78:1 An Instruction of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law, Incline your ear to sayings of my mouth.
78:2 I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old,
78:3 That we have heard and do know, And our fathers have recounted to us.
78:4 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.
78:5 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.
78:6 So that a later generation doth know, Sons who are born, do rise and recount to their sons,
78:7 And place in God their confidence, And forget not the doings of God, But keep His commands.
78:8 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.
78:9 Sons of Ephraim -- armed bearers of bow, Have turned in a day of conflict.
78:10 They have not kept the covenant of God, And in His law they have refused to walk,
78:11 And they forget His doings, And His wonders that He shewed them.
78:12 Before their fathers He hath done wonders, In the land of Egypt -- the field of Zoan.
78:13 He cleft a sea, and causeth them to pass over, Yea, He causeth waters to stand as a heap.
78:14 And leadeth them with a cloud by day, And all the night with a light of fire.
78:15 He cleaveth rocks in a wilderness, And giveth drink -- as the great deep.
78:16 And bringeth out streams from a rock, And causeth waters to come down as rivers.
78:17 And they add still to sin against Him, To provoke the Most High in the dry place.
78:18 And they try God in their heart, To ask food for their lust.
78:19 And they speak against God -- they said: `Is God able to array a table in a wilderness?'
78:20 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?'
78:21 Therefore hath Jehovah heard, And He sheweth Himself wroth, And fire hath been kindled against Jacob, And anger also hath gone up against Israel,
78:22 For they have not believed in God, Nor have they trusted in His salvation.
78:23 And He commandeth clouds from above, Yea, doors of the heavens He hath opened.
78:24 And He raineth on them manna to eat, Yea, corn of heaven He hath given to them.
78:25 Food of the mighty hath each eaten, Venison He sent to them to satiety.
78:26 He causeth an east wind to journey in the heavens, And leadeth by His strength a south wind,
78:51 And He smiteth every first-born in Egypt, The first- fruit of the strong in tents of Ham.
78:52 And causeth His people to journey as a flock, And guideth them as a drove in a wilderness,
78:53 And He leadeth them confidently, And they have not been afraid, And their enemies hath the sea covered.
78:54 And He bringeth them in unto the border of His sanctuary, This mountain His right hand had got,
78:55 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,