Psalm 78
78Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. / Maschil…: or, A Psalm for Asaph to give instructionH4905H623H238H5971H8451H5186H241H561H63102I 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, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath 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, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:H1755H314H3045H1121H3205H6965H5608H11217That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:H7760H3689H430H7911H4611H410H5341H46878And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God. / that…: Heb. that prepared not their heartH1H5637H4784H1755H1755H3559H3820H3559H7307H539H4109The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. / carrying: Heb. throwing forthH1121H669H5401H7411H7198H2015H3117H712810They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;H8104H1285H430H3985H3212H845111And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.H7911H5949H6381H720012Marvellous things did he 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 to stand as an heap.H1234H3220H5674H4325H5324H506714In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.H3119H5148H6051H3915H216H78415He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.H1234H6697H4057H8248H7227H841516He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.H3318H5140H5553H4325H3381H510417And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.H2398H3254H4784H5945H672318And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.H5254H410H3824H7592H400H531519Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? / furnish: Heb. orderH1696H430H559H3201H410H6186H7979H405720Behold, 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?H5221H6697H4325H2100H5158H7857H3201H5414H3899H3201H3559H7607H597121Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;H3068H8085H5674H784H5400H3290H639H5927H347822Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:H539H430H982H344423Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,H6680H7834H4605H6605H1817H806424And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.H4305H4478H398H5414H1715H806425Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full. / Man…: or, Every one did eat the bread of the mightyH376H398H47H3899H7971H6720H764826He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind. / to blow: Heb. to goH6921H5265H8064H5797H5090H848627He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea: / feathered…: Heb. fowl of wingH4305H7607H6083H3671H5775H2344H322028And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.H5307H7130H4264H5439H490829So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;H398H3966H7646H935H837830They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,H2114H8378H400H631031The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel. / smote…: Heb. made to bow / Chosen…: or, young menH639H430H5927H2026H4924H3766H970H347832For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.H2398H539H638133Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.H3117H3615H1892H8141H92834When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.H2026H1875H7725H7836H41035And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.H2142H430H6697H5945H410H135036Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.H6601H6310H3576H395637For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.H3820H3559H539H128538But 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.H7349H3722H5771H7843H7235H7725H639H7725H5782H253439For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.H2142H1320H7307H1980H772540How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! / provoke: or, rebel againstH4100H4784H4057H6087H345241Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.H7725H5254H410H8428H6918H347842They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy. / from…: or, from afflictionH2142H3027H3117H6299H686243How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan: / wrought: Heb. setH7760H226H4714H4159H7704H681444And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.H2015H2975H1818H5140H835445He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.H7971H6157H398H6854H784346He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.H5414H2981H2625H3018H69747He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost. / destroyed: Heb. killed / frost: or, great hailstonesH2026H1612H1259H8256H260248He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts. / gave…: Heb. shut up / hot…: or, lightningsH5462H1165H1259H4735H756549He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.H7971H2740H639H5678H2195H6869H4917H7451H439750He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence; / He made…: Heb. He weighed a path / life…: or, beasts to the murrainH6424H5410H639H2820H5315H4194H5462H2416H5462H169851And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:H5221H1060H4714H7225H202H168H252652But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.H5971H5265H6629H5090H4057H573953And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. / overwhelmed: Heb. coveredH5148H983H6342H3220H3680H34154And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.H935H1366H6944H2022H3225H706955He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.H1644H1471H6440H5307H5159H2256H7626H3478H7931H16856Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:H5254H4784H5945H430H8104H571357But turned back, and dealt 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 graven images.H3707H1116H7065H645659When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:H430H8085H5674H3966H3988H347860So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;H5203H4908H7887H168H7931H12061And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.H5414H5797H7628H8597H6862H302762He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.H5462H5971H5462H2719H5674H515963The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage. / given…: Heb. praisedH784H398H970H1330H198464Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.H3548H5307H2719H490H105865Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.H136H3364H3463H1368H7442H319666And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.H5221H6862H268H5414H5769H278167Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:H3988H168H3130H977H7626H66968But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.H977H7626H3063H2022H6726H15769And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever. / established: Heb. foundedH1129H4720H7311H776H3245H576970He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:H977H1732H5650H3947H4356H662971From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. / following: Heb. afterH310H5763H935H7462H3290H5971H3478H515972So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.H7462H8537H3824H5148H8394H3709
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