Psalms 78
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1Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
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2I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
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3Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
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4We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
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5For 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:
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6That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
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7That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
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8And 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.
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9The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
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10They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
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11And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
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12Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
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13He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
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14In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
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15He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
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16He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
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17And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
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18And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
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19Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
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20Behold, 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?
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21Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
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22Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
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23Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
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24And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
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25Man did eat angels’ food: he sent them meat to the full.
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26He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.
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27He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
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28And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.
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29So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;
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30They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
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31The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
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32For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.
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33Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
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34When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
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35And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
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36Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
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37For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
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38But 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.
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39For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
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40How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
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41Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
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42They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
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43How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:
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44And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
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45He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
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46He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.
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47He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
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48He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
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49He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
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50He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
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51And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
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52But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
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53And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
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54And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.
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55He 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.
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56Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
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57But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
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58For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
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59When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
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60So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
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61And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy’s hand.
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62He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.
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63The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
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64Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
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65Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
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66And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
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67Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
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68But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
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69And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.
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70He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
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71From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
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72So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
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Chapter 78
Cross References
Psalms 78:1
Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will m...Isaiah 51:4¶ Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall...Psalms 49:1Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:2 Chronicles 15:1And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:Judges 5:3Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the LORD; I...
Psalms 78:2
Matthew 13:34All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parab...Mark 4:34But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expou...Matthew 13:11He answered and said unto them,Because it is given unto you to know the mysterie...Psalms 49:4I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.Proverbs 1:6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and thei...
Psalms 78:3
Psalms 44:1We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou did...Psalms 48:8As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city...Exodus 13:8¶ And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that...Exodus 13:14¶ And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this...Exodus 12:26And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye b...
Psalms 78:4
Deuteronomy 11:19And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thi...Psalms 145:4One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty a...Joel 1:3Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and thei...Psalms 71:17O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondr...Deuteronomy 4:9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the th...
Psalms 78:5
Deuteronomy 6:7And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them w...Ephesians 6:4And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nu...Psalms 81:5This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of...Deuteronomy 4:45These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spak...Genesis 18:19For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, a...
Psalms 78:6
Psalms 102:18This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be...Joel 1:3Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and thei...Psalms 22:31They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be...Psalms 145:4One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty a...Psalms 90:16Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.
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Deuteronomy 5:29O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all m...Revelation 14:12Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of...1 John 5:3For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments...Deuteronomy 4:9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the th...Psalms 103:2Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
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Psalms 78:37For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covena...Exodus 32:9And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stif...2 Kings 17:14Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck...Ezekiel 20:18But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of...Deuteronomy 31:27For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with...
Psalms 78:9
Deuteronomy 1:41Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD, we will go u...Joshua 17:16And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Cana...1 Samuel 4:10¶ And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man in...1 Samuel 31:1Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from befor...Psalms 78:57But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned asi...
Psalms 78:10
Judges 2:10And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose a...Nehemiah 9:26Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law...Deuteronomy 31:16¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and t...Deuteronomy 31:20For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their father...Jeremiah 31:32Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I t...
Psalms 78:11
Psalms 106:13They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:Psalms 78:7That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep...Jeremiah 2:32Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgo...Deuteronomy 32:18Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that form...Psalms 106:21They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
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Numbers 13:22And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and...Ezekiel 30:14And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute ju...Isaiah 19:11¶ Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of P...Psalms 135:9Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and u...Exodus 7:1And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron...
Cross References
Psalms 78:1
Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will m...Isaiah 51:4¶ Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall...Psalms 49:1Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:2 Chronicles 15:1And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:Judges 5:3Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the LORD; I...
Psalms 78:2
Matthew 13:34All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parab...Mark 4:34But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expou...Matthew 13:11He answered and said unto them,Because it is given unto you to know the mysterie...Psalms 49:4I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.Proverbs 1:6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and thei...
Psalms 78:3
Psalms 44:1We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou did...Psalms 48:8As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city...Exodus 13:8¶ And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that...Exodus 13:14¶ And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this...Exodus 12:26And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye b...
Psalms 78:4
Deuteronomy 11:19And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thi...Psalms 145:4One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty a...Joel 1:3Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and thei...Psalms 71:17O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondr...Deuteronomy 4:9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the th...
Psalms 78:5
Deuteronomy 6:7And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them w...Ephesians 6:4And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nu...Psalms 81:5This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of...Deuteronomy 4:45These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spak...Genesis 18:19For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, a...
Psalms 78:6
Psalms 102:18This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be...Joel 1:3Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and thei...Psalms 22:31They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be...Psalms 145:4One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty a...Psalms 90:16Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.
Psalms 78:7
Deuteronomy 5:29O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all m...Revelation 14:12Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of...1 John 5:3For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments...Deuteronomy 4:9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the th...Psalms 103:2Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
Psalms 78:8
Psalms 78:37For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covena...Exodus 32:9And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stif...2 Kings 17:14Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck...Ezekiel 20:18But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of...Deuteronomy 31:27For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with...
Psalms 78:9
Deuteronomy 1:41Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD, we will go u...Joshua 17:16And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Cana...1 Samuel 4:10¶ And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man in...1 Samuel 31:1Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from befor...Psalms 78:57But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned asi...
Psalms 78:10
Judges 2:10And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose a...Nehemiah 9:26Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law...Deuteronomy 31:16¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and t...Deuteronomy 31:20For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their father...Jeremiah 31:32Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I t...
Psalms 78:11
Psalms 106:13They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:Psalms 78:7That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep...Jeremiah 2:32Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgo...Deuteronomy 32:18Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that form...Psalms 106:21They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
Psalms 78:12
Numbers 13:22And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and...Ezekiel 30:14And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute ju...Isaiah 19:11¶ Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of P...Psalms 135:9Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and u...Exodus 7:1And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron...