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Psalms 78
78:1

Give ear,238 O my people,5971 to my law:8451 incline5186 your ears241 to the words561 of my mouth.6310

78:2

I will open6605 my mouth6310 in a parable:4912 I will utter5042 dark sayings2420 of old:6924

78:3

Which we have heard8085 and known,3045 and our fathers1 have told5608 us.

78:4

We will not hide3582 them from their children,1121 shewing5608 to the generation1755 to come314 the praises8416 of Yahweh,3068 and his strength,5807 and his wonderful works6381 that he hath done.6213

78:5

For he established6965 a testimony5715 in Jacob,3290 and appointed7760 a law8451 in Israel,3478 which he commanded6680 our fathers,1 that they should make them known3045 to their children:1121

78:6

That the generation1755 to come314 might know3045 them, even the children1121 which should be born;3205 who should arise6965 and declare5608 them to their children:1121

78:7

That they might set7760 their hope3689 in Elohim,430 and not forget7911 the works4611 of El,410 but keep5341 his commandments:4687

78:8

And might not be as their fathers,1 a stubborn5637 and rebellious4784 generation;1755 a generation1755 that set not their heart3820 aright,3559 and whose spirit7307 was not stedfast539 with El.410

78:9

The children1121 of Ephraim,669 being armed,5401 and carrying7411 bows,7198 turned back2015 in the day3117 of battle.7128

78:10

They kept8104 not the covenant1285 of Elohim,430 and refused3985 to walk3212 in his law;8451

78:11

And forgat7911 his works,5949 and his wonders6381 that he had shewed7200 them.

78:12

Marvellous things6382 did6213 he in the sight5048 of their fathers,1 in the land776 of Egypt,4714 in the field7704 of Zoan.6814

78:13

He divided1234 the sea,3220 and caused them to pass through;5674 and he made the waters4325 to stand5324 as an heap.5067

78:14

In the daytime3119 also he led5148 them with a cloud,6051 and all the night3915 with a light216 of fire.784

78:15

He clave1234 the rocks6697 in the wilderness,4057 and gave them drink8248 as out of the great7227 depths.8415

78:16

He brought streams5140 also out3318 of the rock,5553 and caused waters4325 to run down3381 like rivers.5104

78:17

And they sinned2398 yet more3254 against him by provoking4784 the most High5945 in the wilderness.6723

78:18

And they tempted5254 El410 in their heart3824 by asking7592 meat400 for their lust.5315

78:19

Yea, they spake1696 against Elohim;430 they said,559 Can3201 El410 furnish6186 a table7979 in the wilderness?4057

78:20

Behold, he smote5221 the rock,6697 that the waters4325 gushed out,2100 and the streams5158 overflowed;7857 can3201 he give5414 bread3899 also? can518 he provide3559 flesh7607 for his people?5971

78:21

Therefore Yahweh3068 heard8085 this, and was wroth:5674 so a fire784 was kindled5400 against Jacob,3290 and anger639 also came up5927 against Israel;3478

78:22

Because they believed539 not in Elohim,430 and trusted982 not in his salvation:3444

78:23

Though he had commanded6680 the clouds7834 from above,4605 and opened6605 the doors1817 of heaven,8064

78:24

And had rained4305 down manna4478 upon them to eat,398 and had given5414 them of the corn1715 of heaven.8064

78:25

Man376 did eat398 angels'47 food:3899 he sent7971 them meat6720 to the full.7648

78:26

He caused an east wind6921 to blow5265 in the heaven:8064 and by his power5797 he brought5090 in the south wind.8486

78:27

He rained4305 flesh7607 also upon them as dust,6083 and feathered3671 fowls5775 like as the sand2344 of the sea:3220

78:28

And he let it fall5307 in the midst7130 of their camp,4264 round about5439 their habitations.4908

78:29

So they did eat,398 and were well3966 filled:7646 for he gave935 them their own desire;8378

78:30

They were not estranged2114 from their lust.8378 But while their meat400 was yet in their mouths,6310

78:31

The wrath639 of Elohim430 came5927 upon them, and slew2026 the fattest4924 of them, and smote down3766 the chosen970 men of Israel.3478

78:32

For all this they sinned2398 still, and believed539 not for his wondrous works.6381

78:33

Therefore their days3117 did he consume3615 in vanity,1892 and their years8141 in trouble.928

78:34

When he slew2026 them, then they sought1875 him: and they returned7725 and enquired early7836 after El.410

78:35

And they remembered2142 that Elohim430 was their rock,6697 and the high5945 El410 their redeemer.1350

78:36

Nevertheless they did flatter6601 him with their mouth,6310 and they lied3576 unto him with their tongues.3956

78:37

For their heart3820 was not right3559 with him, neither were they stedfast539 in his covenant.1285

78:38

But he, being full of compassion,7349 forgave3722 their iniquity,5771 and destroyed7843 them not: yea, many a time7235 turned he his anger639 away,7725 and did not stir up5782 all his wrath.2534

78:39

For he remembered2142 that they were but flesh;1320 a wind7307 that passeth away,1980 and cometh not again.7725

78:40

How oft4100 did they provoke4784 him in the wilderness,4057 and grieve6087 him in the desert!3452

78:41

Yea, they turned back7725 and tempted5254 El,410 and limited8428 the Holy One6918 of Israel.3478

78:42

They remembered2142 not his hand,3027 nor the day3117 when he delivered6299 them from the enemy.6862

78:43

How he had wrought7760 his signs226 in Egypt,4714 and his wonders4159 in the field7704 of Zoan:6814

78:44

And had turned2015 their rivers2975 into blood;1818 and their floods,5140 that they could not drink.8354

78:45

He sent7971 divers sorts of flies6157 among them, which devoured398 them; and frogs,6854 which destroyed7843 them.

78:46

He gave5414 also their increase2981 unto the caterpiller,2625 and their labour3018 unto the locust.697

78:47

He destroyed2026 their vines1612 with hail,1259 and their sycomore trees8256 with frost.2602

78:48

He gave up5462 their cattle1165 also to the hail,1259 and their flocks4735 to hot thunderbolts.7565

78:49

He cast7971 upon them the fierceness2740 of his anger,639 wrath,5678 and indignation,2195 and trouble,6869 by sending4917 evil7451 angels4397 among them.

78:50

He made6424 a way5410 to his anger;639 he spared2820 not their soul5315 from death,4194 but gave their life2416 over5462 to the pestilence;1698

78:51

And smote5221 all the firstborn1060 in Egypt;4714 the chief7225 of their strength202 in the tabernacles168 of Ham:2526

78:52

But made his own people5971 to go forth5265 like sheep,6629 and guided5090 them in the wilderness4057 like a flock.5739

78:53

And he led5148 them on safely,983 so that they feared6342 not: but the sea3220 overwhelmed3680 their enemies.341

78:54

And he brought935 them to the border1366 of his sanctuary,6944 even to this mountain,2022 which his right hand3225 had purchased.7069

78:55

He cast out1644 the heathen1471 also before6440 them, and divided5307 them an inheritance5159 by line,2256 and made the tribes7626 of Israel3478 to dwell7931 in their tents.168

78:56

Yet they tempted5254 and provoked4784 the most high5945 Elohim,430 and kept8104 not his testimonies:5713

78:57

But turned back,5472 and dealt unfaithfully898 like their fathers:1 they were turned aside2015 like a deceitful7423 bow.7198

78:58

For they provoked him to anger3707 with their high places,1116 and moved him to jealousy7065 with their graven images.6456

78:59

When Elohim430 heard8085 this, he was wroth,5674 and greatly3966 abhorred3988 Israel:3478

78:60

So that he forsook5203 the tabernacle4908 of Shiloh,7887 the tent168 which he placed7931 among men;120

78:61

And delivered5414 his strength5797 into captivity,7628 and his glory8597 into the enemy's6862 hand.3027

78:62

He gave his people5971 over5462 also unto the sword;2719 and was wroth5674 with his inheritance.5159

78:63

The fire784 consumed398 their young men;970 and their maidens1330 were not given to marriage.1984

78:64

Their priests3548 fell5307 by the sword;2719 and their widows490 made no lamentation.1058

78:65

Then Yahweh3068 awaked3364 as one out of sleep,3463 and like a mighty man1368 that shouteth7442 by reason of wine.3196

78:66

And he smote5221 his enemies6862 in the hinder parts:268 he put5414 them to a perpetual5769 reproach.2781

78:67

Moreover he refused3988 the tabernacle168 of Joseph,3130 and chose977 not the tribe7626 of Ephraim:669

78:68

But chose977 the tribe7626 of Judah,3063 the mount2022 Zion6726 which he loved.157

78:69

And he built1129 his sanctuary4720 like high7311 palaces, like the earth776 which he hath established3245 for ever.5769

78:70

He chose977 David1732 also his servant,5650 and took3947 him from the sheepfolds:4356

78:71

From following310 the ewes great with young5763 he brought935 him to feed7462 Jacob3290 his people,5971 and Israel3478 his inheritance.5159

78:72

So he fed7462 them according to the integrity8537 of his heart;3824 and guided5148 them by the skilfulness8394 of his hands.3709