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