¹ Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

² I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

³ Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.

⁴ We 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.

⁵ For 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:

⁶ That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:

⁷ That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:

⁸ And 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.

⁹ The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.

¹⁰ They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;

¹¹ And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.

¹² Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

¹³ He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.

¹⁴ In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.

¹⁵ He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.

¹⁶ He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

¹⁷ And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.

¹⁸ And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

¹⁹ Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?

²⁰ Behold, 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?

²¹ Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;

²² Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:

²³ Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,

²⁴ And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.

²⁵ Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.

²⁶ He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.

²⁷ He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:

²⁸ And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.

²⁹ So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;

³⁰ They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,

³¹ The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.

³² For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.

³³ Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.

³⁴ When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.

³⁵ And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.

³⁶ Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.

³⁷ For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

³⁸ But 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.

³⁹ For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

⁴⁰ How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

⁴¹ Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.

⁴² They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.

⁴³ How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan.

⁴⁴ And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.

⁴⁵ He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.

⁴⁶ He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.

⁴⁷ He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.

⁴⁸ He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.

⁴⁹ He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.

⁵⁰ He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

⁵¹ And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

⁵² But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

⁵³ And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

⁵⁴ And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.

⁵⁵ He 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.

⁵⁶ Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:

⁵⁷ But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

⁵⁸ For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

⁵⁹ When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

⁶⁰ So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;

⁶¹ And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.

⁶² He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.

⁶³ The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.

⁶⁴ Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.

⁶⁵ Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

⁶⁶ And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.

⁶⁷ Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:

⁶⁸ But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.

⁶⁹ And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.

⁷⁰ He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

⁷¹ From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

⁷² So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.

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¹ [[Maschil ^H4905 of Asaph.]] ^H623 Give ear, ^H238 O my people, ^H5971 to my law: ^H8451 incline ^H5186 your ears ^H241 to the words ^H561 of my mouth. ^H6310

² I will open ^H6605 my mouth ^H6310 in a parable: ^H4912 I will utter ^H5042 dark sayings ^H2420 of old: ^H6924

³ Which we have heard ^H8085 and known, ^H3045 and our fathers ^H1 have told ^H5608 us.

⁴ We will not hide ^H3582 them from their children, ^H1121 shewing ^H5608 to the generation ^H1755 to come ^H314 the praises ^H8416 of the LORD, ^H3068 and his strength, ^H5807 and his wonderful works ^H6381 that he hath done. ^H6213

⁵ For he established ^H6965 a testimony ^H5715 in Jacob, ^H3290 and appointed ^H7760 a law ^H8451 in Israel, ^H3478 which he commanded ^H6680 our fathers, ^H1 that they should make them known ^H3045 to their children: ^H1121

⁶ That the generation ^H1755 to come ^H314 might know ^H3045 them, even the children ^H1121 which should be born; ^H3205 who should arise ^H6965 and declare ^H5608 them to their children: ^H1121

⁷ That they might set ^H7760 their hope ^H3689 in God, ^H430 and not forget ^H7911 the works ^H4611 of God, ^H410 but keep ^H5341 his commandments: ^H4687

⁸ And might not be as their fathers, ^H1 a stubborn ^H5637 and rebellious ^H4784 generation; ^H1755 a generation ^H1755 that set ^H3559 not their heart ^H3820 aright, ^H3559 and whose spirit ^H7307 was not stedfast ^H539 with God. ^H410

⁹ The children ^H1121 of Ephraim, ^H669 being armed, ^H5401 and carrying ^H7411 bows, ^H7198 turned back ^H2015 in the day ^H3117 of battle. ^H7128

¹⁰ They kept ^H8104 not the covenant ^H1285 of God, ^H430 and refused ^H3985 to walk ^H3212 in his law; ^H8451

¹¹ And forgat ^H7911 his works, ^H5949 and his wonders ^H6381 that he had shewed ^H7200 them.

¹² Marvellous things ^H6382 did ^H6213 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 the sea, ^H3220 and caused them to pass through; ^H5674 and he made the waters ^H4325 to stand ^H5324 as an heap. ^H5067

¹⁴ In the daytime ^H3119 also he led ^H5148 them with a cloud, ^H6051 and all the night ^H3915 with a light ^H216 of fire. ^H784

¹⁵ He clave ^H1234 the rocks ^H6697 in the wilderness, ^H4057 and gave them drink ^H8248 as out of the great ^H7227 depths. ^H8415

¹⁶ He brought ^H3318 streams ^H5140 also out of the rock, ^H5553 and caused waters ^H4325 to run down ^H3381 like rivers. ^H5104

¹⁷ And they sinned ^H2398 yet more ^H3254 against him by provoking ^H4784 the most High ^H5945 in the wilderness. ^H6723

¹⁸ And they tempted ^H5254 God ^H410 in their heart ^H3824 by asking ^H7592 meat ^H400 for their lust. ^H5315

¹⁹ Yea, they spake ^H1696 against God; ^H430 they said, ^H559 Can ^H3201 God ^H410 furnish ^H6186 a table ^H7979 in the wilderness? ^H4057

²⁰ Behold, he smote ^H5221 the rock, ^H6697 that the waters ^H4325 gushed out, ^H2100 and the streams ^H5158 overflowed; ^H7857 can ^H3201 he give ^H5414 bread ^H3899 also? can ^H3201 he provide ^H3559 flesh ^H7607 for his people? ^H5971

²¹ Therefore the LORD ^H3068 heard ^H8085 this, and was wroth: ^H5674 so a fire ^H784 was kindled ^H5400 against Jacob, ^H3290 and anger ^H639 also came up ^H5927 against Israel; ^H3478

²² Because they believed ^H539 not in God, ^H430 and trusted ^H982 not in his salvation: ^H3444

²³ Though he had commanded ^H6680 the clouds ^H7834 from above, ^H4605 and opened ^H6605 the doors ^H1817 of heaven, ^H8064

²⁴ And had rained down ^H4305 manna ^H4478 upon them to eat, ^H398 and had given ^H5414 them of the corn ^H1715 of heaven. ^H8064

²⁵ Man ^H376 did eat ^H398 angels' ^H47 food: ^H3899 he sent ^H7971 them meat ^H6720 to the full. ^H7648

²⁶ He caused an east wind ^H6921 to blow ^H5265 in the heaven: ^H8064 and by his power ^H5797 he brought in ^H5090 the south wind. ^H8486

²⁷ He rained ^H4305 flesh ^H7607 also upon them as dust, ^H6083 and feathered ^H3671 fowls ^H5775 like as the sand ^H2344 of the sea: ^H3220

²⁸ And he let it fall ^H5307 in the midst ^H7130 of their camp, ^H4264 round about ^H5439 their habitations. ^H4908

²⁹ So they did eat, ^H398 and were well ^H3966 filled: ^H7646 for he gave ^H935 them their own desire; ^H8378

³⁰ They were not estranged ^H2114 from their lust. ^H8378 But while their meat ^H400 was yet in their mouths, ^H6310

³¹ The wrath ^H639 of God ^H430 came ^H5927 upon them, and slew ^H2026 the fattest ^H4924 of them, and smote down ^H3766 the chosen ^H970 men of Israel. ^H3478

³² For all this they sinned ^H2398 still, and believed ^H539 not for his wondrous works. ^H6381

³³ Therefore their days ^H3117 did he consume ^H3615 in vanity, ^H1892 and their years ^H8141 in trouble. ^H928

³⁴ When he slew ^H2026 them, then they sought ^H1875 him: and they returned ^H7725 and enquired early ^H7836 after God. ^H410

³⁵ And they remembered ^H2142 that God ^H430 was their rock, ^H6697 and the high ^H5945 God ^H410 their redeemer. ^H1350

³⁶ Nevertheless they did flatter ^H6601 him with their mouth, ^H6310 and they lied ^H3576 unto him with their tongues. ^H3956

³⁷ For their heart ^H3820 was not right ^H3559 with him, neither were they stedfast ^H539 in his covenant. ^H1285

³⁸ But he, being full of compassion, ^H7349 forgave ^H3722 their iniquity, ^H5771 and destroyed ^H7843 them not: yea, many a time ^H7235 turned ^H7725 he his anger ^H639 away, ^H7725 and did not stir up ^H5782 all his wrath. ^H2534

³⁹ For he remembered ^H2142 that they were but flesh; ^H1320 a wind ^H7307 that passeth away, ^H1980 and cometh not again. ^H7725

⁴⁰ How ^H4100 oft did they provoke ^H4784 him in the wilderness, ^H4057 and grieve ^H6087 him in the desert! ^H3452

⁴¹ Yea, they turned back ^H7725 and tempted ^H5254 God, ^H410 and limited ^H8428 the Holy One ^H6918 of Israel. ^H3478

⁴² They remembered ^H2142 not his hand, ^H3027 nor the day ^H3117 when he delivered ^H6299 them from the enemy. ^H6862

⁴³ How he had wrought ^H7760 his signs ^H226 in Egypt, ^H4714 and his wonders ^H4159 in the field ^H7704 of Zoan: ^H6814

⁴⁴ And had turned ^H2015 their rivers ^H2975 into blood; ^H1818 and their floods, ^H5140 that they could not drink. ^H8354

⁴⁵ He sent ^H7971 divers sorts of flies ^H6157 among them, which devoured ^H398 them; and frogs, ^H6854 which destroyed ^H7843 them.

⁴⁶ He gave ^H5414 also their increase ^H2981 unto the caterpiller, ^H2625 and their labour ^H3018 unto the locust. ^H697

⁴⁷ He destroyed ^H2026 their vines ^H1612 with hail, ^H1259 and their sycomore trees ^H8256 with frost. ^H2602

⁴⁸ He gave up ^H5462 their cattle ^H1165 also to the hail, ^H1259 and their flocks ^H4735 to hot thunderbolts. ^H7565

⁴⁹ He cast ^H7971 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 a way ^H5410 to his anger; ^H639 he spared ^H2820 not their soul ^H5315 from death, ^H4194 but gave ^H5462 their life ^H2416 over ^H5462 to the pestilence; ^H1698

⁵¹ And smote ^H5221 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 like sheep, ^H6629 and guided ^H5090 them in the wilderness ^H4057 like a flock. ^H5739

⁵³ And he led ^H5148 them on safely, ^H983 so that they feared ^H6342 not: but the sea ^H3220 overwhelmed ^H3680 their enemies. ^H341

⁵⁴ And he brought ^H935 them to the border ^H1366 of his sanctuary, ^H6944 even to this mountain, ^H2022 which his right hand ^H3225 had purchased. ^H7069

⁵⁵ He cast out ^H1644 the heathen ^H1471 also before ^H6440 them, and divided ^H5307 them an inheritance ^H5159 by line, ^H2256 and made the tribes ^H7626 of Israel ^H3478 to dwell ^H7931 in their tents. ^H168

⁵⁶ Yet they tempted ^H5254 and provoked ^H4784 the most high ^H5945 God, ^H430 and kept ^H8104 not his testimonies: ^H5713

⁵⁷ But turned back, ^H5472 and dealt unfaithfully ^H898 like their fathers: ^H1 they were turned aside ^H2015 like a deceitful ^H7423 bow. ^H7198

⁵⁸ For they provoked him to anger ^H3707 with their high places, ^H1116 and moved him to jealousy ^H7065 with their graven images. ^H6456

⁵⁹ When God ^H430 heard ^H8085 this, he was wroth, ^H5674 and greatly ^H3966 abhorred ^H3988 Israel: ^H3478

⁶⁰ So that he forsook ^H5203 the tabernacle ^H4908 of Shiloh, ^H7887 the tent ^H168 which he placed ^H7931 among men; ^H120

⁶¹ And delivered ^H5414 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 also unto the sword; ^H2719 and was wroth ^H5674 with his inheritance. ^H5159

⁶³ The fire ^H784 consumed ^H398 their young men; ^H970 and their maidens ^H1330 were not given to marriage. ^H1984

⁶⁴ Their priests ^H3548 fell ^H5307 by the sword; ^H2719 and their widows ^H490 made no lamentation. ^H1058

⁶⁵ Then the Lord ^H136 awaked ^H3364 as one out of sleep, ^H3463 and like a mighty man ^H1368 that shouteth ^H7442 by reason of wine. ^H3196

⁶⁶ And he smote ^H5221 his enemies ^H6862 in the hinder parts: ^H268 he put ^H5414 them to a perpetual ^H5769 reproach. ^H2781

⁶⁷ Moreover he refused ^H3988 the tabernacle ^H168 of Joseph, ^H3130 and chose ^H977 not the tribe ^H7626 of Ephraim: ^H669

⁶⁸ But chose ^H977 the tribe ^H7626 of Judah, ^H3063 the mount ^H2022 Zion ^H6726 which he loved. ^H157

⁶⁹ And he built ^H1129 his sanctuary ^H4720 like high ^H7311 palaces, like the earth ^H776 which he hath established ^H3245 for ever. ^H5769

⁷⁰ He chose ^H977 David ^H1732 also his servant, ^H5650 and took ^H3947 him from the sheepfolds: ^{H4356 H6629}

⁷¹ From following ^H310 the ewes great with young ^H5763 he brought ^H935 him to feed ^H7462 Jacob ^H3290 his people, ^H5971 and Israel ^H3478 his inheritance. ^H5159

⁷² So he fed ^H7462 them according to the integrity ^H8537 of his heart; ^H3824 and guided ^H5148 them by the skilfulness ^H8394 of his hands. ^H3709

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¹ Give ear, O my people, to my law: Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

² I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,

³ Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.

⁴ We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, And his strength, and his wondrous works that he hath done.

⁵ For 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;

⁶ That the generation to come might know `them', even the children that should be born; Who should arise and tell `them' to their children,

⁷ That they might set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep his commandments,

⁸ And 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.

⁹ The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle.

¹⁰ They kept not the covenant of God, And refused to walk in his law;

¹¹ And they forgat his doings, And his wondrous works that he had showed them.

¹² Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

¹³ He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through; And he made the waters to stand as a heap.

¹⁴ In the day-time also he led them with a cloud, And all the night with a light of fire.

¹⁵ He clave rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.

¹⁶ He brought streams also out of the rock, And caused waters to run down like rivers.

¹⁷ Yet went they on still to sin against him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.

¹⁸ And they tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire.

¹⁹ Yea, they spake against God; They said, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

²⁰ Behold, he smote the rock, so that waters gushed out, And streams overflowed; Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?

²¹ Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth; And a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger also went up against Israel;

²² Because they believed not in God, And trusted not in his salvation.

²³ Yet he commanded the skies above, And opened the doors of heaven;

²⁴ And he rained down manna upon them to eat, And gave them food from heaven.

²⁵ Man did eat the bread of the mighty: He sent them food to the full.

²⁶ He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens; And by his power he guided the south wind.

²⁷ He rained flesh also upon them as the dust, And winged birds as the sand of the seas:

²⁸ And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, Round about their habitations.

²⁹ So they did eat, and were well filled; And he gave them their own desire.

³⁰ They were not estranged from that which they desired, Their food was yet in their mouths,

³¹ When the anger of God went up against them, And slew of the fattest of them, And smote down the young men of Israel.

³² For all this they sinned still, And believed not in his wondrous works.

³³ Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, And their years in terror.

³⁴ When he slew them, then they inquired after him; And they returned and sought God earnestly.

³⁵ And they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their redeemer.

³⁶ But they flattered him with their mouth, And lied unto him with their tongue.

³⁷ For their heart was not right with him, Neither were they faithful in his covenant.

³⁸ But he, being merciful, forgave `their' iniquity, and destroyed `them' not: Yea, many a time turned he his anger away, And did not stir up all his wrath.

³⁹ And he remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

⁴⁰ How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness, And grieve him in the desert!

⁴¹ And they turned again and tempted God, And provoked the Holy One of Israel.

⁴² They remember not his hand, Nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;

⁴³ How he set his signs in Egypt, And his wonders in the field of Zoan,

⁴⁴ And turned their rivers into blood, And their streams, so that they could not drink.

⁴⁵ He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; And frogs, which destroyed them.

⁴⁶ He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar, And their labor unto the locust.

⁴⁷ He destroyed their vines with hail, And their sycomore-trees with frost.

⁴⁸ He gave over their cattle also to the hail, And their flocks to hot thunderbolts.

⁴⁹ He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, Wrath, and indignation, and trouble, A band of angels of evil.

⁵⁰ He made a path for his anger; He spared not their soul from death, But gave their life over to the pestilence,

⁵¹ And smote all the first-born in Egypt, The chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.

⁵² But he led forth his own people like sheep, And guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

⁵³ And he led them safely, so that they feared not; But the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

⁵⁴ And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, To this mountain, which his right hand had gotten.

⁵⁵ He drove out the nations also before them, And allotted them for an inheritance by line, And made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

⁵⁶ Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, And kept not his testimonies;

⁵⁷ But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers: They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

⁵⁸ For they provoked him to anger with their high places, And moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

⁵⁹ When God heard `this', he was wroth, And greatly abhorred Israel;

⁶⁰ So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent which he placed among men;

⁶¹ And delivered his strength into captivity, And his glory into the adversary's hand.

⁶² He gave his people over also unto the sword, And was wroth with his inheritance.

⁶³ Fire devoured their young men; And their virgins had no marriage-song.

⁶⁴ Their priests fell by the sword; And their widows made no lamentation.

⁶⁵ Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, Like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

⁶⁶ And he smote his adversaries backward: He put them to a perpetual reproach.

⁶⁷ Moreover he refused the tent of Joseph, And chose not the tribe of Ephraim,

⁶⁸ But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved.

⁶⁹ And he built his sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which he hath established for ever.

⁷⁰ He chose David also his servant, And took him from the sheepfolds:

⁷¹ From following the ewes that have their young he brought him, To be the shepherd of Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

⁷² So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, And guided them by the skilfulness of his hands. Psalm 79 A Psalm of Asaph.

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¹ An Instruction of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law, Incline your ear to sayings of my mouth.

² I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old,

³ That we have heard and do know, And our fathers have recounted to us.

⁴ We do not hide from their sons, To a later generation recounting praises of Jehovah, And His strength, and His wonders that He hath done.

⁵ And He raiseth up a testimony in Jacob, And a law hath placed in Israel, That He commanded our fathers, To make them known to their sons.

⁶ So that a later generation doth know, Sons who are born, do rise and recount to their sons,

⁷ And place in God their confidence, And forget not the doings of God, But keep His commands.

⁸ And they are not like their fathers, A generation apostate and rebellious, A generation! it hath not prepared its heart, Nor stedfast with God `is' its spirit.

⁹ Sons of Ephraim -- armed bearers of bow, Have turned in a day of conflict.

¹⁰ They have not kept the covenant of God, And in His law they have refused to walk,

¹¹ And they forget His doings, And His wonders that He shewed them.

¹² Before their fathers He hath done wonders, In the land of Egypt -- the field of Zoan.

¹³ He cleft a sea, and causeth them to pass over, Yea, He causeth waters to stand as a heap.

¹⁴ And leadeth them with a cloud by day, And all the night with a light of fire.

¹⁵ He cleaveth rocks in a wilderness, And giveth drink -- as the great deep.

¹⁶ And bringeth out streams from a rock, And causeth waters to come down as rivers.

¹⁷ And they add still to sin against Him, To provoke the Most High in the dry place.

¹⁸ And they try God in their heart, To ask food for their lust.

¹⁹ And they speak against God -- they said: `Is God able to array a table in a wilderness?'

²⁰ Lo, He hath smitten a rock, And waters flow, yea, streams overflow. `Also -- bread `is' He able to give? Doth He prepare flesh for His people?'

²¹ Therefore hath Jehovah heard, And He sheweth Himself wroth, And fire hath been kindled against Jacob, And anger also hath gone up against Israel,

²² For they have not believed in God, Nor have they trusted in His salvation.

²³ And He commandeth clouds from above, Yea, doors of the heavens He hath opened.

²⁴ And He raineth on them manna to eat, Yea, corn of heaven He hath given to them.

²⁵ Food of the mighty hath each eaten, Venison He sent to them to satiety.

²⁶ He causeth an east wind to journey in the heavens, And leadeth by His strength a south wind,

²⁷ And He raineth on them flesh as dust, And as sand of the seas -- winged fowl,

²⁸ And causeth `it' to fall in the midst of His camp, Round about His tabernacles.

²⁹ And they eat, and are greatly satisfied, And their desire He bringeth to them.

³⁰ They have not been estranged from their desire, Yet `is' their food in their mouth,

³¹ And the anger of God hath gone up against them, And He slayeth among their fat ones, And youths of Israel He caused to bend.

³² With all this they have sinned again, And have not believed in His wonders.

³³ And He consumeth in vanity their days, And their years in trouble.

³⁴ If He slew them, then they sought Him, And turned back, and sought God earnestly,

³⁵ And they remember that God `is' their rock, And God Most High their redeemer.

³⁶ And -- they deceive Him with their mouth, And with their tongue do lie to Him,

³⁷ And their heart hath not been right with Him, And they have not been stedfast in His covenant.

³⁸ And He -- the Merciful One, Pardoneth iniquity, and destroyeth not, And hath often turned back His anger, And waketh not up all His fury.

³⁹ And He remembereth that they `are' flesh, A wind going on -- and it returneth not.

⁴⁰ How often do they provoke Him in the wilderness, Grieve Him in the desolate place?

⁴¹ Yea, they turn back, and try God, And the Holy One of Israel have limited.

⁴² They have not remembered His hand The day He ransomed them from the adversary.

⁴³ When He set His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the field of Zoan,

⁴⁴ And He turneth to blood their streams, And their floods they drink not.

⁴⁵ He sendeth among them the beetle, and it consumeth them, And the frog, and it destroyeth them,

⁴⁶ And giveth to the caterpillar their increase, And their labour to the locust.

⁴⁷ He destroyeth with hail their vine, And their sycamores with frost,

⁴⁸ And delivereth up to the hail their beasts, And their cattle to the burning flames.

⁴⁹ He sendeth on them the fury of His anger, Wrath, and indignation, and distress -- A discharge of evil messengers.

⁵⁰ He pondereth a path for His anger, He kept not back their soul from death, Yea, their life to the pestilence He delivered up.

⁵¹ And He smiteth every first-born in Egypt, The first-fruit of the strong in tents of Ham.

⁵² And causeth His people to journey as a flock, And guideth them as a drove in a wilderness,

⁵³ And He leadeth them confidently, And they have not been afraid, And their enemies hath the sea covered.

⁵⁴ And He bringeth them in unto the border of His sanctuary, This mountain His right hand had got,

⁵⁵ And casteth out nations from before them, And causeth them to fall in the line of inheritance, And causeth the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents,

⁵⁶ And they tempt and provoke God Most High, And His testimonies have not kept.

⁵⁷ And they turn back, And deal treacherously like their fathers, They have been turned like a deceitful bow,

⁵⁸ And make Him angry with their high places, And with their graven images make Him zealous,

⁵⁹ God hath heard, and sheweth Himself wroth. And kicketh exceedingly against Israel.

⁶⁰ And He leaveth the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent He had placed among men,

⁶¹ And He giveth His strength to captivity, And His beauty into the hand of an adversary,

⁶² And delivereth up to the sword His people, And with His inheritance shewed Himself angry.

⁶³ His young men hath fire consumed, And His virgins have not been praised.

⁶⁴ His priests by the sword have fallen, And their widows weep not.

⁶⁵ And the Lord waketh as a sleeper, As a mighty one crying aloud from wine.

⁶⁶ And He smiteth His adversaries backward, A reproach age-during He hath put on them,

⁶⁷ And He kicketh against the tent of Joseph, And on the tribe of Ephraim hath not fixed.

⁶⁸ And He chooseth the tribe of Judah, With mount Zion that He loved,

⁶⁹ And buildeth His sanctuary as a high place, Like the earth, He founded it to the age.

⁷⁰ And He fixeth on David His servant, And taketh him from the folds of a flock,

⁷¹ From behind suckling ones He hath brought him in, To rule over Jacob His people, And over Israel His inheritance.

⁷² And he ruleth them according to the integrity of his heart, And by the skilfulness of his hands leadeth them!

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¹ {An instruction. Of Asaph.} Give ear, O my people, to my law; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

² I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter riddles from of old,

³ Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us:

⁴ We will not hide [them] from their sons, shewing forth to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, and his strength, and his marvellous works which he hath done.

⁵ For 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;

⁶ That the generation to come might know [them], the children that should be born; that they might rise up and tell [them] to their children,

⁷ And that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of ùGod, but observe his commandments;

⁸ And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that prepared not their heart, and whose spirit was not stedfast with ùGod.

⁹ The sons of Ephraim, armed bowmen, turned back in the day of battle.

¹⁰ They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;

¹¹ And forgot his doings, and his marvellous works which he had shewn them.

¹² In the sight of their fathers had he done wonders, in the land of Egypt, the field of Zoan.

¹³ He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through; and made the waters to stand as a heap;

¹⁴ And he led them with a cloud in the daytime, and all the night with the light of fire.

¹⁵ He clave rocks in the wilderness, and gave [them] drink as out of the depths, abundantly;

¹⁶ And he brought streams out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

¹⁷ Yet they still went on sinning against him, provoking the Most High in the desert;

¹⁸ And they tempted ùGod in their heart, by asking meat for their lust;

¹⁹ And they spoke against God: they said, Is ùGod able to prepare a table in the wilderness?

²⁰ Behold, he smote the rock, and waters gushed out, and streams overflowed; is he able to give bread also, or provide flesh for his people?

²¹ Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth; and fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also went up against Israel:

²² Because they believed not in God, and confided not in his salvation;

²³ Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and had opened the doors of the heavens,

²⁴ And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them the corn of the heavens.

²⁵ Man did eat the bread of the mighty; he sent them provision to the full.

²⁶ He caused the east wind to rise in the heavens, and by his strength he brought the south wind;

²⁷ And he rained flesh upon them as dust, and feathered fowl as the sand of the seas,

²⁸ And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations:

²⁹ And they did eat, and were well filled; for that they lusted after, he brought to them.

³⁰ They were not alienated from their lust, their meat was yet in their mouths,

³¹ When the anger of God went up against them; and he slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.

³² For all this, they sinned still, and believed not in his marvellous works;

³³ And he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror.

³⁴ When he slew them, then they sought him, and returned and sought early after ùGod;

³⁵ And they remembered that God was their rock, and ùGod, the Most High, their redeemer.

³⁶ But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied unto him with their tongue;

³⁷ For their heart was not firm toward him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

³⁸ But he was merciful: he forgave the iniquity, and destroyed [them] not; but many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his fury:

³⁹ And he remembered that they were flesh, a breath that passeth away and cometh not again.

⁴⁰ How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

⁴¹ And they turned again and tempted ùGod, and grieved the Holy One of Israel.

⁴² They remembered not his hand, the day when he delivered them from the oppressor,

⁴³ How he set his signs in Egypt, and his miracles in the field of Zoan;

⁴⁴ And turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, that they could not drink;

⁴⁵ He sent dog-flies among them, which devoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them;

⁴⁶ And he gave their increase unto the caterpillar, and their labour unto the locust;

⁴⁷ He killed their vines with hail, and their sycamore trees with hail-stones;

⁴⁸ And he delivered up their cattle to the hail, and their flocks to thunderbolts.

⁴⁹ He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and distress, -- a mission of angels of woes.

⁵⁰ He made a way for his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

⁵¹ And he smote all the firstborn in Egypt, the first-fruits of their vigour in the tents of Ham.

⁵² And he made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock;

⁵³ And he led them safely, so that they were without fear; and the sea covered their enemies.

⁵⁴ And he brought them to his holy border, this mountain, which his right hand purchased;

⁵⁵ And he drove out the nations before them, and allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

⁵⁶ But they tempted and provoked God, the Most High, and kept not his testimonies,

⁵⁷ And they drew back and dealt treacherously like their fathers: they turned like a deceitful bow.

⁵⁸ And they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

⁵⁹ God heard, and was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

⁶⁰ And he forsook the tabernacle at Shiloh, the tent where he had dwelt among men,

⁶¹ And gave his strength into captivity, and his glory into the hand of the oppressor;

⁶² And delivered up his people unto the sword, and was very wroth with his inheritance:

⁶³ The fire consumed their young men, and their maidens were not praised in [nuptial] song;

⁶⁴ Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation.

⁶⁵ Then the Lord awoke as one out of sleep, like a mighty man that shouteth aloud by reason of wine;

⁶⁶ And he smote his adversaries in the hinder part, and put them to everlasting reproach.

⁶⁷ And he rejected the tent of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim,

⁶⁸ But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved;

⁶⁹ And he built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he hath founded for ever.

⁷⁰ And he chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

⁷¹ From following the suckling-ewes, he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

⁷² And he fed them according to the integrity of his heart, and led them by the skilfulness of his hands.

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¹ > Hear my law, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.

² I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,

³ Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.

⁴ We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, His strength, and his wondrous works that he has done.

⁵ For 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;

⁶ That the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; Who should arise and tell their children,

⁷ That they might set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep his commandments,

⁸ And might not be as their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that didn't make their hearts loyal, Whose spirit was not steadfast with God.

⁹ The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle.

¹⁰ They didn't keep God's covenant, And refused to walk in his law.

¹¹ They forgot his doings, His wondrous works that he had shown them.

¹² He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

¹³ He split the sea, and caused them to pass through; He made the waters stand as a heap.

¹⁴ In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, And all night with a light of fire.

¹⁵ He split rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.

¹⁶ He brought streams also out of the rock, And caused waters to run down like rivers.

¹⁷ Yet they still went on to sin against him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.

¹⁸ They tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire.

¹⁹ Yes, they spoke against God. They said, "Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

²⁰ Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out, Streams overflowed. Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?"

²¹ Therefore Yahweh heard, and was angry. A fire was kindled against Jacob, Anger also went up against Israel,

²² Because they didn't believe in God, And didn't trust in his salvation.

²³ Yet he commanded the skies above, And opened the doors of heaven.

²⁴ He rained down manna on them to eat, And gave them food from the sky.

²⁵ Man ate the bread of angels. He sent them food to the full.

²⁶ He caused the east wind to blow in the sky. By his power he guided the south wind.

²⁷ He rained also flesh on them as the dust; Winged birds as the sand of the seas.

²⁸ He let them fall in the midst of their camp, Around their habitations.

²⁹ So they ate, and were well filled. He gave them their own desire.

³⁰ They didn't turn from their cravings. Their food was yet in their mouths,

³¹ When the anger of God went up against them, Killed some of the fattest of them, And struck down the young men of Israel.

³² For all this they still sinned, And didn't believe in his wondrous works.

³³ Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, And their years in terror.

³⁴ When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.

³⁵ They remembered that God was their rock, The Most High God their redeemer.

³⁶ But they flattered him with their mouth, And lied to him with their tongue.

³⁷ For their heart was not right with him, Neither were they faithful in his covenant.

³⁸ But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and didn't destroy them. Yes, many times he turned his anger away, And didn't stir up all his wrath.

³⁹ He remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passes away, and doesn't come again.

⁴⁰ How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, And grieved him in the desert!

⁴¹ They turned again and tempted God, And provoked the Holy One of Israel.

⁴² They didn't remember his hand, Nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;

⁴³ How he set his signs in Egypt, His wonders in the field of Zoan,

⁴⁴ Turned their rivers into blood, And their streams, so that they could not drink.

⁴⁵ He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; And frogs, which destroyed them.

⁴⁶ He gave also their increase to the caterpillar, And their labor to the locust.

⁴⁷ He destroyed their vines with hail, Their sycamore-fig trees with frost.

⁴⁸ He gave over their cattle also to the hail, And their flocks to hot thunderbolts.

⁴⁹ He threw on them the fierceness of his anger, Wrath, indignation, and trouble, And a band of angels of evil.

⁵⁰ He made a path for his anger. He didn't spare their soul from death, But gave their life over to the pestilence,

⁵¹ And struck all the firstborn in Egypt, The chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.

⁵² But he led forth his own people like sheep, And guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

⁵³ He led them safely, so that they weren't afraid, But the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

⁵⁴ He brought them to the border of his sanctuary, To this mountain, which his right hand had taken.

⁵⁵ He also drove out the nations before them, Allotted them for an inheritance by line, And made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

⁵⁶ Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, And didn't keep his testimonies;

⁵⁷ But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

⁵⁸ For they provoked him to anger with their high places, And moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.

⁵⁹ When God heard this, he was angry, And greatly abhorred Israel;

⁶⁰ So that he forsook the tent of Shiloh, The tent which he placed among men;

⁶¹ And delivered his strength into captivity, His glory into the adversary's hand.

⁶² He also gave his people over to the sword, And was angry with his inheritance.

⁶³ Fire devoured their young men; Their virgins had no wedding song.

⁶⁴ Their priests fell by the sword, And their widows couldn't weep.

⁶⁵ Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep, Like a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine.

⁶⁶ He struck his adversaries backward. He put them to a perpetual reproach.

⁶⁷ Moreover he rejected the tent of Joseph, And didn't choose the tribe of Ephraim,

⁶⁸ But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.

⁶⁹ He built his sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which he has established forever.

⁷⁰ He also chose David his servant, And took him from the sheepfolds;

⁷¹ From following the ewes that have their young, He brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob, his people, And Israel, his inheritance.

⁷² So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, And guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.

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¹ <Maschil. Of Asaph.> Give ear, O my people, to my law; let your ears be bent down to the words of my mouth.

² Opening my mouth I will give out a story, even the dark sayings of old times;

³ Which have come to our hearing and our knowledge, as they were given to us by our fathers.

⁴ We will not keep them secret from our children; we will make clear to the coming generation the praises of the Lord and his strength, and the great works of wonder which he has done.

⁵ He put up a witness in Jacob, and made a law in Israel; which he gave to our fathers so that they might give knowledge of them to their children;

⁶ So that the generation to come might have knowledge of them, even the children of the future, who would give word of them to their children;

⁷ So that they might put their hope in God, and not let God's works go out of their minds, but keep his laws;

⁸ And not be like their fathers, a stiff-necked and uncontrolled generation; a generation whose heart was hard, whose spirit was not true to God.

⁹ The children of Ephraim, armed with bows, were turned back on the day of the fight.

¹⁰ They were not ruled by God's word, and they would not go in the way of his law;

¹¹ They let his works go out of their memory, and the wonders which he had made them see.

¹² He did great works before the eyes of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zoan.

¹³ The sea was cut in two so that they might go through; the waters were massed together on this side and on that.

¹⁴ In the daytime he was guiding them in the cloud, and all through the night with a light of fire.

¹⁵ The rocks of the waste land were broken by his power, and he gave them drink as out of the deep waters.

¹⁶ He made streams come out of the rock; and waters came flowing down like rivers.

¹⁷ And they went on sinning against him even more, turning away from the Most High in the waste land;

¹⁸ Testing God in their hearts, requesting meat for their desire.

¹⁹ They said bitter words against God, saying, Is God able to make ready a table in the waste land?

²⁰ See, the rock was cut open by his power, so that the water came rushing out, and overflowing streams; is he able to give us bread? is he able to get meat for his people?

²¹ So these things came to the Lord's ears, and he was angry; and a fire was lighted against Jacob, and wrath came up against Israel;

²² Because they had no faith in God, and no hope in his salvation.

²³ And he gave orders to the clouds on high, and the doors of heaven were open;

²⁴ And he sent down manna like rain for their food, and gave them the grain of heaven.

²⁵ Man took part in the food of strong ones; he sent them meat in full measure.

²⁶ He sent an east wind from heaven, driving on the south wind by his power.

²⁷ He sent down meat on them like dust, and feathered birds like the sand of the sea,

²⁸ And he let it come down into their resting-place, round about their tents.

²⁹ So they had food and were full; for he gave them their desire;

³⁰ But they were not turned from their desires; and while the food was still in their mouths,

³¹ The wrath of God came on them, and put to death the fattest of them, and put an end to the young men of Israel.

³² For all this they went on sinning even more, and had no faith in his great wonders.

³³ So their days were wasted like a breath, and their years in trouble.

³⁴ When he sent death on them, then they made search for him; turning to him and looking for him with care;

³⁵ In the memory that God was their Rock, and the Most High God their saviour.

³⁶ But their lips were false to him, and their tongues were untrue to him;

³⁷ And their hearts were not right with him, and they did not keep their agreement with him.

³⁸ But he, being full of pity, has forgiveness for sin, and does not put an end to man: frequently turning back his wrath, and not being violently angry.

³⁹ So he kept in mind that they were only flesh; a breath which is quickly gone, and will not come again.

⁴⁰ How frequently did they go against him in the waste land, and give him cause for grief in the dry places!

⁴¹ Again they put God to the test, and gave pain to the Holy One of Israel.

⁴² They did not keep in mind the work of his hand, or the day when he took them from the power of their haters;

⁴³ How he had done his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan;

⁴⁴ So that their rivers were turned to blood, and they were not able to get drink from their streams.

⁴⁵ He sent different sorts of flies among them, poisoning their flesh; and frogs for their destruction.

⁴⁶ He gave the increase of their fields to worms, the fruits of their industry to the locusts.

⁴⁷ He sent ice for the destruction of their vines; their trees were damaged by the bitter cold.

⁴⁸ Ice was rained down on their cattle; thunderstorms sent destruction among the flocks.

⁴⁹ He sent on them the heat of his wrath, his bitter disgust, letting loose evil angels among them.

⁵⁰ He let his wrath have its way; he did not keep back their soul from death, but gave their life to disease.

⁵¹ He gave to destruction all the first sons of Egypt; the first-fruits of their strength in the tents of Ham;

⁵² But he took his people out like sheep, guiding them in the waste land like a flock.

⁵³ He took them on safely so that they had no fear; but their haters were covered by the sea.

⁵⁴ And he was their guide to his holy land, even to the mountain, which his right hand had made his;

⁵⁵ Driving out nations before them, marking out the line of their heritage, and giving the people of Israel their tents for a resting-place.

⁵⁶ But they were bitter against the Most High God, testing him, and not keeping his laws;

⁵⁷ Their hearts were turned back and untrue like their fathers; they were turned to one side like a twisted bow.

⁵⁸ They made him angry with their high places; moving him to wrath with their images.

⁵⁹ When this came to God's ears he was very angry, and gave up Israel completely;

⁶⁰ So that he went away from the holy place in Shiloh, the tent which he had put among men;

⁶¹ And he let his strength be taken prisoner, and gave his glory into the hands of his hater.

⁶² He gave his people up to the sword, and was angry with his heritage.

⁶³ Their young men were burned in the fire; and their virgins were not praised in the bride-song.

⁶⁴ Their priests were put to death by the sword, and their widows made no weeping for them.

⁶⁵ Then was the Lord like one awaking from sleep, and like a strong man crying out because of wine.

⁶⁶ His haters were turned back by his blows and shamed for ever.

⁶⁷ And he put the tent of Joseph on one side, and took not the tribe of Ephraim;

⁶⁸ But he took the tribe of Judah for himself, and the mountain of Zion, in which he had pleasure.

⁶⁹ And he made his holy place like the high heaven, like the earth which is fixed by him for ever.

⁷⁰ He took David to be his servant, taking him from the place of the flocks;

⁷¹ From looking after the sheep which were giving milk, he took him to give food to Jacob his people, and to Israel his heritage.

⁷² So he gave them food with an upright heart, guiding them by the wisdom of his hands.