chapter_Psalm_78
Psalm 78:1: An Instruction of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law, Incline your ear to sayings of my mouth. Psalm 78:2: I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old, Psalm 78:3: That we have heard and do know, And our fathers have recounted to us. Psalm 78:4: 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. Psalm 78:5: 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. Psalm 78:6: So that a later generation doth know, Sons who are born, do rise and recount to their sons, Psalm 78:7: And place in God their confidence, And forget not the doings of God, But keep His commands. Psalm 78:8: 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. Psalm 78:9: Sons of Ephraim &#8212; armed bearers of bow, Have turned in a day of conflict. Psalm 78:10: They have not kept the covenant of God, And in His law they have refused to walk, Psalm 78:11: And they forget His doings, And His wonders that He shewed them. Psalm 78:12: Before their fathers He hath done wonders, In the land of Egypt &#8212; the field of Zoan. Psalm 78:13: He cleft a sea, and causeth them to pass over, Yea, He causeth waters to stand as a heap. Psalm 78:14: And leadeth them with a cloud by day, And all the night with a light of fire. Psalm 78:15: He cleaveth rocks in a wilderness, And giveth drink &#8212; as the great deep. Psalm 78:16: And bringeth out streams from a rock, And causeth waters to come down as rivers. Psalm 78:17: And they add still to sin against Him, To provoke the Most High in the dry place. Psalm 78:18: And they try God in their heart, To ask food for their lust. Psalm 78:19: And they speak against God &#8212; they said: 'Is God able to array a table in a wilderness?' Psalm 78:20: Lo, He hath smitten a rock, And waters flow, yea, streams overflow. 'Also &#8212; bread is He able to give? Doth He prepare flesh for His people?' Psalm 78:21: Therefore hath Jehovah heard, And He sheweth Himself wroth, And fire hath been kindled against Jacob, And anger also hath gone up against Israel, Psalm 78:22: For they have not believed in God, Nor have they trusted in His salvation. Psalm 78:23: And He commandeth clouds from above, Yea, doors of the heavens He hath opened. Psalm 78:24: And He raineth on them manna to eat, Yea, corn of heaven He hath given to them. Psalm 78:25: Food of the mighty hath each eaten, Venison He sent to them to satiety. Psalm 78:26: He causeth an east wind to journey in the heavens, And leadeth by His strength a south wind, Psalm 78:27: And He raineth on them flesh as dust, And as sand of the seas &#8212; winged fowl, Psalm 78:28: And causeth it to fall in the midst of His camp, Round about His tabernacles. Psalm 78:29: And they eat, and are greatly satisfied, And their desire He bringeth to them. Psalm 78:30: They have not been estranged from their desire, Yet is their food in their mouth, Psalm 78:31: 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. Psalm 78:32: With all this they have sinned again, And have not believed in His wonders. Psalm 78:33: And He consumeth in vanity their days, And their years in trouble. Psalm 78:34: If He slew them, then they sought Him, And turned back, and sought God earnestly, Psalm 78:35: And they remember that God is their rock, And God Most High their redeemer. Psalm 78:36: And &#8212; they deceive Him with their mouth, And with their tongue do lie to Him, Psalm 78:37: And their heart hath not been right with Him, And they have not been stedfast in His covenant. Psalm 78:38: And He &#8212; the Merciful One, Pardoneth iniquity, and destroyeth not, And hath often turned back His anger, And waketh not up all His fury. Psalm 78:39: And He remembereth that they are flesh, A wind going on &#8212; and it returneth not. Psalm 78:40: How often do they provoke Him in the wilderness, Grieve Him in the desolate place? Psalm 78:41: Yea, they turn back, and try God, And the Holy One of Israel have limited. Psalm 78:42: They have not remembered His hand The day He ransomed them from the adversary. Psalm 78:43: When He set His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the field of Zoan, Psalm 78:44: And He turneth to blood their streams, And their floods they drink not. Psalm 78:45: He sendeth among them the beetle, and it consumeth them, And the frog, and it destroyeth them, Psalm 78:46: And giveth to the caterpillar their increase, And their labour to the locust. Psalm 78:47: He destroyeth with hail their vine, And their sycamores with frost, Psalm 78:48: And delivereth up to the hail their beasts, And their cattle to the burning flames. Psalm 78:49: He sendeth on them the fury of His anger, Wrath, and indignation, and distress &#8212; A discharge of evil messengers. Psalm 78:50: He pondereth a path for His anger, He kept not back their soul from death, Yea, their life to the pestilence He delivered up. Psalm 78:51: And He smiteth every first-born in Egypt, The first-fruit of the strong in tents of Ham. Psalm 78:52: And causeth His people to journey as a flock, And guideth them as a drove in a wilderness, Psalm 78:53: And He leadeth them confidently, And they have not been afraid, And their enemies hath the sea covered. Psalm 78:54: And He bringeth them in unto the border of His sanctuary, This mountain His right hand had got, Psalm 78:55: 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, Psalm 78:56: And they tempt and provoke God Most High, And His testimonies have not kept. Psalm 78:57: And they turn back, And deal treacherously like their fathers, They have been turned like a deceitful bow, Psalm 78:58: And make Him angry with their high places, And with their graven images make Him zealous, Psalm 78:59: God hath heard, and sheweth Himself wroth. And kicketh exceedingly against Israel. Psalm 78:60: And He leaveth the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent He had placed among men, Psalm 78:61: And He giveth His strength to captivity, And His beauty into the hand of an adversary, Psalm 78:62: And delivereth up to the sword His people, And with His inheritance shewed Himself angry. Psalm 78:63: His young men hath fire consumed, And His virgins have not been praised. Psalm 78:64: His priests by the sword have fallen, And their widows weep not. Psalm 78:65: And the Lord waketh as a sleeper, As a mighty one crying aloud from wine. Psalm 78:66: And He smiteth His adversaries backward, A reproach age-during He hath put on them, Psalm 78:67: And He kicketh against the tent of Joseph, And on the tribe of Ephraim hath not fixed. Psalm 78:68: And He chooseth the tribe of Judah, With mount Zion that He loved, Psalm 78:69: And buildeth His sanctuary as a high place, Like the earth, He founded it to the age. Psalm 78:70: And He fixeth on David His servant, And taketh him from the folds of a flock, Psalm 78:71: From behind suckling ones He hath brought him in, To rule over Jacob His people, And over Israel His inheritance. Psalm 78:72: And he ruleth them according to the integrity of his heart, And by the skilfulness of his hands leadeth them!
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