Psalms 78

1 An instruction. Of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

A poem of Asaph give ear to! O people my instruction my incline ear your to [the] words of mouth my.

2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter riddles from of old,

I will open in a parable mouth my I will pour forth riddles from antiquity.

3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us:

Which we have heard and we have known them and ancestors our they have recounted to us.

4 We will not hide [them] from their sons, shewing forth to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, and his strength, and his marvellous works which he hath done.

Not we will hide - from descendants their to a generation later recounting [the] praises of Yahweh and might his and wonders his which he has done.

5 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;

And he established a testimony - in Jacob and a law he appointed in Israel which he commanded ancestors our to make known them to children their.

6 That the generation to come might know [them], the children that should be born; that they might rise up and tell [them] to their children,

So that they may know - a generation later children [who] they will be born they will arise and may they recount [them] to children their.

7 And that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but observe his commandments;

So they may put in God confidence their and not they will forget [the] deeds of God and commandments his they will observe.

8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that prepared not their heart, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

And not they will be - like ancestors their a generation stubborn and rebellious a generation [which] not it directed heart its and [which] not it was faithful with God spirit its.

9 The sons of Ephraim, armed bowmen, turned back in the day of battle.

[the] people of Ephraim [were] equipped of shooters of a bow they turned back on [the] day of battle.

10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;

Not they kept [the] covenant of God and in law his they refused to walk.

11 And forgot his doings, and his marvellous works which he had shewn them.

And they forgot deeds his and wonders his which he had shown them.

12 In the sight of their fathers had he done wonders, in the land of Egypt, the field of Zoan.

Before ancestors their he did wonder[s] in [the] land of Egypt [the] region of Zoan.

13 He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through; and made the waters to stand as a heap;

He split open [the] sea and he brought through them and he made to stand up [the] waters like a heap.

14 And he led them with a cloud in the daytime, and all the night with the light of fire.

And he guided them by the cloud by day and all the night by [the] light of a fire.

15 He clave rocks in the wilderness, and gave [them] drink as out of the depths, abundantly;

He split open rocks in the wilderness and he gave [them] to drink like deeps much.

16 And he brought streams out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

And he brought out streams from a rock and he made to flow down like rivers water.

17 Yet they still went on sinning against him, provoking the Most High in the desert;

And they repeated again to sin to him by rebelling against [the] Most High in the dry region.

18 And they tempted God in their heart, by asking meat for their lust;

And they put to [the] test God in heart their by requesting food for selves their.

19 And they spoke against God: they said, Is God able to prepare a table in the wilderness?

And they spoke against God they said ¿ is he able God to arrange a table in the wilderness.

20 Behold, he smote the rock, and waters gushed out, and streams overflowed; is he able to give bread also, or provide flesh for his people?

There! he struck a rock - and they flowed out waters and torrents they overflowed ¿ also food is he able to give or? will he prepare meat for people his.

21 Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth; and fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also went up against Israel:

Therefore - he heard Yahweh and he was furious and fire it was kindled in Jacob and also anger it went up in Israel.

22 Because they believed not in God, and confided not in his salvation;

For not they trusted in God and not they trusted in salvation his.

23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and had opened the doors of the heavens,

And he commanded clouds above and [the] doors of heaven he opened.

24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them the corn of the heavens.

And he rained down on them manna to eat and [the] grain of heaven he gave to them.

25 Man did eat the bread of the mighty; he sent them provision to the full.

Bread of mighty [ones] he ate everyone food he sent to them to satiety.

26 He caused the east wind to rise in the heavens, and by his strength he brought the south wind;

He led out an east wind in the heavens and he led forth by strength his a south wind.

27 And he rained flesh upon them as dust, and feathered fowl as the sand of the seas,

And he rained down on them like dust meat and like [the] sand of [the] seas bird[s] of wing.

28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations:

And he made [them] fall in [the] midst of camp his around dwelling his.

29 And they did eat, and were well filled; for that they lusted after, he brought to them.

And they ate and they were satisfied exceedingly and desire their he brought to them.

30 They were not alienated from their lust, their meat was yet in their mouths,

Not they had become estranged from desire their still food their [was] in mouth their.

31 When the anger of God went up against them; and he slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.

And [the] anger of God - it went up in them and he killed among vigorous ones their and [the] young men of Israel he made bow down.

32 For all this, they sinned still, and believed not in his marvellous works;

In all this they sinned again and not they believed in wonders his.

33 And he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror.

And he brought to an end in futility days their and years their in sudden terror.

34 When he slew them, then they sought him, and returned and sought early after God;

If he killed them and they sought him and they returned and they sought earnestly God.

35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and God, the Most High, their redeemer.

And they remembered that God [was] rock their and God Most High [was] redeemer their.

36 But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied unto him with their tongue;

And they deceived him with mouth their and with tongue their they lied to him.

37 For their heart was not firm toward him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

And heart their not [was] steadfast with him and not they were faithful in covenant his.

38 But he was merciful: he forgave the iniquity, and destroyed [them] not; but many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his fury:

And he [was] compassionate - he atoned for iniquity and not he destroyed [them] and he increased to turn back anger his and not he stirred up all rage his.

39 And he remembered that they were flesh, a breath that passeth away and cometh not again.

And he remembered that [were] flesh they a wind [which] goes and not it returns.

40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

How often! they rebelled against him in the wilderness they grieved him in a desolate place.

41 And they turned again and tempted God, and grieved the Holy One of Israel.

And they returned and they put to [the] test God and [the] holy [one] of Israel they pained.

42 They remembered not his hand, the day when he delivered them from the oppressor,

Not they remembered hand his [the] day when he ransomed them from [the] opponent.

43 How he set his signs in Egypt, and his miracles in the field of Zoan;

When he performed in Egypt signs his and wonders his in [the] region of Zoan.

44 And turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, that they could not drink;

And he turned into blood canals their and streams their not they drank!

45 He sent dog-flies among them, which devoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them;

He sent among them a swarm of flies and it devoured them and frog[s] and it ruined them.

46 And he gave their increase unto the caterpillar, and their labour unto the locust;

And he gave to the locust produce their and [the] result of toil their to the locust.

47 He killed their vines with hail, and their sycamore trees with hail-stones;

He killed with hail vine[s] their and sycamore-fig trees their with a flood.

48 And he delivered up their cattle to the hail, and their flocks to thunderbolts.

And he delivered up to hail cattle their and livestock their to lightning bolts.

49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and distress, — a mission of angels of woes.

He sent on them - [the] burning of anger his fury and indignation and trouble a band of angels of calamities.

50 He made a way for his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

He made level a path for anger his not he kept back from death life their and life their to the pestilence he delivered up.

51 And he smote all the firstborn in Egypt, the first-fruits of their vigour in the tents of Ham.

And he struck down every firstborn in Egypt [the] beginning of manly vigor in [the] tents of Ham.

52 And he made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock;

And he led out like sheep people his and he led them like flock in the wilderness.

53 And he led them safely, so that they were without fear; and the sea covered their enemies.

And he guided them to security and not they were afraid and enemies their it covered the sea.

54 And he brought them to his holy border, this mountain, which his right hand purchased;

And he brought them to [the] territory of holiness his [the] mountain which it had acquired right [hand] his.

55 And he drove out the nations before them, and allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

And he drove out from before them - nations and he made fall them by a measuring-line of inheritance and he caused to dwell in tents their [the] tribes of Israel.

56 But they tempted and provoked God, the Most High, and kept not his testimonies,

And they put to [the] test and they rebelled against God Most High and testimonies his not they kept.

57 And they drew back and dealt treacherously like their fathers: they turned like a deceitful bow.

And they turned back and they acted treacherously like ancestors their they changed like a bow of deceit.

58 And they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

And they provoked to anger him by high places their and by idols their they made jealous him.

59 God heard, and was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

He heard God and he was furious and he rejected exceedingly Israel.

60 And he forsook the tabernacle at Shiloh, the tent where he had dwelt among men,

And he abandoned [the] tabernacle of Shiloh [the] tent [which] he had pitched among humankind.

61 And gave his strength into captivity, and his glory into the hand of the oppressor;

And he gave to captivity strength his and splendor his in [the] hand of [the] opponent.

62 And delivered up his people unto the sword, and was very wroth with his inheritance:

And he delivered up to the sword people his and with inheritance his he was furious.

63 The fire consumed their young men, and their maidens were not praised in [nuptial] song;

Young men its it consumed fire and young women its not they were praised.

64 Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation.

Priests its by the sword they fell and widows its not they wept.

65 Then the Lord awoke as one out of sleep, like a mighty man that shouteth aloud by reason of wine;

And he awoke like a sleeper - [the] Lord like a warrior overcome from wine.

66 And he smote his adversaries in the hinder part, and put them to everlasting reproach.

And he struck opponents his backwards a reproach of perpetuity he gave to them.

67 And he rejected the tent of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim,

And he rejected [the] tent of Joseph and [the] tribe of Ephraim not he chose.

68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved;

And he chose [the] tribe of Judah [the] mountain of Zion which he loved.

69 And he built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he hath founded for ever.

And he built like [the] high [things] sanctuary his like [the] earth [which] he founded it for ever.

70 And he chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

And he chose David servant his and he took him from [the] folds of sheep.

71 From following the suckling-ewes, he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

From after nursing [sheep] he brought him to shepherd Jacob people his and Israel inheritance his.

72 And he fed them according to the integrity of his heart, and led them by the skilfulness of his hands.

And he shepherded them according to [the] integrity of heart his and with [the] skill of hands his he led them.