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Psalms 78-80
Chapter 78
God's Guidance of His People in Spite of Their Unfaithfulness.
1 (C1)Listen, my people, to my (F1)instruction;
(C2)Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
2 I will (C1)open my mouth in a parable;
I will tell (C2)riddles of old,
3 Which we have heard and known,
And (C1)our fathers have told us.
4 We will (C1)not conceal them from their children,
But we will (C2)tell the generation to come the praises of the LORD,
And His power and His (C3)wondrous works that He has done.
5 For He established a (C1)testimony in Jacob,
And appointed a (C2)law in Israel,
Which He (C3)commanded our fathers
That they were to (F1)(C4)teach them to their children,
6 (C1)So that the generation to come would know, (C2)the children yet to be born,
That they would arise and (C3)tell them to their children,
7 So that they would put their confidence in God
And (C1)not forget the works of God,
But (C2)comply with His commandments,
8 And (C1)not be like their fathers,
A (C2)stubborn and rebellious generation,
A generation that (C3)did not (F1)prepare its heart
And whose spirit was not (C4)faithful to God.
9 The sons of Ephraim (F1)were (C1)archers equipped with bows,
Yet (C2)they turned back on the day of battle.
10 They (C1)did not keep the covenant of God
And refused to (C2)walk in His Law;
11 They (C1)forgot His deeds
And His (F1)miracles that He had shown them.
12 (C1)He performed wonders before their fathers
In the land of Egypt, in the (C2)field of Zoan.
13 He (C1)divided the sea and caused them to pass through,
And He made the waters stand (C2)up like a heap.
14 Then He led them with the cloud by (C1)day
And all the night with a (C2)light of fire.
15 He (C1)split the rocks in the wilderness
And gave them plenty to drink like the ocean depths.
16 He (C1)brought forth streams from the rock
And made waters run down like rivers.
17 Yet they still continued to sin against Him,
To (C1)rebel against the Most High in the desert.
18 And in their heart they (C1)put God to the test
By asking for (C2)food (F1)that suited their taste.
19 Then they spoke against God;
They said, "(C1)Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
20 "Behold, He (C1)struck the rock so that waters gushed out,
And streams were overflowing;
Can He also provide bread?
Will He prepare (C2)meat for His people?"
21 Therefore the LORD heard and (F1)was (C1)full of wrath;
And a fire was kindled against Jacob,
And anger also mounted against Israel,
22 Because they (C1)did not believe in God
And did not trust in His salvation.
23 Yet He commanded the clouds above
And (C1)opened the doors of heaven;
24 He (C1)rained down manna upon them to eat,
And gave them (F1)(C2)food from heaven.
25 Man ate the bread of (F1)angels;
He sent them (F2)food (F3)(C1)in abundance.
26 He (C1)made the east wind blow in the sky
And by His (F1)power He directed the south wind.
27 When He rained meat upon them like the dust,
Even (C1)winged fowl like the sand of the seas,
28 He let them fall in the midst of (F1)their camp,
All around their dwellings.
29 So they (C1)ate and were well filled,
And He (F1)satisfied their longing.
30 (F1)Yet before they had abandoned their longing,
(C1)While their food was in their mouths,
31 The (C1)anger of God rose against them
And killed (F1)some of their (C2)strongest ones,
And (F2)subdued the choice men of Israel.
32 In spite of all this they still sinned
And (C2)did not believe in His wonderful works.
33 So He brought (C1)their days to an end in futility,
And their years to an end in sudden terror.
34 When He killed them, then they (C1)sought Him,
And they returned and searched (C2)diligently for God;
35 And they remembered that God was their (C1)rock,
And the Most High God their (C2)Redeemer.
36 But they (C1)flattered Him with their mouth
And (C2)lied to Him with their tongue.
37 For their heart was not (C1)steadfast toward Him,
Nor were they faithful with His covenant.
38 But He, being (C1)compassionate, (F1)(C2)forgave their wrongdoing and did not destroy them;
And often He (F2)(C3)restrained His anger
And did not stir up all His wrath.
39 So (C1)He remembered that they were only (C2)flesh,
A (F1)(C3)wind that passes and does not return.
40 How often they (C1)rebelled against Him in the wilderness
And (C2)grieved Him in the (C3)desert!
41 Again and again they (F1)(C1)tempted God,
And pained the (C2)Holy One of Israel.
42 They (C1)did not remember (C2)His (F1)power,
The day when He (C3)redeemed them from the enemy,
43 When He performed His (C1)signs in Egypt
And His (C2)marvels in the field of Zoan,
44 And (C1)turned their rivers to blood,
And their streams, so that they could not drink.
45 He sent swarms of (C1)flies among them that devoured them,
And (C2)frogs that destroyed them.
46 He also gave their crops to the (C1)grasshopper
And the product of their labor to the (C2)locust.
47 He (F1)destroyed their vines with (C1)hailstones
And their sycamore trees with frost.
48 He also turned their (C1)cattle over to the hailstones,
And their herds to bolts of lightning.
49 He (C1)sent His burning anger upon them,
Fury and indignation and trouble,
A band of (F1)destroying angels.
50 He leveled a path for His anger;
He did not spare their souls from death,
But (C1)turned their lives over to the plague,
51 And (C1)struck all the firstborn in Egypt,
The (C2)first and best of their vigor in the tents of (C3)Ham.
52 But He (C1)led His own people out like sheep,
And guided them in the wilderness (C2)like a flock;
53 He led them (C1)safely, so that they did not fear;
But (C2)the sea engulfed their enemies.
54 So (C1)He brought them to His holy (F1)land,
To this (F2)(C2)hill country (C3)which His right hand had gained.
55 He also (C1)drove out the nations from them
And (C2)apportioned them as an inheritance by measurement,
And had the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.
56 Yet they (F1)(C1)tempted and (C2)rebelled against the Most High God
And did not keep His testimonies,
57 But turned back and (C1)acted treacherously like their fathers;
They (C2)turned aside like a treacherous bow.
58 For they (C1)provoked Him with their (C2)high places
And (C3)moved Him to jealousy with their (C4)carved images.
59 When God heard them, He (F1)was filled with (C1)wrath
And He utterly (C2)rejected Israel;
60 So that He (C1)abandoned the (C2)dwelling place at Shiloh,
The tent (F1)which He had pitched among people,
61 And He gave up His (C1)strength to captivity
And His glory (C2)into the hand of the enemy.
62 He also (C1)turned His people over to the sword,
And (F1)was filled with wrath at His inheritance.
63 (C1)Fire devoured (F1)His young men,
And (F1)His (C2)virgins had no wedding songs.
64 (F1)His (C1)priests fell by the sword,
And (F1)His (C2)widows could not weep.
65 Then the Lord (C1)awoke as if from sleep,
Like a (C2)warrior (F1)overcome by wine.
66 He (F1)(C1)drove His adversaries backward;
He put on them an everlasting disgrace.
67 He also (C1)rejected the tent of Joseph,
And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
68 But chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount (C1)Zion, which He loved.
69 And He (C1)built His sanctuary like the heights,
Like the earth which He has established forever.
70 He also (C1)chose His servant David
And took him from the sheepfolds;
71 From (F1)(C1)the care of the (F2)ewes (C2)with nursing lambs He brought him
To (C3)shepherd Jacob His people,
And Israel (C4)His inheritance.
72 So he shepherded them according to the (C1)integrity of his heart,
And guided them with his skillful hands.
Chapter 79
Grieving over the Destruction of Jerusalem, and Prayer for Help.
1 God, the (C1)nations have (F1)invaded (C2)Your inheritance;
They have defiled Your (C3)holy temple;
They have (C4)laid Jerusalem in ruins.
2 They have given the (C1)dead bodies of Your servants to the birds of the sky as food,
The flesh of Your godly ones to the animals of the earth.
3 They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem;
And there was (C1)no one to bury them.
4 We have become a (C1)disgrace before our neighbors,
An object of derision and ridicule to those around us.
5 (C1)How long, LORD? Will You be angry forever?
Will Your (C2)jealousy (C3)burn like fire?
6 (C1)Pour out Your wrath upon the nations which (C2)do not know You,
And upon the kingdoms which (C3)do not call upon Your name.
7 For they have (C1)devoured Jacob
And (C2)laid waste his (F1)settlement.
8 (C1)Do not (F1)hold us responsible for (F2)the guilty deeds of our forefathers;
Let Your compassion come quickly to (C2)meet us,
For we have (C3)become very low.
9 (C1)Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of (C2)Your name;
And save us and (F1)(C3)forgive our sins (C4)for the sake of Your name.
10 (C1)Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?"
Let (C2)vengeance for the blood of Your servants which has been shed
Be known among the nations in our sight.
11 Let (C1)the groaning of the prisoner come before You;
According to the greatness of Your (F1)power, let (F2)those who are (C1)doomed to die remain.
12 And return to our neighbors (C1)seven times as much (C2)into their lap
Their (C3)taunts with which they have taunted You, Lord.
13 So we Your people and the (C1)sheep of Your (F1)pasture
Will (C2)give thanks to You forever;
To all generations we will (C3)tell of Your praise.
Chapter 80
God Implored to Rescue His People from Their Calamities.
1 Listen, (C1)Shepherd of Israel,
Who leads (C2)Joseph like a flock;
You who (C3)are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth!
2 Before (C1)Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, (C2)awaken Your power,
And come to save us!
3 God, (C1)restore us
And (C2)make Your face shine upon us, (F1)and we will be saved.
4 (C1)LORD God of armies,
(C2)How long will You (F1)be angry with the prayer of Your people?
5 You have fed them with the (C1)bread of tears,
And You have made them drink tears in (F1)large measure.
6 You make us (F1)an object of contention (C1)to our neighbors,
And our enemies laugh among themselves.
7 God of armies, restore us
And make Your face shine upon us, (F1)and we will be saved.
8 You removed a (C1)vine from Egypt;
You (C2)drove out the (F1)nations and (C3)planted it.
9 You (C1)cleared the ground before it,
And it (C2)took deep root and filled the land.
10 The mountains were covered with its shadow,
And (F1)the cedars of God with its (C1)branches.
11 It was sending out its branches (C1)to the sea
And its shoots to the Euphrates River.
12 Why have You (C1)broken down its (F1)hedges,
So that all who pass that way pick its fruit?
13 A boar from the forest (C1)eats it away,
And whatever moves in the field feeds on it.
14 God of armies, do (C1)turn back;
(C2)Look down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine,
15 The (F1)(C1)shoot which Your right hand has planted,
And of the (F2)son whom You have (F3)strengthened for Yourself.
16 It is (C1)burned with fire, it is cut down;
They perish from the (C2)rebuke of Your face.
17 Let (C1)Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,
Upon the son of man whom You (C2)made strong for Yourself.
18 Then we will not (C1)turn back from You;
(C2)Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.
19 LORD God of armies, (C1)restore us;
Make Your face shine upon us, (F1)and we will be saved.
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