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26 Psalms 78:1-72 ¹מַשְׂכִּ֗יל לְאָ֫סָ֥ף הַאֲזִ֣ינָה עַ֭מִּי תּוֹרָתִ֑י הַטּ֥וּ אָ֝זְנְכֶ֗ם לְאִמְרֵי־ פִֽי׃ ²אֶפְתְּחָ֣ה בְמָשָׁ֣ל פִּ֑י אַבִּ֥יעָה חִ֝יד֗וֹת מִנִּי־ קֶֽדֶם׃ ³אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׁ֭מַעְנוּ וַנֵּדָעֵ֑ם וַ֝אֲבוֹתֵ֗ינוּ סִפְּרוּ־ לָֽנוּ׃ ⁴לֹ֤א נְכַחֵ֨ד׀ מִבְּנֵיהֶ֗ם לְד֥וֹר אַחֲר֗וֹן מְֽ֭סַפְּרִים תְּהִלּ֣וֹת יְהוָ֑ה וֶעֱזוּז֥וֹ וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יו אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָֽׂה׃ ⁵וַיָּ֤קֶם עֵד֨וּת׀ בְּֽיַעֲקֹ֗ב וְתוֹרָה֮ שָׂ֤ם בְּיִשְׂרָ֫אֵ֥ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִ֭וָּה אֶת־ אֲבוֹתֵ֑ינוּ לְ֝הוֹדִיעָ֗ם לִבְנֵיהֶֽם׃ ⁶לְמַ֤עַן יֵדְע֨וּ׀ דּ֣וֹר אַ֭חֲרוֹן בָּנִ֣ים יִוָּלֵ֑דוּ יָ֝קֻ֗מוּ וִֽיסַפְּר֥וּ לִבְנֵיהֶֽם׃ ⁷וְיָשִׂ֥ימוּ בֵֽאלֹהִ֗ים כִּ֫סְלָ֥ם וְלֹ֣א יִ֭שְׁכְּחוּ מַֽעַלְלֵי־ אֵ֑ל וּמִצְוֹתָ֥יו יִנְצֹֽרוּ׃ ⁸וְלֹ֤א יִהְי֨וּ׀ כַּאֲבוֹתָ֗ם דּוֹר֮ סוֹרֵ֪ר וּמֹ֫רֶ֥ה דּ֭וֹר לֹא־ הֵכִ֣ין לִבּ֑וֹ וְלֹא־ נֶאֶמְנָ֖ה אֶת־ אֵ֣ל רוּחֽוֹ׃ ⁹בְּֽנֵי־ אֶפְרַ֗יִם נוֹשְׁקֵ֥י רוֹמֵי־ קָ֑שֶׁת הָ֝פְכ֗וּ בְּי֣וֹם קְרָֽב׃ ¹⁰לֹ֣א שָׁ֭מְרוּ בְּרִ֣ית אֱלֹהִ֑ים וּ֝בְתוֹרָת֗וֹ מֵאֲנ֥וּ לָלֶֽכֶת׃ ¹¹וַיִּשְׁכְּח֥וּ עֲלִילוֹתָ֑יו וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יו אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֶרְאָֽם׃ ¹²נֶ֣גֶד אֲ֭בוֹתָם עָ֣שָׂה פֶ֑לֶא בְּאֶ֖רֶץ מִצְרַ֣יִם שְׂדֵה־ צֹֽעַן׃ ¹³בָּ֣קַע יָ֭ם וַיַּֽעֲבִירֵ֑ם וַֽיַּצֶּב־ מַ֥יִם כְּמוֹ־ נֵֽד׃ ¹⁴וַיַּנְחֵ֣ם בֶּעָנָ֣ן יוֹמָ֑ם וְכָל־ הַ֝לַּ֗יְלָה בְּא֣וֹר אֵֽשׁ׃ ¹⁵יְבַקַּ֣ע צֻ֭רִים בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר וַ֝יַּ֗שְׁקְ כִּתְהֹמ֥וֹת רַבָּֽה׃ ¹⁶וַיּוֹצִ֣א נוֹזְלִ֣ים מִסָּ֑לַע וַיּ֖וֹרֶד כַּנְּהָר֣וֹת מָֽיִם׃ ¹⁷וַיּוֹסִ֣יפוּ ע֖וֹד לַחֲטֹא־ ל֑וֹ לַֽמְר֥וֹת עֶ֝לְי֗וֹן בַּצִּיָּֽה׃ ¹⁸וַיְנַסּוּ־ אֵ֥ל בִּלְבָבָ֑ם לִֽשְׁאָל־ אֹ֥כֶל לְנַפְשָֽׁם׃ ¹⁹וַֽיְדַבְּר֗וּ בֵּֽאלֹ֫הִ֥ים אָ֭מְרוּ הֲי֣וּכַל אֵ֑ל לַעֲרֹ֥ךְ שֻׁ֝לְחָ֗ן בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ ²⁰הֵ֤ן הִכָּה־ צ֨וּר׀ וַיָּז֣וּבוּ מַיִם֮ וּנְחָלִ֪ים יִ֫שְׁטֹ֥פוּ הֲגַם־ לֶ֭חֶם י֣וּכַל תֵּ֑ת אִם־ יָכִ֖ין שְׁאֵ֣ר לְעַמּֽוֹ׃ ²¹לָכֵ֤ן׀ שָׁמַ֥ע יְהוָ֗ה וַֽיִּתְעַבָּ֥ר וְ֭אֵשׁ נִשְּׂקָ֣ה בְיַעֲקֹ֑ב וְגַם־ אַ֝֗ף עָלָ֥ה בְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ ²²כִּ֤י לֹ֣א הֶ֭אֱמִינוּ בֵּאלֹהִ֑ים וְלֹ֥א בָ֝טְח֗וּ בִּֽישׁוּעָתֽוֹ׃ ²³וַיְצַ֣ו שְׁחָקִ֣ים מִמָּ֑עַל וְדַלְתֵ֖י שָׁמַ֣יִם פָּתָֽח׃ ²⁴וַיַּמְטֵ֬ר עֲלֵיהֶ֣ם מָ֣ן לֶאֱכֹ֑ל וּדְגַן־ שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם נָ֣תַן לָֽמוֹ׃ ²⁵לֶ֣חֶם אַ֭בִּירִים אָ֣כַל אִ֑ישׁ צֵידָ֬ה שָׁלַ֖ח לָהֶ֣ם לָשֹֽׂבַע׃ ²⁶יַסַּ֣ע קָ֭דִים בַּשָּׁמָ֑יִם וַיְנַהֵ֖ג בְּעֻזּ֣וֹ תֵימָֽן׃ ²⁷וַיַּמְטֵ֬ר עֲלֵיהֶ֣ם כֶּעָפָ֣ר שְׁאֵ֑ר וּֽכְח֥וֹל יַ֝מִּ֗ים ע֣וֹף כָּנָֽף׃ ²⁸וַ֭יַּפֵּל בְּקֶ֣רֶב מַחֲנֵ֑הוּ סָ֝בִ֗יב לְמִשְׁכְּנֹתָֽיו׃ ²⁹וַיֹּאכְל֣וּ וַיִּשְׂבְּע֣וּ מְאֹ֑ד וְ֝תַֽאֲוָתָ֗ם יָבִ֥א לָהֶֽם׃ ³⁰לֹא־ זָר֥וּ מִתַּאֲוָתָ֑ם ע֝֗וֹד אָכְלָ֥ם בְּפִיהֶֽם׃ ³¹וְאַ֤ף אֱלֹהִ֨ים׀ עָ֘לָ֤ה בָהֶ֗ם וַֽ֭יַּהֲרֹג בְּמִשְׁמַנֵּיהֶ֑ם וּבַחוּרֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל הִכְרִֽיעַ׃ ³²בְּכָל־ זֹ֭את חָֽטְאוּ־ ע֑וֹד וְלֹֽא־ הֶ֝אֱמִ֗ינוּ בְּנִפְלְאוֹתָֽיו׃ ³³וַיְכַל־ בַּהֶ֥בֶל יְמֵיהֶ֑ם וּ֝שְׁנוֹתָ֗ם בַּבֶּהָלָֽה׃ ³⁴אִם־ הֲרָגָ֥ם וּדְרָשׁ֑וּהוּ וְ֝שָׁ֗בוּ וְשִֽׁחֲרוּ־ אֵֽל׃ ³⁵וַֽ֭יִּזְכְּרוּ כִּֽי־ אֱלֹהִ֣ים צוּרָ֑ם וְאֵ֥ל עֶ֝לְיוֹן גֹּאֲלָֽם׃ ³⁶וַיְפַתּ֥וּהוּ בְּפִיהֶ֑ם וּ֝בִלְשׁוֹנָ֗ם יְכַזְּבוּ־ לֽוֹ׃ ³⁷וְ֭לִבָּם לֹא־ נָכ֣וֹן עִמּ֑וֹ וְלֹ֥א נֶ֝אֶמְנ֗וּ בִּבְרִיתֽוֹ׃ ³⁸וְה֤וּא רַח֨וּם׀ יְכַפֵּ֥ר עָוֹן֮ וְֽלֹא־ יַ֫שְׁחִ֥ית וְ֭הִרְבָּה לְהָשִׁ֣יב אַפּ֑וֹ וְלֹֽא־ יָ֝עִיר כָּל־ חֲמָתֽוֹ׃ ³⁹וַ֭יִּזְכֹּר כִּי־ בָשָׂ֣ר הֵ֑מָּה ר֥וּחַ ה֝וֹלֵ֗ךְ וְלֹ֣א יָשֽׁוּב׃ ⁴⁰כַּ֭מָּה יַמְר֣וּהוּ בַמִּדְבָּ֑ר יַ֝עֲצִיב֗וּהוּ בִּֽישִׁימֽוֹן׃ ⁴¹וַיָּשׁ֣וּבוּ וַיְנַסּ֣וּ אֵ֑ל וּקְד֖וֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל הִתְווּ׃ ⁴²לֹא־ זָכְר֥וּ אֶת־ יָד֑וֹ י֝֗וֹם אֲ‍ֽשֶׁר־ פָּדָ֥ם מִנִּי־ צָֽר׃ ⁴³אֲשֶׁר־ שָׂ֣ם בְּ֭מִצְרַיִם אֹֽתוֹתָ֑יו וּ֝מוֹפְתָ֗יו בִּשְׂדֵה־ צֹֽעַן׃ ⁴⁴וַיַּהֲפֹ֣ךְ לְ֭דָם יְאֹרֵיהֶ֑ם וְ֝נֹזְלֵיהֶ֗ם בַּל־ יִשְׁתָּיֽוּן׃ ⁴⁵יְשַׁלַּ֬ח בָּהֶ֣ם עָ֭רֹב וַיֹּאכְלֵ֑ם וּ֝צְפַרְדֵּ֗עַ וַתַּשְׁחִיתֵֽם׃ ⁴⁶וַיִּתֵּ֣ן לֶחָסִ֣יל יְבוּלָ֑ם וִֽ֝יגִיעָ֗ם לָאַרְבֶּֽה׃ ⁴⁷יַהֲרֹ֣ג בַּבָּרָ֣ד גַּפְנָ֑ם וְ֝שִׁקְמוֹתָ֗ם בַּֽחֲנָמַֽל׃ ⁴⁸וַיַּסְגֵּ֣ר לַבָּרָ֣ד בְּעִירָ֑ם וּ֝מִקְנֵיהֶ֗ם לָרְשָׁפִֽים׃ ⁴⁹יְשַׁלַּח־ בָּ֨ם׀ חֲר֬וֹן אַפּ֗וֹ עֶבְרָ֣ה וָזַ֣עַם וְצָרָ֑ה מִ֝שְׁלַ֗חַת מַלְאֲכֵ֥י רָעִֽים׃ ⁵⁰יְפַלֵּ֥ס נָתִ֗יב לְאַ֫פּ֥וֹ לֹא־ חָשַׂ֣ךְ מִמָּ֣וֶת נַפְשָׁ֑ם וְ֝חַיָּתָ֗ם לַדֶּ֥בֶר הִסְגִּֽיר׃ ⁵¹וַיַּ֣ךְ כָּל־ בְּכ֣וֹר בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם רֵאשִׁ֥ית א֝וֹנִ֗ים בְּאָהֳלֵי־ חָֽם׃ ⁵²וַיַּסַּ֣ע כַּצֹּ֣אן עַמּ֑וֹ וַֽיְנַהֲגֵ֥ם כַּ֝עֵ֗דֶר בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ ⁵³וַיַּנְחֵ֣ם לָ֭בֶטַח וְלֹ֣א פָחָ֑דוּ וְאֶת־ א֝וֹיְבֵיהֶ֗ם כִּסָּ֥ה הַיָּֽם׃ ⁵⁴וַ֭יְבִיאֵם אֶל־ גְּב֣וּל קָדְשׁ֑וֹ הַר־ זֶ֝֗ה קָנְתָ֥ה יְמִינֽוֹ׃ ⁵⁵וַיְגָ֤רֶשׁ מִפְּנֵיהֶ֨ם׀ גּוֹיִ֗ם וַֽ֭יַּפִּילֵם בְּחֶ֣בֶל נַחֲלָ֑ה וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֥ן בְּ֝אָהֳלֵיהֶ֗ם שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ ⁵⁶וַיְנַסּ֣וּ וַ֭יַּמְרוּ אֶת־ אֱלֹהִ֣ים עֶלְי֑וֹן וְ֝עֵדוֹתָ֗יו לֹ֣א שָׁמָֽרוּ׃ ⁵⁷וַיִּסֹּ֣גוּ וַֽ֭יִּבְגְּדוּ כַּאֲבוֹתָ֑ם נֶ֝הְפְּכ֗וּ כְּקֶ֣שֶׁת רְמִיָּֽה׃ ⁵⁸וַיַּכְעִיס֥וּהוּ בְּבָמוֹתָ֑ם וּ֝בִפְסִילֵיהֶ֗ם יַקְנִיאֽוּהוּ׃ ⁵⁹שָׁמַ֣ע אֱ֭לֹהִים וַֽיִּתְעַבָּ֑ר וַיִּמְאַ֥ס מְ֝אֹ֗ד בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ ⁶⁰וַ֭יִּטֹּשׁ מִשְׁכַּ֣ן שִׁל֑וֹ אֹ֝֗הֶל שִׁכֵּ֥ן בָּאָדָֽם׃ ⁶¹וַיִּתֵּ֣ן לַשְּׁבִ֣י עֻזּ֑וֹ וְֽתִפְאַרְתּ֥וֹ בְיַד־ צָֽר׃ ⁶²וַיַּסְגֵּ֣ר לַחֶ֣רֶב עַמּ֑וֹ וּ֝בְנַחֲלָת֗וֹ הִתְעַבָּֽר׃ ⁶³בַּחוּרָ֥יו אָֽכְלָה־ אֵ֑שׁ וּ֝בְתוּלֹתָ֗יו לֹ֣א הוּלָּֽלוּ׃ ⁶⁴כֹּ֭הֲנָיו בַּחֶ֣רֶב נָפָ֑לוּ וְ֝אַלְמְנֹתָ֗יו לֹ֣א תִבְכֶּֽינָה׃ ⁶⁵וַיִּקַ֖ץ כְּיָשֵׁ֥ן׀ אֲדֹנָ֑י כְּ֝גִבּ֗וֹר מִתְרוֹנֵ֥ן מִיָּֽיִן׃ ⁶⁶וַיַּךְ־ צָרָ֥יו אָח֑וֹר חֶרְפַּ֥ת ע֝וֹלָ֗ם נָ֣תַן לָֽמוֹ׃ ⁶⁷וַ֭יִּמְאַס בְּאֹ֣הֶל יוֹסֵ֑ף וּֽבְשֵׁ֥בֶט אֶ֝פְרַ֗יִם לֹ֣א בָחָֽר׃ ⁶⁸וַ֭יִּבְחַר אֶת־ שֵׁ֣בֶט יְהוּדָ֑ה אֶֽת־ הַ֥ר צִ֝יּ֗וֹן אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָהֵֽב׃ ⁶⁹וַיִּ֣בֶן כְּמוֹ־ רָ֭מִים מִקְדָּשׁ֑וֹ כְּ֝אֶ֗רֶץ יְסָדָ֥הּ לְעוֹלָֽם׃ ⁷⁰וַ֭יִּבְחַר בְּדָוִ֣ד עַבְדּ֑וֹ וַ֝יִּקָּחֵ֗הוּ מִֽמִּכְלְאֹ֥ת צֹֽאן׃ ⁷¹מֵאַחַ֥ר עָל֗וֹת הֱ֫בִיא֥וֹ לִ֭רְעוֹת בְּיַעֲקֹ֣ב עַמּ֑וֹ וּ֝בְיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל נַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃ ⁷²וַ֭יִּרְעֵם כְּתֹ֣ם לְבָב֑וֹ וּבִתְבוּנ֖וֹת כַּפָּ֣יו יַנְחֵֽם׃ (WLC)

26 Psalms 78:1

26 Psalms 78:1-72 ¹Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

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, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.

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 them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:

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 set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

⁹The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.

¹⁰They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;

¹¹And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.

¹²Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

¹³He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.

¹⁴In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.

¹⁵He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.

¹⁶He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

¹⁷And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.

¹⁸And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

¹⁹Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?

²⁰Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?

²¹Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;

²²Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:

²³Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,

²⁴And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.

²⁵Man did eat angels food: he sent them meat to the full.

²⁶He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.

²⁷He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:

²⁸And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.

²⁹So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;

³⁰They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,

³¹The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.

³²For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.

³³Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.

³⁴When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.

³⁵And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.

³⁶Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.

³⁷For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

³⁸But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.

³⁹For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

⁴⁰How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

⁴¹Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.

⁴²They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.

⁴³How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:

⁴⁴And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.

⁴⁵He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.

⁴⁶He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.

⁴⁷He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.

⁴⁸He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.

⁴⁹He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.

⁵⁰He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

⁵¹And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

⁵²But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

⁵³And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

⁵⁴And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.

⁵⁵He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

⁵⁶Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:

⁵⁷But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully 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 graven images.

⁵⁹When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

⁶⁰So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;

⁶¹And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemys hand.

⁶²He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.

⁶³The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.

⁶⁴Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.

⁶⁵Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

⁶⁶And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.

⁶⁷Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:

⁶⁸But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.

⁶⁹And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.

⁷⁰He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

⁷¹From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

⁷²So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.(KJV)

26 Psalms 78:1-72 ¹Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

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, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.

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 them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:

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 set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

⁹The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.

¹⁰They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;

¹¹And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.

¹²Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

¹³He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.

¹⁴In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.

¹⁵He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.

¹⁶He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

¹⁷And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.

¹⁸And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

¹⁹Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?

²⁰Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?

²¹Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;

²²Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:

²³Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,

²⁴And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.

²⁵Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.

²⁶He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.

²⁷He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:

²⁸And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.

²⁹So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;

³⁰They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,

³¹The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.

³²For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.

³³Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.

³⁴When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.

³⁵And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.

³⁶Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.

³⁷For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

³⁸But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.

³⁹For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

⁴⁰How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

⁴¹Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy 1 of Israel.

⁴²They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.

⁴³How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:

⁴⁴And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.

⁴⁵He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.

⁴⁶He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.

⁴⁷He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.

⁴⁸He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.

⁴⁹He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.

⁵⁰He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

⁵¹And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

⁵²But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

⁵³And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

⁵⁴And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.

⁵⁵He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

⁵⁶Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:

⁵⁷But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully 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 graven images.

⁵⁹When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

⁶⁰So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;

⁶¹And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.

⁶²He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.

⁶³The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.

⁶⁴Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.

⁶⁵Then the Lord awaked as 1 out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

⁶⁶And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.

⁶⁷Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:

⁶⁸But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.

⁶⁹And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.

⁷⁰He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

⁷¹From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

⁷²So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.(KJV/NC)

26 Psalms 78:1-72 ¹Give ear, O my people, to my law:

Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

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 Jehovah,

And his strength, and his wondrous works that he hath done.

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 them, even the children that should be born;

Who should arise and tell them to their children,

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 set not their heart aright,

And whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

⁹The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows,

Turned back in the day of battle.

¹⁰They kept not the covenant of God,

And refused to walk in his law;

¹¹And they forgat his doings,

And his wondrous works that he had showed them.

¹²Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers,

In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

¹³He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through;

And he made the waters to stand as a heap.

¹⁴In the day-time also he led them with a cloud,

And all the night with a light of fire.

¹⁵He clave 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 went they on still to sin against him,

To rebel against the Most High in the desert.

¹⁸And they tempted God in their heart

By asking food according to their desire.

¹⁹Yea, they spake against God;

They said, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

²⁰Behold, he smote the rock, so that waters gushed out,

And streams overflowed;

Can he give bread also?

Will he provide flesh for his people?

²¹Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth;

And a fire was kindled against Jacob,

And anger also went up against Israel;

²²Because they believed not in God,

And trusted not in his salvation.

²³Yet he commanded the skies above,

And opened the doors of heaven;

²⁴And he rained down manna upon them to eat,

And gave them food from heaven.

²⁵Man did eat the bread of the mighty:

He sent them food to the full.

²⁶He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens;

And by his power he guided the south wind.

²⁷He rained flesh also upon them as the dust,

And winged birds as the sand of the seas:

²⁸And he let it fall in the midst of their camp,

Round about their habitations.

²⁹So they did eat, and were well filled;

And he gave them their own desire.

³⁰They were not estranged from that which they desired,

Their food was yet in their mouths,

³¹When the anger of God went up against them,

And slew of the fattest of them,

And smote down the young men of Israel.

³²For all this they sinned still,

And believed not in his wondrous works.

³³Therefore their days did he consume in vanity,

And their years in terror.

³⁴When he slew them, then they inquired after him;

And they returned and sought God earnestly.

³⁵And they remembered that God was their rock,

And the Most High God their redeemer.

³⁶But they flattered him with their mouth,

And lied unto him with their tongue.

³⁷For their heart was not right with him,

Neither were they faithful in his covenant.

³⁸But 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.

³⁹And he remembered that they were but flesh,

A wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

⁴⁰How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness,

And grieve him in the desert!

⁴¹And they turned again and tempted God,

And provoked the Holy One of Israel.

⁴²They remember not his hand,

Nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;

⁴³How he set his signs in Egypt,

And his wonders in the field of Zoan,

⁴⁴And turned their rivers into blood,

And their streams, so that they could not drink.

⁴⁵He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them;

And frogs, which destroyed them.

⁴⁶He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar,

And their labor unto the locust.

⁴⁷He destroyed their vines with hail,

And their sycomore-trees with frost.

⁴⁸He gave over their cattle also to the hail,

And their flocks to hot thunderbolts.

⁴⁹He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger,

Wrath, and indignation, and trouble,

A band of angels of evil.

⁵⁰He made a path for his anger;

He spared not their soul from death,

But gave their life over to the pestilence,

⁵¹And smote all the first-born 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.

⁵³And he led them safely, so that they feared not;

But the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

⁵⁴And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary,

To this mountain, which his right hand had gotten.

⁵⁵He 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.

⁵⁶Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God,

And kept not 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 graven images.

⁵⁹When God heard this, he was wroth,

And greatly abhorred Israel;

⁶⁰So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh,

The tent which he placed among men;

⁶¹And delivered his strength into captivity,

And his glory into the adversary's hand.

⁶²He gave his people over also unto the sword,

And was wroth with his inheritance.

⁶³Fire devoured their young men;

And their virgins had no marriage-song.

⁶⁴Their priests fell by the sword;

And their widows made no lamentation.

⁶⁵Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep,

Like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

⁶⁶And he smote his adversaries backward:

He put them to a perpetual reproach.

⁶⁷Moreover he refused the tent of Joseph,

And chose not the tribe of Ephraim,

⁶⁸But chose the tribe of Judah,

The mount Zion which he loved.

⁶⁹And he built his sanctuary like the heights,

Like the earth which he hath established for ever.

⁷⁰He chose David also his servant,

And took him from the sheepfolds:

⁷¹From following the ewes that have their young he brought him,

To be the shepherd of Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

⁷²So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart,(ASV)

26 Psalms 78:1-72 ¹GIVE ear, O my people, to my law; incline your ears to the words of my mouth. ²I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter proverbs of old. ³That which we have heard and known, and which our fathers have told us, ⁴We will not hide from their children, showing to the generation to come the praise of the LORD and his strength and the wonderful works that he has done. ⁵For he established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers that they should make known to their children, ⁶That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born, who should arise and declare them to their children; 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 set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not steadfast with God.

⁹¶ The children of Ephraim, being armed and throwing forth bows, turned back in the day of battle. ¹⁰For they kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law; ¹¹And forgot his works and his wonders that he had shown them in the sight of their fathers. ¹²Marvellous things did he in the land of Egypt and in the fields of Zoan. ¹³He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as in skins. ¹⁴In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire. ¹⁵He cleaved the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of great depths. ¹⁶He brought forth streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers. ¹⁷But the people continued to sin, and to murmur against the most High in their thirst for water. ¹⁸And they tempted God in their hearts by asking food to satisfy their desires. ¹⁹Yea, they complained against God; they said, Can God furnish tables of food in the wilderness? ²⁰Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide food for his people? ²¹Therefore the LORD heard this and was angered; so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel, ²²Because they believed not in God and trusted not in his salvation: ²³Though he had commanded the clouds from above and opened the doors of heaven, ²⁴And had rained down manna for them to eat and had given them of the bread of heaven. ²⁵Man did eat angels' food; he sent them game in abundance. ²⁶He caused winds to blow in the skies; and by his power he brought in the south wind. ²⁷He rained flesh also upon them like dust, and feathered fowls like the sands of the sea: ²⁸And he let these fall in the midst of their camp, round about their tents. ²⁹So they did eat and were well filled; for he gave them their own desire. ³⁰They relinquished not their craving. But while their food was yet in their mouths, ³¹The anger of God came upon them and slew the richest of them, and made to bow the chosen men of Israel. ³²Nevertheless they sinned still, and believed not in his wondrous works. ³³Wherefore their days were spent in emptiness, and their years in impatience. ³⁴When he slew them, then they sought him; and they returned and drew nearer to him. ³⁵And they remembered that God was their helper, and the high God their Saviour. ³⁶Nevertheless they loved him with their mouths, and they lied to him with their tongues. ³⁷For their hearts were not right with him, neither were they steadfast in his covenant. ³⁸He is merciful, the forgiver of sins, and destroys not; yea, many a time turned he his anger away and did not stir up all his wrath. ³⁹For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passes away and comes not again.

⁴⁰¶ How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! ⁴¹Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and defied the Holy One of Israel. ⁴²They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the oppressor, ⁴³How he had wrought his signs in Egypt and his wonders in the field of Zoan, ⁴⁴Nor how he had turned their rivers into blood and their brooks, that they could not drink. ⁴⁵He sent swarms of insects among them, which devoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them. ⁴⁶He gave also their crops to the locusts, and their labor to the caterpillars. ⁴⁷He destroyed their vines with hail and their fig trees with frost. ⁴⁸He gave up their cattle also to the hail and their flocks to destruction. ⁴⁹He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, indignation, and trouble, by the hand of an evil angel. ⁵⁰He resorted to strong measures; he spared not their souls from death, and gave their cattle over to the pestilence; ⁵¹And smote all the first-born in Egypt, the fairest of their sons in the tabernacles of Ham; ⁵²But he led forth his own people like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. ⁵³And he led them on safely so that they feared not; but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. ⁵⁴And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had possessed. ⁵⁵He cast out the Gentiles from before them, and allotted them an inheritance by measure, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. ⁵⁶Yet they tempted and provoked the most High God, and kept not his testimonies; ⁵⁷But turned back and dealt deceitfully like their fathers; they were crooked like a twisted bow. ⁵⁸For they provoked him to anger by sacrificing on high places, and made him indignant with their graven images. ⁵⁹When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel, ⁶⁰So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men; ⁶¹And he delivered his people into captivity, and his glory into the oppressor's hand. ⁶²He delivered his people to the sword, and disregarded his inheritance. ⁶³The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were violated. ⁶⁴Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation. ⁶⁵Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep and like a mighty man who has shaken off the effects of wine. ⁶⁶And he caused his enemies to retreat; he put them to a perpetual reproach. ⁶⁷Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim; ⁶⁸But chose the tribe of Judah, mount Zion which he loved. ⁶⁹And he built his sanctuary on a high place, and he established it upon the earth for ever. ⁷⁰He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds; ⁷¹From following the ewes that give suck, he brought him to feed Jacob his people and Israel his inheritance. ⁷²So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands. (LAM)

26 Psalms 78:1-72 ¹A Maskil of Asaph. ²Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth! ³I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old, ⁴things that we have heard and known, that our fathers have told us. ⁵We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the LORD, and his might, and the wonders which he has wrought. ⁶He established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children; ⁷that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise and tell them to their children, ⁸so that they should set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments; ⁹and that they should not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation whose heart was not steadfast, whose spirit was not faithful to God. ¹⁰The E'phraimites, armed with the bow, turned back on the day of battle. ¹¹They did not keep God's covenant, but refused to walk according to his law. ¹²They forgot what he had done, and the miracles that he had shown them. ¹³In the sight of their fathers he wrought marvels in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zo'an. ¹⁴He divided the sea and let them pass through it, and made the waters stand like a heap. ¹⁵In the daytime he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a fiery light. ¹⁶He cleft rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep. ¹⁷He made streams come out of the rock, and caused waters to flow down like rivers. ¹⁸Yet they sinned still more against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert. ¹⁹They tested God in their heart by demanding the food they craved. ²⁰They spoke against God, saying, "Can God spread a table in the wilderness? ²¹He smote the rock so that water gushed out and streams overflowed. Can he also give bread, or provide meat for his people?" ²²Therefore, when the LORD heard, he was full of wrath; a fire was kindled against Jacob, his anger mounted against Israel; ²³because they had no faith in God, and did not trust his saving power. ²⁴Yet he commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven; ²⁵and he rained down upon them manna to eat, and gave them the grain of heaven. ²⁶Man ate of the bread of the angels; he sent them food in abundance. ²⁷He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens, and by his power he led out the south wind; ²⁸he rained flesh upon them like dust, winged birds like the sand of the seas; ²⁹he let them fall in the midst of their camp, all around their habitations. ³⁰And they ate and were well filled, for he gave them what they craved. ³¹But before they had sated their craving, while the food was still in their mouths, ³²the anger of God rose against them and he slew the strongest of them, and laid low the picked men of Israel. ³³In spite of all this they still sinned; despite his wonders they did not believe. ³⁴So he made their days vanish like a breath, and their years in terror. ³⁵When he slew them, they sought for him; they repented and sought God earnestly. ³⁶They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God their redeemer. ³⁷But they flattered him with their mouths; they lied to him with their tongues. ³⁸Their heart was not steadfast toward him; they were not true to his covenant. ³⁹Yet he, being compassionate, forgave their iniquity, and did not destroy them; he restrained his anger often, and did not stir up all his wrath. ⁴⁰He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes and comes not again. ⁴¹How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the desert! ⁴²They tested him again and again, and provoked the Holy One of Israel. ⁴³They did not keep in mind his power, or the day when he redeemed them from the foe; ⁴⁴when he wrought his signs in Egypt, and his miracles in the fields of Zo'an. ⁴⁵He turned their rivers to blood, so that they could not drink of their streams. ⁴⁶He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them. ⁴⁷He gave their crops to the caterpillar, and the fruit of their labor to the locust. ⁴⁸He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamores with frost. ⁴⁹He gave over their cattle to the hail, and their flocks to thunderbolts. ⁵⁰He let loose on them his fierce anger, wrath, indignation, and distress, a company of destroying angels. ⁵¹He made a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death, but gave their lives over to the plague. ⁵²He smote all the first-born in Egypt, the first issue of their strength in the tents of Ham. ⁵³Then he led forth his people like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. ⁵⁴He led them in safety, so that they were not afraid; but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. ⁵⁵And he brought them to his holy land, to the mountain which his right hand had won. ⁵⁶He drove out nations before them; he apportioned them for a possession and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents. ⁵⁷Yet they tested and rebelled against the Most High God, and did not observe his testimonies, ⁵⁸but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers; they twisted like a deceitful bow. ⁵⁹For they provoked him to anger with their high places; they moved him to jealousy with their graven images. ⁶⁰When God heard, he was full of wrath, and he utterly rejected Israel. ⁶¹He forsook his dwelling at Shiloh, the tent where he dwelt among men, ⁶²and delivered his power to captivity, his glory to the hand of the foe. ⁶³He gave his people over to the sword, and vented his wrath on his heritage. ⁶⁴Fire devoured their young men, and their maidens had no marriage song. ⁶⁵Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation. ⁶⁶Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a strong man shouting because of wine. ⁶⁷And he put his adversaries to rout; he put them to everlasting shame. ⁶⁸He rejected the tent of Joseph, he did not choose the tribe of E'phraim; ⁶⁹but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loves. ⁷⁰He built his sanctuary like the high heavens, like the earth, which he has founded for ever. ⁷¹He chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds; ⁷²from tending the ewes that had young he brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob his people, of Israel his inheritance. [ (Psalms 78:73) With upright heart he tended them, and guided them with skilful hand. ] (RSV)

26 Psalms 78:1-72 ¹Psalm 78 A maskil of Asaph. O my people, hear my teaching; listen to the words of my mouth.

²I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter hidden things, things from of old --

³what we have heard and known, what our fathers have told us.

⁴We will not hide them from their children; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD, his power, and the wonders he has done.

⁵He decreed statutes for Jacob and established the law in Israel, which he commanded our forefathers to teach their children,

⁶so the next generation would know them, even the children yet to be born, and they in turn would tell their children.

⁷Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands.

⁸They would not be like their forefathers -- a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose hearts were not loyal to God, whose spirits were not faithful to him.

⁹The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows, turned back on the day of battle;

¹⁰they did not keep God's covenant and refused to live by his law.

¹¹They forgot what he had done, the wonders he had shown them.

¹²He did miracles in the sight of their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.

¹³He divided the sea and led them through; he made the water stand firm like a wall.

¹⁴He guided them with the cloud by day and with light from the fire all night.

¹⁵He split the rocks in the desert and gave them water as abundant as the seas;

¹⁶he brought streams out of a rocky crag and made water flow down like rivers.

¹⁷But they continued to sin against him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High.

¹⁸They willfully put God to the test by demanding the food they craved.

¹⁹They spoke against God, saying, "Can God spread a table in the desert?

²⁰When he struck the rock, water gushed out, and streams flowed abundantly. But can he also give us food? Can he supply meat for his people?"

²¹When the LORD heard them, he was very angry; his fire broke out against Jacob, and his wrath rose against Israel,

²²for they did not believe in God or trust in his deliverance. ²³Yet he gave a command to the skies above and opened the doors of the heavens;

²⁴he rained down manna for the people to eat, he gave them the grain of heaven.

²⁵Men ate the bread of angels; he sent them all the food they could eat.

²⁶He let loose the east wind from the heavens and led forth the south wind by his power.

²⁷He rained meat down on them like dust, flying birds like sand on the seashore.

²⁸He made them come down inside their camp, all around their tents.

²⁹They ate till they had more than enough, for he had given them what they craved.

³⁰But before they turned from the food they craved, even while it was still in their mouths,

³¹God's anger rose against them; he put to death the sturdiest among them, cutting down the young men of Israel.

³²In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; in spite of his wonders, they did not believe. ³³So he ended their days in futility and their years in terror.

³⁴Whenever God slew them, they would seek him; they eagerly turned to him again.

³⁵They remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer.

³⁶But then they would flatter him with their mouths, lying to him with their tongues;

³⁷their hearts were not loyal to him, they were not faithful to his covenant.

³⁸Yet he was merciful; he forgave their iniquities and did not destroy them. Time after time he restrained his anger and did not stir up his full wrath.

³⁹He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.

⁴⁰How often they rebelled against him in the desert and grieved him in the wasteland!

⁴¹Again and again they put God to the test; they vexed the Holy One of Israel.

⁴²They did not remember his power -- the day he redeemed them from the oppressor,

⁴³the day he displayed his miraculous signs in Egypt, his wonders in the region of Zoan.

⁴⁴He turned their rivers to blood; they could not drink from their streams.

⁴⁵He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them. ⁴⁶He gave their crops to the grasshopper, their produce to the locust.

⁴⁷He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamore-figs with sleet.

⁴⁸He gave over their cattle to the hail, their livestock to bolts of lightning. ⁴⁹He unleashed against them his hot anger, his wrath, indignation and hostility -- a band of destroying angels. ⁵⁰He prepared a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death but gave them over to the plague.

⁵¹He struck down all the firstborn of Egypt, the firstfruits of manhood in the tents of Ham.

⁵²But he brought his people out like a flock; he led them like sheep through the desert. ⁵³He guided them safely, so they were unafraid; but the sea engulfed their enemies.

⁵⁴Thus he brought them to the border of his holy land, to the hill country his right hand had taken.

⁵⁵He drove out nations before them and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance; he settled the tribes of Israel in their homes.

⁵⁶But they put God to the test and rebelled against the Most High; they did not keep his statutes.

⁵⁷Like their fathers they were disloyal and faithless, as unreliable as a faulty bow.

⁵⁸They angered him with their high places; they aroused his jealousy with their idols.

⁵⁹When God heard them, he was very angry; he rejected Israel completely.

⁶⁰He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent he had set up among men. ⁶¹He sent the ark of his might into captivity, his splendor into the hands of the enemy.

⁶²He gave his people over to the sword; he was very angry with his inheritance.

⁶³Fire consumed their young men, and their maidens had no wedding songs;

⁶⁴their priests were put to the sword, and their widows could not weep. ⁶⁵Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, as a man wakes from the stupor of wine.

⁶⁶He beat back his enemies; he put them to everlasting shame.

⁶⁷Then he rejected the tents of Joseph, he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim; ⁶⁸but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loved.

⁶⁹He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth that he established forever.

⁷⁰He chose David his servant and took him from the sheep pens; ⁷¹from tending the sheep he brought him to be the shepherd of his people Jacob, of Israel his inheritance.

⁷²And David shepherded them with integrity of heart; with skillful hands he led them.(NIV)

26 Psalms 78:1-72 ¹Hear my law, my people.
Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.

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.

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,

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.

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?'

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.