Psalms 78
78
Israel from Moses to David
1A contemplative song of Asaph. Listen, my people, to my teaching. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.
2I will open my mouth with a parable. I will utter perplexing sayings from of old,
3which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
4We will not hide them from their children, telling to the next generation the praises of Adonai and His strength and the wonders He has done.
5For He established a testimony in Jacob and ordained Torah in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach their children,
6so that the next generation might know, even the children yet to be born: they will arise and tell their children.
7Then they will put their trust in God, not forgetting the works of God, but keeping His mitzvot.
8So they will not be like their fathers— a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that did not prepare its heart, whose spirit was not loyal to God.
9The sons of Ephraim were archers armed with bows, yet they turned back in the day of battle.
10They did not keep God’s covenant and refused to walk in His Torah.
11They forgot His deeds and His wonders that He had shown them.
12He did miracles in front of their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the plain of Zoan.
13He split the sea and led them through, and He made the water stand like a wall.
14By day He led them with a cloud and all night with a light of fire.
15He split apart rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the depths.
16So He brought streams out of a rock, and made waters flow down like rivers.
17Yet they added more sinning against Him, rebelling against Elyon in the desert.
18They put God to the test in their heart by demanding food for their craving.
19Then they spoke against God, saying, “Can God set a table in the wilderness?
20See, He struck the rock, waters gushed out, streams overflowed. But can He give bread? Will He provide meat for His people?”
21When Adonai heard, He was angry. A fire was kindled against Jacob, and fury also rose against Israel.
22For they did not believe in God or trust in His salvation.
23Yet He commanded the skies above and opened the doors of heaven,
24and rained down manna upon them to eat, and gave them grain of heaven.
25Man did eat the bread of angels. He sent them abundant provision.
26He loosed the east wind in the skies, and by His power He drove the south wind.
27He rained meat upon them like dust, and winged fowl like sand of the seas.
28And He let it fall amidst their camp, all around their tents.
29So they ate and were very full— for He gave them their desire.
30No longer a stranger from their desire, while their food was still in their mouths,
31the anger of God rose against them and slew the stoutest of them, and struck down young men of Israel.
32Despite all this they sinned still more, and did not trust in His wonders.
33So He ended their days in futility and their years in terror.
34But when He slew them, then they sought Him, and turned back, and desired God eagerly.
35Then they remembered that God was their Rock and El Elyon their Redeemer.
36But they flattered Him with their mouth and kept lying to Him with their tongue.
37For their heart was not steadfast with Him, nor were they faithful to His covenant.
38But He is compassionate, forgives iniquity and does not destroy. Yes, many times He restrains His anger, and does not stir up all His wrath.
39For He remembered that they are but flesh, a passing breath that never returns.
40How often they rebelled against Him in the wilderness, and grieved Him in the desert!
41Again and again they tested God, and pained the Holy One of Israel.
42They did not remember His hand— the day He redeemed them from the foe,
43when He displayed His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the plain of Zoan.
44He turned their rivers into blood, so they could not drink from their streams.
45He sent on them flies to devour them, and frogs to devastate them,
46and gave their crops to the grasshopper, and their labor to the locust.
47He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore trees with frost,
48and gave over their cattle to the hail, and their flocks to fiery bolts.
49He sent on them the fury of His anger —wrath and indignation and trouble— a band of evil angels.
50He cleared a path for His anger. He spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the plague.
51He struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of Ham.
52But He brought His people out like sheep, and led them in the wilderness like a flock.
53He led them to safety, so they did not fear, but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
54Then He brought them to His holy territory, to the mountain His right hand had gotten.
55He drove out nations before them, and allotted them an inheritance. He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
56Yet they tested and rebelled against El Elyon, and did not keep His decrees.
57Like their fathers they turned and were treacherous. They turned aside like a faulty bow.
58For they provoked Him with their high places, so they aroused His jealousy with their graven images.
59God heard and was furious, and He greatly detested Israel.
60He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He pitched among men.
61He gave up His strength into captivity, and His glory into the adversary’s hand.
62He gave His people over to the sword, when He was angry at His inheritance.
63Fire consumed their young men, and their virgins had no wedding songs.
64Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows could not weep.
65Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, as a warrior shaking off wine.
66He beat back His foes, putting them to lasting scorn.
67Then He detested Joseph’s tent and chose not the tribe of Ephraim.
68Instead He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.
69He built His Sanctuary like the heights, like the earth that He established forever.
70He also chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds,
71from following nursing ewes. He brought him to shepherd Jacob His people, and Israel His inheritance.
72So He shepherded them with the integrity of His heart, and led them with His skillful hands.
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Psalms 78
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Psalm 78
A maskil#Title: Probably a literary or musical term of Asaph.
1My people, hear my teaching;
listen to the words of my mouth.
2I will open my mouth with a parable;
I will utter hidden things, things from of old—
3things we have heard and known,
things our ancestors have told us.
4We will not hide them from their descendants;
we will tell the next generation
the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord,
his power, and the wonders he has done.
5He decreed statutes for Jacob
and established the law in Israel,
which he commanded our ancestors
to teach their children,
6so the next generation would know them,
even the children yet to be born,
and they in turn would tell their children.
7Then they would put their trust in God
and would not forget his deeds
but would keep his commands.
8They would not be like their ancestors—
a stubborn and rebellious generation,
whose hearts were not loyal to God,
whose spirits were not faithful to him.
9The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows,
turned back on the day of battle;
10they did not keep God’s covenant
and refused to live by his law.
11They forgot what he had done,
the wonders he had shown them.
12He did miracles in the sight of their ancestors
in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
13He divided the sea and led them through;
he made the water stand up like a wall.
14He guided them with the cloud by day
and with light from the fire all night.
15He split the rocks in the wilderness
and gave them water as abundant as the seas;
16he brought streams out of a rocky crag
and made water flow down like rivers.
17But they continued to sin against him,
rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High.
18They willfully put God to the test
by demanding the food they craved.
19They spoke against God;
they said, “Can God really
spread a table in the wilderness?
20True, he struck the rock,
and water gushed out,
streams flowed abundantly,
but can he also give us bread?
Can he supply meat for his people?”
21When the Lord heard them, he was furious;
his fire broke out against Jacob,
and his wrath rose against Israel,
22for they did not believe in God
or trust in his deliverance.
23Yet he gave a command to the skies above
and opened the doors of the heavens;
24he rained down manna for the people to eat,
he gave them the grain of heaven.
25Human beings ate the bread of angels;
he sent them all the food they could eat.
26He let loose the east wind from the heavens
and by his power made the south wind blow.
27He rained meat down on them like dust,
birds like sand on the seashore.
28He made them come down inside their camp,
all around their tents.
29They ate till they were gorged—
he had given them what they craved.
30But before they turned from what they craved,
even while the food was still in their mouths,
31God’s anger rose against them;
he put to death the sturdiest among them,
cutting down the young men of Israel.
32In spite of all this, they kept on sinning;
in spite of his wonders, they did not believe.
33So he ended their days in futility
and their years in terror.
34Whenever God slew them, they would seek him;
they eagerly turned to him again.
35They remembered that God was their Rock,
that God Most High was their Redeemer.
36But then they would flatter him with their mouths,
lying to him with their tongues;
37their hearts were not loyal to him,
they were not faithful to his covenant.
38Yet he was merciful;
he forgave their iniquities
and did not destroy them.
Time after time he restrained his anger
and did not stir up his full wrath.
39He remembered that they were but flesh,
a passing breeze that does not return.
40How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness
and grieved him in the wasteland!
41Again and again they put God to the test;
they vexed the Holy One of Israel.
42They did not remember his power—
the day he redeemed them from the oppressor,
43the day he displayed his signs in Egypt,
his wonders in the region of Zoan.
44He turned their river into blood;
they could not drink from their streams.
45He sent swarms of flies that devoured them,
and frogs that devastated them.
46He gave their crops to the grasshopper,
their produce to the locust.
47He destroyed their vines with hail
and their sycamore-figs with sleet.
48He gave over their cattle to the hail,
their livestock to bolts of lightning.
49He unleashed against them his hot anger,
his wrath, indignation and hostility—
a band of destroying angels.
50He prepared a path for his anger;
he did not spare them from death
but gave them over to the plague.
51He struck down all the firstborn of Egypt,
the firstfruits of manhood in the tents of Ham.
52But he brought his people out like a flock;
he led them like sheep through the wilderness.
53He guided them safely, so they were unafraid;
but the sea engulfed their enemies.
54And so he brought them to the border of his holy land,
to the hill country his right hand had taken.
55He drove out nations before them
and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance;
he settled the tribes of Israel in their homes.
56But they put God to the test
and rebelled against the Most High;
they did not keep his statutes.
57Like their ancestors they were disloyal and faithless,
as unreliable as a faulty bow.
58They angered him with their high places;
they aroused his jealousy with their idols.
59When God heard them, he was furious;
he rejected Israel completely.
60He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh,
the tent he had set up among humans.
61He sent the ark of his might into captivity,
his splendor into the hands of the enemy.
62He gave his people over to the sword;
he was furious with his inheritance.
63Fire consumed their young men,
and their young women had no wedding songs;
64their priests were put to the sword,
and their widows could not weep.
65Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,
as a warrior wakes from the stupor of wine.
66He beat back his enemies;
he put them to everlasting shame.
67Then he rejected the tents of Joseph,
he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim;
68but he chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount Zion, which he loved.
69He built his sanctuary like the heights,
like the earth that he established forever.
70He chose David his servant
and took him from the sheep pens;
71from tending the sheep he brought him
to be the shepherd of his people Jacob,
of Israel his inheritance.
72And David shepherded them with integrity of heart;
with skillful hands he led them.
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