1 An Instruction of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law, Incline your ear to sayings of my mouth. YLT — Psalm 78:1
2 I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old, YLT — Psalm 78:2
3 That we have heard and do know, And our fathers have recounted to us. YLT — Psalm 78:3
4 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. YLT — Psalm 78:4
5 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. YLT — Psalm 78:5
6 So that a later generation doth know, Sons who are born, do rise and recount to their sons, YLT — Psalm 78:6
7 And place in God their confidence, And forget not the doings of God, But keep His commands. YLT — Psalm 78:7
8 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. YLT — Psalm 78:8
9 Sons of Ephraim — armed bearers of bow, Have turned in a day of conflict. YLT — Psalm 78:9
10 They have not kept the covenant of God, And in His law they have refused to walk, YLT — Psalm 78:10
11 And they forget His doings, And His wonders that He shewed them. YLT — Psalm 78:11
12 Before their fathers He hath done wonders, In the land of Egypt — the field of Zoan. YLT — Psalm 78:12
13 He cleft a sea, and causeth them to pass over, Yea, He causeth waters to stand as a heap. YLT — Psalm 78:13
14 And leadeth them with a cloud by day, And all the night with a light of fire. YLT — Psalm 78:14
15 He cleaveth rocks in a wilderness, And giveth drink — as the great deep. YLT — Psalm 78:15
16 And bringeth out streams from a rock, And causeth waters to come down as rivers. YLT — Psalm 78:16
17 And they add still to sin against Him, To provoke the Most High in the dry place. YLT — Psalm 78:17
18 And they try God in their heart, To ask food for their lust. YLT — Psalm 78:18
19 And they speak against God — they said: ‘Is God able to array a table in a wilderness?’ YLT — Psalm 78:19
20 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?’ YLT — Psalm 78:20
21 Therefore hath Jehovah heard, And He sheweth Himself wroth, And fire hath been kindled against Jacob, And anger also hath gone up against Israel, YLT — Psalm 78:21
22 For they have not believed in God, Nor have they trusted in His salvation. YLT — Psalm 78:22
23 And He commandeth clouds from above, Yea, doors of the heavens He hath opened. YLT — Psalm 78:23
24 And He raineth on them manna to eat, Yea, corn of heaven He hath given to them. YLT — Psalm 78:24
25 Food of the mighty hath each eaten, Venison He sent to them to satiety. YLT — Psalm 78:25
26 He causeth an east wind to journey in the heavens, And leadeth by His strength a south wind, YLT — Psalm 78:26
27 And He raineth on them flesh as dust, And as sand of the seas — winged fowl, YLT — Psalm 78:27
28 And causeth [it] to fall in the midst of His camp, Round about His tabernacles. YLT — Psalm 78:28
29 And they eat, and are greatly satisfied, And their desire He bringeth to them. YLT — Psalm 78:29
30 They have not been estranged from their desire, Yet [is] their food in their mouth, YLT — Psalm 78:30
31 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. YLT — Psalm 78:31
32 With all this they have sinned again, And have not believed in His wonders. YLT — Psalm 78:32
33 And He consumeth in vanity their days, And their years in trouble. YLT — Psalm 78:33
34 If He slew them, then they sought Him, And turned back, and sought God earnestly, YLT — Psalm 78:34
35 And they remember that God [is] their rock, And God Most High their redeemer. YLT — Psalm 78:35
36 And — they deceive Him with their mouth, And with their tongue do lie to Him, YLT — Psalm 78:36
37 And their heart hath not been right with Him, And they have not been stedfast in His covenant. YLT — Psalm 78:37
38 And He — the Merciful One, Pardoneth iniquity, and destroyeth not, And hath often turned back His anger, And waketh not up all His fury. YLT — Psalm 78:38
39 And He remembereth that they [are] flesh, A wind going on — and it returneth not. YLT — Psalm 78:39
40 How often do they provoke Him in the wilderness, Grieve Him in the desolate place? YLT — Psalm 78:40
41 Yea, they turn back, and try God, And the Holy One of Israel have limited. YLT — Psalm 78:41
42 They have not remembered His hand The day He ransomed them from the adversary. YLT — Psalm 78:42
43 When He set His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the field of Zoan, YLT — Psalm 78:43
44 And He turneth to blood their streams, And their floods they drink not. YLT — Psalm 78:44
45 He sendeth among them the beetle, and it consumeth them, And the frog, and it destroyeth them, YLT — Psalm 78:45
46 And giveth to the caterpillar their increase, And their labour to the locust. YLT — Psalm 78:46
47 He destroyeth with hail their vine, And their sycamores with frost, YLT — Psalm 78:47
48 And delivereth up to the hail their beasts, And their cattle to the burning flames. YLT — Psalm 78:48
49 He sendeth on them the fury of His anger, Wrath, and indignation, and distress — A discharge of evil messengers. YLT — Psalm 78:49
50 He pondereth a path for His anger, He kept not back their soul from death, Yea, their life to the pestilence He delivered up. YLT — Psalm 78:50
51 And He smiteth every first-born in Egypt, The first-fruit of the strong in tents of Ham. YLT — Psalm 78:51
52 And causeth His people to journey as a flock, And guideth them as a drove in a wilderness, YLT — Psalm 78:52
53 And He leadeth them confidently, And they have not been afraid, And their enemies hath the sea covered. YLT — Psalm 78:53
54 And He bringeth them in unto the border of His sanctuary, This mountain His right hand had got, YLT — Psalm 78:54
55 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, YLT — Psalm 78:55
56 And they tempt and provoke God Most High, And His testimonies have not kept. YLT — Psalm 78:56
57 And they turn back, And deal treacherously like their fathers, They have been turned like a deceitful bow, YLT — Psalm 78:57
58 And make Him angry with their high places, And with their graven images make Him zealous, YLT — Psalm 78:58
59 God hath heard, and sheweth Himself wroth. And kicketh exceedingly against Israel. YLT — Psalm 78:59
60 And He leaveth the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent He had placed among men, YLT — Psalm 78:60
61 And He giveth His strength to captivity, And His beauty into the hand of an adversary, YLT — Psalm 78:61
62 And delivereth up to the sword His people, And with His inheritance shewed Himself angry. YLT — Psalm 78:62
63 His young men hath fire consumed, And His virgins have not been praised. YLT — Psalm 78:63
64 His priests by the sword have fallen, And their widows weep not. YLT — Psalm 78:64
65 And the Lord waketh as a sleeper, As a mighty one crying aloud from wine. YLT — Psalm 78:65
66 And He smiteth His adversaries backward, A reproach age-during He hath put on them, YLT — Psalm 78:66
67 And He kicketh against the tent of Joseph, And on the tribe of Ephraim hath not fixed. YLT — Psalm 78:67
68 And He chooseth the tribe of Judah, With mount Zion that He loved, YLT — Psalm 78:68
69 And buildeth His sanctuary as a high place, Like the earth, He founded it to the age. YLT — Psalm 78:69
70 And He fixeth on David His servant, And taketh him from the folds of a flock, YLT — Psalm 78:70
71 From behind suckling ones He hath brought him in, To rule over Jacob His people, And over Israel His inheritance. YLT — Psalm 78:71
72 And he ruleth them according to the integrity of his heart, And by the skilfulness of his hands leadeth them! YLT — Psalm 78:72