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Give ear, O my people, to my law:
Incline
your
ears
to the words of my mouth.
A
Maskil
of
Asaph.
Give ear, O my people, to my instruction;
listen
to the words of my mouth.
I will open my mouth in a
parable
; I will utter dark
sayings
of
old
,
I will open my mouth in parables
; I will utter things
hidden
from
the
beginning
,
Which
we have heard and known ,
And our fathers have told
us.
that
we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed
to
us.
We will not hide them from their children, Telling
to the generation to
come
the praises of Jehovah,
And his strength
, and his
wondrous
works
that
he hath
done
.
We will not hide them from their children, but
will
declare
to the next
generation the praises of the
LORD
and His might
, and the
wonders
He has
performed
.
For 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 ;
For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach
to
their children ,
That the generation to
come
might
know `
them ',
even the
children that
should
be born ;
Who
should
arise and tell `them'
to
their children ,
that the coming
generation would
know them —
even children yet
to
be born —
to
arise and tell their own
children
That they might
set
their hope
in God, And
not forget
the
works of
God
, But keep
his commandments ,
that they should
put
their confidence
in God, not forgetting
His
works, but keeping
His commandments .
And
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.
Then
they
will
not be like
their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose
heart was
not
loyal
, whose spirit was not faithful
to
God.
The children
of Ephraim ,
being
armed
and
carrying
bows,
Turned back in
the day of battle.
The archers
of Ephraim turned back on
the day of battle.
They kept
not
the
covenant of
God,
And refused to walk
in
his law ;
They failed
to
keep
God’s
covenant and refused to live
by
His law .
And
they forgat
his
doings
, And
his
wondrous
works
that
he had showed
them.
They forgot
what
He
had
done
, the
wonders
He had shown
them.
Marvellous
things
did
he in
the
sight
of
their fathers ,
In the land of Egypt, in the field
of Zoan.
He worked
wonders
before
their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region
of Zoan.
He clave
the sea ,
and caused
them to
pass
through; And
he made
the waters to
stand
as
a heap
.
He split
the sea and brought
them through; He set
the waters upright
like
a wall
.
In
the
day-time
also
he led them with a cloud ,
And all
the
night
with a light of fire.
He led them with a cloud by
day
and with a light of fire all
night
.
He clave
rocks in the wilderness ,
And gave them drink abundantly
as out
of
the depths
.
He split
the
rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant
as
the seas
.
He brought streams also
out
of
the rock,
And caused
waters
to
run
down like rivers.
He brought streams from
the stone
and made
water
flow
down like rivers.
Yet
went
they on
still
to sin against him, To
rebel
against the Most High in
the
desert
.
But
they continued
to sin against Him, rebelling
in
the
desert
against the Most High.
And
they tempted
God in
their
heart
By asking
food according
to
their
desire
.
They willfully
tested
God by demanding
the
food they
craved
.
Yea,
they spake
against God ;
They
said
, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
They spoke
against God, saying,
“
Can God really
prepare a table in the wilderness?
Behold,
he smote
the rock, so
that
waters
gushed out ,
And streams
overflowed;
Can he give bread also?
Will
he
provide
flesh
for
his people?
When
He struck
the rock, water
gushed out and torrents
raged.
But
can He also
give bread or
supply
His people with
meat
? ”
Therefore Jehovah
heard ,
and was wroth
; And
a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger also
went
up
against Israel ;
Therefore the
LORD
heard and was filled
with
wrath
; so
a fire was kindled against Jacob, and His
anger flared
against Israel ,
Because they believed
not in
God ,
And
trusted
not
in
his salvation.
because they did
not believe
God or
rely
on
His salvation.
Yet he commanded the skies
above ,
And opened the doors of heaven;
Yet He commanded the clouds
above and opened the doors of the
heavens.
And
he rained down manna upon
them to eat ,
And
gave them food
from heaven.
He rained down manna for
them to eat ;
He
gave them grain
from heaven.
Man did
eat
the bread of the
mighty:
He sent them food to
the
full
.
Man ate
the bread of angels;
He sent them food in
abundance
.
He caused
the east wind to
blow
in
the heavens ;
And by
his
power
he
guided
the south wind.
He stirred
the east wind from
the heavens and drove
the south wind by
His
might
.
He rained flesh
also
upon
them as
the
dust, And winged birds as
the sand of the seas:
He rained meat
on
them like
dust, and winged birds like
the sand of the sea.
And
he let
it
fall
in the midst of their camp, Round
about
their habitations
.
He felled
them
in the midst of their camp, all
around
their dwellings
.
So they did
eat,
and were well filled ;
And
he gave them their
own
desire
.
So they ate
and were well filled ,
for
He gave them what
they
craved
.
They
were
not
estranged
from
that
which
they desired,
Their food was
yet
in their mouths,
Yet
before
they had
filled
their desire,
with
the
food still
in their mouths,
When
the
anger of
God
went
up
against them, And slew
of
the
fattest
of
them,
And smote
down
the young men of Israel.
God’s
anger flared
against them, and He
put
to
death
their
strongest
and subdued
the young men of Israel.
For
all this they
sinned
still
, And
believed
not
in
his wondrous
works.
In
spite
of
all this, they
kept
on
sinning;
despite
His wonderful
works ,
they
did
not
believe
.
Therefore
their days did
he
consume
in vanity
, And their years in terror.
So
He
ended
their days in futility
, and their years in sudden
terror.
When he slew them, then
they inquired
after
him; And
they returned
and sought
God earnestly
.
When He slew them, they would
seek
Him; they repented
and searched
for
God.
And they remembered that God was their rock, And
the
Most High God
their redeemer.
And they remembered that God was their Rock, that
God
Most High was
their Redeemer.
But they flattered
him with their mouth
, And lied unto
him with their tongue
.
But they deceived
Him with their mouths
, and lied to
Him with their tongues
.
For
their heart
was
not
right
with
him, Neither
were
they faithful
in
his covenant.
Their hearts
were
disloyal
to
Him, and
they were
unfaithful
to
His covenant.
But
he ,
being
merciful,
forgave `
their '
iniquity ,
and destroyed
`them'
not :
Yea,
many
a
time
turned
he his anger away,
And did not stir
up
all
his wrath.
And
yet
He was
compassionate;
He
forgave their iniquity and did
not destroy
them.
He often
restrained
His anger and did not unleash
His full
wrath.
And
he remembered that they were but flesh, A wind
that passeth
away,
and
cometh
not again
.
He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing
breeze
that does
not return
.
How oft
did
they rebel
against
him in the wilderness ,
And grieve
him in the desert!
How often
they disobeyed
Him in the wilderness and grieved
Him in the desert!
And
they
turned
again and tempted
God ,
And provoked the Holy One of Israel.
Again and again
they
tested
God and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
They remember
not his hand,
Nor
the day when
he redeemed them from the adversary ;
They did
not remember
His power
—
the day He redeemed them from the adversary ,
How
he set
his signs in Egypt ,
And his wonders in the field
of Zoan ,
when
He performed
His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the fields
of Zoan .
And
turned their rivers into
blood, And their streams ,
so
that
they could not drink.
He
turned their rivers to
blood, and from
their streams they could not drink.
He sent among
them
swarms of flies ,
which
devoured them ;
And frogs ,
which
destroyed
them.
He sent swarms of flies that
devoured them ,
and frogs that
devastated
them.
He gave also
their increase
unto
the caterpillar
, And
their labor unto
the locust.
He gave their crops
to
the grasshopper
, the
fruit
of
their labor to
the locust.
He destroyed
their vines with hail,
And their sycomore
- trees
with frost
.
He killed
their vines with hailstones
and their sycamore
- figs
with sleet
.
He gave
over
their cattle also
to the hail ,
And their flocks
to hot
thunderbolts
.
He abandoned
their cattle to the hail and their livestock
to bolts
of
lightning
.
He cast
upon
them
the
fierceness
of
his anger
, Wrath, and
indignation, and trouble,
A band of angels of
evil
.
He unleashed
His fury
against
them
, wrath, indignation, and calamity—
a band of destroying
angels.
He made
a path for his anger; He spared
not their
soul
from death ,
But gave
their life
over
to the pestilence,
He cleared
a path for His anger; He did
not spare
them
from death but delivered
their lives
to the plague.
And
smote
all the first-born
in
Egypt, The chief
of
their
strength
in the tents of Ham.
He
struck
all the firstborn
of
Egypt, the virility
in the tents of Ham.
But
he led forth
his own
people like sheep ,
And guided them in
the
wilderness
like a flock.
He led out
His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in
the
wilderness
.
And
he led them safely, so that
they feared
not ;
But the sea overwhelmed
their enemies.
He led them safely, so they did
not fear,
but the sea engulfed
their enemies.
And
he brought them to the
border
of
his sanctuary
, To this
mountain ,
which
his right hand had gotten
.
He brought them to His holy
land
, to the
mountain His right hand had acquired
.
He drove out the
nations also
before them ,
And allotted
them
for
an
inheritance by
line,
And
made
the tribes of Israel to
dwell
in their tents.
He drove out nations before them and apportioned
their
inheritance ;
He
settled
the tribes of Israel in their tents.
Yet
they tempted
and rebelled
against
the
Most High God
, And
kept
not his testimonies;
But
they tested
and disobeyed
God
Most High, for
they
did
not keep
His decrees.
But
turned back ,
and dealt
treacherously
like their fathers :
They
were
turned
aside
like a deceitful
bow.
They
turned back and were
faithless
like their fathers ,
twisted
like a faulty
bow.
For
they provoked
him to
anger
with their high places ,
And moved
him
to
jealousy with their graven
images
.
They enraged
Him with their high places and provoked
His
jealousy with their idols
.
When
God
heard
`this'
, he
was wroth,
And greatly
abhorred
Israel ;
On
hearing
it
, God
was furious
and rejected
Israel completely.
So
that
he forsook
the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent which
he placed
among men ;
He abandoned
the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had
pitched
among men .
And
delivered his strength into
captivity, And his glory
into
the adversary's
hand.
He
delivered His strength to
captivity, and His splendor
to
the hand of
the
adversary
.
He gave
his people over
also
unto
the sword ,
And
was wroth
with
his inheritance
.
He surrendered
His people to
the sword because
He
was enraged
by
His heritage
.
Fire devoured
their
young men ;
And their virgins
had
no
marriage-song
.
Fire consumed
His
young men ,
and their maidens
were
left
without
wedding
songs
.
Their
priests fell by the sword ;
And
their widows made
no
lamentation
.
His
priests fell by the sword ,
but
their widows could
not
lament
.
Then the Lord awaked
as one
out
of
sleep, Like a mighty man
that
shouteth
by reason
of
wine.
Then the Lord awoke
as from
sleep, like a mighty warrior
overcome
by wine.
And
he smote
his adversaries
backward:
He put them to a
perpetual
reproach
.
He beat
back
His foes;
He put them to everlasting
shame
.
Moreover
he refused
the tent of Joseph ,
And chose
not
the tribe of Ephraim ,
He rejected
the tent of Joseph and refused
the tribe of Ephraim .
But chose the tribe of Judah, The
mount Zion which he loved.
But He
chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion ,
which He loved.
And
he built his sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which
he hath
established for
ever
.
He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth He has
established forever
.
He chose David also
his servant ,
And took him from the sheepfolds :
He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds ;
From following
the ewes that
have
their
young
he brought him ,
To be the
shepherd of Jacob
his people, and
Israel his inheritance.
from tending
the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob
, of
Israel His inheritance.
So he
was
their
shepherd
according
to
the
integrity of his
heart ,
And guided them by
the
skilfulness
of
his
hands. Psalm
79
A
Psalm
of
Asaph.
So David
shepherded
them
with
integrity of heart and guided them with
skillful
hands.
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