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Psalms 78

An instruction. 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 riddlesH2420 from of old,3Which we have heardH8085 and knownH3045, and our fathersH1 have told us:4We will not hideH3582 [them] from their sonsH1121, shewing forth to the generationH1755 to come the praisesH8416 of Jehovah, and his strength, and his marvellous works which 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 knowH3045 [them], the children that should be bornH3205; that they might riseH6965 up and tell [them] to their children,7And that they might setH7760 their hope in 1GodH430, and not forgetH7911 the works of 2GodH430, but observeH5341 his commandmentsH4687;8And might not beH1961 as their fathersH1, a stubbornH5637 and rebelliousH4784 generationH1755, a generationH1755 that preparedH3559 not their heartH3820, and whose spiritH7307 wasH1961 not stedfast with 3GodH410.9The sonsH1121 of EphraimH669, armed bowmen, turnedH2015 backH2015 in the dayH3117 of battleH7128.10They keptH8104 not the covenantH1285 of 4GodH430, and refusedH3985 to walk in his lawH8451;11And forgotH7911 his doings, and his marvellous works which he had shewn them.12In the sight of their fathersH1 had he done wondersH6382, in the landH776 of EgyptH4714, the fieldH7704 of ZoanH6814.13He clave the seaH3220, and caused them to passH5674 through; and made the watersH4325 to standH5324 as a heap;14And he ledH5148 them with a cloudH6051 in the daytimeH3119, and all the nightH3915 with the lightH216 of fireH784.15He clave rocksH6697 in the wildernessH4057, and gaveH8248 [them] drinkH8248 as out of the depthsH8415, abundantly;16And he broughtH3318 streams out of the rockH5553, and caused watersH4325 to run down like riversH5104.17YetH5750 they stillH5750 went on sinningH2398 against him, provoking the Most High in the desert;18And they tempted 5GodH410 in their heartH3824, by askingH7592 meat for their lust;19And they spokeH1696 against 6GodH430: they saidH559, Is 7GodH430 ableH3201 to prepareH6186 a tableH7979 in the wildernessH4057?20Behold, he smote the rockH6697, and watersH4325 gushed out, and streams overflowed; is he ableH3201 to giveH5414 breadH3899 alsoH1571, or provide fleshH7607 for his peopleH5971?21ThereforeH3651 Jehovah heardH8085, and was wroth; and fireH784 was kindled against JacobH3290, and angerH639 alsoH1571 wentH5927 up against IsraelH3478:22Because they believedH539 not in 8GodH430, and confided not in his salvationH3444;23Though he had commandedH6680 the cloudsH7834 from above, and had openedH6605 the doorsH1817 of the heavensH8064,24And had rainedH4305 downH4305 mannaH4478 upon them to eatH398, and had givenH5414 them the corn of the heavensH8064.25ManH376 did eatH398 the breadH3899 of the mightyH47; he sentH7971 them provision to the full.26He caused the eastH6921 windH6921 to rise in the heavensH8064, and by his strengthH5797 he brought the southH8486 windH6921;27And he rainedH4305 fleshH7607 upon them as dustH6083, and feathered fowl as the sandH2344 of the seasH3220,28And he let it fallH5307 in the midstH7130 of their campH4264, roundH5439 about their habitations:29And they did eatH398, and were well filled; for that they lusted after, he broughtH935 to them.30They were not alienated from their lust, their meat was yetH5750 in their mouthsH6310,31When the angerH639 of 9GodH430 wentH5927 up against them; and he slewH2026 the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen menH970 of IsraelH3478.32For all this, they sinnedH2398 stillH5750, and believedH539 not in his marvellous works;33And he consumed their daysH3117 in vanityH1892, and their yearsH8141 in terrorH928.34When he slewH2026 them, then they soughtH1875 him, and returnedH7725 and soughtH1875 early after 10GodH410;35And they rememberedH2142 that 11GodH430 was their rockH6697, and 12GodH430, the Most High, their redeemerH1350.36But they flattered him with their mouthH6310, and liedH3576 unto him with their tongueH3956;37For their heartH3820 was not firm toward him, neither were they stedfast in his covenantH1285.38But he was merciful: he forgave the iniquityH5771, and destroyedH7843 [them] not; but manyH7235 a time turnedH7725 he his angerH639 awayH7725, and did not stirH5782 up all his fury:39And he rememberedH2142 that they were fleshH1320, a breathH7307 that passeth awayH7725 and cometh not again.40HowH4100 oft did they provoke him in the wildernessH4057, and grieve him in the desert!41And they turnedH7725 again and tempted 13GodH410, and grieved the HolyH6918 OneH6918 of IsraelH3478.42They rememberedH2142 not his handH3027, the dayH3117 when he delivered them from the oppressor,43How he setH7760 his signsH226 in EgyptH4714, and his miracles in the fieldH7704 of ZoanH6814;44And turnedH2015 their riversH2975 into bloodH1818, and their streams, that they could not drinkH8354;45He sentH7971 dog-flies among them, which devouredH398 them, and frogsH6854, which destroyedH7843 them;46And he gaveH5414 their increase unto the caterpillar, and their labour unto the locustH697;47He killedH2026 their vinesH1612 with hailH1259, and their sycamore trees with hail-stones;48And he deliveredH5462 up their cattle to the hailH1259, and their flocks to thunderbolts.49He cast upon them the fierceness of his angerH639, wrathH5678, and indignationH2195, and distressH6869, — a mission of angelsH4397 of woes.50He made a way for his angerH639; he spared not their soulH5315 from deathH4194, but gave their lifeH5315 over to the pestilenceH1698;51And he smote all the firstbornH1060 in EgyptH4714, the first-fruits of their vigour in the tentsH168 of HamH2526.52And he made his own peopleH5971 to go forth like sheepH6629, and guided them in the wildernessH4057 like a flockH6629;53And he ledH5148 them safely, so that they were without fearH6342; and the seaH3220 coveredH3680 their enemiesH341.54And he broughtH935 them to his holyH6944 borderH1366, this mountainH2022, which his rightH3225 handH3225 purchased;55And he droveH1644 out the nationsH1471 before them, and allotted them for an inheritanceH5159 by line, and made the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478 to dwellH7931 in their tentsH168.56But they tempted and provoked 14GodH430, the Most High, and keptH8104 not his testimonies,57And they drew backH5472 and dealtH898 treacherouslyH898 like their fathersH1: they turnedH2015 like a deceitful bowH7198.58And they provokedH3707 him to angerH3707 with their highH1116 placesH1116, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.59 15GodH430 heardH8085, and was wroth, and greatly abhorred IsraelH3478:60And he forsook the tabernacleH4908 at ShilohH7887, the tentH168 where he had dweltH7931 among menH120,61And gaveH5414 his strengthH5797 into captivityH7628, and his gloryH8597 into the handH3027 of the oppressor;62And deliveredH5462 up his peopleH5971 unto the swordH2719, and was very wroth with his inheritanceH5159:63The fireH784 consumedH398 their youngH970 menH970, and their maidens were not praisedH1984 in [nuptial] song;64Their priestsH3548 fellH5307 by the swordH2719, and their widowsH490 made no lamentation.65Then the LordH136 awokeH3364 as oneH1368 out of sleepH3463, like a mightyH1368 manH1368 that shouteth aloudH7442 by reason of wineH3196;66And he smote his adversaries in the hinder part, and putH5414 them to everlasting reproachH2781.67And he rejectedH3988 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 foundedH3245 for everH5769.70And he choseH977 DavidH1732 his servantH5650, and tookH3947 him from the sheepfolds:71From following the suckling-ewes, he broughtH935 him to feedH7462 JacobH3290 his peopleH5971, and IsraelH3478 his inheritanceH5159.72And he fed them according to the integrityH8537 of his heartH3824, and ledH5148 them by the skilfulness of his handsH3709.

Notes

1. Psalms 78:7 78.7 Elohim ↩
2. Psalms 78:7 78.7 El ↩
3. Psalms 78:8 78.8 El ↩
4. Psalms 78:10 78.10 Elohim ↩
5. Psalms 78:18 78.18 El ↩
6. Psalms 78:19 78.19 Elohim ↩
7. Psalms 78:19 78.19 El ↩
8. Psalms 78:22 78.22 Elohim ↩
9. Psalms 78:31 78.31 Elohim ↩
10. Psalms 78:34 78.34 El ↩
11. Psalms 78:35 78.35 Elohim ↩
12. Psalms 78:35 78.35 El ↩
13. Psalms 78:41 78.41 El ↩
14. Psalms 78:56 78.56 Elohim ↩
15. Psalms 78:59 78.59 Elohim ↩

Commentaries on Psalms 78

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