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Psalm 78:40-72
English Standard Version
Psalm 78:40-72
English Standard Version
40 How often they (A)rebelled against him in the wilderness
and (B)grieved him in (C)the desert!
41 They (D)tested God again and again
and provoked (E)the Holy One of Israel.
42 They (F)did not remember his power[a]
or the day when he redeemed them from the foe,
43 (G)when he performed his (H)signs in Egypt
and his (I)marvels in (J)the fields of Zoan.
44 He (K)turned their rivers to blood,
so that they could not drink of their streams.
45 He sent among them swarms of (L)flies, which devoured them,
and (M)frogs, which destroyed them.
46 He gave their crops to (N)the destroying locust
and the fruit of their labor to the locust.
47 He destroyed their vines with (O)hail
and their sycamores with frost.
48 He gave over their (P)cattle to the hail
and their flocks to thunderbolts.
49 He let loose on them his burning anger,
wrath, indignation, and distress,
a company of (Q)destroying angels.
50 He made a path for his anger;
he did not spare them from death,
but gave their lives over to the plague.
51 He struck down every (R)firstborn in Egypt,
the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of (S)Ham.
52 Then he led out his people (T)like sheep
and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
53 (U)He led them in safety, so that they (V)were not afraid,
but (W)the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
54 And he brought them to his (X)holy land,
(Y)to the mountain which his right hand had (Z)won.
55 He (AA)drove out nations before them;
he (AB)apportioned them for a possession
and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
56 Yet they (AC)tested and (AD)rebelled against the Most High God
and did not keep his testimonies,
57 but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers;
they twisted like (AE)a deceitful bow.
58 For they (AF)provoked him to anger with their (AG)high places;
they (AH)moved him to jealousy with their (AI)idols.
59 When God heard, he was full of (AJ)wrath,
and he utterly rejected Israel.
60 He (AK)forsook his dwelling at (AL)Shiloh,
the tent where he dwelt among mankind,
61 and delivered his (AM)power to captivity,
his (AN)glory to the hand of the foe.
62 He (AO)gave his people over to the sword
and (AP)vented his wrath on his heritage.
63 (AQ)Fire devoured their young men,
and their young women had no (AR)marriage song.
64 Their (AS)priests fell by the sword,
and their (AT)widows made no lamentation.
65 Then the Lord (AU)awoke as from sleep,
like a strong man shouting because of wine.
66 And he (AV)put his adversaries to rout;
he put them to everlasting shame.
67 He rejected the tent of (AW)Joseph;
he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
68 but he chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount Zion, which he (AX)loves.
69 He (AY)built his sanctuary like the high heavens,
like the earth, which he has founded forever.
70 He (AZ)chose David his servant
and took him from the sheepfolds;
71 from (BA)following the nursing ewes he brought him
to (BB)shepherd Jacob his people,
Israel his (BC)inheritance.
72 With (BD)upright heart he shepherded them
and (BE)guided them with his skillful hand.
Footnotes
- Psalm 78:42 Hebrew hand
Psalm 78:40-72
New International Version
Psalm 78:40-72
New International Version
40 How often they rebelled(A) against him in the wilderness(B)
and grieved him(C) in the wasteland!
41 Again and again they put God to the test;(D)
they vexed the Holy One of Israel.(E)
42 They did not remember(F) his power—
the day he redeemed them from the oppressor,(G)
43 the day he displayed his signs(H) in Egypt,
his wonders(I) in the region of Zoan.
44 He turned their river into blood;(J)
they could not drink from their streams.
45 He sent swarms of flies(K) that devoured them,
and frogs(L) that devastated them.
46 He gave their crops to the grasshopper,(M)
their produce to the locust.(N)
47 He destroyed their vines with hail(O)
and their sycamore-figs with sleet.
48 He gave over their cattle to the hail,
their livestock(P) to bolts of lightning.
49 He unleashed against them his hot anger,(Q)
his wrath, indignation and hostility—
a band of destroying angels.(R)
50 He prepared a path for his anger;
he did not spare them from death
but gave them over to the plague.
51 He struck down all the firstborn of Egypt,(S)
the firstfruits of manhood in the tents of Ham.(T)
52 But he brought his people out like a flock;(U)
he led them like sheep through the wilderness.
53 He guided them safely, so they were unafraid;
but the sea engulfed(V) their enemies.(W)
54 And so he brought them to the border of his holy land,
to the hill country his right hand(X) had taken.
55 He drove out nations(Y) before them
and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance;(Z)
he settled the tribes of Israel in their homes.
56 But they put God to the test
and rebelled against the Most High;
they did not keep his statutes.
57 Like their ancestors(AA) they were disloyal and faithless,
as unreliable as a faulty bow.(AB)
58 They angered him(AC) with their high places;(AD)
they aroused his jealousy with their idols.(AE)
59 When God heard(AF) them, he was furious;(AG)
he rejected Israel(AH) completely.
60 He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh,(AI)
the tent he had set up among humans.(AJ)
61 He sent the ark of his might(AK) into captivity,(AL)
his splendor into the hands of the enemy.
62 He gave his people over to the sword;(AM)
he was furious with his inheritance.(AN)
63 Fire consumed(AO) their young men,
and their young women had no wedding songs;(AP)
64 their priests were put to the sword,(AQ)
and their widows could not weep.
65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,(AR)
as a warrior wakes from the stupor of wine.
66 He beat back his enemies;
he put them to everlasting shame.(AS)
67 Then he rejected the tents of Joseph,
he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim;(AT)
68 but he chose the tribe of Judah,(AU)
Mount Zion,(AV) which he loved.
69 He built his sanctuary(AW) like the heights,
like the earth that he established forever.
70 He chose David(AX) his servant
and took him from the sheep pens;
71 from tending the sheep(AY) he brought him
to be the shepherd(AZ) of his people Jacob,
of Israel his inheritance.
72 And David shepherded them with integrity of heart;(BA)
with skillful hands he led them.
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