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Listen, O my people, to my instruction;
Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
I will open my mouth in a parable;
I will utter dark sayings of old,
I will utter dark sayings of old,
I will open my mouth in a parable;
I will utter dark sayings from of old,
I will utter dark sayings from of old,
Which we have heard and known,
And our fathers have told us.
And our fathers have told us.
things that we have heard and known,
that our fathers have told us.
that our fathers have told us.
We will not conceal them from their children,
But tell to the generation to come the praises of the LORD,
And His strength and His wondrous works that He has done.
But tell to the generation to come the praises of the LORD,
And His strength and His wondrous works that He has done.
We will not hide them from their children,
but tell to the coming generation
the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might,
and the wonders that he has done.
but tell to the coming generation
the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might,
and the wonders that he has done.
For He established a testimony in Jacob
And appointed a law in Israel,
Which He commanded our fathers
That they should teach them to their children,
And appointed a law in Israel,
Which He commanded our fathers
That they should teach them to their children,
He established a testimony in Jacob
and appointed a law in Israel,
which he commanded our fathers
to teach to their children,
and appointed a law in Israel,
which he commanded our fathers
to teach to their children,
That the generation to come might know, even the children yet to be born,
That they may arise and tell them to their children,
That they may arise and tell them to their children,
that the next generation might know them,
the children yet unborn,
and arise and tell them to their children,
the children yet unborn,
and arise and tell them to their children,
That they should put their confidence in God
And not forget the works of God,
But keep His commandments,
And not forget the works of God,
But keep His commandments,
so that they should set their hope in God
and not forget the works of God,
but keep his commandments;
and not forget the works of God,
but keep his commandments;
And not be like their fathers,
A stubborn and rebellious generation,
A generation that did not prepare its heart
And whose spirit was not faithful to God.
A stubborn and rebellious generation,
A generation that did not prepare its heart
And whose spirit was not faithful to God.
and that they should not be like their fathers,
a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation whose heart was not steadfast,
whose spirit was not faithful to God.
a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation whose heart was not steadfast,
whose spirit was not faithful to God.
The sons of Ephraim were archers equipped with bows,
Yet they turned back in the day of battle.
Yet they turned back in the day of battle.
They did not keep the covenant of God
And refused to walk in His law;
And refused to walk in His law;
They did not keep God’s covenant,
but refused to walk according to his law.
but refused to walk according to his law.
They forgot His deeds
And His miracles that He had shown them.
And His miracles that He had shown them.
They forgot his works
and the wonders that he had shown them.
and the wonders that he had shown them.
He wrought wonders before their fathers
In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
In the sight of their fathers he performed wonders
in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zoan.
in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zoan.
He divided the sea and caused them to pass through,
And He made the waters stand up like a heap.
And He made the waters stand up like a heap.
He divided the sea and let them pass through it,
and made the waters stand like a heap.
and made the waters stand like a heap.
Then He led them with the cloud by day
And all the night with a light of fire.
And all the night with a light of fire.
In the daytime he led them with a cloud,
and all the night with a fiery light.
and all the night with a fiery light.
He split the rocks in the wilderness
And gave them abundant drink like the ocean depths.
And gave them abundant drink like the ocean depths.
He split rocks in the wilderness
and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep.
and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep.
He brought forth streams also from the rock
And caused waters to run down like rivers.
And caused waters to run down like rivers.
He made streams come out of the rock
and caused waters to flow down like rivers.
and caused waters to flow down like rivers.
Yet they still continued to sin against Him,
To rebel against the Most High in the desert.
To rebel against the Most High in the desert.
Yet they sinned still more against him,
rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
And in their heart they put God to the test
By asking food according to their desire.
By asking food according to their desire.
They tested God in their heart
by demanding the food they craved.
by demanding the food they craved.
Then they spoke against God;
They said, “Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
They said, “Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
They spoke against God, saying,
“Can God spread a table in the wilderness?
“Can God spread a table in the wilderness?
“Behold, He struck the rock so that waters gushed out,
And streams were overflowing;
Can He give bread also?
Will He provide meat for His people?”
And streams were overflowing;
Can He give bread also?
Will He provide meat for His people?”
He struck the rock so that water gushed out
and streams overflowed.
Can he also give bread
or provide meat for his people?”
and streams overflowed.
Can he also give bread
or provide meat for his people?”
Therefore the LORD heard and was full of wrath;
And a fire was kindled against Jacob
And anger also mounted against Israel,
And a fire was kindled against Jacob
And anger also mounted against Israel,
Therefore, when the Lord heard, he was full of wrath;
a fire was kindled against Jacob;
his anger rose against Israel,
a fire was kindled against Jacob;
his anger rose against Israel,
Because they did not believe in God
And did not trust in His salvation.
And did not trust in His salvation.
because they did not believe in God
and did not trust his saving power.
and did not trust his saving power.
Yet He commanded the clouds above
And opened the doors of heaven;
And opened the doors of heaven;
Yet he commanded the skies above
and opened the doors of heaven,
and opened the doors of heaven,
He rained down manna upon them to eat
And gave them food from heaven.
And gave them food from heaven.
and he rained down on them manna to eat
and gave them the grain of heaven.
and gave them the grain of heaven.
Man did eat the bread of angels;
He sent them food in abundance.
He sent them food in abundance.
Man ate of the bread of the angels;
he sent them food in abundance.
he sent them food in abundance.
He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens
And by His power He directed the south wind.
And by His power He directed the south wind.
He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens,
and by his power he led out the south wind;
and by his power he led out the south wind;
When He rained meat upon them like the dust,
Even winged fowl like the sand of the seas,
Even winged fowl like the sand of the seas,
he rained meat on them like dust,
winged birds like the sand of the seas;
winged birds like the sand of the seas;
Then He let them fall in the midst of their camp,
Round about their dwellings.
Round about their dwellings.
he let them fall in the midst of their camp,
all around their dwellings.
all around their dwellings.
So they ate and were well filled,
And their desire He gave to them.
And their desire He gave to them.
And they ate and were well filled,
for he gave them what they craved.
for he gave them what they craved.
Before they had satisfied their desire,
While their food was in their mouths,
While their food was in their mouths,
But before they had satisfied their craving,
while the food was still in their mouths,
while the food was still in their mouths,
The anger of God rose against them
And killed some of their stoutest ones,
And subdued the choice men of Israel.
And killed some of their stoutest ones,
And subdued the choice men of Israel.
the anger of God rose against them,
and he killed the strongest of them
and laid low the young men of Israel.
and he killed the strongest of them
and laid low the young men of Israel.
In spite of all this they still sinned
And did not believe in His wonderful works.
And did not believe in His wonderful works.
In spite of all this, they still sinned;
despite his wonders, they did not believe.
despite his wonders, they did not believe.
So He brought their days to an end in futility
And their years in sudden terror.
And their years in sudden terror.
When He killed them, then they sought Him,
And returned and searched diligently for God;
And returned and searched diligently for God;
When he killed them, they sought him;
they repented and sought God earnestly.
they repented and sought God earnestly.
And they remembered that God was their rock,
And the Most High God their Redeemer.
And the Most High God their Redeemer.
They remembered that God was their rock,
the Most High God their redeemer.
the Most High God their redeemer.
But they deceived Him with their mouth
And lied to Him with their tongue.
And lied to Him with their tongue.
But they flattered him with their mouths;
they lied to him with their tongues.
they lied to him with their tongues.
For their heart was not steadfast toward Him,
Nor were they faithful in His covenant.
Nor were they faithful in His covenant.
Their heart was not steadfast toward him;
they were not faithful to his covenant.
they were not faithful to his covenant.
But He, being compassionate, forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them;
And often He restrained His anger
And did not arouse all His wrath.
And often He restrained His anger
And did not arouse all His wrath.
Yet he, being compassionate,
atoned for their iniquity
and did not destroy them;
he restrained his anger often
and did not stir up all his wrath.
atoned for their iniquity
and did not destroy them;
he restrained his anger often
and did not stir up all his wrath.
Thus He remembered that they were but flesh,
A wind that passes and does not return.
A wind that passes and does not return.
He remembered that they were but flesh,
a wind that passes and comes not again.
a wind that passes and comes not again.
How often they rebelled against Him in the wilderness
And grieved Him in the desert!
And grieved Him in the desert!
How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness
and grieved him in the desert!
and grieved him in the desert!
Again and again they tempted God,
And pained the Holy One of Israel.
And pained the Holy One of Israel.
They tested God again and again
and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
They did not remember His power,
The day when He redeemed them from the adversary,
The day when He redeemed them from the adversary,
When He performed His signs in Egypt
And His marvels in the field of Zoan,
And His marvels in the field of Zoan,
when he performed his signs in Egypt
and his marvels in the fields of Zoan.
and his marvels in the fields of Zoan.
And turned their rivers to blood,
And their streams, they could not drink.
And their streams, they could not drink.
He turned their rivers to blood,
so that they could not drink of their streams.
so that they could not drink of their streams.
He sent among them swarms of flies which devoured them,
And frogs which destroyed them.
And frogs which destroyed them.
He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them,
and frogs, which destroyed them.
and frogs, which destroyed them.
He gave also their crops to the grasshopper
And the product of their labor to the locust.
And the product of their labor to the locust.
He gave their crops to the destroying locust
and the fruit of their labor to the locust.
and the fruit of their labor to the locust.
He destroyed their vines with hailstones
And their sycamore trees with frost.
And their sycamore trees with frost.
He destroyed their vines with hail
and their sycamores with frost.
and their sycamores with frost.
He gave over their cattle also to the hailstones
And their herds to bolts of lightning.
And their herds to bolts of lightning.
He gave over their cattle to the hail
and their flocks to thunderbolts.
and their flocks to thunderbolts.
He sent upon them His burning anger,
Fury and indignation and trouble,
A band of destroying angels.
Fury and indignation and trouble,
A band of destroying angels.
He let loose on them his burning anger,
wrath, indignation, and distress,
a company of destroying angels.
wrath, indignation, and distress,
a company of destroying angels.
He leveled a path for His anger;
He did not spare their soul from death,
But gave over their life to the plague,
He did not spare their soul from death,
But gave over their life to the plague,
He made a path for his anger;
he did not spare them from death,
but gave their lives over to the plague.
he did not spare them from death,
but gave their lives over to the plague.
And smote all the firstborn in Egypt,
The first issue of their virility in the tents of Ham.
The first issue of their virility in the tents of Ham.
He struck down every firstborn in Egypt,
the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of Ham.
the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of Ham.
But He led forth His own people like sheep
And guided them in the wilderness like a flock;
And guided them in the wilderness like a flock;
Then he led out his people like sheep
and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
He led them safely, so that they did not fear;
But the sea engulfed their enemies.
But the sea engulfed their enemies.
He led them in safety, so that they were not afraid,
but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
So He brought them to His holy land,
To this hill country which His right hand had gained.
To this hill country which His right hand had gained.
And he brought them to his holy land,
to the mountain which his right hand had won.
to the mountain which his right hand had won.
He also drove out the nations before them
And apportioned them for an inheritance by measurement,
And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.
And apportioned them for an inheritance by measurement,
And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.
He drove out nations before them;
he apportioned them for a possession
and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
he apportioned them for a possession
and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God
And did not keep His testimonies,
And did not keep His testimonies,
Yet they tested and rebelled against the Most High God
and did not keep his testimonies,
and did not keep his testimonies,
But turned back and acted treacherously like their fathers;
They turned aside like a treacherous bow.
They turned aside like a treacherous bow.
but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers;
they twisted like a deceitful bow.
they twisted like a deceitful bow.
For they provoked Him with their high places
And aroused His jealousy with their graven images.
And aroused His jealousy with their graven images.
For they provoked him to anger with their high places;
they moved him to jealousy with their idols.
they moved him to jealousy with their idols.
When God heard, He was filled with wrath
And greatly abhorred Israel;
And greatly abhorred Israel;
When God heard, he was full of wrath,
and he utterly rejected Israel.
and he utterly rejected Israel.
So that He abandoned the dwelling place at Shiloh,
The tent which He had pitched among men,
The tent which He had pitched among men,
He forsook his dwelling at Shiloh,
the tent where he dwelt among mankind,
the tent where he dwelt among mankind,
And gave up His strength to captivity
And His glory into the hand of the adversary.
And His glory into the hand of the adversary.
and delivered his power to captivity,
his glory to the hand of the foe.
his glory to the hand of the foe.
He also delivered His people to the sword,
And was filled with wrath at His inheritance.
And was filled with wrath at His inheritance.
He gave his people over to the sword
and vented his wrath on his heritage.
and vented his wrath on his heritage.
Fire devoured His young men,
And His virgins had no wedding songs.
And His virgins had no wedding songs.
Fire devoured their young men,
and their young women had no marriage song.
and their young women had no marriage song.
His priests fell by the sword,
And His widows could not weep.
And His widows could not weep.
Their priests fell by the sword,
and their widows made no lamentation.
and their widows made no lamentation.
Then the Lord awoke as if from sleep,
Like a warrior overcome by wine.
Like a warrior overcome by wine.
Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,
like a strong man shouting because of wine.
like a strong man shouting because of wine.
He drove His adversaries backward;
He put on them an everlasting reproach.
He put on them an everlasting reproach.
And he put his adversaries to rout;
he put them to everlasting shame.
he put them to everlasting shame.
He also rejected the tent of Joseph,
And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
He rejected the tent of Joseph;
he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
But chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount Zion which He loved.
Mount Zion which He loved.
but he chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount Zion, which he loves.
Mount Zion, which he loves.
And He built His sanctuary like the heights,
Like the earth which He has founded forever.
Like the earth which He has founded forever.
He built his sanctuary like the high heavens,
like the earth, which he has founded forever.
like the earth, which he has founded forever.
He also chose David His servant
And took him from the sheepfolds;
And took him from the sheepfolds;
He chose David his servant
and took him from the sheepfolds;
and took him from the sheepfolds;
From the care of the ewes with suckling lambs He brought him
To shepherd Jacob His people,
And Israel His inheritance.
To shepherd Jacob His people,
And Israel His inheritance.
from following the nursing ewes he brought him
to shepherd Jacob his people,
Israel his inheritance.
to shepherd Jacob his people,
Israel his inheritance.