Psalm 78

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