Psalm 78 :: New English Translation (NET)

God's Guidance of His People in Spite of Their Unfaithfulness.

Psa 78:1Pay attention, my people, to my instruction! Listen to the words I speak!

Psa 78:2I will sing a song that imparts wisdom; I will make insightful observations about the past.

Psa 78:3What we have heard and learned - that which our ancestors have told us -

Psa 78:4we will not hide from their descendants. We will tell the next generation about the LORD's praiseworthy acts, about his strength and the amazing things he has done.

Psa 78:5

Psa 78:5He established a rule in Jacob; he set up a law in Israel. He commanded our ancestors to make his deeds known to their descendants,

Psa 78:6

Psa 78:6so that the next generation, children yet to be born, might know about them. They will grow up and tell their descendants about them.

Psa 78:7

Psa 78:7Then they will place their confidence in God. They will not forget the works of God, and they will obey his commands.

Psa 78:8

Psa 78:8Then they will not be like their ancestors, who were a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that was not committed and faithful to God.

Psa 78:9

Psa 78:9The Ephraimites were armed with bows, but they retreated in the day of battle.

Psa 78:10

Psa 78:10They did not keep their covenant with God, and they refused to obey his law.

Psa 78:11

Psa 78:11They forgot what he had done, the amazing things he had shown them.

Psa 78:12

Psa 78:12He did amazing things in the sight of their ancestors, in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.

Psa 78:13

Psa 78:13He divided the sea and led them across it; he made the water stand in a heap.

Psa 78:14

Psa 78:14He led them with a cloud by day, and with the light of a fire all night long.

Psa 78:15

Psa 78:15He broke open rocks in the wilderness, and gave them enough water to fill the depths of the sea.

Psa 78:16

Psa 78:16He caused streams to flow from the rock, and made the water flow like rivers.

Psa 78:17

Psa 78:17Yet they continued to sin against him, and rebelled against the sovereign One in the desert.

Psa 78:18

Psa 78:18They willfully challenged God by asking for food to satisfy their appetite.

Psa 78:19

Psa 78:19They insulted God, saying, "Is God really able to give us food in the wilderness?

Psa 78:20

Psa 78:20Yes, he struck a rock and water flowed out, streams gushed forth. But can he also give us food? Will he provide meat for his people?"

Psa 78:21

Psa 78:21When the LORD heard this, he was furious. A fire broke out against Jacob, and his anger flared up against Israel,

Psa 78:22

Psa 78:22because they did not have faith in God, and did not trust his ability to deliver them.

Psa 78:23

Psa 78:23He gave a command to the clouds above, and opened the doors in the sky.

Psa 78:24

Psa 78:24He rained down manna for them to eat; he gave them the grain of heaven.

Psa 78:25

Psa 78:25Man ate the food of the mighty ones. He sent them more than enough to eat.

Psa 78:26

Psa 78:26He brought the east wind through the sky, and by his strength led forth the south wind.

Psa 78:27

Psa 78:27He rained down meat on them like dust, birds as numerous as the sand on the seashores.

Psa 78:28

Psa 78:28He caused them to fall right in the middle of their camp, all around their homes.

Psa 78:29

Psa 78:29They ate until they were stuffed; he gave them what they desired.

Psa 78:30

Psa 78:30They were not yet filled up, their food was still in their mouths,

Psa 78:31

Psa 78:31when the anger of God flared up against them. He killed some of the strongest of them; he brought the young men of Israel to their knees.

Psa 78:32

Psa 78:32Despite all this, they continued to sin, and did not trust him to do amazing things.

Psa 78:33

Psa 78:33So he caused them to die unsatisfied and filled with terror.

Psa 78:34

Psa 78:34When he struck them down, they sought his favor; they turned back and longed for God.

Psa 78:35

Psa 78:35They remembered that God was their protector, and that the sovereign God was their deliverer.

Psa 78:36

Psa 78:36But they deceived him with their words, and lied to him.

Psa 78:37

Psa 78:37They were not really committed to him, and they were unfaithful to his covenant.

Psa 78:38

Psa 78:38Yet he is compassionate. He forgives sin and does not destroy. He often holds back his anger, and does not stir up his fury.

Psa 78:39

Psa 78:39He remembered that they were made of flesh, and were like a wind that blows past and does not return.

Psa 78:40

Psa 78:40How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and insulted him in the desert!

Psa 78:41

Psa 78:41They again challenged God, and offended the Holy One of Israel.

Psa 78:42

Psa 78:42They did not remember what he had done, how he delivered them from the enemy,

Psa 78:43

Psa 78:43when he performed his awesome deeds in Egypt, and his acts of judgment in the region of Zoan.

Psa 78:44

Psa 78:44He turned their rivers into blood, and they could not drink from their streams.

Psa 78:45

Psa 78:45He sent swarms of biting insects against them, as well as frogs that overran their land.

Psa 78:46

Psa 78:46He gave their crops to the grasshopper, the fruit of their labor to the locust.

Psa 78:47

Psa 78:47He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore-fig trees with driving rain.

Psa 78:48

Psa 78:48He rained hail down on their cattle, and hurled lightning bolts down on their livestock.

Psa 78:49

Psa 78:49His raging anger lashed out against them, He sent fury, rage, and trouble as messengers who bring disaster.

Psa 78:50

Psa 78:50He sent his anger in full force; he did not spare them from death; he handed their lives over to destruction.

Psa 78:51

Psa 78:51He struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their reproductive power in the tents of Ham.

Psa 78:52

Psa 78:52Yet he brought out his people like sheep; he led them through the wilderness like a flock.

Psa 78:53

Psa 78:53He guided them safely along, while the sea covered their enemies.

Psa 78:54

Psa 78:54He brought them to the border of his holy land, to this mountainous land which his right hand acquired.

Psa 78:55

Psa 78:55He drove the nations out from before them; he assigned them their tribal allotments and allowed the tribes of Israel to settle down.

Psa 78:56

Psa 78:56Yet they challenged and defied the sovereign God, and did not obey his commands.

Psa 78:57

Psa 78:57They were unfaithful and acted as treacherously as their ancestors; they were as unreliable as a malfunctioning bow.

Psa 78:58

Psa 78:58They made him angry with their pagan shrines, and made him jealous with their idols.

Psa 78:59

Psa 78:59God heard and was angry; he completely rejected Israel.

Psa 78:60

Psa 78:60He abandoned the sanctuary at Shiloh, the tent where he lived among men.

Psa 78:61

Psa 78:61He allowed the symbol of his strong presence to be captured; he gave the symbol of his splendor into the hand of the enemy.

Psa 78:62

Psa 78:62He delivered his people over to the sword, and was angry with his chosen nation.

Psa 78:63

Psa 78:63Fire consumed their young men, and their virgins remained unmarried.

Psa 78:64

Psa 78:64Their priests fell by the sword, but their widows did not weep.

Psa 78:65

Psa 78:65But then the Lord awoke from his sleep; he was like a warrior in a drunken rage.

Psa 78:66

Psa 78:66He drove his enemies back; he made them a permanent target for insults.

Psa 78:67

Psa 78:67He rejected the tent of Joseph; he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.

Psa 78:68

Psa 78:68He chose the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion, which he loves.

Psa 78:69

Psa 78:69He made his sanctuary as enduring as the heavens above; as secure as the earth, which he established permanently.

Psa 78:70

Psa 78:70He chose David, his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds.

Psa 78:71

Psa 78:71He took him away from following the mother sheep, and made him the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and of Israel, his chosen nation.

Psa 78:72

Psa 78:72David cared for them with pure motives; he led them with skill.

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Psalm 78 :: New English Translation (NET)

God's Guidance of His People in Spite of Their Unfaithfulness.

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