2016-04-01 21:07:38 +00:00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
|
|
\c 78
|
2017-02-20 17:37:23 +00:00
|
|
|
\m
|
2016-04-01 21:07:38 +00:00
|
|
|
\d A maschil of Asaph.
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 1 Hear my teaching, my people,
|
|
|
|
\q listen to the words of my mouth.
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 2 I will open my mouth in parables;
|
|
|
|
\q I will sing about hidden things about the past.
|
2016-11-04 21:12:37 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2016-04-01 21:07:38 +00:00
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 3 These are things that we have heard and learned,
|
|
|
|
\q things that our ancestors have told us.
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 4 We will not keep them from their descendants.
|
|
|
|
\q We will tell the next generation about the praiseworthy deeds of Yahweh,
|
|
|
|
\q his strength, and the wonders that he has done.
|
2016-11-04 21:12:37 +00:00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2016-04-01 21:07:38 +00:00
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 5 For he established covenant decrees in Jacob
|
|
|
|
\q and appointed a law in Israel.
|
|
|
|
\q He commanded our ancestors
|
|
|
|
\q that they were to teach them to their children.
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 6 He commanded this so that the generation to come might know his decrees, the children not yet born,
|
|
|
|
\q who should tell them in turn to their own children.
|
2016-11-04 21:12:37 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2016-04-01 21:07:38 +00:00
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 7 Then they would place their hope in God
|
|
|
|
\q and not forget his deeds
|
|
|
|
\q but keep his commandments.
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 8 Then they would not be like their ancestors,
|
|
|
|
\q who were a stubborn and rebellious generation,
|
|
|
|
\q a generation whose hearts were not right,
|
|
|
|
\q and whose spirits were not committed and faithful to God.
|
2016-11-04 21:12:37 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2016-04-01 21:07:38 +00:00
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 9 The Ephraimites were armed with bows,
|
|
|
|
\q but they turned back on the day of battle.
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 10 They did not keep the covenant with God,
|
|
|
|
\q and they refused to obey his law.
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 11 They forgot his deeds,
|
|
|
|
\q the wonderful things that he had shown them.
|
2016-11-04 21:12:37 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2016-04-01 21:07:38 +00:00
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
|
|
\q
|
2016-09-08 19:54:49 +00:00
|
|
|
\v 12 They forgot the marvelous things he did in the sight of their ancestors
|
2016-04-01 21:07:38 +00:00
|
|
|
\q in the land of Egypt, in the land of Zoan.
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 13 He divided the sea and led them across it;
|
|
|
|
\q he made the waters to stand like walls.
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 14 In the daytime he led them with a cloud
|
|
|
|
\q and all the night with the light of fire.
|
2016-11-04 21:12:37 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2016-04-01 21:07:38 +00:00
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 15 He split the rocks in the wilderness,
|
|
|
|
\q and he gave them water abundantly, enough to fill the depths of the sea.
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 16 He made streams flow out of the rock
|
|
|
|
\q and made the water flow like rivers.
|
2016-11-04 21:12:37 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2016-04-01 21:07:38 +00:00
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 17 Yet they continued to sin against him,
|
|
|
|
\q rebelling against the Most High in the wilderness.
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 18 They challenged God in their hearts
|
|
|
|
\q by asking for food to satisfy their appetites.
|
2016-11-04 21:12:37 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2016-04-01 21:07:38 +00:00
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 19 They spoke against God;
|
|
|
|
\q they said, "Can God really lay out a table for us in the wilderness?
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 20 See, when he struck the rock, waters gushed out
|
|
|
|
\q and streams overflowed.
|
|
|
|
\q But can he give bread also?
|
|
|
|
\q Will he provide meat for his people?"
|
2016-11-04 21:12:37 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2016-04-01 21:07:38 +00:00
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 21 When Yahweh heard this, he was angry;
|
|
|
|
\q so his fire burned against Jacob,
|
|
|
|
\q and his anger attacked Israel,
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 22 because they did not believe in God
|
|
|
|
\q and did not trust in his salvation.
|
2016-11-04 21:12:37 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2016-04-01 21:07:38 +00:00
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 23 Yet he commanded the skies above
|
|
|
|
\q and opened the doors of the sky.
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 24 He rained down manna for them to eat,
|
|
|
|
\q and gave them the grain from heaven.
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 25 People ate the bread of angels.
|
|
|
|
\q He sent them food in abundance.
|
2016-11-04 21:12:37 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2016-04-01 21:07:38 +00:00
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 26 He caused the east wind to blow in the sky,
|
|
|
|
\q and by his power he guided the south wind.
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 27 He rained down meat on them like dust,
|
|
|
|
\q birds as numerous as the sands of the sea.
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 28 They fell in the middle of their camp,
|
|
|
|
\q all around their tents.
|
2016-11-04 21:12:37 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2016-04-01 21:07:38 +00:00
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 29 So they ate and were full.
|
|
|
|
\q He gave them what they craved.
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 30 But they had not yet filled up;
|
|
|
|
\q their food was still in their mouths.
|
2016-11-04 21:12:37 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2016-04-01 21:07:38 +00:00
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 31 Then God's anger attacked them
|
|
|
|
\q and killed the strongest of them.
|
|
|
|
\q He brought down the young men of Israel.
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 32 Despite this, they continued to sin
|
|
|
|
\q and did not believe his wonderful deeds.
|
2016-11-04 21:12:37 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2016-04-01 21:07:38 +00:00
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 33 Therefore God cut short their days;
|
|
|
|
\q their years were filled with terror.
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 34 Whenever God afflicted them, they would start to seek him,
|
|
|
|
\q and they would return and look earnestly for him.
|
2016-11-04 21:12:37 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2016-04-01 21:07:38 +00:00
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 35 They would call to mind that God was their rock
|
|
|
|
\q and that the Most High God was their rescuer.
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 36 But they would flatter him with their mouth
|
|
|
|
\q and lie to him with their words.
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 37 For their hearts were not firmly fixed on him,
|
|
|
|
\q and they were not faithful to his covenant.
|
2016-11-04 21:12:37 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2016-04-01 21:07:38 +00:00
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 38 Yet he, being merciful, forgave their iniquity and did not destroy
|
|
|
|
them.
|
|
|
|
\q Yes, many times he held back his anger
|
|
|
|
\q and did not stir up all his wrath.
|
2016-11-04 21:12:37 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2016-04-01 21:07:38 +00:00
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 39 He called to mind that they were made of flesh,
|
|
|
|
\q a wind that passes away and does not return.
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 40 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness
|
|
|
|
\q and grieved him in the barren regions!
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 41 Again and again they challenged God
|
|
|
|
\q and offended the Holy One of Israel.
|
2016-11-04 21:12:37 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2016-04-01 21:07:38 +00:00
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 42 They did not think about his power,
|
|
|
|
\q how he had rescued them from the enemy
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 43 when he performed his terrifying signs in Egypt
|
|
|
|
\q and his wonders in the region of Zoan.
|
2016-11-04 21:12:37 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2016-04-01 21:07:38 +00:00
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 44 He turned the Egyptians' rivers to blood
|
|
|
|
\q so that they could not drink from their streams.
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 45 He sent swarms of flies that devoured them
|
|
|
|
\q and frogs that overran their land.
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 46 He gave their crops to the grasshopper
|
|
|
|
\q and their labor to the locust.
|
2016-11-04 21:12:37 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2016-04-01 21:07:38 +00:00
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 47 He destroyed their vines with hail
|
|
|
|
\q and their sycamore trees with more hail.
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 48 He rained hail on their cattle
|
|
|
|
\q and hurled lightning bolts at their livestock.
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 49 The fierceness of his anger lashed out against them.
|
|
|
|
\q He sent wrath, fury, and trouble
|
|
|
|
\q like agents who bring disaster.
|
2016-11-04 21:12:37 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2016-04-01 21:07:38 +00:00
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 50 He leveled a path for his anger;
|
|
|
|
\q he did not spare them from death
|
|
|
|
\q but gave them over to the plague.
|
|
|
|
\q
|
2017-05-04 16:26:43 +00:00
|
|
|
\v 51 He killed all the first-born in Egypt,
|
|
|
|
\q the first-born of their strength in the tents of Ham.
|
2016-11-04 21:12:37 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2016-04-01 21:07:38 +00:00
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 52 He led his own people out like sheep
|
|
|
|
\q and guided them through the wilderness like a flock.
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 53 He led them secure and unafraid,
|
|
|
|
\q but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
|
2016-11-04 21:12:37 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2016-04-01 21:07:38 +00:00
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 54 Then he brought them to the border of his holy land,
|
|
|
|
\q to this mountain that his right hand acquired.
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 55 He drove out the nations from before them
|
2016-09-08 22:49:30 +00:00
|
|
|
\q and assigned them their inheritance.
|
|
|
|
\q He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
|
2016-11-04 21:12:37 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2016-04-01 21:07:38 +00:00
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 56 Yet they challenged and defied the Most High God
|
|
|
|
\q and did not keep his solemn commands.
|
|
|
|
\q
|
2016-08-08 18:52:12 +00:00
|
|
|
\v 57 They were unfaithful and acted treacherously like their fathers;
|
2016-04-01 21:07:38 +00:00
|
|
|
\q they were as undependable as a faulty bow.
|
2016-11-04 21:12:37 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2016-04-01 21:07:38 +00:00
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
|
|
\q
|
2016-09-08 22:49:30 +00:00
|
|
|
\v 58 For they made him angry with their high places
|
2016-04-01 21:07:38 +00:00
|
|
|
\q and provoked him to jealous anger with their idols.
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 59 When God heard this, he was angry
|
|
|
|
\q and completely rejected Israel.
|
2016-11-04 21:12:37 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2016-04-01 21:07:38 +00:00
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 60 He abandoned the sanctuary of Shiloh,
|
|
|
|
\q the tent where he had lived among people.
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 61 He allowed his strength to be captured
|
|
|
|
\q and gave his glory into the enemy's hand.
|
2016-11-04 21:12:37 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2016-04-01 21:07:38 +00:00
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 62 He handed his people over to the sword,
|
|
|
|
\q and he was angry with his heritage.
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 63 Fire devoured their young men,
|
|
|
|
\q and their young women had no wedding songs.
|
2016-11-04 21:12:37 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2016-04-01 21:07:38 +00:00
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 64 Their priests fell by the sword,
|
|
|
|
\q and their widows could not weep.
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 65 Then the Lord awakened as one from sleep,
|
|
|
|
\q like a warrior who shouts because of wine.
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 66 He drove his adversaries back;
|
|
|
|
\q he put them to everlasting shame.
|
2016-11-04 21:12:37 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2016-04-01 21:07:38 +00:00
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 67 He rejected the tent of Joseph,
|
|
|
|
\q and he did not chose the tribe of Ephraim.
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 68 He chose the tribe of Judah
|
|
|
|
\q and Mount Zion that he loved.
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 69 He built his sanctuary like the heavens,
|
|
|
|
\q like the earth that he has established forever.
|
2016-11-04 21:12:37 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2016-04-01 21:07:38 +00:00
|
|
|
\s5
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 70 He chose David, his servant,
|
|
|
|
\q and took him from the sheepfolds.
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 71 He took him from following the ewes with their young, and he brought him
|
|
|
|
\q to be shepherd of Jacob, his people, and of Israel, his heritage.
|
|
|
|
\q
|
|
|
|
\v 72 David shepherded them with the integrity of his heart,
|
|
|
|
\q and he guided them with the skill of his hands.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|