Psalms 77

1Concerning understanding; for Asaph. Give heed, O my people, to my law; Incline your ear to the words of my mouth;

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2I shall open my mouth in parables; I shall speak of hidden things from of old.

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3What things we heard, these we also knew, And our fathers described them to us.

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4It was not hidden from their children in a different generation, Who declare the praises of the Lord And His mighty deeds And His wondrous things He did.

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5He raised up a testimony in Jacob And appointed a law in Israel, Whatever He commanded our fathers To make these things known to their children,

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6That a different generation may know, Children yet to be born; And they will arise, and declare these things to their children,

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7So they may put their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, And seek out His commandments,

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8So they may not become like their fathers, A generation rebellious and embittered, A generation that did not keep its heart right, And its spirit was not faithful with God.

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9The sons of Ephraim who bend and shoot their bows Turned back in the day of battle.

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10They did not keep God's covenant, And they did not desire to walk in His law;

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11And they forgot His good deeds And His wonders He showed them

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

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13He parted the sea and led them through; The waters stood like a dam,

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

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15He split the rock in the desert And gave them water to drink as in a great deep;

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16And He brought out water from the rock, And He brought it down like the waters of rivers.

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17And they still continued to sin against Him; They rebelled against the Most High in a place without water,

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18And they tested God in their hearts By asking food for their souls;

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19And they slandered God and said, "Why is God unable to prepare a table in the desert?

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20Since He struck the rock, and waters flowed, And brooks flooded, Is He also unable to give us bread Or to prepare a table for His people?"

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21Therefore, the Lord heard and was enraged, And fire was kindled in Jacob, And wrath arose against Israel,

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22Because they did not believe in God, Nor put their hope in His salvation.

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23And He commanded the clouds above And opened the doors of heaven;

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24And He rained manna for them to eat And gave them the bread of heaven;

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25Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance.

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26He took away the south wind from heaven, And with His power He brought in the southwest wind;

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27He rained flesh on them like dust And winged birds like the sand of the sea,

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28And they fell in the midst of their camp, All around their tents;

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29And they ate and were well filled, And He brought them their own desire;

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30They were not deprived of their desire. While their food was still in their mouth,

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31The wrath of God rose up against them, And killed their wealthy ones And shackled Israel's chosen ones.

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32In all these things they still sinned And did not believe in His wonders;

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33And their days ended in folly And their years with haste.

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34When He killed them, they sought Him out, And turned back, and rose up early before God;

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35They remembered God was their helper, And the Most High God their redeemer.

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36But they deceived Him with their mouth And lied to Him with their tongue,

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37For their heart was not right with Him, Neither were they faithful to His covenant.

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38But He is merciful And will atone for their sins, and not destroy them; And He will multiply them, and turn away His anger; And He will not kindle all His wrath.

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39For He remembered they are flesh, A spirit that is passing and not returning.

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40How many times did they rebel against Him in the desert, And provoke Him to wrath in the desert?

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

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42They did not remember His hand And the day He redeemed them from the hand of those afflicting them,

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43How He wrought His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the plains of Zoan,

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44And how He turned their rivers and rainfalls into blood, So they could not drink;

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45He sent them the dog-fly, and it devoured them, And the frog, and it destroyed them.

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46He gave their fruit to the mildew And their labors to the locust;

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47He killed their vineyard with hail And their mulberry trees with frost;

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48And He delivered their cattle to the hail And their property to the fire;

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49He sent forth the wrath of His anger to them, Anger and wrath and affliction, Sent forth through evil angels;

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50He made a path for His wrath; He did not spare their souls from death, And their cattle He enclosed in death;

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51And He struck every firstborn in Egypt, The firstfruit of their labor in the tents of Ham.

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52And He brought His people out like sheep, And He led them like a flock in the desert;

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53And He guided them in hope, and they were not afraid; And the sea covered up their enemies.

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54He brought them into the mountain of His holiness, This mountain His right hand acquired;

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55And He cast out the nations from before their face, And distributed them a measure of land as an inheritance; And He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

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56They tested and rebelled against the Most High God, And did not keep His testimonies;

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57And they turned away and broke His covenant, just as their fathers did, And they changed into a crooked bow;

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58And they provoked Him to anger with their high places, And moved Him to jealousy with their carved images.

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59God heard and despised them, And He utterly disdained Israel;

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60And He rejected the tabernacle at Shiloh, His dwelling place, where He settled among men.

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61He gave their strength into captivity And their beauty into the hands of the enemy;

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62And He gave His people over to the sword And despised His inheritance.

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63Fire consumed their young men, And their virgins were not lamented;

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64Their priests fell by the sword, And their widows were not lamented.

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65Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, Like a strong man drunk from wine;

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66And He struck His enemies from behind; He gave them eternal reproach.

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67And He rejected the dwelling of Joseph And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim;

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68He chose the tribe of Judah, This Mount Zion that He loves;

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69And He built His sanctuary as the place of unicorns; He founded it forever on the earth.

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70He chose David for His servant And took him from the sheepfolds;

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71He took him from behind sheep that gave birth To shepherd Jacob His people And Israel His inheritance;

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72And he shepherded them in the integrity of his heart And guided them with the skillfulness of his hands.

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