◄ Psalm 78 ►
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1[an error occurred while processing this directive]1A well-written song by Asaph. Pay attention, my people, to my instruction! Listen to the words I speak!
2[an error occurred while processing this directive]2I will sing a song that imparts wisdom; I will make insightful observations about the past.
3[an error occurred while processing this directive]3What we have heard and learned--that which our ancestors have told us--
4[an error occurred while processing this directive]4we will not hide from their descendants. We will tell the next generation about the LORD's praiseworthy acts, about his strength and the amazing things he has done.
5[an error occurred while processing this directive]5He established a rule in Jacob; he set up a law in Israel. He commanded our ancestors to make his deeds known to their descendants,
6[an error occurred while processing this directive]6so that the next generation, children yet to be born, might know about them. They will grow up and tell their descendants about them.
7[an error occurred while processing this directive]7Then they will place their confidence in God. They will not forget the works of God, and they will obey his commands.
8[an error occurred while processing this directive]8Then they will not be like their ancestors, who were a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that was not committed and faithful to God.
9[an error occurred while processing this directive]9The Ephraimites were armed with bows, but they retreated in the day of battle.
10[an error occurred while processing this directive]10They did not keep their covenant with God, and they refused to obey his law.
11[an error occurred while processing this directive]11They forgot what he had done, the amazing things he had shown them.
12[an error occurred while processing this directive]12He did amazing things in the sight of their ancestors, in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
13[an error occurred while processing this directive]13He divided the sea and led them across it; he made the water stand in a heap.
14[an error occurred while processing this directive]14He led them with a cloud by day, and with the light of a fire all night long.
15[an error occurred while processing this directive]15He broke open rocks in the wilderness, and gave them enough water to fill the depths of the sea.
16[an error occurred while processing this directive]16He caused streams to flow from the rock, and made the water flow like rivers.
17[an error occurred while processing this directive]17Yet they continued to sin against him, and rebelled against the sovereign One in the desert.
18[an error occurred while processing this directive]18They willfully challenged God by asking for food to satisfy their appetite.
19[an error occurred while processing this directive]19They insulted God, saying, "Is God really able to give us food in the wilderness?
20[an error occurred while processing this directive]20Yes, he struck a rock and water flowed out, streams gushed forth. But can he also give us food? Will he provide meat for his people?"
21[an error occurred while processing this directive]21When the LORD heard this, he was furious. A fire broke out against Jacob, and his anger flared up against Israel,
22[an error occurred while processing this directive]22because they did not have faith in God, and did not trust his ability to deliver them.
23[an error occurred while processing this directive]23He gave a command to the clouds above, and opened the doors in the sky.
24[an error occurred while processing this directive]24He rained down manna for them to eat; he gave them the grain of heaven.
25[an error occurred while processing this directive]25Man ate the food of the mighty ones. He sent them more than enough to eat.
26[an error occurred while processing this directive]26He brought the east wind through the sky, and by his strength led forth the south wind.
27[an error occurred while processing this directive]27He rained down meat on them like dust, birds as numerous as the sand on the seashores.
28[an error occurred while processing this directive]28He caused them to fall right in the middle of their camp, all around their homes.
29[an error occurred while processing this directive]29They ate until they were stuffed; he gave them what they desired.
30[an error occurred while processing this directive]30They were not yet filled up, their food was still in their mouths,
31[an error occurred while processing this directive]31when the anger of God flared up against them. He killed some of the strongest of them; he brought the young men of Israel to their knees.
32[an error occurred while processing this directive]32Despite all this, they continued to sin, and did not trust him to do amazing things.
33[an error occurred while processing this directive]33So he caused them to die unsatisfied and filled with terror.
34[an error occurred while processing this directive]34When he struck them down, they sought his favor; they turned back and longed for God.
35[an error occurred while processing this directive]35They remembered that God was their protector, and that the sovereign God was their deliverer.
36[an error occurred while processing this directive]36But they deceived him with their words, and lied to him.
37[an error occurred while processing this directive]37They were not really committed to him, and they were unfaithful to his covenant.
38[an error occurred while processing this directive]38Yet he is compassionate. He forgives sin and does not destroy. He often holds back his anger, and does not stir up his fury.
39[an error occurred while processing this directive]39He remembered that they were made of flesh, and were like a wind that blows past and does not return.
40[an error occurred while processing this directive]40How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and insulted him in the desert!
41[an error occurred while processing this directive]41They again challenged God, and offended the Holy One of Israel.
42[an error occurred while processing this directive]42They did not remember what he had done, how he delivered them from the enemy,
43[an error occurred while processing this directive]43when he performed his awesome deeds in Egypt, and his acts of judgment in the region of Zoan.
44[an error occurred while processing this directive]44He turned their rivers into blood, and they could not drink from their streams.
45[an error occurred while processing this directive]45He sent swarms of biting insects against them, as well as frogs that overran their land.
46[an error occurred while processing this directive]46He gave their crops to the grasshopper, the fruit of their labor to the locust.
47[an error occurred while processing this directive]47He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore-fig trees with driving rain.
48[an error occurred while processing this directive]48He rained hail down on their cattle, and hurled lightning bolts down on their livestock.
49[an error occurred while processing this directive]49His raging anger lashed out against them, He sent fury, rage, and trouble as messengers who bring disaster.
50[an error occurred while processing this directive]50He sent his anger in full force; he did not spare them from death; he handed their lives over to destruction.
51[an error occurred while processing this directive]51He struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their reproductive power in the tents of Ham.
52[an error occurred while processing this directive]52Yet he brought out his people like sheep; he led them through the wilderness like a flock.
53[an error occurred while processing this directive]53He guided them safely along, while the sea covered their enemies.
54[an error occurred while processing this directive]54He brought them to the border of his holy land, to this mountainous land which his right hand acquired.
55[an error occurred while processing this directive]55He drove the nations out from before them; he assigned them their tribal allotments and allowed the tribes of Israel to settle down.
56[an error occurred while processing this directive]56Yet they challenged and defied the sovereign God, and did not obey his commands.
57[an error occurred while processing this directive]57They were unfaithful and acted as treacherously as their ancestors; they were as unreliable as a malfunctioning bow.
58[an error occurred while processing this directive]58They made him angry with their pagan shrines, and made him jealous with their idols.
59[an error occurred while processing this directive]59God heard and was angry; he completely rejected Israel.
60[an error occurred while processing this directive]60He abandoned the sanctuary at Shiloh, the tent where he lived among men.
61[an error occurred while processing this directive]61He allowed the symbol of his strong presence to be captured; he gave the symbol of his splendor into the hand of the enemy.
62[an error occurred while processing this directive]62He delivered his people over to the sword, and was angry with his chosen nation.
63[an error occurred while processing this directive]63Fire consumed their young men, and their virgins remained unmarried.
64[an error occurred while processing this directive]64Their priests fell by the sword, but their widows did not weep.
65[an error occurred while processing this directive]65But then the Lord awoke from his sleep; he was like a warrior in a drunken rage.
66[an error occurred while processing this directive]66He drove his enemies back; he made them a permanent target for insults.
67[an error occurred while processing this directive]67He rejected the tent of Joseph; he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.
68[an error occurred while processing this directive]68He chose the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion, which he loves.
69[an error occurred while processing this directive]69He made his sanctuary as enduring as the heavens above; as secure as the earth, which he established permanently.
70[an error occurred while processing this directive]70He chose David, his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds.
71[an error occurred while processing this directive]71He took him away from following the mother sheep, and made him the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and of Israel, his chosen nation.
72[an error occurred while processing this directive]72David cared for them with pure motives; he led them with skill.
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