American Standard Version
Psalms 78
Maschil of Asaph.
1GiveH238 earH241, O my peopleH5971, to my lawH8451:InclineH5186 your earsH241 to the wordsH561 of my mouthH6310.2I will openH6605 my mouthH6310 in a parableH4912;I will utter dark sayings of old,3Which we have heardH8085 and knownH3045,And our fathersH1 have told us.4We will not hideH3582 them from their children,Telling to the generationH1755 to come the praisesH8416 of Jehovah,And his strength, and his wondrous works that he hath done.5For he establishedH6965 a testimonyH5715 in JacobH3290,And appointedH7760 a lawH8451 in IsraelH3478,Which he commandedH6680 our fathersH1,That they should makeH7760 them knownH3045 to their children;6That the generationH1755 to come might knowH3045them, even the children that should be bornH3205;Who should ariseH6965 and tellthemto their children,7That they might setH7760 their hope in GodH430,And not forgetH7911 the works of GodH430,But keepH5341 his commandmentsH4687,8And might not beH1961 as their fathersH1,A stubbornH5637 and rebelliousH4784 generationH1755,A generationH1755 that set not their heartH3820 aright,And whose spiritH7307 wasH1961 not stedfast with GodH410.9The children of EphraimH669, being armed and carrying bowsH7198,TurnedH2015 backH2015 in the dayH3117 of battleH7128.10They keptH8104 not the covenantH1285 of GodH430,And refusedH3985 to walk in his lawH8451;11And they forgat his doings,And his wondrous works that he had showedH7200 them.12Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathersH1,In the landH776 of EgyptH4714, in the fieldH7704 of ZoanH6814.13He clave the seaH3220, and caused them to passH5674 through;And he made the watersH4325 to standH5324 as a heap.14In the day-time also he ledH5148 them with a cloudH6051,And all the nightH3915 with a lightH216 of fireH784.15He clave rocksH6697 in the wildernessH4057,And gaveH8248 them drinkH8248 abundantly as out of the depthsH8415.16He broughtH3318 streams also out of the rockH5553,And caused watersH4325 to run down like riversH5104.17YetH5750 went they on stillH5750 to sinH2398 against him,To rebelH4784 against the Most High in the desert.18And they tempted GodH410 in their heartH3824 By askingH7592 foodH400 according to their desireH5315.19Yea, they spake against GodH430;They saidH559, Can GodH430 prepareH6186 a tableH7979 in the wildernessH4057?20Behold, he smote the rockH6697, so that watersH4325 gushed out,And streams overflowed;Can he giveH5414 breadH3899 alsoH1571?Will he provide fleshH7607 for his peopleH5971?21ThereforeH3651 Jehovah heardH8085, and was wroth;And a fireH784 was kindled against JacobH3290,And angerH639 alsoH1571 wentH5927 up against IsraelH3478;22Because they believedH539 not in GodH430,And trustedH982 not in his salvationH3444.23Yet he commandedH6680 the skies above,And openedH6605 the doorsH1817 of heavenH8064;24And he rainedH4305 downH4305 mannaH4478 upon them to eatH398,And gaveH5414 them food from heavenH8064.25ManH376 did eatH398 the breadH3899 of the mightyH47:He sentH7971 them foodH3899 to the full.26He caused the eastH6921 windH6921 to blow in the heavensH8064;And by his power he guided the southH8486 windH6921.27He rainedH4305 fleshH7607 also upon them as the dustH6083,And wingedH3671 birdsH5775 as the sandH2344 of the seasH3220:28And he let it fallH5307 in the midstH7130 of their campH4264,RoundH5439 about their habitations.29So they did eatH398, and were well filled;And he gave them their own desireH8378.30They were not estranged from that which they desiredH8378,Their foodH400 was yetH5750 in their mouthsH6310,31When the angerH639 of GodH430 wentH5927 up against them,And slewH2026 of the fattest of them,And smote down the youngH970 menH970 of IsraelH3478.32For all this they sinnedH2398 stillH5750,And believedH539 not in his wondrous works.33Therefore their daysH3117 did he consume in vanityH1892,And their yearsH8141 in terrorH928.34When he slewH2026 them, then they inquired after him;And they returnedH7725 and soughtH1875 GodH410 earnestlyH7836.35And they rememberedH2142 that GodH430 was their rockH6697,And the Most High GodH430 their redeemerH1350.36But they flattered him with their mouthH6310,And liedH3576 unto him with their tongueH3956.37For their heartH3820 was not right with him,Neither were they faithfulH539 in his covenantH1285.38But he, being merciful, forgave theiriniquityH5771, and destroyedH7843themnot:Yea, manyH7235 a time turnedH7725 he his angerH639 awayH7725,And did not stirH5782 up all his wrathH2534.39And he rememberedH2142 that they were but fleshH1320,A windH7307 that passeth awayH7725, and cometh not again.40HowH4100 oft did they rebelH4784 against him in the wildernessH4057,And grieve him in the desert!41And they turnedH7725 again and tempted GodH410,And provoked the HolyH6918 OneH6918 of IsraelH3478.42They rememberedH2142 not his handH3027,Nor the dayH3117 when he redeemedH6299 them from the adversary;43How he setH7760 his signsH226 in EgyptH4714,And his wondersH4159 in the fieldH7704 of ZoanH6814,44And turnedH2015 their riversH2975 into bloodH1818,And their streams, so that they could not drinkH8354.45He sentH7971 among them swarmsH6157 of flies, which devouredH398 them;And frogsH6854, which destroyedH7843 them.46He gaveH5414 also their increase unto the caterpillar,And their labor unto the locustH697.47He destroyed their vinesH1612 with hailH1259,And their sycomore-trees with frost.48He gave over their cattle also to the hailH1259,And their flocks to hot thunderbolts.49He cast upon them the fierceness of his angerH639,WrathH5678, and indignationH2195, and troubleH7451,A band of angelsH4397 of evilH7451.50He made a pathH5410 for his angerH639;He spared not their soulH5315 from deathH4194,But gave their lifeH5315 over to the pestilenceH1698,51And smote all the first-born in EgyptH4714,The chief of their strengthH202 in the tentsH168 of HamH2526.52But he ledH5090 forth his own peopleH5971 like sheepH6629,And guided them in the wildernessH4057 like a flockH6629.53And he ledH5148 them safely, so that they feared not;But the seaH3220 overwhelmed their enemiesH341.54And he broughtH935 them to the borderH1366 of his sanctuaryH6944,To this mountainH2022, which his rightH3225 handH3225 had gotten.55He droveH1644 out the nationsH1471 also before them,And allotted them for an inheritanceH5159 by line,And made the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478 to dwellH7931 in their tentsH168.56Yet they tempted and rebelledH4784 against the Most High GodH430,And keptH8104 not his testimonies;57But turnedH2015 backH5472, and dealtH898 treacherouslyH898 like their fathersH1:They were turnedH2015 aside like a deceitful bowH7198.58For they provokedH3707 him to angerH3707 with their highH1116 placesH1116,And moved him to jealousy with their graven images.59When GodH430 heardH8085this, he was wroth,And greatly abhorred IsraelH3478;60So that he forsook the tabernacleH4908 of ShilohH7887,The tentH168 which he placed among menH120;61And delivered his strengthH5797 into captivityH7628,And his gloryH8597 into the adversary’s handH3027.62He gave his peopleH5971 over also unto the swordH2719,And was wroth with his inheritanceH5159.63FireH784 devouredH398 their youngH970 menH970;And their virginsH1330 had no marriage-song.64Their priestsH3548 fellH5307 by the swordH2719;And their widowsH490 made no lamentation.65Then the LordH136 awaked as oneH1368 out of sleepH3463,Like a mightyH1368 manH1368 that shouteth by reason of wineH3196.66And he smote his adversaries backwardH268:He putH5414 them to a perpetual reproachH2781.67Moreover he refused the tentH168 of JosephH3130,And choseH977 not the tribeH7626 of EphraimH669,68But choseH977 the tribeH7626 of JudahH3063,The mount ZionH6726 which he lovedH157.69And he builtH1129 his sanctuaryH4720 like the heights,Like the earthH776 which he hath establishedH3245 for everH5769.70He choseH977 DavidH1732 also his servantH5650,And tookH3947 him from the sheepfolds:71From following the ewes that have their young he broughtH935 him,To be the shepherdH7462 of JacobH3290 his peopleH5971, and IsraelH3478 his inheritanceH5159.72So he was their shepherdH7462 according to the integrityH8537 of his heartH3824,And guidedH5148 them by the skilfulness of his handsH3709.
Commentaries on Psalms 78
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain
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