Psalms Chapter 78 (NASB)
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A Maskil of Asaph. Listen, O my people, to my instruction; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
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I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,
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Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.
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We will not conceal them from their children, But tell to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, And His strength and His wondrous works that He has done.
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For He established a testimony in Jacob And appointed a law in Israel, Which He commanded our fathers That they should teach them to their children,
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That the generation to come might know, [even] the children [yet] to be born, [That] they may arise and tell [them] to their children,
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That they should put their confidence in God And not forget the works of God, But keep His commandments,
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And not be like their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that did not prepare its heart And whose spirit was not faithful to God.
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The sons of Ephraim were archers equipped with bows, [Yet] they turned back in the day of battle.
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They did not keep the covenant of God And refused to walk in His law;
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They forgot His deeds And His miracles that He had shown them.
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He wrought wonders before their fathers In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
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He divided the sea and caused them to pass through, And He made the waters stand up like a heap.
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Then He led them with the cloud by day And all the night with a light of fire.
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He split the rocks in the wilderness And gave [them] abundant drink like the ocean depths.
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He brought forth streams also from the rock And caused waters to run down like rivers.
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Yet they still continued to sin against Him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.
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And in their heart they put God to the test By asking food according to their desire.
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Then they spoke against God; They said, 'Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
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'Behold, He struck the rock so that waters gushed out, And streams were overflowing; Can He give bread also? Will He provide meat for His people?'
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Therefore the LORD heard and was full of wrath; And a fire was kindled against Jacob And anger also mounted against Israel,
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Because they did not believe in God And did not trust in His salvation.
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Yet He commanded the clouds above And opened the doors of heaven;
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He rained down manna upon them to eat And gave them food from heaven.
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Man did eat the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance.
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He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens And by His power He directed the south wind.
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When He rained meat upon them like the dust, Even winged fowl like the sand of the seas,
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Then He let [them] fall in the midst of their camp, Round about their dwellings.
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So they ate and were well filled, And their desire He gave to them.
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Before they had satisfied their desire, While their food was in their mouths,
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The anger of God rose against them And killed some of their stoutest ones, And subdued the choice men of Israel.
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In spite of all this they still sinned And did not believe in His wonderful works.
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So He brought their days to an end in futility And their years in sudden terror.
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When He killed them, then they sought Him, And returned and searched diligently for God;
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And they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their Redeemer.
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But they deceived Him with their mouth And lied to Him with their tongue.
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For their heart was not steadfast toward Him, Nor were they faithful in His covenant.
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But He, being compassionate, forgave [their] iniquity and did not destroy [them]; And often He restrained His anger And did not arouse all His wrath.
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Thus He remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passes and does not return.
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How often they rebelled against Him in the wilderness And grieved Him in the desert!
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Again and again they tempted God, And pained the Holy One of Israel.
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They did not remember His power, The day when He redeemed them from the adversary,
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When He performed His signs in Egypt And His marvels in the field of Zoan,
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And turned their rivers to blood, And their streams, they could not drink.
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He sent among them swarms of flies which devoured them, And frogs which destroyed them.
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He gave also their crops to the grasshopper And the product of their labor to the locust.
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He destroyed their vines with hailstones And their sycamore trees with frost.
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He gave over their cattle also to the hailstones And their herds to bolts of lightning.
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He sent upon them His burning anger, Fury and indignation and trouble, A band of destroying angels.
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He leveled a path for His anger; He did not spare their soul from death, But gave over their life to the plague,
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And smote all the firstborn in Egypt, The first [issue] of their virility in the tents of Ham.
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But He led forth His own people like sheep And guided them in the wilderness like a flock;
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He led them safely, so that they did not fear; But the sea engulfed their enemies.
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So He brought them to His holy land, To this hill country which His right hand had gained.
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He also drove out the nations before them And apportioned them for an inheritance by measurement, And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.
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Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God And did not keep His testimonies,
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But turned back and acted treacherously like their fathers; They turned aside like a treacherous bow.
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For they provoked Him with their high places And aroused His jealousy with their graven images.
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When God heard, He was filled with wrath And greatly abhorred Israel;
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So that He abandoned the dwelling place at Shiloh, The tent which He had pitched among men,
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And gave up His strength to captivity And His glory into the hand of the adversary.
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He also delivered His people to the sword, And was filled with wrath at His inheritance.
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Fire devoured His young men, And His virgins had no wedding songs.
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His priests fell by the sword, And His widows could not weep.
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Then the Lord awoke as [if from] sleep, Like a warrior overcome by wine.
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He drove His adversaries backward; He put on them an everlasting reproach.
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He also rejected the tent of Joseph, And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
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But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which He loved.
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And He built His sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which He has founded forever.
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He also chose David His servant And took him from the sheepfolds;
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From the care of the ewes with suckling lambs He brought him To shepherd Jacob His people, And Israel His inheritance.
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So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart, And guided them with his skillful hands.
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