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Psalms 78
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1Give ear, O my people, to my law: Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
1My people, listen to my teaching; pay attention to what I am saying.
2I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,
2I will speak using a parable; I will tell secrets from the ancient past,
3Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.
3things we have heard and known, things our ancestors have told us.
4We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, And his strength, and his wondrous works that he hath done.
4We will not hide them from their children. We will tell the next generation about the praises of Jehovah, his power, and the wonderful things he has done.
5For he established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which he commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children;
5He gave laws to the people of Jacob and set up a system of instruction in Israel. He commanded our ancestors to teach these things to their children,
6That the generation to come might knowthem, even the children that should be born; Who should arise and tellthemto their children,
6so that the next generation might know them—even children not yet born—and they in turn would tell their own children.
7That they might set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep his commandments,
7Then they would put their trust in God and not forget his great deeds, but would faithfully keep his commands.
8And might not be as their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that set not their heart aright, And whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
8They would not be like their ancestors—a stubborn and rebellious generation whose hearts were not loyal to God and whose spirits were not faithful to him.
9The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle.
9The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows, turned and ran away on the day of battle.
10They kept not the covenant of God, And refused to walk in his law;
10They did not keep God’s covenant and refused to live by his laws.
11And they forgat his doings, And his wondrous works that he had showed them.
11They forgot what he had done and the miracles he had shown them.
12Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
12He did amazing things in front of their ancestors in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
13He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through; And he made the waters to stand as a heap.
13He split the sea and led them through it; he made the water stand up like a wall.
14In the day-time also he led them with a cloud, And all the night with a light of fire.
14He guided them with a cloud during the day and with the light of a fire all through the night.
15He clave rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.
15He split open rocks in the wilderness and gave them plenty of water, as if it were from the deep ocean.
16He brought streams also out of the rock, And caused waters to run down like rivers.
16He made streams come out of the rock and caused water to flow down like rivers.
17Yet went they on still to sin against him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.
17But they kept on sinning against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
18And they tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire.
18They tested God in their hearts by demanding the specific food they craved.
19Yea, they spake against God; They said, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
19They spoke against God, saying, 'Can God really provide a feast in the wilderness?'
20Behold, he smote the rock, so that waters gushed out, And streams overflowed; Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?
20'True, he hit the rock and water gushed out until the streams overflowed, but can he also give us bread? Can he provide meat for his people?'
21Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth; And a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger also went up against Israel;
21When Jehovah heard them, he was very angry. A fire broke out against Jacob, and his anger rose against Israel,
22Because they believed not in God, And trusted not in his salvation.
22because they did not believe in God or trust him to save them.
23Yet he commanded the skies above, And opened the doors of heaven;
23Yet he gave orders to the clouds above and opened the doors of heaven.
24And he rained down manna upon them to eat, And gave them food from heaven.
24He rained down manna for them to eat; he gave them grain from heaven.
25Man did eat the bread of the mighty: He sent them food to the full.
25Human beings ate the food of angels; he sent them all the food they could eat.
26He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens; And by his power he guided the south wind.
26He released the east wind from the heavens and guided the south wind by his power.
27He rained flesh also upon them as the dust, And winged birds as the sand of the seas:
27He rained meat down on them like dust, and birds like the sand on the seashore.
28And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, Round about their habitations.
28He made the birds fall right in the middle of their camp, all around their tents.
29So they did eat, and were well filled; And he gave them their own desire.
29So they ate and were completely full; he gave them exactly what they craved.
30They were not estranged from that which they desired, Their food was yet in their mouths,
30But before they had even finished eating, while the food was still in their mouths,
31When the anger of God went up against them, And slew of the fattest of them, And smote down the young men of Israel.
31God’s anger rose against them. He killed the strongest among them and struck down the young men of Israel.
32For all this they sinned still, And believed not in his wondrous works.
32In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; they still did not believe in his miracles.
33Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, And their years in terror.
33So he ended their days in futility and their years in terror.
34When he slew them, then they inquired after him; And they returned and sought God earnestly.
34Whenever he killed some of them, the survivors would search for him; they would turn back and seek God eagerly.
35And they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their redeemer.
35They remembered that God was their Rock, and the Most High God was their Redeemer.
36But they flattered him with their mouth, And lied unto him with their tongue.
36But they only tried to flatter him with their mouths; they lied to him with their tongues.
37For their heart was not right with him, Neither were they faithful in his covenant.
37Their hearts were not truly loyal to him, and they were not faithful to his covenant.
38But he, being merciful, forgave theiriniquity, and destroyedthemnot: Yea, many a time turned he his anger away, And did not stir up all his wrath.
38Yet he was merciful; he forgave their sins and did not destroy them. Many times he held back his anger and did not let his full fury break loose.
39And he remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
39He remembered that they were only human—a passing breeze that blows by and does not return.
40How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness, And grieve him in the desert!
40How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the desert!
41And they turned again and tempted God, And provoked the Holy One of Israel.
41Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
42They remembered not his hand, Nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;
42They did not remember his power or the day he rescued them from their enemy.
43How he set his signs in Egypt, And his wonders in the field of Zoan,
43They forgot the signs he performed in Egypt and the miracles in the region of Zoan.
44And turned their rivers into blood, And their streams, so that they could not drink.
44He turned their rivers into blood so they could not drink from the streams.
45He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; And frogs, which destroyed them.
45He sent swarms of flies that bit them and frogs that devastated them.
46He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar, And their labor unto the locust.
46He gave their crops to caterpillars and their hard-earned harvests to locusts.
47He destroyed their vines with hail, And their sycomore-trees with frost.
47He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamore trees with sleet.
48He gave over their cattle also to the hail, And their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
48He gave their cattle over to the hail and their livestock to bolts of lightning.
49He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, Wrath, and indignation, and trouble, A band of angels of evil.
49He poured out his fierce anger on them—fury, indignation, and hostility—a band of destroying angels.
50He made a path for his anger; He spared not their soul from death, But gave their life over to the pestilence,
50He cleared a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death but gave them over to a deadly plague.
51And smote all the first-born in Egypt, The chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.
51He struck down all the oldest sons in Egypt, the firstborn of their strength in the tents of Ham.
52But he led forth his own people like sheep, And guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
52But he led his own people out like sheep and guided them through the wilderness like a flock.
53And he led them safely, so that they feared not; But the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
53He led them safely, so they were not afraid, but the sea covered their enemies.
54And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, To this mountain, which his right hand had gotten.
54He brought them to the border of his holy land, to the hill country his own right hand had taken.
55He drove out the nations also before them, And allotted them for an inheritance by line, And made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
55He drove out nations before them, gave them the land as an inheritance, and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
56Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, And kept not his testimonies;
56But they tested and rebelled against the Most High God; they did not keep his rules.
57But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers: They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
57Like their ancestors, they were disloyal and treacherous; they were as unreliable as a crooked bow.
58For they provoked him to anger with their high places, And moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
58They made him angry by building shrines to other gods and made him jealous with their idols.
59When God heardthis, he was wroth, And greatly abhorred Israel;
59When God heard about it, he was very angry and completely rejected Israel.
60So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent which he placed among men;
60He abandoned his tent at Shiloh, the home where he lived among people.
61And delivered his strength into captivity, And his glory into the adversary’s hand.
61He allowed the symbol of his power to be captured and gave his glory into the hands of the enemy.
62He gave his people over also unto the sword, And was wroth with his inheritance.
62He gave his people over to the sword because he was so angry with his own inheritance.
63Fire devoured their young men; And their virgins had no marriage-song.
63Fire consumed their young men, and their young women had no wedding songs.
64Their priests fell by the sword; And their widows made no lamentation.
64Their priests were killed by the sword, and their widows were not allowed to mourn.
65Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, Like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
65Then the Lord woke up as if from sleep, like a warrior shouting from the effects of wine.
66And he smote his adversaries backward: He put them to a perpetual reproach.
66He beat back his enemies and put them to everlasting shame.
67Moreover he refused the tent of Joseph, And chose not the tribe of Ephraim,
67He rejected the family of Joseph and did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.
68But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved.
68Instead, he chose the tribe of Judah and Mount Zion, which he loved.
69And he built his sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which he hath established for ever.
69He built his sanctuary like the high heavens, as solid as the earth he established forever.
70He chose David also his servant, And took him from the sheepfolds:
70He chose David to be his servant and took him from the sheep pens.