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Hear
my
law
, my people .
Turn
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 Yahweh,
His strength
, and his
wondrous
works
that
he has 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 ,
even the
children who
should
be born ;
Who
should
arise and tell 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
didn't
make
their
hearts
loyal, Whose spirit was not steadfast
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 didn't
keep God's
covenant ,
And refused to walk
in
his law.
They failed
to
keep God’s
covenant and refused to live
by
His law.
They forgot his
doings
, His
wondrous
works
that
he had shown them.
They forgot what
He
had
done
, the
wonders
He had shown them.
He did
marvelous
things
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 split the sea ,
and caused
them to
pass
through; He made
the waters stand
as
a heap
.
He split the sea and brought
them through; He set
the waters upright
like
a wall
.
In
the
daytime
he also
led them with a cloud ,
And all
night
with a light of fire.
He led them with a cloud by
day
and with a light of fire all
night
.
He split 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
they still
went
on
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.
They tempted
God in
their
heart
By asking
food according
to
their
desire
.
They willfully
tested
God by demanding
the
food they
craved
.
Yes,
they spoke 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 struck the rock, so
that
waters
gushed out ,
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 Yahweh
heard ,
and was angry.
A fire was kindled against Jacob, 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 didn't
believe in
God ,
And
didn't
trust
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
.
He rained down manna on
them to eat ,
And
gave them food
from the
sky
.
He rained down manna for
them to eat ;
He
gave them grain
from heaven
.
Man ate the bread of angels .
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 sky.
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 also
flesh
on them as
the
dust ;
Winged birds as
the sand of the seas
.
He rained meat
on them like
dust ,
and
winged birds like
the sand of the sea
.
He let
them fall
in the midst of their camp, Around their habitations
.
He felled
them in the midst of their camp, all
around their dwellings
.
So they ate ,
and were well filled .
He gave them their
own
desire
.
So they ate and were well filled ,
for
He gave them what
they
craved
.
They didn't
turn
from
their
cravings.
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, Killed
some
of
the
fattest
of
them,
And struck
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
still
sinned
, And
didn't
believe
in
his wondrous
works.
In
spite
of
all this, they
kept
on
sinning;
despite
His wonderful
works ,
they
did
not
believe
.
Therefore
he consumed
their days in vanity
, And their years in terror.
So
He ended
their days in futility
, and their years in sudden
terror.
When he killed
them, then
they inquired
after
him .
They returned
and sought
God earnestly
.
When He slew
them, they would
seek
Him ;
they repented
and searched
for
God.
They remembered that God was their rock, 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 to 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 iniquity ,
and didn't
destroy them. Yes,
many
times
he turned
his anger away,
And didn't
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.
He remembered that they were but flesh, A wind
that passes
away,
and
doesn't
come
again
.
He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing
breeze
that does
not
return
.
How often they rebelled
against
him in the wilderness ,
And grieved him in the desert!
How often they disobeyed
Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!
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 didn't
remember 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 ,
His wonders in the field
of Zoan ,
when
He performed
His signs in Egypt and
His wonders in the fields
of Zoan .
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
to the caterpillar
, And
their labor to the locust.
He gave their crops
to the grasshopper
, the
fruit
of
their labor to the locust.
He destroyed
their vines with hail,
Their sycamore- fig
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 threw
on
them
the
fierceness
of
his anger
, Wrath, indignation, and trouble,
And
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 didn't
spare 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
struck all the firstborn 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
.
He led them safely, so that
they weren't
afraid
, But the sea overwhelmed
their enemies.
He led them safely, so they did
not
fear
, but the sea engulfed
their enemies.
He brought them to the
border
of
his sanctuary
, To this
mountain ,
which
his right hand had taken
.
He brought them to His holy
land
, to the
mountain His right hand had acquired
.
He also
drove out the
nations before them ,
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
didn't
keep 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 engraved
images
.
They enraged
Him with their high places and provoked
His
jealousy with their idols
.
When
God
heard
this
, he
was angry,
And greatly
abhorred
Israel ;
On
hearing
it
, God
was furious
and rejected
Israel completely.
So
that
he forsook
the tent
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, His glory
into
the adversary's
hand.
He
delivered His strength to
captivity, and
His splendor
to
the hand of
the
adversary
.
He also
gave
his people over
to the sword ,
And
was angry
with
his inheritance
.
He surrendered
His people to the sword because
He
was enraged
by
His heritage
.
Fire devoured
their
young men ;
Their virgins
had
no
wedding song
.
Fire consumed
His
young men ,
and
their maidens
were
left
without
wedding songs
.
Their
priests fell by the sword, And
their widows couldn't
weep
.
His
priests fell by the sword, but
their widows could
not
lament
.
Then the Lord awakened
as one
out
of
sleep, Like a mighty man
who
shouts
by reason
of
wine.
Then the Lord awoke
as from
sleep, like a mighty warrior
overcome
by wine.
He struck
his adversaries
backward.
He put them to a
perpetual
reproach
.
He beat
back
His foes;
He put them to everlasting
shame
.
Moreover
he rejected the tent of Joseph ,
And didn't
choose
the tribe of Ephraim ,
He rejected the tent of Joseph and refused
the tribe of Ephraim .
But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.
But He
chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion ,
which He loved.
He built his sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which
he has established forever.
He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth He has established forever.
He also
chose David 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
skillfulness
of
his
hands.
So David
shepherded
them
with
integrity of heart and guided them with
skillful
hands.
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