Psalm 78
78A Contemplation of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.H4905H623H238H5971H8451H5186H241H561H63102I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,H6605H6310H4912H5042H2420H69243Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.H8085H3045H1H56084We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, And His strength and His wonderful works that He has done.H3582H1121H5608H1755H314H8416H3068H5807H6381H62135For He established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which He commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children;H6965H5715H3290H7760H8451H3478H6680H1H3045H11216That the generation to come might know them, The children who would be born, That they may arise and declare them to their children,H1755H314H3045H1121H3205H6965H5608H11217That they may set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep His commandments;H7760H3689H430H7911H4611H410H5341H46878And may not be like their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that did not set its heart aright, And whose spirit was not faithful to God.H1H5637H4784H1755H1755H3559H3820H3559H7307H539H4109The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle.H1121H669H5401H7411H7198H2015H3117H712810They did not keep the covenant of God; They refused to walk in His law,H8104H1285H430H3985H3212H845111And forgot His works And His wonders that He had shown them.H7911H5949H6381H720012Marvelous things He did in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.H6382H6213H5048H1H776H4714H7704H681413He divided the sea and caused them to pass through; And He made the waters stand up like a heap.H1234H3220H5674H4325H5324H506714In the daytime also He led them with the cloud, And all the night with a light of fire.H3119H5148H6051H3915H216H78415He split the rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink in abundance like the depths.H1234H6697H4057H8248H7227H841516He also brought streams out of the rock, And caused waters to run down like rivers.H3318H5140H5553H4325H3381H510417But they sinned even more against Him By rebelling against the Most High in the wilderness.H2398H3254H4784H5945H672318And they tested God in their heart By asking for the food of their fancy.H5254H410H3824H7592H400H531519Yes, they spoke against God: They said, "Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?H1696H430H559H3201H410H6186H7979H405720Behold, He struck the rock, So that the waters gushed out, And the streams overflowed. Can He give bread also? Can He provide meat for His people?"H5221H6697H4325H2100H5158H7857H3201H5414H3899H3201H3559H7607H597121Therefore the LORD heard this and was furious; So a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger also came up against Israel,H3068H8085H5674H784H5400H3290H639H5927H347822Because they did not believe in God, And did not trust in His salvation.H539H430H982H344423Yet He had commanded the clouds above, And opened the doors of heaven,H6680H7834H4605H6605H1817H806424Had rained down manna on them to eat, And given them of the bread of heaven.H4305H4478H398H5414H1715H806425Men ate angels' food; He sent them food to the full.H376H398H47H3899H7971H6720H764826He caused an east wind to blow in the heavens; And by His power He brought in the south wind.H6921H5265H8064H5797H5090H848627He also rained meat on them like the dust, Feathered fowl like the sand of the seas;H4305H7607H6083H3671H5775H2344H322028And He let them fall in the midst of their camp, All around their dwellings.H5307H7130H4264H5439H490829So they ate and were well filled, For He gave them their own desire.H398H3966H7646H935H837830They were not deprived of their craving; But while their food was still in their mouths,H2114H8378H400H631031The wrath of God came against them, And slew the stoutest of them, And struck down the choice men of Israel.H639H430H5927H2026H4924H3766H970H347832In spite of this they still sinned, AND did not believe in His wondrous works.H2398H539H638133Therefore their days He consumed in futility, And their years in fear.H3117H3615H1892H8141H92834When He slew them, then they sought Him; And they returned and sought earnestly for God.H2026H1875H7725H7836H41035Then they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their Redeemer.H2142H430H6697H5945H410H135036Nevertheless they flattered Him with their mouth, And they lied to Him with their tongue;H6601H6310H3576H395637For their heart was not steadfast with Him, Nor were they faithful in His covenant.H3820H3559H539H128538But He, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, And did not destroy them. Yes, many a time He turned His anger away, And did not stir up all His wrath;H7349H3722H5771H7843H7235H7725H639H7725H5782H253439For He remembered that they were but flesh, A breath that passes away and does not come again.H2142H1320H7307H1980H772540How often they provoked Him in the wilderness, And grieved Him in the desert!H4100H4784H4057H6087H345241Yes, again and again they tempted God, And limited the Holy One of Israel.H7725H5254H410H8428H6918H347842They did not remember His power: The day when He redeemed them from the enemy,H2142H3027H3117H6299H686243When He worked His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the field of Zoan;H7760H226H4714H4159H7704H681444Turned their rivers into blood, And their streams, that they could not drink.H2015H2975H1818H5140H835445He sent swarms of flies among them, which devoured them, And frogs, which destroyed them.H7971H6157H398H6854H784346He also gave their crops to the caterpillar, And their labor to the locust.H5414H2981H2625H3018H69747He destroyed their vines with hail, And their sycamore trees with frost.H2026H1612H1259H8256H260248He also gave up their cattle to the hail, And their flocks to fiery lightning.H5462H1165H1259H4735H756549He cast on them the fierceness of His anger, Wrath, indignation, and trouble, By sending angels of destruction among them.H7971H2740H639H5678H2195H6869H4917H7451H439750He made a path for His anger; He did not spare their soul from death, But gave their life over to the plague,H6424H5410H639H2820H5315H4194H5462H2416H5462H169851And destroyed all the firstborn in Egypt, The first of their strength in the tents of Ham.H5221H1060H4714H7225H202H168H252652But He made His own people go forth like sheep, And guided them in the wilderness like a flock;H5971H5265H6629H5090H4057H573953And He led them on safely, so that they did not fear; But the sea overwhelmed their enemies.H5148H983H6342H3220H3680H34154And He brought them to His holy border, This mountain which His right hand had acquired.H935H1366H6944H2022H3225H706955He also drove out the nations before them, Allotted them an inheritance by survey, And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.H1644H1471H6440H5307H5159H2256H7626H3478H7931H16856Yet they tested and provoked the Most High God, And did not keep His testimonies,H5254H4784H5945H430H8104H571357But turned back and acted unfaithfully like their fathers; They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.H5472H898H1H2015H7423H719858For they provoked Him to anger with their high places, And moved Him to jealousy with their carved images.H3707H1116H7065H645659When God heard this, He was furious, And greatly abhorred Israel,H430H8085H5674H3966H3988H347860So that He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent He had placed among men,H5203H4908H7887H168H7931H12061And delivered His strength into captivity, And His glory into the enemy's hand.H5414H5797H7628H8597H6862H302762He also gave His people over to the sword, And was furious with His inheritance.H5462H5971H5462H2719H5674H515963The fire consumed their young men, And their maidens were not given in marriage.H784H398H970H1330H198464Their priests fell by the sword, And their widows made no lamentation.H3548H5307H2719H490H105865Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, Like a mighty man who shouts because of wine.H136H3364H3463H1368H7442H319666And He beat back His enemies; He put them to a perpetual reproach.H5221H6862H268H5414H5769H278167Moreover He rejected the tent of Joseph, And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,H3988H168H3130H977H7626H66968But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which He loved.H977H7626H3063H2022H6726H15769And He built His sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which He has established forever.H1129H4720H7311H776H3245H576970He also chose David His servant, And took him from the sheepfolds;H977H1732H5650H3947H4356H662971From following the ewes that had young He brought him, To shepherd Jacob His people, And Israel His inheritance.H310H5763H935H7462H3290H5971H3478H515972So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart, And guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.H7462H8537H3824H5148H8394H3709
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