the LORD, and his might, and the wonders which he has wrought.

5 He established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children;

6 that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise and tell them to their children,

7 so that they should set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments;

8 and that they should not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation whose heart was not steadfast, whose spirit was not faithful to God.

9 The E'phraimites, armed with the bow, turned back on the day of battle.

10 They did not keep God's covenant, but refused to walk according to his law.

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

12 In the sight of their fathers he wrought marvels in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zo'an.

13 He divided the sea and let them pass through it, and made the waters stand like a heap.

14 In the daytime he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a fiery light.

15 He cleft rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep.

16 He made streams come out of the rock, and caused waters to flow down like rivers.

17 Yet they sinned still more against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert.

18 They tested God in their heart by demanding the food they craved.

19 They spoke against God, saying, "Can God spread a table in the wilderness?

20 He smote the rock so that water gushed out and streams overflowed. Can he also give bread, or provide meat for his people?"

21 Therefore, when the LORD heard, he was full of wrath; a fire was kindled against Jacob, his anger mounted against Israel;

22 because they had no faith in God, and did not trust his saving power.

23 Yet he commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven;

24 and he rained down upon them manna to eat, and gave them the grain of heaven.

25 Man ate of the bread of the angels; he sent them food in abundance.

26 He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens, and by his power he led out the south wind;

27 he rained flesh upon them like dust, winged birds like the sand of the seas;

28 he let them fall in the midst of their camp, all around their habitations.

29 And they ate and were well filled, for he gave them what they craved.

30 But before they had sated their craving, while the food was still in their mouths,

31 the anger of God rose against them and he slew the strongest of them, and laid low the picked men of Israel.

32 In spite of all this they still sinned; despite his wonders they did not believe.

33 So he made their days vanish like a breath, and their years in terror.

34 When he slew them, they sought for him; they repented and sought God earnestly.

35 They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God their redeemer.

36 But they flattered him with their mouths; they lied to him with their tongues.

37 Their heart was not steadfast toward him; they were not true to his covenant.

38 Yet he, being compassionate, forgave their iniquity, and did not destroy them; he restrained his anger often, and did not stir up all his wrath.

39 He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes and comes not again.

40 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the desert!

41 They tested him again and again, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

42 They did not keep in mind his power, or the day when he redeemed them from the foe;

43 when he wrought his signs in Egypt, and his miracles in the fields of Zo'an.

44 He turned their rivers to blood, so that they could not drink of their streams.

45 He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them.

46 He gave their crops to the caterpillar, and the fruit of their labor to the locust.

47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamores with frost.

48 He gave over their cattle to the hail, and their flocks to thunderbolts.

49 He let loose on them his fierce anger, wrath, indignation, and distress, a company of destroying angels.

50 He made a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death, but gave their lives over to the plague.

51 He smote all the first-born in Egypt, the first issue of their strength in the tents of Ham.

52 Then he led forth his people like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

53 He led them in safety, so that they were not afraid; but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

54 And he brought them to his holy land, to the mountain which his right hand had won.

55 He drove out nations before them; he apportioned them for a possession and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

56 Yet they tested and rebelled against the Most High God, and did not observe his testimonies,

57 but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers; they twisted like a deceitful bow.

58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places; they moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

59 When God heard, he was full of wrath, and he utterly rejected Israel.

60 He forsook his dwelling at Shiloh, the tent where he dwelt among men,

61 and delivered his power to captivity, his glory to the hand of the foe.

62 He gave his people over to the sword, and vented his wrath on his heritage.

63 Fire devoured their young men, and their maidens had no marriage song.

64 Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation.

65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a strong man shouting because of wine.

66 And he put his adversaries to rout; he put them to everlasting shame.

67 He rejected the tent of Joseph, he did not choose the tribe of E'phraim;

68 but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loves.

69 He built his sanctuary like the high heavens, like the earth, which he has founded for ever.

70 He chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;

71 from tending the ewes that had young he brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob his people, of Israel his inheritance.

72 With upright heart he tended them, and guided them with skilful hand.

Good News Translation GNT

1 Listen, my people, to my teaching, and pay attention to what I say.

2 I am going to use wise sayings and explain mysteries from the past,

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

4 We will not keep them from our children; we will tell the next generation about the Lord's power and his great deeds and the wonderful things he has done.

5 He gave laws to the people of Israel and commandments to the descendants of Jacob. He instructed our ancestors to teach his laws to their children,

6 so that the next generation might learn them and in turn should tell their children.

7 In this way they also will put their trust in God and not forget what he has done, but always obey his commandments.

8 They will not be like their ancestors, a rebellious and disobedient people, whose trust in God was never firm and who did not remain faithful to him.

9 The Ephraimites, armed with bows and arrows, ran away on the day of battle.

10 They did not keep their covenant with God; they refused to obey his law.

11 They forgot what he had done, the miracles they had seen him perform.

12 While their ancestors watched, God performed miracles in the plain of Zoan in the land of Egypt.

13 He divided the sea and took them through it; he made the waters stand like walls.

14 By day he led them with a cloud and all night long with the light of a fire.

15 He split rocks open in the desert and gave them water from the depths.

16 He caused a stream to come out of the rock and made water flow like a river.

17 But they continued to sin against God, and in the desert they rebelled against the Most High.

18 They deliberately put God to the test by demanding the food they wanted.

19 They spoke against God and said, "Can God supply food in the desert?

20 It is true that he struck the rock, and water flowed out in a torrent; but can he also provide us with bread and give his people meat?"

21 And so the Lord was angry when he heard them; he attacked his people with fire, and his anger against them grew,

22 because they had no faith in him and did not believe that he would save them.

23 But he spoke to the sky above and commanded its doors to open;

24 he gave them grain from heaven, by sending down manna for them to eat.

25 So they ate the food of angels, and God gave them all they wanted.

26 He also caused the east wind to blow, and by his power he stirred up the south wind;

27 and to his people he sent down birds, as many as the grains of sand on the shore;

28 they fell in the middle of the camp all around the tents.

29 So the people ate and were satisfied; God gave them what they wanted.

30 But they had not yet satisfied their craving and were still eating,

31 when God became angry with them and killed their strongest men, the best young men of Israel.

32 In spite of all this the people kept sinning; in spite of his miracles they did not trust him.

33 So he ended their days like a breath and their lives with sudden disaster.

34 Whenever he killed some of them, the rest would turn to him; they would repent and pray earnestly to him.

35 They remembered that God was their protector, that the Almighty came to their aid.

36 But their words were all lies; nothing they said was sincere.

37 They were not loyal to him; they were not faithful to their covenant with him.

38 But God was merciful to his people. He forgave their sin and did not destroy them. Many times he held back his anger and restrained his fury.

39 He remembered that they were only mortal beings, like a wind that blows by and is gone.

40 How often they rebelled against him in the desert; how many times they made him sad!

41 Again and again they put God to the test and brought pain to the Holy God of Israel.

42 They forgot his great power and the day when he saved them from their enemies

43 and performed his mighty acts and miracles in the plain of Zoan in the land of Egypt.

44 He turned the rivers into blood, and the Egyptians had no water to drink.

45 He sent flies among them, that tormented them, and frogs that ruined their land.

46 He sent locusts to eat their crops and to destroy their fields.

47 He killed their grapevines with hail and their fig trees with frost.

48 He killed their cattle with hail and their flocks with lightning.

49 He caused them great distress by pouring out his anger and fierce rage, which came as messengers of death.

50 He did not restrain his anger or spare their lives, but killed them with a plague.

51 He killed the first-born sons of all the families of Egypt.

52 Then he led his people out like a shepherd and guided them through the desert.

53 He led them safely, and they were not afraid; but the sea came rolling over their enemies.

54 He brought them to his holy land, to the mountains which he himself conquered.

55 He drove out the inhabitants as his people advanced; he divided their land among the tribes of Israel and gave their homes to his people.

56 But they rebelled against Almighty God and put him to the test. They did not obey his commandments,

57 but were rebellious and disloyal like their ancestors, unreliable as a crooked arrow.

58 They angered him with their heathen places of worship, and with their idols they made him furious.

59 God was angry when he saw it, so he rejected his people completely.

60 He abandoned his tent in Shiloh, the home where he had lived among us.

61 He allowed our enemies to capture the Covenant Box, the symbol of his power and glory.

62 He was angry with his own people and let them be killed by their enemies.

63 Young men were killed in war, and young women had no one to marry.

64 Priests died by violence, and their widows were not allowed to mourn.

65 At last the Lord woke up as though from sleep; he was like a strong man excited by wine.

66 He drove his enemies back in lasting and shameful defeat.

67 But he rejected the descendants of Joseph; he did not select the tribe of Ephraim.

68 Instead he chose the tribe of Judah and Mount Zion, which he dearly loves.

69 There he built his Temple like his home in heaven; he made it firm like the earth itself, secure for all time.

70 He chose his servant David; he took him from the pastures,

71 where he looked after his flocks, and he made him king of Israel, the shepherd of the people of God.

72 David took care of them with unselfish devotion and led them with skill.