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Psalms 77
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1(78) [A Psalm] of instruction for Asaph. Give heed, O my people, to my law: incline your ear to the words of my mouth.
1For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm by Asaph. My cry goes to God! Indeed, I cry to God for help, and for him to listen to me.
2I will open my mouth in parables: I will utter dark sayings [which have been] from the beginning.
2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out in the night, and didn’t get tired. My soul refused to be comforted.
3All which we have heard and known, and our fathers have declared to us.
3I remember God, and I groan. I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. Selah.
4They were not hid from their children to a second generations; [the fathers] declaring the praises of the Lord, and his mighty acts, and his wonders which he wrought.
4You hold my eyelids open. I am so troubled that I can’t speak.
5And he raised up a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, to make it known to their children:
5I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
6that another generation might know, even the sons which should be born; and they should arise and declare them to their children.
6I remember my song in the night. I consider in my own heart; my spirit diligently inquires:
7That they might set their hope on God, and not forget the works of God, but diligently seek his commandments.
7“Will the Lord reject us forever? Will he be favorable no more?
8That they should not be as their fathers, a perverse and provoking generation; a generation which set not its heart aright, and its spirit was not steadfast with God.
8Has his loving kindness vanished forever? Does his promise fail for generations?
9The children of Ephraim, bending and shooting [with] the bow, turned [back] in the day of battle.
9Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he, in anger, withheld his compassion?” Selah.
10They kept not the covenant of God, and would not walk in his law.
10Then I thought, “I will appeal to this: the years of the right hand of the Most High.”
11And they forgot his benefits, and his miracles which he [had] showed them;
11I will remember Yah’s deeds; for I will remember your wonders of old.
12the miracles which he wrought before their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the plain of Tanes.
12I will also meditate on all your work, and consider your doings.
13He clave the sea, and led them through: he made the waters to stand as [in] a bottle.
13Your way, God, is in the sanctuary. What god is great like God?
14And he guided them with a cloud by day, and all the night with a light of fire.
14You are the God who does wonders. You have made your strength known among the peoples.
15he clave a rock in the wilderness, and made them drink as in a great deep.
15You have redeemed your people with your arm, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
16And he brought water out of the rock, and caused waters to flow down as rivers.
16The waters saw you, God. The waters saw you, and they writhed. The depths also convulsed.
17And they sinned yet more against him; they provoked the Most High in the wilderness.
17The clouds poured out water. The skies resounded with thunder. Your arrows also flashed around.
18And they tempted God in their hearts, in asking meat for [the desire of] their souls.
18The voice of your thunder was in the whirlwind. The lightnings lit up the world. The earth trembled and shook.
19They spoke also against God, and said, Will God be able to prepare a table in the wilderness?
19Your way was through the sea, your paths through the great waters. Your footsteps were not known.
20Forasmuch as he struck the rock, and the waters flowed, and the torrents ran abundantly; will he be able also to give bread, or prepare a table for his people?
20You led your people like a flock, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.