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1 # < (8688) of Asaph <0623>.>> Give ear <0238> (8685), O my people <05971>, to my law <08451>: incline <05186> (8685) your ears <0241> to the words <0561> of my mouth <06310>.
2 I will open <06605> (8799) my mouth <06310> in a parable <04912>: I will utter <05042> (8686) dark sayings <02420> of old <06924>:
3 Which we have heard <08085> (8804) and known <03045> (8799), and our fathers <01> have told <05608> (8765) us.
4 We will not hide <03582> (8762) them from their children <01121>, shewing <05608> (8764) to the generation <01755> to come <0314> the praises <08416> of the LORD <03068>, and his strength <05807>, and his wonderful works <06381> (8737) that he hath done <06213> (8804).
5 For he established <06965> (8686) a testimony <05715> in Jacob <03290>, and appointed <07760> (8804) a law <08451> in Israel <03478>, which he commanded <06680> (8765) our fathers <01>, that they should make them known <03045> (8687) to their children <01121>:
6 That the generation <01755> to come <0314> might know <03045> (8799) them, even the children <01121> which should be born <03205> (8735); who should arise <06965> (8799) and declare <05608> (8762) them to their children <01121>:
7 That they might set <07760> (8799) their hope <03689> in God <0430>, and not forget <07911> (8799) the works <04611> of God <0410>, but keep <05341> (8799) his commandments <04687>:
8 And might not be as their fathers <01>, a stubborn <05637> (8802) and rebellious <04784> (8802) generation <01755>; a generation <01755> that set <03559> <00> not their heart <03820> aright <03559> (8689), and whose spirit <07307> was not stedfast <0539> (8738) with God <0410>.
9 # The children <01121> of Ephraim <0669>, being armed <05401> (8802), and carrying <07411> (8802) bows <07198>, turned back <02015> (8804) in the day <03117> of battle <07128>.
10 They kept <08104> (8804) not the covenant <01285> of God <0430>, and refused <03985> (8765) to walk <03212> (8800) in his law <08451>;
11 And forgat <07911> (8799) his works <05949>, and his wonders <06381> (8737) that he had shewed <07200> (8689) them.
12 Marvellous things <06382> did <06213> (8804) he in the sight <05048> of their fathers <01>, in the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>, in the field <07704> of Zoan <06814>.
13 He divided <01234> (8804) the sea <03220>, and caused them to pass through <05674> (8686); and he made the waters <04325> to stand <05324> (8686) as an heap <05067>.
14 In the daytime <03119> also he led <05148> (8686) them with a cloud <06051>, and all the night <03915> with a light <0216> of fire <0784>.
15 He clave <01234> (8762) the rocks <06697> in the wilderness <04057>, and gave them drink <08248> (8686) as out of the great <07227> depths <08415>.
16 He brought <03318> (8686) streams <05140> (8802) also out of the rock <05553>, and caused waters <04325> to run down <03381> (8686) like rivers <05104>.
17 And they sinned <02398> (8800) yet more <03254> (8686) against him by provoking <04784> (8687) the most High <05945> in the wilderness <06723>.
18 And they tempted <05254> (8762) God <0410> in their heart <03824> by asking <07592> (8800) meat <0400> for their lust <05315>.
19 Yea, they spake <01696> (8762) against God <0430>; they said <0559> (8804), Can <03201> (8799) God <0410> furnish <06186> (8800) a table <07979> in the wilderness <04057>?
20 Behold, he smote <05221> (8689) the rock <06697>, that the waters <04325> gushed out <02100> (8799) , and the streams <05158> overflowed <07857> (8799); can <03201> (8799) he give <05414> (8800) bread <03899> also? can <03201> (8799) he provide <03559> (8686) flesh <07607> for his people <05971>?
21 Therefore the LORD <03068> heard <08085> (8804) this, and was wroth <05674> (8691): so a fire <0784> was kindled <05400> (8738) against Jacob <03290>, and anger <0639> also came up <05927> (8804) against Israel <03478>;
22 Because they believed <0539> (8689) not in God <0430>, and trusted <0982> (8804) not in his salvation <03444>:
23 Though he had commanded <06680> (8762) the clouds <07834> from above <04605>, and opened <06605> (8804) the doors <01817> of heaven <08064>,
24 And had rained down <04305> (8686) manna <04478> upon them to eat <0398> (8800), and had given <05414> (8804) them of the corn <01715> of heaven <08064>.
 - WAY OF HEALTH
25 Man <0376> did eat <0398> (8804) angels <047>' food <03899>: he sent <07971> (8804) them meat <06720> to the full <07648>.
 - WAY OF HEALTH - ANGELS
26 He caused an east wind <06921> to blow <05265> (8686) in the heaven <08064>: and by his power <05797> he brought in <05090> (8762) the south wind <08486>.
 - WIND OF GOD
27 He rained <04305> (8686) flesh <07607> also upon them as dust <06083>, and feathered <03671> fowls <05775> like as the sand <02344> of the sea <03220>:
28 And he let it fall <05307> (8686) in the midst <07130> of their camp <04264>, round about <05439> their habitations <04908>.
29 So they did eat <0398> (8799), and were well <03966> filled <07646> (8799): for he gave <0935> (8686) them their own desire <08378>;
30 They were not estranged <02114> (8804) from their lust <08378>. But while their meat <0400> was yet in their mouths <06310>,
31 The wrath <0639> of God <0430> came <05927> (8804) upon them, and slew <02026> (8799) the fattest <04924> of them, and smote down <03766> (8689) the chosen <0970> men of Israel <03478>.
32 For all this they sinned <02398> (8804) still, and believed <0539> (8689) not for his wondrous works <06381> (8737).
33 Therefore their days <03117> did he consume <03615> (8762) in vanity <01892>, and their years <08141> in trouble <0928>.
34 When he slew <02026> (8804) them, then they sought <01875> (8804) him: and they returned <07725> (8804) and enquired early <07836> (8765) after God <0410>.
35 And they remembered <02142> (8799) that God <0430> was their rock <06697>, and the high <05945> God <0410> their redeemer <01350> (8802).
36 Nevertheless they did flatter <06601> (8762) him with their mouth <06310>, and they lied <03576> (8762) unto him with their tongues <03956>.
37 For their heart <03820> was not right <03559> (8737) with him, neither were they stedfast <0539> (8738) in his covenant <01285>.
38 But he, being full of compassion <07349>, forgave <03722> (8762) their iniquity <05771>, and destroyed <07843> (8686) them not: yea, many a time <07235> (8689) turned <07725> <00> he his anger <0639> away <07725> (8687), and did not stir up <05782> (8686) all his wrath <02534>.
39 For he remembered <02142> (8799) that they were but flesh <01320>; a wind <07307> that passeth away <01980> (8802), and cometh not again <07725> (8799).
40 # How <04100> oft did they provoke <04784> (8686) him in the wilderness <04057>, and grieve <06087> (8686) him in the desert <03452>!
41 Yea, they turned back <07725> (8799) and tempted <05254> (8762) God <0410>, and limited <08428> (8689) the Holy One <06918> of Israel <03478>.
42 They remembered <02142> (8804) not his hand <03027>, nor the day <03117> when he delivered <06299> (8804) them from the enemy <06862>.
43 How he had wrought <07760> (8804) his signs <0226> in Egypt <04714>, and his wonders <04159> in the field <07704> of Zoan <06814>:
44 And had turned <02015> (8799) their rivers <02975> into blood <01818>; and their floods <05140> (8802) , that they could not drink <08354> (8799).
45 He sent <07971> (8762) divers sorts of flies <06157> among them, which devoured <0398> (8799) them; and frogs <06854>, which destroyed <07843> (8686) them.
46 He gave <05414> (8799) also their increase <02981> unto the caterpiller <02625>, and their labour <03018> unto the locust <0697>.
47 He destroyed <02026> (8799) their vines <01612> with hail <01259>, and their sycomore trees <08256> with frost <02602>.
48 He gave up <05462> (8686) their cattle <01165> also to the hail <01259>, and their flocks <04735> to hot thunderbolts <07565>.
49 He cast <07971> (8762) upon them the fierceness <02740> of his anger <0639>, wrath <05678>, and indignation <02195>, and trouble <06869>, by sending <04917> evil <07451> angels <04397> among them.
50 He made <06424> (8762) a way <05410> to his anger <0639>; he spared <02820> (8804) not their soul <05315> from death <04194>, but gave <05462> <00> their life <02416> over <05462> (8689) to the pestilence <01698>;
51 And smote <05221> (8686) all the firstborn <01060> in Egypt <04714>; the chief <07225> of their strength <0202> in the tabernacles <0168> of Ham <02526>:
52 But made his own people <05971> to go forth <05265> (8686) like sheep <06629>, and guided <05090> (8762) them in the wilderness <04057> like a flock <05739>.
53 And he led <05148> (8686) them on safely <0983>, so that they feared <06342> (8804) not: but the sea <03220> overwhelmed <03680> (8765) their enemies <0341> (8802).
54 And he brought <0935> (8686) them to the border <01366> of his sanctuary <06944>, even to this mountain <02022> , which his right hand <03225> had purchased <07069> (8804).
55 He cast out <01644> (8762) the heathen <01471> also before <06440> them, and divided <05307> (8686) them an inheritance <05159> by line <02256>, and made the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478> to dwell <07931> (8686) in their tents <0168>.
56 Yet they tempted <05254> (8762) and provoked <04784> (8686) the most high <05945> God <0430>, and kept <08104> (8804) not his testimonies <05713>:
57 But turned back <05472> (8735), and dealt unfaithfully <0898> (8799) like their fathers <01>: they were turned aside <02015> (8738) like a deceitful <07423> bow <07198>.
58 For they provoked him to anger <03707> (8686) with their high places <01116>, and moved him to jealousy <07065> (8686) with their graven images <06456>.
59 When God <0430> heard <08085> (8804) this, he was wroth <05674> (8691), and greatly <03966> abhorred <03988> (8799) Israel <03478>:
60 So that he forsook <05203> (8799) the tabernacle <04908> of Shiloh <07887>, the tent <0168> which he placed <07931> (8765) among men <0120>;
61 And delivered <05414> (8799) his strength <05797> into captivity <07628>, and his glory <08597> into the enemy's <06862> hand <03027>.
62 He gave <05462> <00> his people <05971> over <05462> (8686) also unto the sword <02719>; and was wroth <05674> (8694) with his inheritance <05159>.
63 The fire <0784> consumed <0398> (8804) their young men <0970>; and their maidens <01330> were not given to marriage <01984> (8795).
64 Their priests <03548> fell <05307> (8804) by the sword <02719>; and their widows <0490> made no lamentation <01058> (8799).
65 Then the Lord <0136> awaked <03364> (8799) as one out of sleep <03463>, and like a mighty man <01368> that shouteth <07442> (8711) by reason of wine <03196>.
66 And he smote <05221> (8686) his enemies <06862> in the hinder parts <0268>: he put <05414> (8804) them to a perpetual <05769> reproach <02781>.
67 Moreover he refused <03988> (8799) the tabernacle <0168> of Joseph <03130>, and chose <0977> (8804) not the tribe <07626> of Ephraim <0669>:
68 But chose <0977> (8799) the tribe <07626> of Judah <03063>, the mount <02022> Zion <06726> which he loved <0157> (8804).
69 And he built <01129> (8799) his sanctuary <04720> like high <07311> (8802) palaces, like the earth <0776> which he hath established <03245> (8804) for ever <05769>.
70 He chose <0977> (8799) David <01732> also his servant <05650>, and took <03947> (8799) him from the sheepfolds <04356> <06629>:
71 From following <0310> the ewes great with young <05763> (8802) he brought <0935> (8689) him to feed <07462> (8800) Jacob <03290> his people <05971>, and Israel <03478> his inheritance <05159>.
72 So he fed <07462> (8686) them according to the integrity <08537> of his heart <03824>; and guided <05148> (8686) them by the skilfulness <08394> of his hands <03709>.