Psalms 78 (kjv)

Maschil^H4905 of Asaph^H623. Give ear^H238, O my people^H5971, to my law^H8451: incline^H5186 your ears^H241 to the words^H561 of my mouth^H6310.²I will open^H6605 my mouth^H6310 in a parable^H4912: I will utter^H5042 dark sayings^H2420 of old^H6924:³Which we have heard^H8085 and known^H3045, and our fathers^H1 have told^H5608 us.⁴We will not hide^H3582 them from their children^H1121, shewing^H5608 to the generation^H1755 to come^H314 the praises^H8416 of the LORD^H3068, and his strength^H5807, and his wonderful works^H6381 that he hath done^H6213.⁵For he established^H6965 a testimony^H5715 in Jacob^H3290, and appointed^H7760 a law^H8451 in Israel^H3478, which he commanded^H6680 our fathers^H1, that they should make them known^H3045 to their children^H1121:⁶That the generation^H1755 to come^H314 might know^H3045 them, even the children^H1121 which should be born^H3205; who should arise^H6965 and declare^H5608 them to their children^H1121:⁷That they might set^H7760 their hope^H3689 in God^H430, and not forget^H7911 the works^H4611 of God^H410, but keep^H5341 his commandments^H4687:⁸And might not be as their fathers^H1, a stubborn^H5637 and rebellious^H4784 generation^H1755; a generation^H1755 that set^H3559 not their heart^H3820 aright^H3559, and whose spirit^H7307 was not stedfast^H539 with God^H410.

⁹The children^H1121 of Ephraim^H669, being armed^H5401, and carrying^H7411 bows^H7198, turned back^H2015 in the day^H3117 of battle^H7128.¹⁰They kept^H8104 not the covenant^H1285 of God^H430, and refused^H3985 to walk^H3212 in his law^H8451;¹¹And forgat^H7911 his works^H5949, and his wonders^H6381 that he had shewed^H7200 them.¹²Marvellous things^H6382 did^H6213 he in the sight^H5048 of their fathers^H1, in the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714, in the field^H7704 of Zoan^H6814.¹³He divided^H1234 the sea^H3220, and caused them to pass through^H5674; and he made the waters^H4325 to stand^H5324 as an heap^H5067.¹⁴In the daytime^H3119 also he led^H5148 them with a cloud^H6051, and all the night^H3915 with a light^H216 of fire^H784.¹⁵He clave^H1234 the rocks^H6697 in the wilderness^H4057, and gave them drink^H8248 as out of the great^H7227 depths^H8415.¹⁶He brought^H3318 streams^H5140 also out of the rock^H5553, and caused waters^H4325 to run down^H3381 like rivers^H5104.¹⁷And they sinned^H2398 yet more^H3254 against him by provoking^H4784 the most High^H5945 in the wilderness^H6723.¹⁸And they tempted^H5254 God^H410 in their heart^H3824 by asking^H7592 meat^H400 for their lust^H5315.¹⁹Yea, they spake^H1696 against God^H430; they said^H559, Can^H3201 God^H410 furnish^H6186 a table^H7979 in the wilderness^H4057?²⁰Behold, he smote^H5221 the rock^H6697, that the waters^H4325 gushed out^H2100, and the streams^H5158 overflowed^H7857; can^H3201 he give^H5414 bread^H3899 also? can^H3201 he provide^H3559 flesh^H7607 for his people^H5971?²¹Therefore the LORD^H3068 heard^H8085 this, and was wroth^H5674: so a fire^H784 was kindled^H5400 against Jacob^H3290, and anger^H639 also came up^H5927 against Israel^H3478;²²Because they believed^H539 not in God^H430, and trusted^H982 not in his salvation^H3444:²³Though he had commanded^H6680 the clouds^H7834 from above^H4605, and opened^H6605 the doors^H1817 of heaven^H8064,²⁴And had rained down^H4305 manna^H4478 upon them to eat^H398, and had given^H5414 them of the corn^H1715 of heaven^H8064.²⁵Man^H376 did eat^H398 angels^H47' food^H3899: he sent^H7971 them meat^H6720 to the full^H7648.²⁶He caused an east wind^H6921 to blow^H5265 in the heaven^H8064: and by his power^H5797 he brought in^H5090 the south wind^H8486.²⁷He rained^H4305 flesh^H7607 also upon them as dust^H6083, and feathered^H3671 fowls^H5775 like as the sand^H2344 of the sea^H3220:²⁸And he let it fall^H5307 in the midst^H7130 of their camp^H4264, round about^H5439 their habitations^H4908.²⁹So they did eat^H398, and were well^H3966 filled^H7646: for he gave^H935 them their own desire^H8378;³⁰They were not estranged^H2114 from their lust^H8378. But while their meat^H400 was yet in their mouths^H6310,³¹The wrath^H639 of God^H430 came^H5927 upon them, and slew^H2026 the fattest^H4924 of them, and smote down^H3766 the chosen^H970 men of Israel^H3478.³²For all this they sinned^H2398 still, and believed^H539 not for his wondrous works^H6381.³³Therefore their days^H3117 did he consume^H3615 in vanity^H1892, and their years^H8141 in trouble^H928.³⁴When he slew^H2026 them, then they sought^H1875 him: and they returned^H7725 and enquired early^H7836 after God^H410.³⁵And they remembered^H2142 that God^H430 was their rock^H6697, and the high^H5945 God^H410 their redeemer^H1350.³⁶Nevertheless they did flatter^H6601 him with their mouth^H6310, and they lied^H3576 unto him with their tongues^H3956.³⁷For their heart^H3820 was not right^H3559 with him, neither were they stedfast^H539 in his covenant^H1285.³⁸But he, being full of compassion^H7349, forgave^H3722 their iniquity^H5771, and destroyed^H7843 them not: yea, many a time^H7235 turned^H7725 he his anger^H639 away^H7725, and did not stir up^H5782 all his wrath^H2534.³⁹For he remembered^H2142 that they were but flesh^H1320; a wind^H7307 that passeth away^H1980, and cometh not again^H7725.⁴⁰How^H4100 oft did they provoke^H4784 him in the wilderness^H4057, and grieve^H6087 him in the desert^H3452!⁴¹Yea, they turned back^H7725 and tempted^H5254 God^H410, and limited^H8428 the Holy One^H6918 of Israel^H3478.⁴²They remembered^H2142 not his hand^H3027, nor the day^H3117 when he delivered^H6299 them from the enemy^H6862.⁴³How he had wrought^H7760 his signs^H226 in Egypt^H4714, and his wonders^H4159 in the field^H7704 of Zoan^H6814:⁴⁴And had turned^H2015 their rivers^H2975 into blood^H1818; and their floods^H5140, that they could not drink^H8354.⁴⁵He sent^H7971 divers sorts of flies^H6157 among them, which devoured^H398 them; and frogs^H6854, which destroyed^H7843 them.⁴⁶He gave^H5414 also their increase^H2981 unto the caterpiller^H2625, and their labour^H3018 unto the locust^H697.⁴⁷He destroyed^H2026 their vines^H1612 with hail^H1259, and their sycomore trees^H8256 with frost^H2602.⁴⁸He gave up^H5462 their cattle^H1165 also to the hail^H1259, and their flocks^H4735 to hot thunderbolts^H7565.⁴⁹He cast^H7971 upon them the fierceness^H2740 of his anger^H639, wrath^H5678, and indignation^H2195, and trouble^H6869, by sending^H4917 evil^H7451 angels^H4397 among them.⁵⁰He made^H6424 a way^H5410 to his anger^H639; he spared^H2820 not their soul^H5315 from death^H4194, but gave^H5462 their life^H2416 over^H5462 to the pestilence^H1698;⁵¹And smote^H5221 all the firstborn^H1060 in Egypt^H4714; the chief^H7225 of their strength^H202 in the tabernacles^H168 of Ham^H2526:⁵²But made his own people^H5971 to go forth^H5265 like sheep^H6629, and guided^H5090 them in the wilderness^H4057 like a flock^H5739.⁵³And he led^H5148 them on safely^H983, so that they feared^H6342 not: but the sea^H3220 overwhelmed^H3680 their enemies^H341.⁵⁴And he brought^H935 them to the border^H1366 of his sanctuary^H6944, even to this mountain^H2022, which his right hand^H3225 had purchased^H7069.⁵⁵He cast out^H1644 the heathen^H1471 also before^H6440 them, and divided^H5307 them an inheritance^H5159 by line^H2256, and made the tribes^H7626 of Israel^H3478 to dwell^H7931 in their tents^H168.⁵⁶Yet they tempted^H5254 and provoked^H4784 the most high^H5945 God^H430, and kept^H8104 not his testimonies^H5713:⁵⁷But turned back^H5472, and dealt unfaithfully^H898 like their fathers^H1: they were turned aside^H2015 like a deceitful^H7423 bow^H7198.⁵⁸For they provoked him to anger^H3707 with their high places^H1116, and moved him to jealousy^H7065 with their graven images^H6456.⁵⁹When God^H430 heard^H8085 this, he was wroth^H5674, and greatly^H3966 abhorred^H3988 Israel^H3478:⁶⁰So that he forsook^H5203 the tabernacle^H4908 of Shiloh^H7887, the tent^H168 which he placed^H7931 among men^H120;⁶¹And delivered^H5414 his strength^H5797 into captivity^H7628, and his glory^H8597 into the enemy's^H6862 hand^H3027.⁶²He gave^H5462 his people^H5971 over^H5462 also unto the sword^H2719; and was wroth^H5674 with his inheritance^H5159.⁶³The fire^H784 consumed^H398 their young men^H970; and their maidens^H1330 were not given to marriage^H1984.⁶⁴Their priests^H3548 fell^H5307 by the sword^H2719; and their widows^H490 made no lamentation^H1058.⁶⁵Then the Lord^H136 awaked^H3364 as one out of sleep^H3463, and like a mighty man^H1368 that shouteth^H7442 by reason of wine^H3196.⁶⁶And he smote^H5221 his enemies^H6862 in the hinder parts^H268: he put^H5414 them to a perpetual^H5769 reproach^H2781.

⁶⁷Moreover he refused^H3988 the tabernacle^H168 of Joseph^H3130, and chose^H977 not the tribe^H7626 of Ephraim^H669:⁶⁸But chose^H977 the tribe^H7626 of Judah^H3063, the mount^H2022 Zion^H6726 which he loved^H157.⁶⁹And he built^H1129 his sanctuary^H4720 like high^H7311 palaces, like the earth^H776 which he hath established^H3245 for ever^H5769.⁷⁰He chose^H977 David^H1732 also his servant^H5650, and took^H3947 him from the sheepfolds^{H4356 H6629}:⁷¹From following^H310 the ewes great with young^H5763 he brought^H935 him to feed^H7462 Jacob^H3290 his people^H5971, and Israel^H3478 his inheritance^H5159.⁷²So he fed^H7462 them according to the integrity^H8537 of his heart^H3824; and guided^H5148 them by the skilfulness^H8394 of his hands^H3709.