4 We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, And his strength, and his wondrous works that he hath done.ASV — Psalm 78:4

5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which he commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children;ASV — Psalm 78:5

6 That the generation to come might know [them], even the children that should be born; Who should arise and tell [them] to their children,ASV — Psalm 78:6

7 That they might set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep his commandments,ASV — Psalm 78:7

8 And might not be as their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that set not their heart aright, And whose spirit was not stedfast with God.ASV — Psalm 78:8

9 The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle.ASV — Psalm 78:9

10 They kept not the covenant of God, And refused to walk in his law;ASV — Psalm 78:10

11 And they forgat his doings, And his wondrous works that he had showed them.ASV — Psalm 78:11

12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.ASV — Psalm 78:12

13 He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through; And he made the waters to stand as a heap.ASV — Psalm 78:13

14 In the day-time also he led them with a cloud, And all the night with a light of fire.ASV — Psalm 78:14

15 He clave rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.ASV — Psalm 78:15

16 He brought streams also out of the rock, And caused waters to run down like rivers.ASV — Psalm 78:16

17 Yet went they on still to sin against him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.ASV — Psalm 78:17

18 And they tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire.ASV — Psalm 78:18

19 Yea, they spake against God; They said, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?ASV — Psalm 78:19

20 Behold, he smote the rock, so that waters gushed out, And streams overflowed; Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?ASV — Psalm 78:20

21 Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth; And a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger also went up against Israel;ASV — Psalm 78:21

22 Because they believed not in God, And trusted not in his salvation.ASV — Psalm 78:22

23 Yet he commanded the skies above, And opened the doors of heaven;ASV — Psalm 78:23

24 And he rained down manna upon them to eat, And gave them food from heaven.ASV — Psalm 78:24

25 Man did eat the bread of the mighty: He sent them food to the full.ASV — Psalm 78:25

26 He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens; And by his power he guided the south wind.ASV — Psalm 78:26

27 He rained flesh also upon them as the dust, And winged birds as the sand of the seas:ASV — Psalm 78:27

28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, Round about their habitations.ASV — Psalm 78:28

29 So they did eat, and were well filled; And he gave them their own desire.ASV — Psalm 78:29

30 They were not estranged from that which they desired, Their food was yet in their mouths,ASV — Psalm 78:30

31 When the anger of God went up against them, And slew of the fattest of them, And smote down the young men of Israel.ASV — Psalm 78:31

32 For all this they sinned still, And believed not in his wondrous works.ASV — Psalm 78:32

33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, And their years in terror.ASV — Psalm 78:33

34 When he slew them, then they inquired after him; And they returned and sought God earnestly.ASV — Psalm 78:34

35 And they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their redeemer.ASV — Psalm 78:35

36 But they flattered him with their mouth, And lied unto him with their tongue.ASV — Psalm 78:36

37 For their heart was not right with him, Neither were they faithful in his covenant.ASV — Psalm 78:37

38 But he, being merciful, forgave [their] iniquity, and destroyed [them] not: Yea, many a time turned he his anger away, And did not stir up all his wrath.ASV — Psalm 78:38

39 And he remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.ASV — Psalm 78:39

40 How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness, And grieve him in the desert!ASV — Psalm 78:40

41 And they turned again and tempted God, And provoked the Holy One of Israel.ASV — Psalm 78:41

42 They remember not his hand, Nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;ASV — Psalm 78:42

43 How he set his signs in Egypt, And his wonders in the field of Zoan,ASV — Psalm 78:43

44 And turned their rivers into blood, And their streams, so that they could not drink.ASV — Psalm 78:44

45 He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; And frogs, which destroyed them.ASV — Psalm 78:45

46 He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar, And their labor unto the locust.ASV — Psalm 78:46

47 He destroyed their vines with hail, And their sycomore-trees with frost.ASV — Psalm 78:47

48 He gave over their cattle also to the hail, And their flocks to hot thunderbolts.ASV — Psalm 78:48

49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, Wrath, and indignation, and trouble, A band of angels of evil.ASV — Psalm 78:49

50 He made a path for his anger; He spared not their soul from death, But gave their life over to the pestilence,ASV — Psalm 78:50

51 And smote all the first-born in Egypt, The chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.ASV — Psalm 78:51

52 But he led forth his own people like sheep, And guided them in the wilderness like a flock.ASV — Psalm 78:52

53 And he led them safely, so that they feared not; But the sea overwhelmed their enemies.ASV — Psalm 78:53

54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, To this mountain, which his right hand had gotten.ASV — Psalm 78:54

55 He drove out the nations also before them, And allotted them for an inheritance by line, And made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.ASV — Psalm 78:55

56 Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, And kept not his testimonies;ASV — Psalm 78:56

57 But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers: They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.ASV — Psalm 78:57

58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, And moved him to jealousy with their graven images.ASV — Psalm 78:58

59 When God heard [this], he was wroth, And greatly abhorred Israel;ASV — Psalm 78:59

60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent which he placed among men;ASV — Psalm 78:60

61 And delivered his strength into captivity, And his glory into the adversary`s hand.ASV — Psalm 78:61

62 He gave his people over also unto the sword, And was wroth with his inheritance.ASV — Psalm 78:62

63 Fire devoured their young men; And their virgins had no marriage-song.ASV — Psalm 78:63

64 Their priests fell by the sword; And their widows made no lamentation.ASV — Psalm 78:64

65 Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, Like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.ASV — Psalm 78:65

66 And he smote his adversaries backward: He put them to a perpetual reproach.ASV — Psalm 78:66

67 Moreover he refused the tent of Joseph, And chose not the tribe of Ephraim,ASV — Psalm 78:67

68 But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved.ASV — Psalm 78:68

69 And he built his sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which he hath established for ever.ASV — Psalm 78:69

70 He chose David also his servant, And took him from the sheepfolds:ASV — Psalm 78:70

71 From following the ewes that have their young he brought him, To be the shepherd of Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.ASV — Psalm 78:71

72 So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, And guided them by the skilfulness of his hands. Psalm 79 A Psalm of Asaph.ASV — Psalm 78:72

Psalm 77

Psalm 79