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