19_PSA_78_01 Maschil of Asaph . give ear , O my people , [ to ] my law : incline your ears to the words of my mouth .
19_PSA_78_02 I will open my mouth in A parable : I will utter dark sayings of old :
19_PSA_78_03 which we have heard And known , And our fathers have told us .
19_PSA_78_04 we will not hide [ them ] from their children , showing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD , And his strength , And his wonderful works that he hath done .
19_PSA_78_05 for 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 :
19_PSA_78_06 that the generation to come might know [ them , even ] the children [ which ] should be born ; [ who ] should Arise And declare [ them ] to their children :
19_PSA_78_07 that they might set their hope in God , And not forget the works of God , but keep his commandments :
19_PSA_78_08 And 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 .
19_PSA_78_09 the children of Ephraim , [ being ] armed , [ And ] carrying bows , turned back in the day of battle .
19_PSA_78_10 they kept not the covenant of God , And refused to walk in his law ;
19_PSA_78_11 And forgat his works , And his wonders that he had showed them .
19_PSA_78_12 marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers , in the land of Egypt , [ in ] the field of Zoan .
19_PSA_78_13 he divided the sea , And caused them to pass through ; And he made the waters to stand as an heap .
19_PSA_78_14 in the daytime also he led them with A cloud , And all the night with A light of fire .
19_PSA_78_15 he clave the rocks in the wilderness , And gave [ them ] drink as [ out of ] the great depths .
19_PSA_78_16 he brought streams also out of the rock , And caused waters to run down like rivers .
19_PSA_78_17 And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most high in the wilderness .
19_PSA_78_18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust .
19_PSA_78_19 yea , they spake against God ; they said , can God furnish A table in the wilderness ?
19_PSA_78_20 behold , 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 ?
19_PSA_78_21 therefore the LORD heard [ this ] , And was wroth : So A fire was kindled against Jacob , And anger also came up against Israel ;
19_PSA_78_22 because they believed not in God , And trusted not in his salvation :
19_PSA_78_23 though he had commanded the clouds from above , And opened the doors of heaven ,
19_PSA_78_24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat , And had given them of the corn of heaven .
19_PSA_78_25 man did eat angels' food : he sent them meat to the full .
19_PSA_78_26 he caused an east wind to blow in the heaven : And by his power he brought in the south wind .
19_PSA_78_27 he rained flesh also upon them as dust , And feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea :
19_PSA_78_28 And he let [ it ] fall in the midst of their camp , round about their habitations .
19_PSA_78_29 So they did eat , And were Well filled : for he gave them their own desire ;
19_PSA_78_30 they were not estranged from their lust . but while their meat [ was ] yet in their mouths ,
19_PSA_78_31 the wrath of God came upon them , And slew the fattest of them , And smote down the chosen [ men ] of Israel .
19_PSA_78_32 for all this they sinned still , And believed not for his wondrous works .
19_PSA_78_33 therefore their days did he consume in vanity , And their years in Trouble .
19_PSA_78_34 when he slew them , Then they sought him : And they returned And inquired early after God .
19_PSA_78_35 And they remembered that God [ was ] their rock , And the high God their Redeemer .
19_PSA_78_36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth , And they lied unto him with their tongues .
19_PSA_78_37 for their heart was not right with him , neither were they stedfast in his covenant .
19_PSA_78_38 but 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 .
19_PSA_78_39 for he remembered that they [ were but ] flesh ; A wind that passeth away , And cometh not again .
19_PSA_78_40 how oft did they provoke him in the wilderness , [ And ] grieve him in the desert !
19_PSA_78_41 yea , they turned back And tempted God , And limited the holy one of Israel .
19_PSA_78_42 they remembered not his hand , [ nor ] the day when he delivered them from the enemy .
19_PSA_78_43 how he had wrought his signs in Egypt , And his wonders in the field of Zoan :
19_PSA_78_44 And had turned their rivers into blood ; And their floods , that they could not drink .
19_PSA_78_45 he sent divers sorts of flies among them , which devoured them ; And frogs , which destroyed them .
19_PSA_78_46 he gave also their increase unto the caterpillar , And their labour unto the locust .
19_PSA_78_47 he destroyed their vines with hail , And their sycamore trees with frost .
19_PSA_78_48 he gave up their cattle also to the hail , And their flocks to hot thunderbolts .
19_PSA_78_49 he cast upon them the fierceness of his anger , wrath , And indignation , And Trouble , by sending evil angels [ among them ] .
19_PSA_78_50 he made A way to his anger ; he spared not their soul from death , but gave their life over to the pestilence ;
19_PSA_78_51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt ; the chief of [ their ] strength in the tabernacles of Ham :
19_PSA_78_52 but made his own people to go forth like sheep , And guided them in the wilderness like A flock .
19_PSA_78_53 And he led them on safely , So that they feared not : but the sea overwhelmed their enemies .
19_PSA_78_54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary , [ even to ] this mountain , [ which ] his right hand had purchased .
19_PSA_78_55 he 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 .
19_PSA_78_56 yet they tempted And provoked the most high God , And kept not his testimonies :
19_PSA_78_57 but turned back , And dealt unfaithfully like their fathers : they were turned aside like A deceitful bow .
19_PSA_78_58 for they provoked him to anger with their high places , And moved him to jealousy with their graven images .
19_PSA_78_59 when God heard [ this ] , he was wroth , And greatly abhorred Israel :
19_PSA_78_60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh , the tent [ which ] he placed among men ;
19_PSA_78_61 And delivered his strength into captivity , And his glory into the enemy's hand .
19_PSA_78_62 he gave his people over also unto the sword ; And was wroth with his inheritance .
19_PSA_78_63 the fire consumed their young men ; And their maidens were not given to marriage .
19_PSA_78_64 their priests fell by the sword ; And their widows made no lamentation .
19_PSA_78_65 Then the LORD awaked as one out of Sleep , [ And ] like A mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine .
19_PSA_78_66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts : he put them to A perpetual reproach .
19_PSA_78_67 moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph , And chose not the tribe of Ephraim :
19_PSA_78_68 but chose the tribe of Judah , the mount Zion which he loved .
19_PSA_78_69 And he built his sanctuary like high [ palaces ] , like the earth which he hath established for ever .
19_PSA_78_70 he chose David also his servant , And took him from the sheepfolds :
19_PSA_78_71 from following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people , And Israel his inheritance .
19_PSA_78_72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart ; And guided them by the skilfulness of his hands .