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Psalms
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English: Basic English Bible |
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Psalms 78 [Context] [Commentary] [Map] 
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<Maschil. Of Asaph.> Give ear, O my people, to my law; let your ears be bent down to the words of my mouth. |
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Opening my mouth I will give out a story, even the dark sayings of old times; |
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Which have come to our hearing and our knowledge, as they were given to us by our fathers. |
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We will not keep them secret from our children; we will make clear to the coming generation the praises of the Lord and his strength, and the great works of wonder which he has done. |
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He put up a witness in Jacob, and made a law in Israel; which he gave to our fathers so that they might give knowledge of them to their children; |
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So that the generation to come might have knowledge of them, even the children of the future, who would give word of them to their children; |
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So that they might put their hope in God, and not let God's works go out of their minds, but keep his laws; |
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And not be like their fathers, a stiff-necked and uncontrolled generation; a generation whose heart was hard, whose spirit was not true to God. |
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The children of Ephraim, armed with bows, were turned back on the day of the fight. |
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They were not ruled by God's word, and they would not go in the way of his law; |
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They let his works go out of their memory, and the wonders which he had made them see. |
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He did great works before the eyes of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zoan. |
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The sea was cut in two so that they might go through; the waters were massed together on this side and on that. |
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In the daytime he was guiding them in the cloud, and all through the night with a light of fire. |
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The rocks of the waste land were broken by his power, and he gave them drink as out of the deep waters. |
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He made streams come out of the rock; and waters came flowing down like rivers. |
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And they went on sinning against him even more, turning away from the Most High in the waste land; |
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Testing God in their hearts, requesting meat for their desire. |
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They said bitter words against God, saying, Is God able to make ready a table in the waste land? |
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See, the rock was cut open by his power, so that the water came rushing out, and overflowing streams; is he able to give us bread? is he able to get meat for his people? |
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So these things came to the Lord's ears, and he was angry; and a fire was lighted against Jacob, and wrath came up against Israel; |
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Because they had no faith in God, and no hope in his salvation. |
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And he gave orders to the clouds on high, and the doors of heaven were open; |
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And he sent down manna like rain for their food, and gave them the grain of heaven. |
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Man took part in the food of strong ones; he sent them meat in full measure. |
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He sent an east wind from heaven, driving on the south wind by his power. |
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He sent down meat on them like dust, and feathered birds like the sand of the sea, |
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And he let it come down into their resting-place, round about their tents. |
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So they had food and were full; for he gave them their desire; |
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But they were not turned from their desires; and while the food was still in their mouths, |
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The wrath of God came on them, and put to death the fattest of them, and put an end to the young men of Israel. |
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For all this they went on sinning even more, and had no faith in his great wonders. |
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So their days were wasted like a breath, and their years in trouble. |
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