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Psalms 78:1
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God’s Kindness to Rebellious Israel

A Contemplation of Asaph.

1 Give ear, O my people, to my law;
Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
2 I will open my mouth in a aparable;
I will utter1 dark sayings of old, 
3 Which we have heard and known,
And our fathers have told us.
4 aWe will not hide them from their children,
bTelling to the generation to come the praises of the Lord,
And His strength and His wonderful works that He has done. 
5 For aHe established a testimony in Jacob,
And appointed a law in Israel,
Which He commanded our fathers,
That bthey should make them known to their children; 
6 aThat the generation to come might know them,
The children who would be born,
That they may arise and declare them to their children, 
7 That they may set their hope in God,
And not forget the works of God,
But keep His commandments;
8 And amay not be like their fathers,
bA stubborn and rebellious generation,
A generation cthat did not set its heart aright,
And whose spirit was not faithful to God. 
9 The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows,
Turned back in the day of battle. 
10 aThey did not keep the covenant of God;
They refused to walk in His law, 
11 And aforgot His works
And His wonders that He had shown them. 
12 aMarvelous things He did in the sight of their fathers,
In the land of Egypt, bin the field of Zoan. 
13 aHe divided the sea and caused them to pass through;
And bHe made the waters stand up like a heap. 
14 aIn the daytime also He led them with the cloud,
And all the night with a light of fire. 
15 aHe split the rocks in the wilderness,
And gave them drink in abundance like the depths. 
16 He also brought astreams out of the rock,
And caused waters to run down like rivers. 
17 But they sinned even more against Him
By arebelling against the Most High in the wilderness. 
18 And athey tested God in their heart
By asking for the food of their fancy. 
19 aYes, they spoke against God:
They said, “Can God prepare a table in the wilderness? 
20 aBehold, He struck the rock,
So that the waters gushed out,
And the streams overflowed.
Can He give bread also?
Can He provide meat for His people?” 
21 Therefore the Lord heard this and awas furious;
So a fire was kindled against Jacob,
And anger also came up against Israel, 
22 Because they adid not believe in God,
And did not trust in His salvation. 
23 Yet He had commanded the clouds above,
aAnd opened the doors of heaven, 
24 aHad rained down manna on them to eat,
And given them of the1 bread of bheaven. 
25 Men ate angels’ food;
He sent them food to1 the full. 
26 aHe caused an east wind to blow in the heavens;
And by His power He brought in the south wind. 
27 He also rained meat on them like the dust,
Feathered fowl like the sand of the seas;
28 And He let them fall in the midst of their camp,
All around their dwellings.
29 aSo they ate and were well filled,
For He gave them their own desire. 
30 They were not1 deprived of their craving;
But awhile their food was still in their mouths, 
31 The wrath of God came against them,
And slew the stoutest of them,
And struck down the choice men of Israel.
32 In spite of this athey still sinned,
And bdid not believe in His wondrous works. 
33 aTherefore their days He consumed in futility,
And their years in fear. 
34 aWhen He slew them, then they sought Him;
And they returned and sought earnestly for God. 
35 Then they remembered that aGod was their rock,
And the Most High God btheir Redeemer. 
36 Nevertheless they aflattered Him with their mouth,
And they lied to Him with their tongue; 
37 For their heart was not steadfast with Him,
Nor were they faithful in His covenant.
38 aBut He, being full of bcompassion, forgave their iniquity,
And did not destroy them.
Yes, many a time cHe turned His anger away,
And ddid not stir up all His wrath; 
39 For aHe remembered bthat they were but flesh,
cA breath that passes away and does not come again. 
40 How often they aprovoked Him in the wilderness,
And grieved Him in the desert! 
41 Yes, aagain and again they tempted God,
And limited the Holy One of Israel. 
42 They did not remember His1 power:
The day when He redeemed them from the enemy, 
43 When He worked His signs in Egypt,
And His wonders in the field of Zoan;
44 aTurned their rivers into blood,
And their streams, that they could not drink. 
45 aHe sent swarms of flies among them, which devoured them,
And bfrogs, which destroyed them. 
46 He also gave their crops to the caterpillar,
And their labor to the alocust. 
47 aHe destroyed their vines with hail,
And their sycamore trees with frost. 
48 He also gave up their acattle to the hail,
And their flocks to fiery1 lightning. 
49 He cast on them the fierceness of His anger,
Wrath, indignation, and trouble,
By sending angels of destruction among them.
50 He made a path for His anger;
He did not spare their soul from death,
But gave1 their life over to the plague, 
51 And destroyed all the afirstborn in Egypt,
The first of their strength in the tents of Ham. 
52 But He amade His own people go forth like sheep,
And guided them in the wilderness like a flock; 
53 And He aled them on safely, so that they did not fear;
But the sea boverwhelmed their enemies. 
54 And He brought them to His aholy border,
This mountain bwhich His right hand had acquired. 
55 aHe also drove out the nations before them,
bAllotted them an inheritance by1 survey,
And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents. 
56 aYet they tested and provoked the Most High God,
And did not keep His testimonies, 
57 But aturned back and acted unfaithfully like their fathers;
They were turned aside blike a deceitful bow. 
58 aFor they provoked Him to anger with their bhigh places,
And moved Him to jealousy with their carved images. 
59 When God heard this, He was furious,
And greatly abhorred Israel,
60 aSo that He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh,
The tent He had placed among men, 


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