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New American Standard Bible 1995

Psalms 78:9-67

9The sons of Ephraim 1were 2archers equipped with bows, Yet 3they turned back in the day of battle.10They 4did not keep the covenant of God And refused to 5walk in His law;11They 6forgot His deeds And His 7miracles that He had shown them.128He wrought wonders before their fathers In the land of Egypt, in the 9field of Zoan.13He 10divided the sea and caused them to pass through, And He made the waters stand 11up like a heap.14Then He led them with the cloud by 12day And all the night with a 13light of fire.15He 14split the rocks in the wilderness And gave them abundant drink like the ocean depths.16He 15brought forth streams also from the rock And caused waters to run down like rivers.

17Yet they still continued to sin against Him, To 16rebel against the Most High in the desert.18And in their heart they 17put God to the test By asking 18food according to their desire.19Then they spoke against God; They said, “19Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?20Behold, He 20struck the rock so that waters gushed out, And streams were overflowing; Can He give bread also? Will He provide 2122meat for His people?”

21Therefore the Lord heard and 23was 24full of wrath; And a fire was kindled against Jacob And anger also mounted against Israel,22Because they 25did not believe in God And did not trust in His salvation.23Yet He commanded the clouds above And 26opened the doors of heaven;24He 27rained down manna upon them to eat And gave them 2829food from heaven.25Man did eat the bread of 30angels; He sent them 31food 3233in abundance.26He 34caused the east wind to blow in the heavens And by His 35power He directed the south wind.27When He rained 36meat upon them like the dust, Even 37winged fowl like the sand of the seas,28Then He let them fall in the midst of 38their camp, Round about their dwellings.29So they 39ate and were well filled, And their desire He gave to them.3040Before they had satisfied their desire, 41While their food was in their mouths,31The 42anger of God rose against them And killed 43some of their 44stoutest ones, And 45subdued the choice men of Israel.32In spite of all this they 46still sinned And 47did not believe in His wonderful works.33So He brought 48their days to an end in 49futility And their years in sudden terror.

34When He killed them, then they 50sought Him, And returned and searched 51diligently for God;35And they remembered that God was their 52rock, And the Most High God their 53Redeemer.36But they 54deceived Him with their mouth And 55lied to Him with their tongue.37For their heart was not 56steadfast toward Him, Nor were they faithful in His covenant.38But He, being 57compassionate, 5859forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them; And often He 6061restrained His anger And did not arouse all His wrath.39Thus 62He remembered that they were but 63flesh, A 6465wind that passes and does not return.

40How often they 66rebelled against Him in the wilderness And 67grieved Him in the 68desert!41Again and again they 6970tempted God, And pained the 71Holy One of Israel.42They 72did not remember 73His 74power, The day when He 75redeemed them from the adversary,43When He performed His 76signs in Egypt And His 77marvels in the field of Zoan,44And 78turned their rivers to blood, And their streams, they could not drink.45He sent among them swarms of 79flies which devoured them, And 80frogs which destroyed them.46He gave also their crops to the 81grasshopper And the product of their labor to the 82locust.47He 83destroyed their vines with 84hailstones And their sycamore trees with frost.48He gave over their 85cattle also to the hailstones And their herds to bolts of lightning.49He 86sent upon them His burning anger, Fury and indignation and trouble, 87A band of destroying angels.50He leveled a path for His anger; He did not spare their soul from death, But 88gave over their life to the plague,51And 89smote all the firstborn in Egypt, The 90first issue of their virility in the tents of 91Ham.52But He 92led forth His own people like sheep And guided them in the wilderness 93like a flock;53He led them 94safely, so that they did not fear; But 95the sea engulfed their enemies.

54So 96He brought them to His holy 97land, To this 9899hill country 100which His right hand had gained.55He also 101drove out the nations before them And 102apportioned them for an inheritance by measurement, And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.56Yet they 103104tempted and 105rebelled against the Most High God And did not keep His testimonies,57But turned back and 106acted treacherously like their fathers; They 107turned aside like a treacherous bow.58For they 108provoked Him with their 109high places And 110aroused His jealousy with their 111graven images.59When God heard, He 112was filled with 113wrath And greatly 114abhorred Israel;60So that He 115abandoned the 116dwelling place at Shiloh, The tent 117which He had pitched among men,61And gave up His 118strength to captivity And His glory 119into the hand of the adversary.62He also 120delivered His people to the sword, And 121was filled with wrath at His inheritance.63122Fire devoured 123His young men, And 124His 125virgins had no wedding songs.64126His 127priests fell by the sword, And 128His 129widows could not weep.

65Then the Lord 130awoke as if from sleep, Like a 131warrior 132overcome by wine.66He 133134drove His adversaries backward; He put on them an everlasting reproach.67He also 135rejected the tent of Joseph, And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,

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  1. 1. Psalms 78:9 Or being ↩
  2. 2. Psalms 78:9 1 Chr 12:2 ↩
  3. 3. Psalms 78:9 Judg 20:39; Ps 78:57 ↩
  4. 4. Psalms 78:10 Judg 2:20; 1 Kin 11:11; 2 Kin 17:15; 18:12 ↩
  5. 5. Psalms 78:10 Ps 119:1; Jer 32:23; 44:10, 23 ↩
  6. 6. Psalms 78:11 Ps 106:13 ↩
  7. 7. Psalms 78:11 Or wonderful works ↩
  8. 8. Psalms 78:12 Ex chs 7-12; Ps 106:22 ↩
  9. 9. Psalms 78:12 Num 13:22; Ps 78:43; Is 19:11; 30:4; Ezek 30:14 ↩
  10. 10. Psalms 78:13 Ex 14:21; Ps 74:13; 136:13 ↩
  11. 11. Psalms 78:13 Ex 15:8; Ps 33:7 ↩
  12. 12. Psalms 78:14 Ex 13:21; Ps 105:39 ↩
  13. 13. Psalms 78:14 Ex 14:24 ↩
  14. 14. Psalms 78:15 Ex 17:6; Num 20:11; Ps 105:41; 114:8; Is 48:21; 1 Cor 10:4 ↩
  15. 15. Psalms 78:16 Num 20:8, 10, 11 ↩
  16. 16. Psalms 78:17 Deut 9:22; Is 63:10; Heb 3:16 ↩
  17. 17. Psalms 78:18 Ex 17:6; Deut 6:16; Ps 78:41, 56; 95:9; 106:14; 1 Cor 10:9 ↩
  18. 18. Psalms 78:18 Num 11:4 ↩
  19. 19. Psalms 78:19 Ex 16:3; Num 11:4; 20:3; 21:5; Ps 23:5 ↩
  20. 20. Psalms 78:20 Num 20:11; Ps 78:15, 16 ↩
  21. 21. Psalms 78:20 Lit flesh ↩
  22. 22. Psalms 78:20 Num 11:18 ↩
  23. 23. Psalms 78:21 Or became infuriated ↩
  24. 24. Psalms 78:21 Num 11:1 ↩
  25. 25. Psalms 78:22 Deut 1:32; 9:23; Heb 3:18 ↩
  26. 26. Psalms 78:23 Gen 7:11; Mal 3:10 ↩
  27. 27. Psalms 78:24 Ex 16:4 ↩
  28. 28. Psalms 78:24 Lit grain ↩
  29. 29. Psalms 78:24 Ps 105:40; John 6:31 ↩
  30. 30. Psalms 78:25 Lit mighty ones ↩
  31. 31. Psalms 78:25 Or provision ↩
  32. 32. Psalms 78:25 Lit to satiation ↩
  33. 33. Psalms 78:25 Ex 16:3 ↩
  34. 34. Psalms 78:26 Num 11:31 ↩
  35. 35. Psalms 78:26 Or strength ↩
  36. 36. Psalms 78:27 Lit flesh ↩
  37. 37. Psalms 78:27 Ex 16:13; Ps 105:40 ↩
  38. 38. Psalms 78:28 Lit His ↩
  39. 39. Psalms 78:29 Num 11:19, 20 ↩
  40. 40. Psalms 78:30 Lit They were not estranged from ↩
  41. 41. Psalms 78:30 Num 11:33 ↩
  42. 42. Psalms 78:31 Num 11:33, 34; Job 20:23 ↩
  43. 43. Psalms 78:31 Lit among their fat ones ↩
  44. 44. Psalms 78:31 Is 10:16 ↩
  45. 45. Psalms 78:31 Lit caused to bow down ↩
  46. 46. Psalms 78:32 Num chs 14, 16, 17 ↩
  47. 47. Psalms 78:32 Num 14:11; Ps 78:11 ↩
  48. 48. Psalms 78:33 Num 14:29, 35 ↩
  49. 49. Psalms 78:33 Lit vanity, a mere breath ↩
  50. 50. Psalms 78:34 Num 21:7; Hos 5:15 ↩
  51. 51. Psalms 78:34 Ps 63:1 ↩
  52. 52. Psalms 78:35 Deut 32:4 ↩
  53. 53. Psalms 78:35 Ex 15:13; Deut 9:26; Ps 74:2; Is 41:14 ↩
  54. 54. Psalms 78:36 Ex 24:7, 8; Ezek 33:31 ↩
  55. 55. Psalms 78:36 Ex 32:7, 8; Is 57:11 ↩
  56. 56. Psalms 78:37 Ps 51:10; 78:8; Acts 8:21 ↩
  57. 57. Psalms 78:38 Ex 34:6 ↩
  58. 58. Psalms 78:38 Lit covered over, atoned for ↩
  59. 59. Psalms 78:38 Num 14:18-20 ↩
  60. 60. Psalms 78:38 Lit turned away ↩
  61. 61. Psalms 78:38 Is 48:9 ↩
  62. 62. Psalms 78:39 Job 10:9; Ps 103:14 ↩
  63. 63. Psalms 78:39 Gen 6:3 ↩
  64. 64. Psalms 78:39 Or breath ↩
  65. 65. Psalms 78:39 Job 7:7, 16; Ps 103:14; James 4:14 ↩
  66. 66. Psalms 78:40 Ps 95:8, 9; 106:43; 107:11; Heb 3:16 ↩
  67. 67. Psalms 78:40 Ps 95:10; Is 63:10; Eph 4:30 ↩
  68. 68. Psalms 78:40 Ps 106:14 ↩
  69. 69. Psalms 78:41 Or put God to the test ↩
  70. 70. Psalms 78:41 Num 14:22 ↩
  71. 71. Psalms 78:41 2 Kin 19:22; Ps 89:18 ↩
  72. 72. Psalms 78:42 Judg 8:34 ↩
  73. 73. Psalms 78:42 Ps 44:3 ↩
  74. 74. Psalms 78:42 Lit hand ↩
  75. 75. Psalms 78:42 Ps 106:10 ↩
  76. 76. Psalms 78:43 Ps 105:27 ↩
  77. 77. Psalms 78:43 Ex 4:21; 7:3 ↩
  78. 78. Psalms 78:44 Ex 7:20; Ps 105:29 ↩
  79. 79. Psalms 78:45 Ex 8:24; Ps 105:31 ↩
  80. 80. Psalms 78:45 Ex 8:6; Ps 105:30 ↩
  81. 81. Psalms 78:46 1 Kin 8:37; Ps 105:34 ↩
  82. 82. Psalms 78:46 Ex 10:14 ↩
  83. 83. Psalms 78:47 Lit was killing ↩
  84. 84. Psalms 78:47 Ex 9:23-25; Ps 105:32 ↩
  85. 85. Psalms 78:48 Ex 9:19 ↩
  86. 86. Psalms 78:49 Ex 15:7 ↩
  87. 87. Psalms 78:49 Lit A deputation of angels of evil ↩
  88. 88. Psalms 78:50 Ex 12:29, 30 ↩
  89. 89. Psalms 78:51 Ex 12:29; Ps 105:36; 135:8; 136:10 ↩
  90. 90. Psalms 78:51 Gen 49:3 ↩
  91. 91. Psalms 78:51 Ps 105:23, 27; 106:22 ↩
  92. 92. Psalms 78:52 Ex 15:22 ↩
  93. 93. Psalms 78:52 Ps 77:20 ↩
  94. 94. Psalms 78:53 Ex 14:19, 20 ↩
  95. 95. Psalms 78:53 Ex 14:27, 28; Ps 106:11 ↩
  96. 96. Psalms 78:54 Ex 15:17 ↩
  97. 97. Psalms 78:54 Lit border, territory ↩
  98. 98. Psalms 78:54 Or mountain ↩
  99. 99. Psalms 78:54 Ps 68:16; Is 11:9 ↩
  100. 100. Psalms 78:54 Ps 44:3 ↩
  101. 101. Psalms 78:55 Josh 11:16-23; Ps 44:2 ↩
  102. 102. Psalms 78:55 Josh 13:7; 23:4; Ps 105:11; 135:12 ↩
  103. 103. Psalms 78:56 Or put to the test ↩
  104. 104. Psalms 78:56 Ps 78:18 ↩
  105. 105. Psalms 78:56 Judg 2:11-13; Ps 78:40 ↩
  106. 106. Psalms 78:57 Ezek 20:27, 28 ↩
  107. 107. Psalms 78:57 Hos 7:16 ↩
  108. 108. Psalms 78:58 Deut 4:25; Judg 2:12; 1 Kin 14:9; Is 65:3 ↩
  109. 109. Psalms 78:58 Lev 26:30; 1 Kin 3:2; 2 Kin 16:4; Jer 17:3 ↩
  110. 110. Psalms 78:58 Deut 32:16, 21; 1 Kin 14:22 ↩
  111. 111. Psalms 78:58 Ex 20:4; Lev 26:1; Deut 4:25 ↩
  112. 112. Psalms 78:59 Or became infuriated ↩
  113. 113. Psalms 78:59 Deut 1:34; 9:19; Ps 106:40 ↩
  114. 114. Psalms 78:59 Lev 26:30; Deut 32:19; Amos 6:8 ↩
  115. 115. Psalms 78:60 1 Sam 4:11; Ps 78:67; Jer 7:12, 14; 26:6 ↩
  116. 116. Psalms 78:60 Josh 18:1 ↩
  117. 117. Psalms 78:60 Some ancient versions read where He dwelt ↩
  118. 118. Psalms 78:61 Ps 63:2; 132:8 ↩
  119. 119. Psalms 78:61 1 Sam 4:17 ↩
  120. 120. Psalms 78:62 Judg 20:21; 1 Sam 4:10 ↩
  121. 121. Psalms 78:62 Or became infuriated ↩
  122. 122. Psalms 78:63 Num 11:1; 21:28; Is 26:11; Jer 48:45 ↩
  123. 123. Psalms 78:63 Or their ↩
  124. 124. Psalms 78:63 Or their ↩
  125. 125. Psalms 78:63 Jer 7:34; 16:9; Lam 2:21 ↩
  126. 126. Psalms 78:64 Or their ↩
  127. 127. Psalms 78:64 1 Sam 4:17; 22:18 ↩
  128. 128. Psalms 78:64 Or their ↩
  129. 129. Psalms 78:64 Job 27:15; Ezek 24:23 ↩
  130. 130. Psalms 78:65 Ps 44:23; 73:20 ↩
  131. 131. Psalms 78:65 Is 42:13 ↩
  132. 132. Psalms 78:65 Or sobered up from ↩
  133. 133. Psalms 78:66 Lit smote ↩
  134. 134. Psalms 78:66 1 Sam 5:6 ↩
  135. 135. Psalms 78:67 Ps 78:60 ↩

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