Psalms 78
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Psalm title
- 1Hear my law, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.
- הַאֲזִ֣ינָה
- עַ֭מִּי
- תּוֹרָתִ֑י
- הַטּ֥וּ
- הַטּ֥וּha.TuinclineH5186
- אָ֝זְנְכֶ֗ם
- לְאִמְרֵי־
- פִֽי׃
- 2I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,
- 3Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.
- 4We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, His strength, and his wondrous works that he has done.
- לֹ֤א
- לֹ֤אlo'notH3808
- נְכַחֵ֨ד׀
- נְכַחֵ֨דne.kha.Chedwe will hideH3582
- מִבְּנֵיהֶ֗ם
- לְד֥וֹר
- אַחֲר֗וֹן
- אַחֲר֗וֹן'a.cha.RonlaterH0314
- מְֽ֭סַפְּרִים
- מְֽ֭סַפְּרִיםMe.sa.pe.rimrecountingH5608A
- תְּהִלּ֣וֹת
- תְּהִלּ֣וֹתte.hi.Lot[the] praises ofH8416
- יְהוָ֑ה
- יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068G
- וֶעֱזוּז֥וֹ
- וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יו
- אֲשֶׁ֣ר
- אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH0834A
- עָשָֽׂה׃
- עָשָֽׂה'a.Sahhe has doneH6213A
- לֹ֤א
- 5For 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;
- 6That the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; Who should arise and tell their children,
- לְמַ֤עַן
- לְמַ֤עַןle.Ma.'anso thatH4616
- יֵדְע֨וּ׀
- יֵדְע֨וּye.de.'Uthey may knowH3045
- דּ֣וֹר
- דּ֣וֹרDora generationH1755
- אַ֭חֲרוֹן
- אַ֭חֲרוֹן'A.cha.ronlaterH0314
- בָּנִ֣ים
- בָּנִ֣יםba.NimchildrenH1121A
- יִוָּלֵ֑דוּ
- יִוָּלֵ֑דוּyi.va.Le.du[who] they will be bornH3205
- יָ֝קֻ֗מוּ
- יָ֝קֻ֗מוּya.Ku.muthey will ariseH6965B
- וִֽיסַפְּר֥וּ
- לִבְנֵיהֶֽם׃
- לְמַ֤עַן
- 7That they might set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep his commandments,
- 8And might not be as their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that didn't make their hearts loyal, Whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
- וְלֹ֤א
- יִהְי֨וּ׀
- יִהְי֨וּyih.Yuthey will beH1961
- כַּאֲבוֹתָ֗ם
- דּוֹר֮
- דּוֹר֮dOra generationH1755
- סוֹרֵ֪ר
- סוֹרֵ֪רso.RerstubbornH5637
- וּמֹ֫רֶ֥ה
- דּ֭וֹר
- דּ֭וֹרDora generationH1755
- לֹא־
- לֹאlo'-[which] notH3808
- הֵכִ֣ין
- הֵכִ֣יןhe.Khinit directedH3559H
- לִבּ֑וֹ
- וְלֹא־
- נֶאֶמְנָ֖ה
- נֶאֶמְנָ֖הne.'em.Nahit was faithfulH0539
- אֶת־
- אֶת'et-withH0854
- אֵ֣ל
- אֵ֣ל'elGodH0410G
- רוּחֽוֹ׃
- 9The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle.
- 10They didn't keep God's covenant, And refused to walk in his law.
- 11They forgot his doings, His wondrous works that he had shown them.
- 12He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
- 13He split the sea, and caused them to pass through; He made the waters stand as a heap.
- 14In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, And all night with a light of fire.
- 15He split rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.
- 16He brought streams also out of the rock, And caused waters to run down like rivers.
- 17Yet they still went on to sin against him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.
- 18They tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire.
- 19Yes, they spoke against God. They said, "Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
- 20Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out, Streams overflowed. Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?"
- הֵ֤ן
- הֵ֤ןhenthere!H2005
- הִכָּה־
- הִכָּהhi.kah-he struckH5221
- צ֨וּר׀
- צ֨וּרtzura rockH6697H
- וַיָּז֣וּבוּ
- מַיִם֮
- מַיִם֮ma.YimwatersH4325G
- וּנְחָלִ֪ים
- יִ֫שְׁטֹ֥פוּ
- יִ֫שְׁטֹ֥פוּyish.To.futhey overflowedH7857
- הֲגַם־
- לֶ֭חֶם
- לֶ֭חֶםLe.chemfoodH3899H
- י֣וּכַל
- י֣וּכַלYu.khalis he ableH3201
- תֵּ֑ת
- תֵּ֑תTetto giveH5414G
- אִם־
- אִם'im-or?H0518H
- יָכִ֖ין
- יָכִ֖יןya.Khinwill he prepareH3559A
- שְׁאֵ֣ר
- שְׁאֵ֣רshe.'ErmeatH7607
- לְעַמּֽוֹ׃
- הֵ֤ן
- 21Therefore Yahweh heard, and was angry. A fire was kindled against Jacob, Anger also went up against Israel,
- 22Because they didn't believe in God, And didn't trust in his salvation.
- 23Yet he commanded the skies above, And opened the doors of heaven.
- 24He rained down manna on them to eat, And gave them food from the sky.
- 25Man ate the bread of angels. He sent them food to the full.
- 26He caused the east wind to blow in the sky. By his power he guided the south wind.
- 27He rained also flesh on them as the dust; Winged birds as the sand of the seas.
- 28He let them fall in the midst of their camp, Around their habitations.
- 29So they ate, and were well filled. He gave them their own desire.
- 30They didn't turn from their cravings. Their food was yet in their mouths,
- 31When the anger of God went up against them, Killed some of the fattest of them, And struck down the young men of Israel.
- 32For all this they still sinned, And didn't believe in his wondrous works.
- 33Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, And their years in terror.
- 34When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.
- 35They remembered that God was their rock, The Most High God their redeemer.
- 36But they flattered him with their mouth, And lied to him with their tongue.
- 37For their heart was not right with him, Neither were they faithful in his covenant.
- 38But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and didn't destroy them. Yes, many times he turned his anger away, And didn't stir up all his wrath.
- 39He remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passes away, and doesn't come again.
- 40How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, And grieved him in the desert!
- כַּ֭מָּה
- יַמְר֣וּהוּ
- בַמִּדְבָּ֑ר
- יַ֝עֲצִיב֗וּהוּ
- בִּֽישִׁימֽוֹן׃
- 41They turned again and tempted God, And provoked the Holy One of Israel.
- 42They didn't remember his hand, Nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;
- 43How he set his signs in Egypt, His wonders in the field of Zoan,
- 44Turned their rivers into blood, And their streams, so that they could not drink.
- וַיַּהֲפֹ֣ךְ
- לְ֭דָם
- יְאֹרֵיהֶ֑ם
- וְ֝נֹזְלֵיהֶ֗ם
- בַּל־
- בַּלbal-notH1077
- יִשְׁתָּיֽוּן׃
- 45He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; And frogs, which destroyed them.
- 46He gave also their increase to the caterpillar, And their labor to the locust.
- 47He destroyed their vines with hail, Their sycamore-fig trees with frost.
- 48He gave over their cattle also to the hail, And their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
- וַיַּסְגֵּ֣ר
- לַבָּרָ֣ד
- בְּעִירָ֑ם
- וּ֝מִקְנֵיהֶ֗ם
- לָרְשָׁפִֽים׃
- 49He threw on them the fierceness of his anger, Wrath, indignation, and trouble, And a band of angels of evil.
- 50He made a path for his anger. He didn't spare their soul from death, But gave their life over to the pestilence,
- 51And struck all the firstborn in Egypt, The chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.
- 52But he led forth his own people like sheep, And guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
- וַיַּסַּ֣ע
- כַּצֹּ֣אן
- עַמּ֑וֹ
- וַֽיְנַהֲגֵ֥ם
- כַּ֝עֵ֗דֶר
- בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃
- 53He led them safely, so that they weren't afraid, But the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
- 54He brought them to the border of his sanctuary, To this mountain, which his right hand had taken.
- 55He also drove out the nations before them, Allotted them for an inheritance by line, And made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
- 56Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, And didn't keep his testimonies;
- 57But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
- 58For they provoked him to anger with their high places, And moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.
- וַיַּכְעִיס֥וּהוּ
- בְּבָמוֹתָ֑ם
- וּ֝בִפְסִילֵיהֶ֗ם
- יַקְנִיאֽוּהוּ׃
- 59When God heard this, he was angry, And greatly abhorred Israel;
- 60So that he forsook the tent of Shiloh, The tent which he placed among men;
- 61And delivered his strength into captivity, His glory into the adversary's hand.
- 62He also gave his people over to the sword, And was angry with his inheritance.
- 63Fire devoured their young men; Their virgins had no wedding song.
- 64Their priests fell by the sword, And their widows couldn't weep.
- 65Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep, Like a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine.
- 66He struck his adversaries backward. He put them to a perpetual reproach.
- 67Moreover he rejected the tent of Joseph, And didn't choose the tribe of Ephraim,
- 68But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.
- 69He built his sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which he has established forever.
- 70He also chose David his servant, And took him from the sheepfolds;
- וַ֭יִּבְחַר
- בְּדָוִ֣ד
- עַבְדּ֑וֹ
- וַ֝יִּקָּחֵ֗הוּ
- מִֽמִּכְלְאֹ֥ת
- צֹֽאן׃
- צֹֽאןTzonsheepH6629G
- 71From following the ewes that have their young, He brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob, his people, And Israel, his inheritance.
- מֵאַחַ֥ר
- עָל֗וֹת
- עָל֗וֹתa.Lotnursing [sheep]H5763
- הֱ֫בִיא֥וֹ
- לִ֭רְעוֹת
- בְּיַעֲקֹ֣ב
- עַמּ֑וֹ
- וּ֝בְיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל
- נַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃
- 72So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, And guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.
- וַ֭יִּרְעֵם
- כְּתֹ֣ם
- לְבָב֑וֹ
- וּבִתְבוּנ֖וֹת
- כַּפָּ֣יו
- יַנְחֵֽם׃
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