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Psalms 78

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1 <<A Psalm for Asaph, to give instruction.>> Give ear, O my people, to my law; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

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

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

4 We will not hide them from their children, showing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD and His strength, and His wonderful works that He hath done.

5 For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded to our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;

6 that the generation to come might know them, even the children who should be born, who should arise and declare them to their children,

7 that they might set their hope in God and not forget the works of God, but keep His commandments;

8 and so might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not steadfast with God.

9 The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.

10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in His law;

11 they forgot His works and His wonders that He had shown them.

12 Marvelous things did He in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

13 He divided the sea and caused them to pass through; and He made the waters to stand as a heap.

14 In the daytime also He led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.

15 He cleaved the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.

16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

17 And they sinned yet more against Him by provoking the Most High in the wilderness.

18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking for meat for their lust.

19 Yea, they spoke against God: they said, "Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?

20 Behold, He smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed. Can He give bread also? Can He provide flesh for His people?"

21 Therefore the LORD heard this and was wroth; so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also rose up against Israel,

22 because they believed not in God and trusted not in His salvation,

23 though He had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,

24 and had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.

25 Man ate angels' food; He sent them meat to the full.

26 He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven, and by His power He brought in the south wind.

27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls as the sand of the sea.

28 And He let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.

29 So they ate and were well filled, for He gave them their own desire.

30 But they were not estranged from their lust; but while their meat was yet in their mouths,

31 the wrath of God came upon them and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.

32 For all this, they sinned still and believed not in His wondrous works.

33 Therefore their days did He consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.

34 When He slew them, then they sought Him; and they returned and inquired early after God.

35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God, their redeemer.

36 Nevertheless they flattered Him with their mouth, and they lied unto Him with their tongues.

37 For their heart was not right with Him, neither were they steadfast in His covenant.

38 But He, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity and destroyed them not. Yea, many a time turned He His anger away, and did not stir up all His wrath;

39 for He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passeth away and cometh not again.

40 How oft did they provoke Him in the wilderness, and grieve Him in the desert!

41 Yea, they turned back and tested God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.

42 They remembered not His hand, nor the day when He delivered them from the enemy,

43 how He had wrought His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the field of Zoan,

44 and had turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, that they could not drink.

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

46 He gave also their harvest unto the caterpillar, and their labor unto the locust.

47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore trees with frost.

48 He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.

49 He cast upon them the fierceness of His anger, wrath, indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.

50 He made a path to His anger; He spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence,

51 and smote all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham.

52 But He made His own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

53 And He led them on safely, so that they feared not; but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

54 And He brought them to the border of His sanctuary, even to this mountain, which His right hand had purchased.

55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and apportioned them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

56 Yet they tested and provoked the Most High God and kept not His testimonies,

57 but turned back and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers; they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

58 For they provoked Him to anger with their high places, and moved Him to jealousy with their graven images.

59 When God heard this, He was wroth and greatly abhorred Israel,

60 so that He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which He had placed among men,

61 and delivered His strength into captivity, and His glory into the enemy's hand.

62 He gave His people over also unto the sword, and was wroth with His inheritance.

63 The fire consumed their young men, and their maidens were not given to marriage.

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

65 Then the LORD awakened as one out of sleep, like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

66 And He smote His enemies in the hinder parts, and laid upon them a perpetual reproach.

67 Moreover He refused the tabernacle of Joseph and chose not the tribe of Ephraim,

68 but chose the tribe of Judah, the Mount Zion which He loved.

69 And He built His sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which He hath established for ever.

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

71 from following the ewes great with young He brought him to feed Jacob His people, and Israel His inheritance.

72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.

GOD'S WORD Translation GW

1 Open your ears to my teachings, my people. Turn your ears to the words from my mouth.

2 I will open my mouth to illustrate points. I will explain what has been hidden long ago,

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

4 We will not hide them from our children. We will tell the next generation about the LORD's power and great deeds and the miraculous things he has done.

5 He established written instructions for Jacob's people. He gave his teachings to Israel. He commanded our ancestors to make them known to their children

6 so that the next generation would know them. Children yet to be born [would learn them]. They will grow up and tell their children

7 to trust God, to remember what he has done, and to obey his commands.

8 Then they will not be like their ancestors, a stubborn and rebellious generation. Their hearts were not loyal. Their spirits were not faithful to God.

9 The men of Ephraim, well-equipped with bows [and arrows], turned [and ran] on the day of battle.

10 They had not been faithful to God's promise. They refused to follow his teachings.

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

12 In front of their ancestors he performed miracles in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zoan.

13 He divided the sea and led them through it. He made the waters stand up like a wall.

14 He guided them by a cloud during the day and by a fiery light throughout the night.

15 He split rocks in the desert. He gave them plenty to drink, an ocean of water.

16 He made streams come out of a rock. He made the water flow like rivers.

17 They continued to sin against him, to rebel in the desert against the Most High.

18 They deliberately tested God by demanding the food they craved.

19 They spoke against God by saying, "Can God prepare a banquet in the desert?

20 True, he did strike a rock, and water did gush out, and the streams did overflow. But can he also give us bread or provide us, his people, with meat?"

21 When the LORD heard this, he became furious. His fire burned against Jacob and his anger flared up at Israel

22 because they did not believe God or trust him to save them.

23 In spite of that, he commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of heaven.

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

25 Humans ate the bread of the mighty ones, and God sent them plenty of food.

26 He made the east wind blow in the heavens and guided the south wind with his might.

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

28 He made the birds fall in the middle of his camp, all around his dwelling place.

29 They ate more than enough. He gave them what they wanted,

30 but they still wanted more. While the food was still in their mouths,

31 the anger of God flared up against them. He killed their strongest men and slaughtered the best young men in Israel.

32 In spite of all this, they continued to sin, and they no longer believed in his miracles.

33 He brought their days to an end like a whisper in the wind. He brought their years to an end in terror.

34 When he killed [some of] them, [the rest] searched for him. They turned from their sins and eagerly looked for God.

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

36 They flattered him with their mouths and lied to him with their tongues.

37 Their hearts were not loyal to him. They were not faithful to his promise.

38 But he is compassionate. He forgave their sin. He did not destroy them. He restrained his anger many times. He did not display all of his fury.

39 He remembered that they were only flesh and blood, a breeze that blows and does not return.

40 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness! How often they caused him grief in the desert!

41 Again and again they tested God, and they pushed the Holy One of Israel to the limit.

42 They did not remember his power-- the day he freed them from their oppressor,

43 when he performed his miraculous signs in Egypt, his wonders in the fields of Zoan.

44 He turned their rivers into blood so that they could not drink from their streams.

45 He sent a swarm of flies that bit them and frogs that ruined them.

46 He gave their crops to grasshoppers and their produce to locusts.

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

48 He let the hail strike their cattle and bolts of lightning strike their livestock.

49 He sent his burning anger, rage, fury, and hostility against them. He sent an army of destroying angels.

50 He cleared a path for his anger. He did not spare them. He let the plague take their lives.

51 He slaughtered every firstborn in Egypt, the ones born in the tents of Ham when their fathers were young.

52 But he led his own people out like sheep and guided them like a flock through the wilderness.

53 He led them safely. They had no fear while the sea covered their enemies.

54 He brought them into his holy land, to this mountain that his power had won.

55 He forced nations out of their way and gave them the land of the nations as their inheritance. He settled the tribes of Israel in their own tents.

56 They tested God Most High and rebelled against him. They did not obey his written instructions.

57 They were disloyal and treacherous like their ancestors. They were like arrows shot from a defective bow.

58 They made him angry because of their illegal worship sites. They made him furious because they worshiped idols.

59 When God heard, he became furious. He completely rejected Israel.

60 He abandoned his dwelling place in Shiloh, the tent where he had lived among humans.

61 He allowed his power to be taken captive and handed his glory over to an oppressor.

62 He let swords kill his people. He was furious with those who belonged to him.

63 Fire consumed his best young men, so his virgins heard no wedding songs.

64 His priests were cut down with swords. The widows [of his priests] could not even weep [for them].

65 Then the Lord woke up like one who had been sleeping, like a warrior sobering up from [too much] wine.

66 He struck his enemies from behind and disgraced them forever.

67 He rejected the tent of Joseph. He did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,

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

69 He built his holy place to be like the high heavens, like the earth which he made to last for a long time.

70 He chose his servant David. He took him from the sheep pens.

71 He brought him from tending the ewes that had lambs so that David could be the shepherd of the people of Jacob, of Israel, the people who belonged to the LORD.

72 With unselfish devotion David became their shepherd. With skill he guided them.