Psalms 78 Parallel Bible

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	SLT Smith's Literal Translation	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	Instruction to Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the 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 will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter enigmas from ancient time:	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	Which we heard and we shall know them, and our fathers 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	It was not hid from their sons, to a later generation recounting the praises of Jehovah and his strength, and his wonders which he did.	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 raised up a testimony in Jacob and set a law in Israel, which 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 shall know; sons shall be born, they shall rise up 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 they shall set their hope in God, and they shall not forget the works of God, and they shall watch 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 shall not be as their fathers, a generation turning away and bitter, a generation it prepared not its heart, and its spirit was not firm 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	The sons of Ephraim bending, lifting up the bow, turned in the day of the encounter.	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 watched not the covenant of God, and in his law they refused to go;	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 will forget his works and his wonders which he caused them to see.	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	Before their fathers he did a wonder in the land of Egypt, the field of loading.	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 rent the sea and he will cause them to pass through; and he will cause the 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 he will guide them in a cloud the day, and all the night in a light 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 will rend the rocks in the desert, and give drink as the great abyss.	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 he will bring forth flowings from the rock, and bring down waters 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 will yet add to sin against him to embitter the Most High in a dry land.	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 will tempt God in their heart to ask food for their soul.	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 will speak against God; they said, Will God be able to arrange a table in the desert?	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 struck the rock and waters will flow, and torrents will pour out; will he be able also to give bread? or will 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	For this Jehovah heard and he will overflow, and a fire was kindled in Jacob, and also anger came up upon 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 believed not in God, and they trusted not 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 commanded the clouds from above, and he opened the 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 will rain upon them manna to eat, and he gave the 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	Man ate the bread of the strong: he sent to them provision to fulness.	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 will cause the east wind to go forth in the heavens, and by his strength he will lead the south wind.	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 will rain flesh upon them as the dust, birds of feather as the sand of the seas.	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 it shall fall in the midst of his camp, round about to his habitations.	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 shall eat and be well filled: and he will bring to them their desire.	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 turned not away from their desire, yet their food 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 came up upon them, and he will slay among their fat ones and he bowed down the chosen of Israel.	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	In all this they yet sinned, and they believed not 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 will finish their days in vanity, and 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 he slew them and they sought him, and they turned back and sought for 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 will remember that God is their Rock, and God the Most High redeemed them.	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 will deceive with their mouth, and with their tongue they will lie to him.	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 was not right with him, and they were not firm 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 being compassionate will cover iniquity, and he will not destroy: and he multiplied to turn back his anger, and he will not rouse up all his wrath.	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 will remember that they are flesh; a spirit going and not turning back.	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 they will embitter him in the desert! they will grieve him in the waste.	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	And they will turn back and tempt God, and they broke in upon 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 remembered not his hand the day which he redeemed them from the enemy;	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	How he set in Egypt his signs, and his wonders in the field of loading.	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 turned to blood their rivers, and their flowings they shall not drink.	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 will send forth among them the gad-fly, and they shall devour them; and frogs, and they shall destroy 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 he will give their produce to the devourer, 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 will kill their vine with hail, and their sycamore trees 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	He will deliver their cattle to the hail, and their possessions to the 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 will send upon them the burning of his anger, outpouring and wrath, and straits, sending 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 will prepare a beaten path for his anger; he spared not their soul from death, and their life he delivered to the word;	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 will strike all the firstborn in Egypt; the first-fruits of their toils in the 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	He will remove his people as sheep, and he will lead them as a flock in the desert.	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 will guide them securely and they feared not: and 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	And he will bring them to the bound of his holy place, this mountain his right hand purchased.	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 he will cast out the nations from their face, and he will divide them by lot in the measure of inheritance, and he will cause 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 will tempt and embitter God the Most High, and they watched not 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 will draw back, and they will transgress as their fathers: they were turned as a bow of deceit.	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 they will make him angry with their heights, and they will provoke him to jealousy 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 heard and he will overflow, and he will greatly contemn in 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 cast off the tent of Shiloh, the tent he pitched among man.	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 will give his strength to captivity, and his beauty into the hand of the enemy.	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 he will deliver his people to the sword, and he overflowed upon 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	The fire devoured his young men, and his virgins wailed not.	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 fell by the sword, and his widows wept not.	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 Jehovah will awake as he sleeping, as the strong one shouting 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 will strike his enemies behind: he gave to them reproach forever.	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 will reject in the tent of Joseph, and he chose not in 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 be will choose the tribe of Judah, 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	And he will build his holy place as of buffaloes, as the earth he founded it forever.	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 will choose in David his servant, and he will take him from the folds of sheep.	He chose David his servant and took him from the sheepfolds;	He chose David his servant and took him from the sheep pens;
71	From those bringing up to care for Jacob his people and for 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 will feed them according to the integrity of his heart, and he will guide them in the understandings 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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