{"book":"Psalms","slug":"psalms","ch":78,"genre":"poetry","sub":"The Book of Psalms","prev":"psalms/77","next":"psalms/79","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"1 Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; listen to the words of my mouth.","f":["Maskil is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 32, 42, 44–45, 52–55, 74, 78, 88–89, and 142."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"1 Give ear, O my people, to my instruction;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"listen to the words of my mouth."}],"h":"I Will Open My Mouth in Parables","style":"pshdg"},{"v":2,"t":"I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,","f":["Or from ancient times; see also LXX; cited in Matthew 13:35"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"I will open my mouth in parables;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I will utter things hidden from the beginning,"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":3,"t":"that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"that we have heard and known"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and our fathers have relayed to us."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"We will not hide [them] from their children but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might and the wonders He has performed.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"We will not hide [them] from their children"},{"style":"indent2","t":"but will declare to the next generation"},{"style":"indent1","t":"the praises of the LORD and His might"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the wonders He has performed."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"For He established a testimony in Jacob"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and appointed a law in Israel,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"which He commanded our fathers"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to teach to their children,"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":6,"t":"that the coming generation would know them — even children yet to be born — to arise and tell their [own] children","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"that the coming generation would know them —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"even children yet to be born —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to arise and tell their [own] children"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"that they should put their confidence in God, not forgetting [His] works, but keeping His commandments.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"that they should put their confidence in God,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"not forgetting [His] works,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"but keeping His commandments."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Then they will not be like their fathers,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a stubborn and rebellious generation,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"whose heart was not loyal,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"whose spirit was not faithful to God."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"The archers of Ephraim turned back on the day of battle.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"The archers of Ephraim"},{"style":"indent2","t":"turned back on the day of battle."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":10,"t":"They failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They failed to keep God’s covenant"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and refused to live by His law."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They forgot what He had done,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the wonders He had shown them."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He worked wonders before their fathers"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters {upright} like a wall.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He split the sea and brought them through;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He set the waters {upright} like a wall."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He led them with a cloud by day"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and with a light of fire all night."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave [them] drink as abundant as the seas.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He split the rocks in the wilderness"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and gave [them] drink as abundant as the seas."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He brought streams from the stone"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and made water flow down like rivers."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"But they continued to sin against Him,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"rebelling in the desert against the Most High."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":18,"t":"They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They willfully tested God"},{"style":"indent2","t":"by demanding the food they craved."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":19,"t":"They spoke against God, saying,“ Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They spoke against God, saying,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"“ Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":20,"t":"When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"When He struck the rock, water gushed out"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and torrents raged."},{"style":"indent1","t":"But can He also give bread"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or supply His people with meat?”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":21,"t":"Therefore the LORD heard and was filled with wrath; so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and His anger flared against Israel,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Therefore the LORD heard"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and was filled with wrath;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"so a fire was kindled against Jacob,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and His anger flared against Israel,"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":22,"t":"because they did not believe God or rely on His salvation.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"because they did not believe God"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or rely on His salvation."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":23,"t":"Yet He commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of the heavens.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Yet He commanded the clouds above"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and opened the doors of the heavens."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":24,"t":"He rained down manna for them to eat; 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despite His wonderful works, they did not believe.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"In spite of all this, they kept on sinning;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"despite His wonderful works, they did not believe."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":33,"t":"So He ended their days in futility, and their years in sudden terror.","f":["Or in vapor"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"So He ended their days in futility,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and their years in sudden terror."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":34,"t":"When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"When He slew them, they would seek Him;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they repented and searched for God."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":35,"t":"And they remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer.","f":["Hebrew El-Elyon"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"And they remembered that God was their Rock,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"that God Most High was their Redeemer."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":36,"t":"But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"But they deceived Him with their mouths,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and lied to Him with their tongues."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":37,"t":"Their hearts were disloyal to Him, and they were unfaithful to His covenant.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Their hearts were disloyal to Him,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and they were unfaithful to His covenant."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":38,"t":"And yet He was compassionate; 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He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"And yet He was compassionate;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He forgave [their] iniquity and did not destroy them."},{"style":"indent1","t":"He often restrained His anger"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and did not unleash His full wrath."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":39,"t":"He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He remembered that they were but flesh,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a passing breeze that does not return."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":40,"t":"How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and grieved Him in the desert!"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":41,"t":"Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Again and again they tested God"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and provoked the Holy One of Israel."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":42,"t":"They did not remember His power — the day He redeemed them from the adversary,","f":["Or His hand"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They did not remember His power —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the day He redeemed them from the adversary,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":43,"t":"when He performed His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the fields of Zoan.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"when He performed His signs in Egypt"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and His wonders in the fields of Zoan."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":44,"t":"He turned their rivers to blood, and from their streams they could not drink.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"He turned their rivers to blood,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and from their streams they could not drink."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":45,"t":"He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He sent swarms of flies that devoured them,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and frogs that devastated them."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":46,"t":"He gave their crops to the grasshopper, the fruit of their labor to the locust.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He gave their crops to the grasshopper,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the fruit of their labor to the locust."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":47,"t":"He killed their vines with hailstones and their sycamore-figs with sleet.","f":["Or frost or driving rain"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He killed their vines with hailstones"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and their sycamore-figs with sleet."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":48,"t":"He abandoned their cattle to the hail and their livestock to bolts of lightning.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He abandoned their cattle to the hail"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and their livestock to bolts of lightning."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":49,"t":"He unleashed His fury against them, wrath, indignation, and calamity — a band of destroying angels.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"He unleashed His fury against them,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"wrath, indignation, and calamity —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a band of destroying angels."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":50,"t":"He cleared a path for His anger; 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