Verse
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Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
A
Maskil
of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my instruction;
listen
to the
words
of my mouth.
An
Instruction
of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law,
Incline
your
ear
to sayings
of my mouth.
I will
open my mouth in
parables;
I will
utter
things
hidden from
the
beginning
,
I open with
a
simile
my mouth ,
I bring
forth
hidden things
of
old
,
that we have heard and known
and our fathers have relayed
to us.
That we have heard and do
know,
And our fathers have recounted
to 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 do
not hide from their sons
, To a
later
generation recounting
praises of Jehovah,
And His strength
, and His
wonders 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,
And
He raiseth
up
a testimony in Jacob ,
And a law hath
placed
in Israel, That
He commanded our fathers ,
To make
them
known
to their sons.
that the
coming
generation would
know them—
even
children
yet
to
be
born —
to
arise
and tell
their own
children
So
that a
later
generation doth
know ,
Sons
who
are
born ,
do
rise
and recount
to
their sons,
that
they
should
put
their
confidence
in God, not forgetting
His
works
, but keeping
His commandments
.
And
place
in God their
confidence
, And
forget
not the
doings
of
God
, But keep
His commands
.
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
they are
not like their fathers, A generation
apostate
and rebellious, A
generation!
it
hath
not prepared
its
heart
, Nor
stedfast
with
God `is'
its
spirit
.
The
archers
of Ephraim turned back
on
the
day of battle
.
Sons
of Ephraim --
armed
bearers
of
bow,
Have
turned in
a
day of conflict
.
They failed
to
keep
God’s
covenant and refused
to
live
by
His law .
They have
not
kept
the
covenant of
God,
And in
His law they
have
refused
to
walk,
They forgot
what
He
had
done
, the
wonders He had
shown
them.
And
they forget
His
doings
, And
His
wonders that
He shewed
them.
He
worked
wonders
before their fathers in the land of Egypt ,
in
the region
of Zoan.
Before their fathers He
hath
done
wonders,
In the land of Egypt --
the field
of Zoan.
He split
the
sea and brought
them through;
He set
the
waters upright
like
a wall
.
He cleft
a
sea ,
and causeth
them to
pass
over,
Yea,
He causeth
waters to
stand
as
a heap
.
He
led
them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all
night
.
And
leadeth
them with a cloud by day ,
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 cleaveth
rocks in a
wilderness ,
And giveth
drink --
as the great
deep
.
He
brought
streams from the
stone
and made
water
flow
down like
rivers.
And
bringeth
out
streams from a
rock,
And causeth
waters
to
come
down as
rivers.
But
they continued
to sin against Him, rebelling
in
the
desert
against
the Most High.
And
they add
still
to sin against Him, To
provoke
the Most High in
the
dry
place
.
They willfully
tested
God by
demanding
the
food they
craved
.
And
they try
God in
their
heart,
To
ask
food for
their
lust
.
They spoke
against God ,
saying,
“Can
God really
prepare
a table in the
wilderness?
And
they speak
against God --
they
said:
`Is
God able
to
array
a table in a
wilderness? '
When
He struck
the
rock, water
gushed
out
and torrents
raged
. But
can
He
also give
bread or
supply
His people with
meat
? ”
Lo,
He hath
smitten
a
rock, And waters
flow,
yea,
streams
overflow
. `
Also --
bread `is'
He
able
to
give?
Doth
He
prepare
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 hath
Jehovah
heard ,
And He
sheweth
Himself
wroth,
And
fire hath
been
kindled against Jacob, And anger also
hath
gone
up
against Israel,
because
they did
not believe
God or
rely
on
His salvation.
For
they have
not believed
in
God ,
Nor
have
they
trusted
in
His salvation.
Yet
He commanded
the
clouds above and
opened
the
doors of the heavens.
And
He commandeth
clouds from
above ,
Yea,
doors of the heavens He
hath
opened
.
He rained
down
manna
for
them to eat ;
He gave
them grain
from
heaven
.
And
He raineth
on
them manna
to eat ,
Yea,
corn
of
heaven
He hath
given
to
them.
Man
ate
the
bread
of angels;
He sent them food
in
abundance
.
Food
of the
mighty
hath
each
eaten,
Venison
He sent to
them to
satiety
.
He stirred
the
east wind from
the heavens and drove
the
south
wind
by His might.
He causeth
an
east wind to
journey
in
the heavens ,
And leadeth
by His strength
a
south
wind,
He rained
meat
on them like
dust, and winged
birds
like
the
sand of the sea.
And
He raineth
on them flesh
as
dust, And as
sand of the seas
--
winged
fowl,
He
felled
them
in the midst of their
camp, all
around
their
dwellings
.
And
causeth
`it'
to
fall
in the midst of His
camp, Round
about
His
tabernacles
.
So
they ate
and were
well
filled
, for
He gave
them what
they
craved
.
And
they eat,
and are
greatly
satisfied
, And
their
desire
He bringeth
to
them.
Yet
before
they had
filled
their desire, with
the
food still
in their mouths
,
They have
not
been
estranged
from
their desire, Yet
`is'
their
food in their mouth
,
God’s
anger flared
against them, and He put
to
death
their strongest
and subdued
the
young
men
of Israel.
And
the
anger of
God
hath
gone
up
against them, And He slayeth
among
their fat
ones,
And youths
of Israel He
caused
to
bend
.
In
spite
of
all this ,
they kept
on
sinning;
despite
His
wonderful
works
, they
did
not believe
.
With
all this they have
sinned
again
, And
have
not believed
in
His
wonders
.
So
He ended
their days in
futility
, and their years in sudden
terror
.
And
He consumeth
in
vanity
their days, And their years in trouble
.
When
He slew them, they would
seek
Him ;
they
repented
and searched
for
God .
If
He slew them, then
they sought
Him ,
And turned
back,
and
sought
God earnestly,
And they remembered
that God was
their Rock, that
God Most High was
their Redeemer.
And they remember
that God `is'
their rock, And
God Most High their redeemer.
But
they deceived
Him with their mouths
, and lied
to
Him
with their tongues.
And
--
they deceive
Him with their mouth
, And with their tongue
do
lie
to
Him,
Their hearts
were
disloyal
to
Him, and they were
unfaithful
to
His covenant.
And
their heart
hath
not
been
right
with
Him, And they have
not
been
stedfast
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
.
And He --
the
Merciful
One,
Pardoneth
iniquity ,
and destroyeth
not ,
And
hath
often turned
back
His anger ,
And waketh
not up
all
His fury
.
He remembered
that they were
but
flesh, a passing
breeze
that
does
not return
.
And
He remembereth
that they `are'
flesh, A wind
going
on
--
and
it
returneth
not.
How often they disobeyed
Him in the wilderness and
grieved
Him in the desert!
How often do
they provoke
Him in the wilderness ,
Grieve
Him in the desolate
place?
Again
and
again
they tested
God and provoked
the Holy One of Israel.
Yea,
they turn
back,
and
try
God ,
And the Holy One of Israel have
limited
.
They did
not remember
His power
—
the day He redeemed
them from the adversary ,
They have
not remembered
His hand
The day He ransomed
them from the adversary .
when He performed
His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the fields
of Zoan .
When 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
He turneth
to blood their
streams
, And their floods
they drink not
.
He sent
swarms
of
flies
that
devoured
them, and frogs
that
devastated
them .
He sendeth
among
them the
beetle
, and it
consumeth
them ,
And
the
frog,
and
it
destroyeth
them,
He
gave
their
crops
to the grasshopper
, the
fruit
of
their labor
to the locust.
And
giveth
to the caterpillar
their
increase
, And
their labour
to the locust.
He killed
their
vines
with hailstones
and their sycamore-figs
with sleet.
He destroyeth
with hail
their
vine,
And their sycamores
with frost,
He
abandoned
their
cattle
to the hail and their livestock
to bolts
of
lightning
.
And
delivereth
up
to the hail their
beasts,
And their cattle
to the
burning
flames
.
He unleashed
His
fury
against
them, wrath, indignation, and calamity—
a band
of destroying
angels
.
He sendeth
on
them the
fury
of
His
anger
, Wrath, and
indignation, and distress
--
A discharge
of evil
messengers
.
He cleared
a path for His anger ;
He did
not spare
them
from death but
delivered
their lives
to the plague
.
He pondereth
a path for His anger ,
He kept
not back
their
soul
from death ,
Yea,
their life
to the pestilence
He
delivered
up
.
He struck
all
the
firstborn
of
Egypt, the virility
in
the tents of Ham.
And
He smiteth
every
first-born
in
Egypt, The first-fruit
of
the strong
in
tents of Ham.
He
led
out
His people like
sheep
and guided
them like
a flock
in the
wilderness .
And
causeth
His people to
journey
as
a
flock,
And guideth
them as
a drove
in a
wilderness ,
He led
them safely
, so
they did
not fear
, but
the
sea
engulfed
their enemies.
And
He leadeth
them confidently
, And
they have
not been
afraid
, And
their enemies hath
the
sea
covered
.
He brought
them to
His holy
land
, to
the
mountain His right hand had acquired.
And
He bringeth
them in
unto
the
border
of
His sanctuary
, This
mountain His right hand had got,
He
drove
out nations before them and apportioned
their
inheritance ;
He
settled
the tribes of Israel in their tents .
And
casteth
out nations from
before them ,
And causeth
them
to
fall
in
the
line
of
inheritance ,
And
causeth
the tribes of Israel to
dwell
in their tents ,
But
they tested
and disobeyed
God Most High, for
they
did
not
keep
His decrees
.
And
they tempt
and provoke
God Most High, And
His testimonies
have
not
kept
.
They turned
back and were
faithless
like their fathers, twisted
like a faulty
bow .
And
they turn
back ,
And deal
treacherously
like their fathers, They
have
been
turned
like a deceitful
bow ,
They
enraged
Him with their high places and provoked
His
jealousy
with their idols.
And
make
Him angry
with their high places ,
And with their graven
images
make
Him
zealous,
On
hearing
it,
God was
furious
and rejected
Israel completely
.
God hath
heard,
and sheweth
Himself
wroth.
And
kicketh
exceedingly
against
Israel.
He abandoned
the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched
among men .
And
He leaveth
the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent He had placed
among men ,
He delivered
His strength to captivity, and His splendor
to
the hand of the
adversary .
And
He giveth
His strength to captivity, And His beauty
into
the hand of an
adversary ,
He
surrendered
His
people
to the sword because
He
was
enraged
by
His heritage
.
And
delivereth
up
to the sword His people,
And
with
His
inheritance
shewed
Himself
angry
.
Fire
consumed
His young men, and their
maidens
were
left
without
wedding
songs
.
His young men hath
fire
consumed
, And His
virgins
have
not
been
praised
.
His priests fell
by the sword, but
their widows could
not lament
.
His priests by the sword have
fallen
, And
their widows weep
not.
Then
the Lord awoke
as from
sleep
, like
a mighty warrior
overcome
by
wine.
And
the Lord waketh
as a
sleeper
, As
a mighty one
crying
aloud
from
wine.
He beat
back
His foes;
He put them to
everlasting
shame.
And
He smiteth
His adversaries
backward,
A
reproach
age-during
He hath
put on
them ,
He rejected
the tent of Joseph and refused
the tribe of Ephraim.
And
He kicketh
against
the tent of Joseph ,
And on
the tribe of Ephraim hath
not
fixed
.
But
He chose
the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion ,
which
He loved .
And
He chooseth
the tribe of Judah, With
mount Zion that
He loved ,
He
built
His sanctuary like
the
heights
, like the earth He has
established
forever
.
And
buildeth
His sanctuary as
a
high
place
, Like the earth ,
He founded
it
to
the
age
.
He chose
David His servant and took
him from the sheepfolds;
And
He fixeth
on
David His servant ,
And taketh
him from the folds
of
a
flock,
from tending
the
ewes
He brought him to be
shepherd
of
His people Jacob
, of
Israel His inheritance.
From behind
suckling
ones
He hath
brought him in,
To rule
over
Jacob
His people, And
over
Israel His inheritance.
So
David
shepherded
them with
integrity of heart and guided
them
with
skillful
hands .
And
he
ruleth
them according
to
the
integrity of his
heart ,
And by
the
skilfulness
of
his
hands leadeth
them!
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