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1. Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
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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 .
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2. I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
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2. I will open H6605 my mouth H6310 in a parable H4912 : I will utter H5042 dark sayings H2420 of H4480 old H6924 :
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3. Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
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3. Which H834 we have heard H8085 and known H3045 , and our fathers H1 have told H5608 us.
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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.
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4. We will not H3808 hide H3582 them from their children H4480 H1121 , showing 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 H834 he hath done H6213 .
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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:
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5. For he established H6965 a testimony H5715 in Jacob H3290 , and appointed H7760 a law H8451 in Israel H3478 , which H834 he commanded H6680 H853 our fathers H1 , that they should make them known H3045 to their children H1121 :
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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:
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6. That H4616 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 :
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7. That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
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7. That they might set H7760 their hope H3689 in God H430 , and not H3808 forget H7911 the works H4611 of God H410 , but keep H5341 his commandments H4687 :
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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.
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8. And might not H3808 be H1961 as their fathers H1 , a stubborn H5637 and rebellious H4784 generation H1755 ; a generation H1755 that set not their heart aright H3559 H3808 H3820 , and whose spirit H7307 was not H3808 steadfast H539 with H854 God H410 .
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9. The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
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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 .
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10. They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
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10. They kept H8104 not H3808 the covenant H1285 of God H430 , and refused H3985 to walk H1980 in his law H8451 ;
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11. And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
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11. And forgot H7911 his works H5949 , and his wonders H6381 that H834 he had showed H7200 them.
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12. Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
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12. Marvelous 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 .
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13. He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
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13. He divided H1234 the sea H3220 , and caused them to pass through H5674 ; and he made the waters H4325 to stand H5324 as H3644 a heap H5067 .
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14. In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
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14. In the daytime H3119 also he led H5148 them with a cloud H6051 , and all H3605 the night H3915 with a light H216 of fire H784 .
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15. He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
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15. He cleaved H1234 the rocks H6697 in the wilderness H4057 , and gave them drink H8248 as out of the great H7227 depths H8415 .
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16. He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
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16. He brought streams also out H3318 H5140 of the rock H4480 H5553 , and caused waters H4325 to run down H3381 like rivers H5104 .
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17. And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
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17. And they sinned H2398 yet H5750 more H3254 against him by provoking H4784 the most High H5945 in the wilderness H6723 .
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18. And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
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18. And they tempted H5254 God H410 in their heart H3824 by asking H7592 meat H400 for their lust H5315 .
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19. Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
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19. Yea , they spoke H1696 against God H430 ; they said H559 , Can H3201 God H410 furnish H6186 a table H7979 in the wilderness H4057 ?
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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?
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20. Behold H2005 , 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 H1571 ? can he provide H3559 flesh H7607 for his people H5971 ?
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21. Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
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21. Therefore H3651 the LORD H3068 heard H8085 this , and was wroth H5674 : so a fire H784 was kindled H5400 against Jacob H3290 , and anger H639 also H1571 came up H5927 against Israel H3478 ;
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22. Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
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22. Because H3588 they believed H539 not H3808 in God H430 , and trusted H982 not H3808 in his salvation H3444 :
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23. Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
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23. Though he had commanded H6680 the clouds H7834 from above H4480 H4605 , and opened H6605 the doors H1817 of heaven H8064 ,
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24. And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
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24. And had rained down H4305 manna H4478 upon H5921 them to eat H398 , and had given H5414 them of the corn H1715 of heaven H8064 .
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25. Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.
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25. Man H376 did eat H398 angels H47 ' food H3899 : he sent H7971 them meat H6720 to the full H7648 .
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26. He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.
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26. He caused an east wind H6921 to blow H5265 in the heaven H8064 : and by his power H5797 he brought H5090 in the south wind H8486 .
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27. He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
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27. He rained H4305 flesh H7607 also upon H5921 them as dust H6083 , and feathered H3671 fowls H5775 like as the sand H2344 of the sea H3220 :
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28. And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.
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28. And he let it fall H5307 in the midst H7130 of their camp H4264 , round about H5439 their habitations H4908 .
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29. So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;
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29. So they did eat H398 , and were well H3966 filled H7646 : for he gave H935 them their own desire H8378 ;
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30. They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
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30. They were not H3808 estranged H2114 from their lust H4480 H8378 . But while their meat H400 was yet H5750 in their mouths H6310 ,
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31. The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
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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 .
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32. For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.
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32. For all H3605 this H2063 they sinned H2398 still H5750 , and believed H539 not H3808 for his wondrous works H6381 .
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33. Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
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33. Therefore their days H3117 did he consume H3615 in vanity H1892 , and their years H8141 in trouble H928 .
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34. When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
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34. When H518 he slew H2026 them , then they sought H1875 him : and they returned H7725 and inquired early H7836 after God H410 .
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35. And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
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35. And they remembered H2142 that H3588 God H430 was their rock H6697 , and the high H5945 God H410 their redeemer H1350 .
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36. Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
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36. Nevertheless they did flatter H6601 him with their mouth H6310 , and they lied H3576 unto him with their tongues H3956 .
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37. For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
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37. For their heart H3820 was not right H3808 H3559 with H5973 him, neither H3808 were they steadfast H539 in his covenant H1285 .
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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.
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38. But he H1931 , being full of compassion H7349 , forgave H3722 their iniquity H5771 , and destroyed H7843 them not H3808 : yea, many H7235 a time turned he his anger away H639 H7725 , and did not H3808 stir up H5782 all H3605 his wrath H2534 .
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39. For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
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39. For he remembered H2142 that H3588 they H1992 were but flesh H1320 ; a wind H7307 that passeth away H1980 , and cometh not again H3808 H7725 .
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40. How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
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40. How oft H4100 did they provoke H4784 him in the wilderness H4057 , and grieve H6087 him in the desert H3452 !
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41. Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
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41. Yea , they turned back H7725 and tempted H5254 God H410 , and limited H8428 the Holy One H6918 of Israel H3478 .
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42. They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
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42. They remembered H2142 not H3808 H853 his hand H3027 , nor the day H3117 when H834 he delivered H6299 them from H4480 the enemy H6862 .
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43. How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:
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43. How H834 he had wrought H7760 his signs H226 in Egypt H4714 , and his wonders H4159 in the field H7704 of Zoan H6814 :
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44. And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
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44. And had turned H2015 their rivers H2975 into blood H1818 ; and their floods H5140 , that they could not H1077 drink H8354 .
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45. He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
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45. He sent H7971 divers sorts of flies H6157 among them , which devoured H398 them ; and frogs H6854 , which destroyed H7843 them.
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46. He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.
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46. He gave H5414 also their increase H2981 unto the caterpillar H2625 , and their labor H3018 unto the locust H697 .
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47. He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
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47. He destroyed H2026 their vines H1612 with hail H1259 , and their sycamore trees H8256 with frost H2602 .
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48. He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
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48. He gave up H5462 their cattle H1165 also to the hail H1259 , and their flocks H4735 to hot thunderbolts H7565 .
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49. He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
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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 .
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50. He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
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50. He made H6424 a way H5410 to his anger H639 ; he spared H2820 not H3808 their soul H5315 from death H4480 H4194 , but gave H5462 their life H2416 over to the pestilence H1698 ;
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51. And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
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51. And smote H5221 all H3605 the firstborn H1060 in Egypt H4714 ; the chief H7225 of their strength H202 in the tabernacles H168 of Ham H2526 :
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52. But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
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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 .
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53. And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
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53. And he led H5148 them on safely H983 , so that they feared H6342 not H3808 : but the sea H3220 overwhelmed H3680 their enemies H341 .
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54. And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.
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54. And he brought H935 them to H413 the border H1366 of his sanctuary H6944 , even to this H2088 mountain H2022 , which his right hand H3225 had purchased H7069 .
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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.
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55. He cast out H1644 the heathen H1471 also before H4480 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 .
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56. Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
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56. Yet they tempted H5254 and provoked H4784 H853 the most high H5945 God H430 , and kept H8104 not H3808 his testimonies H5713 :
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57. But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
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57. But turned back H5472 , and dealt unfaithfully H898 like their fathers H1 : they were turned aside H2015 like a deceitful H7423 bow H7198 .
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58. For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
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58. For they provoked him to anger H3707 with their high places H1116 , and moved him to jealousy H7065 with their graven images H6456 .
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59. When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
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59. When God H430 heard H8085 this , he was wroth H5674 , and greatly H3966 abhorred H3988 Israel H3478 :
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60. So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
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60. So that he forsook H5203 the tabernacle H4908 of Shiloh H7887 , the tent H168 which he placed H7931 among men H120 ;
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61. And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.
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61. And delivered H5414 his strength H5797 into captivity H7628 , and his glory H8597 into the enemy H6862 's hand H3027 .
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62. He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.
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62. He gave H5462 his people H5971 over H5462 also unto the sword H2719 ; and was wroth H5674 with his inheritance H5159 .
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63. The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
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63. The fire H784 consumed H398 their young men H970 ; and their maidens H1330 were not H3808 given to marriage H1984 .
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64. Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
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64. Their priests H3548 fell H5307 by the sword H2719 ; and their widows H490 made no H3808 lamentation H1058 .
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65. Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
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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 H4480 H3196 .
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66. And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
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66. And he smote H5221 his enemies H6862 in the hinder parts H268 : he put H5414 them to a perpetual H5769 reproach H2781 .
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67. Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
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67. Moreover he refused H3988 the tabernacle H168 of Joseph H3130 , and chose H977 not H3808 the tribe H7626 of Ephraim H669 :
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68. But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
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68. But chose H977 H853 the tribe H7626 of Judah H3063 , H853 the mount H2022 Zion H6726 which H834 he loved H157 .
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69. And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.
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69. And he built H1129 his sanctuary H4720 like H3644 high H7311 palaces , like the earth H776 which he hath established H3245 forever H5769 .
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70. He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
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70. He chose H977 David H1732 also his servant H5650 , and took H3947 him from the sheepfolds H4480 H4356 H6629 :
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71. From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
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71. From following H4480 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 .
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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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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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