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1 AN INSTRUCTION OF ASAPH. Give ear, O my people, to my law, || Incline your ear to sayings of my mouth. Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth! A maskil of Asaph. My people, hear my teaching; listen to the words of my mouth.
2 I open my mouth with an allegory, || I bring forth hidden things of old, I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old, I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter hidden things, things from of old—
3 That we have heard and know, || And our fathers have recounted to us. things that we have heard and known, that our fathers have told us. things we have heard and known, things our ancestors have told us.
4 We do not hide from their sons, || Recounting praises of YHWH to a later generation, || And His strength, and His wonders that He has done. We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the LORD, and his might, and the wonders that he has done. We 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.
5 And He raises up a testimony in Jacob, || And has placed a law in Israel, || That He commanded our fathers, || To make them known to their sons. He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children, He decreed statutes for Jacob and established the law in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to teach their children,
6 So that a later generation knows, || Sons who are born, rise and recount to their sons, that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise and tell them to their children, so the next generation would know them, even the children yet to be born, and they in turn would tell their children.
7 And place their confidence in God, || And do not forget the doings of God, || But keep His commands. so that they should set their hope in God and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments; Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands.
8 And they are not like their fathers, || A generation apostatizing and being rebellious, || A generation—it has not prepared its heart, || Nor [is] its spirit steadfast with God. and that they should not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation whose heart was not steadfast, whose spirit was not faithful to God. They 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.
9 Sons of Ephraim—armed bearers of bow, || Have turned in a day of conflict. The Ephraimites, armed with the bow, turned back on the day of battle. The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows, turned back on the day of battle;
10 They have not kept the covenant of God, || And they have refused to walk in His law, They did not keep God’s covenant, but refused to walk according to his law. they did not keep God’s covenant and refused to live by his law.
11 And they forget His doings, || And His wonders that He showed them. They forgot his works and the wonders that he had shown them. They forgot what he had done, the wonders he had shown them.
12 He has done wonders before their fathers, || In the land of Egypt—the field of Zoan. In the sight of their fathers he performed wonders in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zoan. He did miracles in the sight of their ancestors in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
13 He cleft a sea, and causes them to pass over, || Indeed, He causes waters to stand as a heap. He divided the sea and let them pass through it, and made the waters stand like a heap. He divided the sea and led them through; he made the water stand up like a wall.
14 And leads them with a cloud by day, || And with a light of fire all the night. In the daytime he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a fiery light. He guided them with the cloud by day and with light from the fire all night.
15 He cleaves rocks in a wilderness, || And gives drink—as the great deep. He split rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep. He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them water as abundant as the seas;
16 And brings out streams from a rock, || And causes waters to come down as rivers. He made streams come out of the rock and caused waters to flow down like rivers. he brought streams out of a rocky crag and made water flow down like rivers.
17 And they still add to sin against Him, || To provoke the Most High in the dry place. Yet they sinned still more against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert. But they continued to sin against him, rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High.
18 And they try God in their heart, || To ask food for their lust. They tested God in their heart by demanding the food they craved. They willfully put God to the test by demanding the food they craved.
19 And they speak against God—they said: “Is God able to array a table in a wilderness?” They spoke against God, saying, “Can God spread a table in the wilderness? They spoke against God; they said, “Can God really spread a table in the wilderness?
20 Behold, He has struck a rock, || And waters flow, indeed, streams overflow. “Also, [is] He able to give bread? Does He prepare flesh for His people?” He struck the rock so that water gushed out and streams overflowed. Can he also give bread or provide meat for his people?” True, 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?”
21 Therefore YHWH has heard, || And He shows Himself angry, || And fire has been kindled against Jacob, || And anger has also gone up against Israel, Therefore, when the LORD heard, he was full of wrath; a fire was kindled against Jacob; his anger rose against Israel, When the LORD heard them, he was furious; his fire broke out against Jacob, and his wrath rose against Israel,
22 For they have not believed in God, || Nor have they trusted in His salvation. because they did not believe in God and did not trust his saving power. for they did not believe in God or trust in his deliverance.
23 And He commands clouds from above, || Indeed, He has opened doors of the heavens. Yet he commanded the skies above and opened the doors of heaven, Yet he gave a command to the skies above and opened the doors of the heavens;
24 And He rains manna on them to eat, || Indeed, He has given grain of the heavens to them. and he rained down on them manna to eat and gave them the grain of heaven. he rained down manna for the people to eat, he gave them the grain of heaven.
25 Each has eaten food of the mighty, || He sent provision to them to satiety. Man ate of the bread of the angels; he sent them food in abundance. Human beings ate the bread of angels; he sent them all the food they could eat.
26 He causes an east wind to journey in the heavens, || And leads a south wind by His strength, He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens, and by his power he led out the south wind; He let loose the east wind from the heavens and by his power made the south wind blow.
27 And He rains on them flesh as dust, || And as sand of the seas—winged bird, he rained meat on them like dust, winged birds like the sand of the seas; He rained meat down on them like dust, birds like sand on the seashore.
28 And causes [it] to fall in the midst of His camp, || Around His dwelling places. he let them fall in the midst of their camp, all around their dwellings. He made them come down inside their camp, all around their tents.
29 And they eat, and are greatly satisfied, || And He brings their desire to them. And they ate and were well filled, for he gave them what they craved. They ate till they were gorged— he had given them what they craved.
30 They have not been estranged from their desire, || Their food [is] yet in their mouth, But before they had satisfied their craving, while the food was still in their mouths, But before they turned from what they craved, even while the food was still in their mouths,
31 And the anger of God has gone up against them, || And He slays among their fat ones, || And He caused youths of Israel to bend. the anger of God rose against them, and he killed the strongest of them and laid low the young men of Israel. God’s anger rose against them; he put to death the sturdiest among them, cutting down the young men of Israel.
32 With all this they have sinned again, || And have not believed in His wonders. In spite of all this, they still sinned; despite his wonders, they did not believe. In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; in spite of his wonders, they did not believe.
33 And He consumes their days in vanity, || And their years in trouble. So he made their days vanish like a breath, and their years in terror. So he ended their days in futility and their years in terror.
34 If He slew them, then they sought Him, || And turned back, and earnestly sought God, When he killed them, they sought him; they repented and sought God earnestly. Whenever God slew them, they would seek him; they eagerly turned to him again.
35 And they remember that God [is] their rock, || And God Most High their redeemer. They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God their redeemer. They remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer.
36 And they deceive Him with their mouth, || And lie to Him with their tongue, But they flattered him with their mouths; they lied to him with their tongues. But then they would flatter him with their mouths, lying to him with their tongues;
37 And their heart has not been right with Him, || And they have not been steadfast in His covenant. Their heart was not steadfast toward him; they were not faithful to his covenant. their hearts were not loyal to him, they were not faithful to his covenant.
38 And He, the Merciful One, pardons iniquity, and does not destroy, || And has often turned back His anger, || And does not awaken all His fury. Yet he, being compassionate, atoned for their iniquity and did not destroy them; he restrained his anger often and did not stir up all his wrath. Yet 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.
39 And He remembers that they [are] flesh, || A wind going on—and it does not return. He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes and comes not again. He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.
40 How often do they provoke Him in the wilderness, || Grieve Him in the desolate place? How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the desert! How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the wasteland!
41 Indeed, they turn back, and try God, || And have limited the Holy One of Israel. They tested God again and again and provoked the Holy One of Israel. Again and again they put God to the test; they vexed the Holy One of Israel.
42 They have not remembered His hand || The day He ransomed them from the adversary. They did not remember his power or the day when he redeemed them from the foe, They did not remember his power— the day he redeemed them from the oppressor,
43 When He set His signs in Egypt, || And His wonders in the field of Zoan, when he performed his signs in Egypt and his marvels in the fields of Zoan. the day he displayed his signs in Egypt, his wonders in the region of Zoan.
44 And He turns their streams to blood, || And they do not drink their floods. He turned their rivers to blood, so that they could not drink of their streams. He turned their river into blood; they could not drink from their streams.
45 He sends among them the beetle, and it consumes them, || And the frog, and it destroys them, He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them. He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them.
46 And gives their increase to the caterpillar, || And their labor to the locust. He gave their crops to the destroying locust and the fruit of their labor to the locust. He gave their crops to the grasshopper, their produce to the locust.
47 He destroys their vine with hail, || And their sycamores with frost, He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamores with frost. He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamore-figs with sleet.
48 And delivers their beasts up to the hail, || And their livestock to the burning flames. He gave over their cattle to the hail and their flocks to thunderbolts. He gave over their cattle to the hail, their livestock to bolts of lightning.
49 He sends on them the fury of His anger, || Wrath, and indignation, and distress—A discharge of evil messengers. He let loose on them his burning anger, wrath, indignation, and distress, a company of destroying angels. He unleashed against them his hot anger, his wrath, indignation and hostility— a band of destroying angels.
50 He ponders a path for His anger, || He did not keep back their soul from death, || Indeed, He delivered up their life to the pestilence. He made a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death, but gave their lives over to the plague. He prepared a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death but gave them over to the plague.
51 And He strikes every firstborn in Egypt, || The first-fruit of the strong in tents of Ham. He struck down every firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of Ham. He struck down all the firstborn of Egypt, the firstfruits of manhood in the tents of Ham.
52 And causes His people to journey as a flock, || And guides them as a drove in a wilderness, Then he led out his people like sheep and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. But he brought his people out like a flock; he led them like sheep through the wilderness.
53 And He leads them confidently, || And they have not been afraid, || And the sea has covered their enemies. He led them in safety, so that they were not afraid, but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. He guided them safely, so they were unafraid; but the sea engulfed their enemies.
54 And He brings them to the border of His sanctuary, || This mountain His right hand had acquired, And he brought them to his holy land, to the mountain which his right hand had won. And so he brought them to the border of his holy land, to the hill country his right hand had taken.
55 And casts out nations from before them, || And causes them to fall in the line of inheritance, || And causes the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents, He drove out nations before them; he apportioned them for a possession and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents. He drove out nations before them and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance; he settled the tribes of Israel in their homes.
56 And they tempt and provoke God Most High, || And have not kept His testimonies. Yet they tested and rebelled against the Most High God and did not keep his testimonies, But they put God to the test and rebelled against the Most High; they did not keep his statutes.
57 And they turn back, || And deal treacherously like their fathers, || They have been turned like a deceitful bow, but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers; they twisted like a deceitful bow. Like their ancestors they were disloyal and faithless, as unreliable as a faulty bow.
58 And make Him angry with their high places, || And make Him zealous with their carved images, For they provoked him to anger with their high places; they moved him to jealousy with their idols. They angered him with their high places; they aroused his jealousy with their idols.
59 God has heard, and shows Himself angry. And kicks exceedingly against Israel. When God heard, he was full of wrath, and he utterly rejected Israel. When God heard them, he was furious; he rejected Israel completely.
60 And He leaves the Dwelling Place of Shiloh, || The tent He had placed among men, He forsook his dwelling at Shiloh, the tent where he dwelt among mankind, He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent he had set up among humans.
61 And He gives His strength to captivity, || And His beauty into the hand of an adversary, and delivered his power to captivity, his glory to the hand of the foe. He sent the ark of his might into captivity, his splendor into the hands of the enemy.
62 And delivers His people up to the sword, || And showed Himself angry with His inheritance. He gave his people over to the sword and vented his wrath on his heritage. He gave his people over to the sword; he was furious with his inheritance.
63 Fire has consumed His young men, || And His virgins have not been praised. Fire devoured their young men, and their young women had no marriage song. Fire consumed their young men, and their young women had no wedding songs;
64 His priests have fallen by the sword, || And their widows do not weep. Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation. their priests were put to the sword, and their widows could not weep.
65 And the Lord wakes as a sleeper, || As a mighty one crying aloud from wine. Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a strong man shouting because of wine. Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, as a warrior wakes from the stupor of wine.
66 And He strikes His adversaries backward, || He has put a continuous reproach on them, And he put his adversaries to rout; he put them to everlasting shame. He beat back his enemies; he put them to everlasting shame.
67 And He kicks against the tent of Joseph, || And has not fixed on the tribe of Ephraim. He rejected the tent of Joseph; he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim, Then he rejected the tents of Joseph, he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim;
68 And He chooses the tribe of Judah, || With Mount Zion that He loved, but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loves. but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loved.
69 And builds His sanctuary as a high place, || Like the earth, He founded it for all time. He built his sanctuary like the high heavens, like the earth, which he has founded forever. He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth that he established forever.
70 And He fixes on His servant David, || And takes him from the folds of a flock, He chose David his servant and took him from the sheepfolds; He chose David his servant and took him from the sheep pens;
71 He has brought him in from behind suckling ones, || To rule over Jacob His people, || And over Israel His inheritance. from following the nursing ewes he brought him to shepherd Jacob his people, Israel his inheritance. from tending the sheep he brought him to be the shepherd of his people Jacob, of Israel his inheritance.
72 And he rules them according to the integrity of his heart, || And leads them by the skillfulness of his hands! With upright heart he shepherded them and guided them with his skillful hand. And David shepherded them with integrity of heart; with skillful hands he led them.
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