Psalms 78 Parallel Bible

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1	O my people, listen to my instructions. Open your ears to what I am saying,	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	for I will speak to you in a parable. I will teach you hidden lessons from our past—	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	stories we have heard and known, stories our ancestors handed down 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 will not hide these truths from our children; we will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the LORD, about his power and his mighty wonders.	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	For he issued his laws to Jacob; he gave his instructions to Israel. He commanded our ancestors to teach them to their children,	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 the next generation might know them— even the children not yet born— and they in turn will teach their own children.	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	So each generation should set its hope anew on God, not forgetting his glorious miracles and obeying 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	Then they will not be like their ancestors— stubborn, rebellious, and unfaithful, refusing to give their hearts to 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	The warriors of Ephraim, though armed with bows, turned their backs and fled on the day of battle.	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 did not keep God’s covenant and refused to live by his instructions.	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	They forgot what he had done— the great wonders he had shown 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	the miracles he did for their ancestors on the plain of Zoan in the land of Egypt.	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	For he divided the sea and led them through, making the water stand up like walls!	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	In the daytime he led them by a cloud, and all night by a pillar of fire.	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 split open the rocks in the wilderness to give them water, as from a gushing spring.	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	He made streams pour from the rock, making the waters flow down like a river!	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	Yet they kept on sinning against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert.	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	They stubbornly tested God in their hearts, demanding the foods they craved.	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	They even spoke against God himself, saying, “God can’t give us food in the 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	Yes, he can strike a rock so water gushes out, but he can’t give his people bread and meat.”	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	When the LORD heard them, he was furious. The fire of his wrath burned against Jacob. Yes, his anger rose 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 did not believe God or trust him to care for them.	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	But he commanded the skies to open; he opened the doors of heaven.	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	He rained down manna for them to eat; he gave them bread from heaven.	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	They ate the food of angels! God gave them all they could hold.	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 released the east wind in the heavens and guided the south wind by his mighty power.	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	He rained down meat as thick as dust— birds as plentiful as the sand on the seashore!	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	He caused the birds to fall within their camp and all around their tents.	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	The people ate their fill. He gave them what they craved.	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	But before they satisfied their craving, while the meat was yet in their mouths,	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	the anger of God rose against them, and he killed their strongest men. He struck down the finest of Israel’s young men.	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	But in spite of this, the people kept sinning. Despite his wonders, they refused to trust him.	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	So he ended their lives in failure, their years in terror.	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	When God began killing them, they finally sought him. They repented and took God seriously.	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	Then they remembered that God was their rock, that God Most High was 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	But all they gave him was lip service; they lied to him with their tongues.	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	Their hearts were not loyal to him. They did not keep 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	Yet he was merciful and forgave their sins and did not destroy them all. Many times he held back his anger and did not unleash 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	For he remembered that they were merely mortal, gone like a breath of wind that never returns.	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	Oh, how often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved his heart in that dry wasteland.	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	Again and again they tested God’s patience and provoked 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 did not remember his power and how he rescued them from their enemies.	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	They did not remember his miraculous signs in Egypt, his wonders on the plain 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	For he turned their rivers into blood, so no one could drink from the streams.	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 sent vast swarms of flies to consume them and hordes of frogs to ruin 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	He gave their crops to caterpillars; their harvest was consumed by locusts.	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 destroyed their grapevines with hail and shattered their sycamore-figs with sleet.	He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamores with frost.	He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamore-figs with sleet.
48	He abandoned their cattle to the hail, their livestock to bolts of lightning.	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 loosed on them his fierce anger— all his fury, rage, and hostility. He dispatched against them a band of destroying angels.	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 turned his anger against them; he did not spare the Egyptians’ lives but ravaged them with the plague.	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	He killed the oldest son in each Egyptian family, the flower of youth throughout the land of Egypt.	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	But he led his own people like a flock of sheep, guiding them safely through the 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	He kept them safe so they were not afraid; but the sea 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	He brought them to the border of his holy land, to this land of hills he had won for them.	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	He drove out the nations before them; he gave them their inheritance by lot. He settled the tribes of Israel into their homes.	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	But they kept testing and rebelling against God Most High. They did not obey his laws.	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	They turned back and were as faithless as their parents. They were as undependable as a crooked 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	They angered God by building shrines to other gods; they made him jealous with their idols.	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	When God heard them, he was very angry, and he completely rejected 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	Then he abandoned his dwelling at Shiloh, the Tabernacle where he had lived among the people.	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	He allowed the Ark of his might to be captured; he surrendered his glory into enemy hands.	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	He gave his people over to be butchered by the sword, because he was so angry with his own people—his special possession.	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	Their young men were killed by fire; their young women died before singing their wedding songs.	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	Their priests were slaughtered, and their widows could not mourn their deaths.	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	Then the Lord rose up as though waking from sleep, like a warrior aroused from a drunken stupor.	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	He routed his enemies and sent them to eternal shame.	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	But he rejected Joseph’s descendants; he did not choose 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	He chose instead the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion, which 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	There he built his sanctuary as high as the heavens, as solid and enduring as the earth.	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	He chose his servant David, calling him from the sheep pens.	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 took David from tending the ewes and lambs and made him the shepherd of Jacob’s descendants— God’s own people, Israel.	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	He cared for them with a true heart and led them with skillful 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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