Psalms 78
1 Maskil to/for Asaph to listen [emph?] people my instruction my to stretch ear your to/for word lip my
A psalm (maskil) of Asaph. Listen to what I have to teach you, my people; hear what I have to say.
2 to open in/on/with proverb lip my to bubble riddle from front: old
I will tell you wise sayings; I will explain mysteries from the past
3 which to hear: hear and to know them and father our to recount to/for us
that we have heard before and reflected on; stories our forefathers passed down to us.
4 not to hide from son: child their to/for generation last to recount praise LORD and strength his and to wonder his which to make: do
We will not keep them from our children; we will tell the next generation about God's marvelous actions—about his power and the amazing things he has done.
5 and to arise: establish testimony in/on/with Jacob and instruction to set: appoint in/on/with Israel which to command [obj] father our to/for to know them to/for son: child their
He gave his laws to the descendants of Jacob; his instructions to the people of Israel. He commanded our forefathers to teach them to their children,
6 because to know generation last son: child to beget to arise: rise and to recount to/for son: child their
so that the next generation—children yet to be born—would understand and grow up to teach their children.
7 and to set: make in/on/with God loin their and not to forget deed God and commandment his to watch
In this way they should place their trust in God and not forget what God has done, and keep his commandments.
8 and not to be like/as father their generation to rebel and to rebel generation not to establish: establish heart his and not be faithful with God spirit his
Then they would not be like their forefathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation that was untrustworthy and unfaithful.
9 son: descendant/people Ephraim to handle to shoot bow to overturn in/on/with day battle
The soldiers of Ephraim, though armed with bows, ran away on the day of battle.
10 not to keep: obey covenant God and in/on/with instruction his to refuse to/for to go: walk
They did not keep God's agreement, and refused to follow his laws.
11 and to forget wantonness his and to wonder his which to see: see them
They ignored what he had done, and the amazing things he had shown them—
12 before father their to make: do wonder in/on/with land: country/planet Egypt land: country Zoan
the miracles he had performed for their forefathers near Zoan in Egypt.
13 to break up/open sea and to pass: bring them and to stand water like heap
He split the sea in two and led them through, making the water stand like walls on either side.
14 and to lead them in/on/with cloud by day and all [the] night in/on/with light fire
He led them with a cloud by day, and by night with a light of fire.
15 to break up/open rock in/on/with wilderness and to water: drink like/as abyss many
He split open rocks in the desert to give his people plenty to drink, water as deep as the ocean.
16 and to come out: issue to flow from crag and to go down like/as river water
He made streams flow from the stone; water rushing down like rivers!
17 and to add: again still to/for to sin to/for him to/for to rebel Most High in/on/with dryness
But they repeatedly sinned against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
18 and to test God in/on/with heart their to/for to ask food to/for soul: appetite their
They deliberately provoked God by demanding the foods they longed for.
19 and to speak: speak in/on/with God to say be able God to/for to arrange table in/on/with wilderness
They insulted God by saying, “Can God provide food here in the desert?
20 look! to smite rock and to flow: flowing water and torrent: river to overflow also food: bread be able to give: give if: surely no to establish: prepare flesh to/for people his
Yes, he can strike a rock so that water gushes out like flowing rivers, but can he give us bread? Can he supply his people with meat?”
21 to/for so to hear: hear LORD and be angry and fire to kindle in/on/with Jacob and also face: anger to ascend: rise in/on/with Israel
When he heard this, the Lord became very angry, burning like fire against the descendants of Jacob, furious with the people of Israel,
22 for not be faithful in/on/with God and not to trust in/on/with salvation his
for they didn't believe in God and didn't trust him to take care of them.
23 and to command cloud from above and door heaven to open
Even so he commanded the skies above and the doors of heaven to open,
24 and to rain upon them manna to/for to eat and grain heaven to give: give to/for them
and he made manna rain down on them to eat, giving them bread from heaven.
25 food: bread mighty: angel to eat man: anyone provision to send: depart to/for them to/for satiety
Human beings ate the bread of angels; he sent them more than enough food.
26 to set out east in/on/with heaven and to lead in/on/with strength his south
He sent the east wind blowing across the sky; by his power he drove the south wind.
27 and to rain upon them like/as dust flesh and like/as sand sea bird wing
He rained down meat on them as plentiful as dust; birds as numerous as sand on a beach.
28 and to fall: fall in/on/with entrails: among camp his around to/for tabernacle his
He made them fall right in the middle of their camp, all around where they were living.
29 and to eat and to satisfy much and desire their to come (in): bring to/for them
They ate until they were full. He gave them the food they longed for.
30 not be a stranger from desire their still food their in/on/with lip their
But before they satisfied their appetite, while the meat was still in their mouths,
31 and face: anger God to ascend: rise in/on/with them and to kill in/on/with fatness their and youth Israel to bow
God became angry with them and he killed their strongest men, striking them down in the prime of life.
32 in/on/with all this to sin still and not be faithful in/on/with to wonder his
Despite all this they went right on sinning. Despite the miracles, they refused to trust him.
33 and to end: expend in/on/with vanity day their and year their in/on/with dismay
So he snuffed out their futile lives, bringing them to an end in terror.
34 if to kill them and to seek him and to return: repent and to seek God
When he began killing them, the rest came back to God in repentance, praying to him.
35 and to remember for God rock their and El (Most High) (LORD) Most High to redeem: redeem their
They remembered that God was their rock, that God Most High was their Savior.
36 and to entice him in/on/with lip their and in/on/with tongue their to lie to/for him
They flattered him by what they told him, but they were only lying.
37 and heart their not to establish: establish with him and not be faithful in/on/with covenant his
Deep down they were not sincere, and did not keep the agreement they had with him.
38 and he/she/it compassionate to atone iniquity: crime and not to ruin and to multiply to/for to return: repent face: anger his and not to rouse all rage his
But being compassionate he pardoned their guilt and did not destroy all of them. He often held back his anger—he did not pour out all his fury.
39 and to remember for flesh they(masc.) spirit: breath to go: walk and not to return: return
He remembered their mortality—that they were like a puff of wind that would not return.
40 like/as what? to rebel him in/on/with wilderness to hurt him in/on/with wilderness
How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, giving him grief in the desert!
41 and to return: again and to test God and holy Israel to wound
Again and again they provoked God, causing pain to the Holy One of Israel.
42 not to remember [obj] hand: power his day which to ransom them from enemy
They did not remember his strength when he rescued them from their oppressors,
43 which to set: put in/on/with Egypt sign: miraculous his and wonder his in/on/with land: country Zoan
performing miracles in Egypt, doing wonderful things on the plain of Zoan.
44 and to overturn to/for blood stream their and to flow their not to drink [emph?]
There he turned their rivers and their streams into blood so that no one could drink from them.
45 to send: depart in/on/with them swarm and to eat them and frog and to ruin them
He sent flies among them to destroy them, and frogs to ruin everything.
46 and to give: give to/for locust crops their and toil their to/for locust
He gave their crops to locusts; everything they worked had for was taken by locusts.
47 to kill in/on/with hail vine their and sycamore their in/on/with frost
He destroyed their vines with hail, and their fig trees with freezing rain.
48 and to shut to/for hail cattle their and livestock their to/for flash
He handed over their cattle to hail and their flocks to lightning bolts.
49 to send: let go in/on/with them burning anger face: anger his fury and indignation and distress deputation messenger: angel bad: harmful
He poured out on them his fierce anger—rage and hostility and anguish—sending a band of destroying angels against them.
50 to envy path to/for face: anger his not to withhold from death soul: myself their and living thing their to/for pestilence to shut
He sent his unrestrained anger against them; he did not spare them from death, handing them over to the plague.
51 and to smite all firstborn in/on/with Egypt first: beginning strength in/on/with tent Ham
He struck down all the firstborn of Egypt, the first to be conceived in the tents of Ham.
52 and to set out like/as flock people his and to lead them like/as flock in/on/with wilderness
But he led out his people like sheep, and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.
53 and to lead them to/for security and not to dread and [obj] enemy their to cover [the] sea
He led them to safety, and they were not afraid. He drowned their enemies in the sea.
54 and to come (in): bring them to(wards) border: boundary holiness his mountain: mount this to buy right his
He brought them to the border of his holy land, to this mountainous land that he had conquered for them.
55 and to drive out: drive out from face: before their nation and to fall: allot them in/on/with cord inheritance and to dwell in/on/with tent their tribe Israel
He drove out the heathen nations before them. He divided up the land for them to own. He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
56 and to test and to rebel [obj] God Most High and testimony his not to keep: obey
But they provoked God Most High, rebelling against him. They did not follow what he had told them.
57 and to turn and to act treacherously like/as father their to overturn like/as bow deceit
Just like their forefathers they turned away from God and were unfaithful to him, as twisted as a defective bow.
58 and to provoke him in/on/with high place their and in/on/with idol their be jealous him
They made him angry with their pagan high places of worship; they made him jealous with their idols.
59 to hear: hear God and be angry and to reject much in/on/with Israel
When God heard their worship he became furious and he totally rejected Israel.
60 and to leave tabernacle Shiloh tent to dwell in/on/with man
He abandoned his place at Shiloh, the Tabernacle where he lived among the people.
61 and to give: give to/for captivity strength his and beauty his in/on/with hand: power enemy
He surrendered the Ark of his power, allowing it to be captured; handing it over into enemy hands.
62 and to shut to/for sword people his and in/on/with inheritance his be angry
He handed over his people to be slaughtered by the sword; he was furious with his chosen people.
63 youth his to eat fire and virgin his not to boast: praise
Their young men were destroyed by fire; their young women had no wedding songs.
64 priest his in/on/with sword to fall: kill and widow his not to weep
Their priests were killed by the sword; their widows were unable to mourn.
65 and to awake like/as sleeping Lord like/as mighty man to overcome from wine
Then the Lord woke up as if from sleep, as a warrior sobering up from drinking wine.
66 and to smite enemy his back reproach forever: enduring to give: put to/for them
He defeated his enemies, striking them on the back, causing them everlasting shame.
67 and to reject in/on/with tent Joseph and in/on/with tribe Ephraim not to choose
He rejected the descendants of Joseph, and did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.
68 and to choose [obj] tribe Judah [obj] mountain: mount Zion which to love: lover
Instead he chose the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion which he loves.
69 and to build like to exalt sanctuary his like/as land: country/planet to found her to/for forever: enduring
There he built his sanctuary, high like the heavens, on earth that he made to last forever.
70 and to choose in/on/with David servant/slave his and to take: take him from fold flock
He chose his servant David, taking him from the sheep pens,
71 from after to nurse to come (in): bring him to/for to pasture in/on/with Jacob people his and in/on/with Israel inheritance his
taking him from caring for the sheep and lambs to be a shepherd to the descendants of Jacob—God's special people, Israel.
72 and to pasture them like/as integrity heart his and in/on/with understanding palm his to lead them
Like a shepherd, he took care of them with sincere devotion, leading them with skillful hands.
