1 Maschil * h4905 h8688 of Asaph * h623. Give ear * h238 h8685, O my people * h5971, to my law * h8451: incline * h5186 h8685 your ears * h241 to the words * h561 of my mouth * h6310. Maschil...: or, A Psalm for Asaph to give instruction
2 I will open * h6605 h8799 my mouth * h6310 in a parable * h4912: I will utter * h5042 h8686 dark sayings * h2420 of old * h6924:
3 Which we have heard * h8085 h8804 and known * h3045 h8799, and our fathers * h1 have told * h5608 h8765 us.
4 We will not hide * h3582 h8762 them from their children * h1121, shewing * h5608 h8764 to the generation * h1755 to come * h314 the praises * h8416 of the LORD * h3068, and his strength * h5807, and his wonderful works * h6381 h8737 that he hath done * h6213 h8804.
5 For he established * h6965 h8686 a testimony * h5715 in Jacob * h3290, and appointed * h7760 h8804 a law * h8451 in Israel * h3478, which he commanded * h6680 h8765 our fathers * h1, that they should make them known * h3045 h8687 to their children * h1121:
6 That the generation * h1755 to come * h314 might know * h3045 h8799 them, even the children * h1121 which should be born * h3205 h8735; who should arise * h6965 h8799 and declare * h5608 h8762 them to their children * h1121:
7 That they might set * h7760 h8799 their hope * h3689 in God * h430, and not forget * h7911 h8799 the works * h4611 of God * h410, but keep * h5341 h8799 his commandments * h4687:
8 And might not be as their fathers * h1, a stubborn * h5637 h8802 and rebellious * h4784 h8802 generation * h1755; a generation * h1755 that set * h3559 not their heart * h3820 aright * h3559 h8689, and whose spirit * h7307 was not stedfast * h539 h8738 with God * h410. that...: Heb. that prepared not their heart
9 The children * h1121 of Ephraim * h669, being armed * h5401 h8802, and carrying * h7411 h8802 bows * h7198, turned back * h2015 h8804 in the day * h3117 of battle * h7128. carrying: Heb. throwing forth
10 They kept * h8104 h8804 not the covenant * h1285 of God * h430, and refused * h3985 h8765 to walk * h3212 h8800 in his law * h8451;
11 And forgat * h7911 h8799 his works * h5949, and his wonders * h6381 h8737 that he had shewed * h7200 h8689 them.
12 Marvellous things * h6382 did * h6213 h8804 he in the sight * h5048 of their fathers * h1, in the land * h776 of Egypt * h4714, in the field * h7704 of Zoan * h6814.
13 He divided * h1234 h8804 the sea * h3220, and caused them to pass through * h5674 h8686; and he made the waters * h4325 to stand * h5324 h8686 as an heap * h5067.
14 In the daytime * h3119 also he led * h5148 h8686 them with a cloud * h6051, and all the night * h3915 with a light * h216 of fire * h784.
15 He clave * h1234 h8762 the rocks * h6697 in the wilderness * h4057, and gave them drink * h8248 h8686 as out of the great * h7227 depths * h8415.
16 He brought * h3318 h8686 streams * h5140 h8802 also out of the rock * h5553, and caused waters * h4325 to run down * h3381 h8686 like rivers * h5104.
17 And they sinned * h2398 h8800 yet more * h3254 h8686 against him by provoking * h4784 h8687 the most High * h5945 in the wilderness * h6723.
18 And they tempted * h5254 h8762 God * h410 in their heart * h3824 by asking * h7592 h8800 meat * h400 for their lust * h5315.
19 Yea, they spake * h1696 h8762 against God * h430; they said * h559 h8804, Can * h3201 h8799 God * h410 furnish * h6186 h8800 a table * h7979 in the wilderness * h4057? furnish: Heb. order
20 Behold, he smote * h5221 h8689 the rock * h6697, that the waters * h4325 gushed out * h2100 h8799, and the streams * h5158 overflowed * h7857 h8799; can * h3201 h8799 he give * h5414 h8800 bread * h3899 also? can * h3201 h8799 he provide * h3559 h8686 flesh * h7607 for his people * h5971?
21 Therefore the LORD * h3068 heard * h8085 h8804 this , and was wroth * h5674 h8691: so a fire * h784 was kindled * h5400 h8738 against Jacob * h3290, and anger * h639 also came up * h5927 h8804 against Israel * h3478;
22 Because they believed * h539 h8689 not in God * h430, and trusted * h982 h8804 not in his salvation * h3444:
23 Though he had commanded * h6680 h8762 the clouds * h7834 from above * h4605, and opened * h6605 h8804 the doors * h1817 of heaven * h8064,
24 And had rained down * h4305 h8686 manna * h4478 upon them to eat * h398 h8800, and had given * h5414 h8804 them of the corn * h1715 of heaven * h8064.
25 Man * h376 did eat * h398 h8804 angels * h47' food * h3899: he sent * h7971 h8804 them meat * h6720 to the full * h7648. Man...: or, Every one did eat the bread of the mighty
26 He caused an east wind * h6921 to blow * h5265 h8686 in the heaven * h8064: and by his power * h5797 he brought in * h5090 h8762 the south wind * h8486. to blow: Heb. to go
27 He rained * h4305 h8686 flesh * h7607 also upon them as dust * h6083, and feathered * h3671 fowls * h5775 like as the sand * h2344 of the sea * h3220: feathered...: Heb. fowl of wing
28 And he let it fall * h5307 h8686 in the midst * h7130 of their camp * h4264, round about * h5439 their habitations * h4908.
29 So they did eat * h398 h8799, and were well * h3966 filled * h7646 h8799: for he gave * h935 h8686 them their own desire * h8378;
30 They were not estranged * h2114 h8804 from their lust * h8378. But while their meat * h400 was yet in their mouths * h6310,
31 The wrath * h639 of God * h430 came * h5927 h8804 upon them, and slew * h2026 h8799 the fattest * h4924 of them, and smote down * h3766 h8689 the chosen * h970 men of Israel * h3478. smote...: Heb. made to bow Chosen...: or, young men
32 For all this they sinned * h2398 h8804 still, and believed * h539 h8689 not for his wondrous works * h6381 h8737.
33 Therefore their days * h3117 did he consume * h3615 h8762 in vanity * h1892, and their years * h8141 in trouble * h928.
34 When he slew * h2026 h8804 them, then they sought * h1875 h8804 him: and they returned * h7725 h8804 and enquired early * h7836 h8765 after God * h410.
35 And they remembered * h2142 h8799 that God * h430 was their rock * h6697, and the high * h5945 God * h410 their redeemer * h1350 h8802.
36 Nevertheless they did flatter * h6601 h8762 him with their mouth * h6310, and they lied * h3576 h8762 unto him with their tongues * h3956.
37 For their heart * h3820 was not right * h3559 h8737 with him, neither were they stedfast * h539 h8738 in his covenant * h1285.
38 But he, being full of compassion * h7349, forgave * h3722 h8762 their iniquity * h5771, and destroyed * h7843 h8686 them not: yea, many a time * h7235 h8689 turned * h7725 he his anger * h639 away * h7725 h8687, and did not stir up * h5782 h8686 all his wrath * h2534.
39 For he remembered * h2142 h8799 that they were but flesh * h1320; a wind * h7307 that passeth away * h1980 h8802, and cometh not again * h7725 h8799.
40 How * h4100 oft did they provoke * h4784 h8686 him in the wilderness * h4057, and grieve * h6087 h8686 him in the desert * h3452! provoke: or, rebel against
41 Yea, they turned back * h7725 h8799 and tempted * h5254 h8762 God * h410, and limited * h8428 h8689 the Holy One * h6918 of Israel * h3478.
42 They remembered * h2142 h8804 not his hand * h3027, nor the day * h3117 when he delivered * h6299 h8804 them from the enemy * h6862. from...: or, from affliction
43 How he had wrought * h7760 h8804 his signs * h226 in Egypt * h4714, and his wonders * h4159 in the field * h7704 of Zoan * h6814: wrought: Heb. set
44 And had turned * h2015 h8799 their rivers * h2975 into blood * h1818; and their floods * h5140 h8802, that they could not drink * h8354 h8799.
45 He sent * h7971 h8762 divers sorts of flies * h6157 among them, which devoured * h398 h8799 them; and frogs * h6854, which destroyed * h7843 h8686 them.
46 He gave * h5414 h8799 also their increase * h2981 unto the caterpiller * h2625, and their labour * h3018 unto the locust * h697.
47 He destroyed * h2026 h8799 their vines * h1612 with hail * h1259, and their sycomore trees * h8256 with frost * h2602. destroyed: Heb. killed frost: or, great hailstones
48 He gave up * h5462 h8686 their cattle * h1165 also to the hail * h1259, and their flocks * h4735 to hot thunderbolts * h7565. gave...: Heb. shut up hot...: or, lightnings
49 He cast * h7971 h8762 upon them the fierceness * h2740 of his anger * h639, wrath * h5678, and indignation * h2195, and trouble * h6869, by sending * h4917 evil * h7451 angels * h4397 among them .
50 He made * h6424 h8762 a way * h5410 to his anger * h639; he spared * h2820 h8804 not their soul * h5315 from death * h4194, but gave * h5462 their life * h2416 over * h5462 h8689 to the pestilence * h1698; He made...: Heb. He weighed a path life...: or, beasts to the murrain
51 And smote * h5221 h8686 all the firstborn * h1060 in Egypt * h4714; the chief * h7225 of their strength * h202 in the tabernacles * h168 of Ham * h2526:
52 But made his own people * h5971 to go forth * h5265 h8686 like sheep * h6629, and guided * h5090 h8762 them in the wilderness * h4057 like a flock * h5739.
53 And he led * h5148 h8686 them on safely * h983, so that they feared * h6342 h8804 not: but the sea * h3220 overwhelmed * h3680 h8765 their enemies * h341 h8802. overwhelmed: Heb. covered
54 And he brought * h935 h8686 them to the border * h1366 of his sanctuary * h6944, even to this mountain * h2022, which his right hand * h3225 had purchased * h7069 h8804.
55 He cast out * h1644 h8762 the heathen * h1471 also before * h6440 them, and divided * h5307 h8686 them an inheritance * h5159 by line * h2256, and made the tribes * h7626 of Israel * h3478 to dwell * h7931 h8686 in their tents * h168.
56 Yet they tempted * h5254 h8762 and provoked * h4784 h8686 the most high * h5945 God * h430, and kept * h8104 h8804 not his testimonies * h5713:
57 But turned back * h5472 h8735, and dealt unfaithfully * h898 h8799 like their fathers * h1: they were turned aside * h2015 h8738 like a deceitful * h7423 bow * h7198.
58 For they provoked him to anger * h3707 h8686 with their high places * h1116, and moved him to jealousy * h7065 h8686 with their graven images * h6456.
59 When God * h430 heard * h8085 h8804 this , he was wroth * h5674 h8691, and greatly * h3966 abhorred * h3988 h8799 Israel * h3478:
60 So that he forsook * h5203 h8799 the tabernacle * h4908 of Shiloh * h7887, the tent * h168 which he placed * h7931 h8765 among men * h120;
61 And delivered * h5414 h8799 his strength * h5797 into captivity * h7628, and his glory * h8597 into the enemy's * h6862 hand * h3027.
62 He gave * h5462 his people * h5971 over * h5462 h8686 also unto the sword * h2719; and was wroth * h5674 h8694 with his inheritance * h5159.
63 The fire * h784 consumed * h398 h8804 their young men * h970; and their maidens * h1330 were not given to marriage * h1984 h8795. given...: Heb. praised
64 Their priests * h3548 fell * h5307 h8804 by the sword * h2719; and their widows * h490 made no lamentation * h1058 h8799.
65 Then the Lord * h136 awaked * h3364 h8799 as one out of sleep * h3463, and like a mighty man * h1368 that shouteth * h7442 h8711 by reason of wine * h3196.
66 And he smote * h5221 h8686 his enemies * h6862 in the hinder parts * h268: he put * h5414 h8804 them to a perpetual * h5769 reproach * h2781.
67 Moreover he refused * h3988 h8799 the tabernacle * h168 of Joseph * h3130, and chose * h977 h8804 not the tribe * h7626 of Ephraim * h669:
68 But chose * h977 h8799 the tribe * h7626 of Judah * h3063, the mount * h2022 Zion * h6726 which he loved * h157 h8804.
69 And he built * h1129 h8799 his sanctuary * h4720 like high * h7311 h8802 palaces , like the earth * h776 which he hath established * h3245 h8804 for ever * h5769. established: Heb. founded
70 He chose * h977 h8799 David * h1732 also his servant * h5650, and took * h3947 h8799 him from the sheepfolds * h4356 * h6629:
71 From following * h310 the ewes great with young * h5763 h8802 he brought * h935 h8689 him to feed * h7462 h8800 Jacob * h3290 his people * h5971, and Israel * h3478 his inheritance * h5159. following: Heb. after
72 So he fed * h7462 h8686 them according to the integrity * h8537 of his heart * h3824; and guided * h5148 h8686 them by the skilfulness * h8394 of his hands * h3709.