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Book of Psalms, No. 78

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No. 78 of the Psalms—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. 1Listen, O my people, to my [a]instruction;
    2Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
  2. I will 3open my mouth in a parable;
    I will utter 4dark sayings of old,
  3. Which we have heard and known,
    And 5our fathers have told us.
  4. We will 6not conceal them from their children,
    But 7tell to the generation to come the praises of the LORD,
    And His strength and His 8wondrous works that He has done.
  5. ¶ For He established a 9testimony in Jacob
    And appointed a 10law in Israel,
    Which He 11commanded our fathers
    That they should [b]12teach them to their children,
  6. 13That the generation to come might know, even 14the children yet to be born,
    That they may arise and 15tell them to their children,
  7. That they should put their confidence in God
    And 16not forget the works of God,
    But 17keep His commandments,
  8. And 18not be like their fathers,
    A 19stubborn and rebellious generation,
    A generation that 20did not [c]prepare its heart
    And whose spirit was not 21faithful to God.
  9. ¶ The sons of Ephraim [d]were 22archers equipped with bows,
    Yet 23they turned back in the day of battle.
  10. They 24did not keep the covenant of God
    And refused to 25walk in His law;
  11. They 26forgot His deeds
    And His [e]miracles that He had shown them.
  12. 27He wrought wonders before their fathers
    In the land of Egypt, in the 28field of Zoan.
  13. He 29divided the sea and caused them to pass through,
    And He made the waters stand 30up like a heap.
  14. Then He led them with the cloud by 31day
    And all the night with a 32light of fire.
  15. He 33split the rocks in the wilderness
    And gave them abundant drink like the ocean depths.
  16. He 34brought forth streams also from the rock
    And caused waters to run down like rivers.
  17. ¶ Yet they still continued to sin against Him,
    To 35rebel against the Most High in the desert.
  18. And in their heart they 36put God to the test
    By asking 37food according to their desire.
  19. Then they spoke against God;
    They said, “38Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
  20. “Behold, He 39struck the rock so that waters gushed out,
    And streams were overflowing;
    Can He give bread also?
    Will He provide [f]40meat for His people?”
  21. ¶ Therefore the LORD heard and [g]was 41full of wrath;
    And a fire was kindled against Jacob
    And anger also mounted against Israel,
  22. Because they 42did not believe in God
    And did not trust in His salvation.
  23. Yet He commanded the clouds above
    And 43opened the doors of heaven;
  24. He 44rained down manna upon them to eat
    And gave them [h]45food from heaven.
  25. Man did eat the bread of [i]angels;
    He sent them [j]food [k]46in abundance.
  26. He 47caused the east wind to blow in the heavens
    And by His [l]power He directed the south wind.
  27. When He rained [m]meat upon them like the dust,
    Even 48winged fowl like the sand of the seas,
  28. Then He let them fall in the midst of [n]their camp,
    Round about their dwellings.
  29. So they 49ate and were well filled,
    And their desire He gave to them.
  30. [o]Before they had satisfied their desire,
    50While their food was in their mouths,
  31. The 51anger of God rose against them
    And killed [p]some of their 52stoutest ones,
    And [q]subdued the choice men of Israel.
  32. In spite of all this they 53still sinned
    And 54did not believe in His wonderful works.
  33. So He brought 55their days to an end in [r]futility
    And their years in sudden terror.
  34. ¶ When He killed them, then they 56sought Him,
    And returned and searched 57diligently for God;
  35. And they remembered that God was their 58rock,
    And the Most High God their 59Redeemer.
  36. But they 60deceived Him with their mouth
    And 61lied to Him with their tongue.
  37. For their heart was not 62steadfast toward Him,
    Nor were they faithful in His covenant.
  38. But He, being 63compassionate, [s]64forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them;
    And often He [t]65restrained His anger
    And did not arouse all His wrath.
  39. Thus 66He remembered that they were but 67flesh,
    A [u]68wind that passes and does not return.
  40. ¶ How often they 69rebelled against Him in the wilderness
    And 70grieved Him in the 71desert!
  41. Again and again they [v]72tempted God,
    And pained the 73Holy One of Israel.
  42. They 74did not remember 75His [w]power,
    The day when He 76redeemed them from the adversary,
  43. When He performed His 77signs in Egypt
    And His 78marvels in the field of Zoan,
  44. And 79turned their rivers to blood,
    And their streams, they could not drink.
  45. He sent among them swarms of 80flies which devoured them,
    And 81frogs which destroyed them.
  46. He gave also their crops to the 82grasshopper
    And the product of their labor to the 83locust.
  47. He [x]destroyed their vines with 84hailstones
    And their sycamore trees with frost.
  48. He gave over their 85cattle also to the hailstones
    And their herds to bolts of lightning.
  49. He 86sent upon them His burning anger,
    Fury and indignation and trouble,
    [y]A band of destroying angels.
  50. He leveled a path for His anger;
    He did not spare their soul from death,
    But 87gave over their life to the plague,
  51. And 88smote all the firstborn in Egypt,
    The 89first issue of their virility in the tents of 90Ham.
  52. But He 91led forth His own people like sheep
    And guided them in the wilderness 92like a flock;
  53. He led them 93safely, so that they did not fear;
    But 94the sea engulfed their enemies.
  54. ¶ So 95He brought them to His holy [z]land,
    To this [aa]96hill country 97which His right hand had gained.
  55. He also 98drove out the nations before them
    And 99apportioned them for an inheritance by measurement,
    And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.
  56. Yet they [ab]100tempted and 101rebelled against the Most High God
    And did not keep His testimonies,
  57. But turned back and 102acted treacherously like their fathers;
    They 103turned aside like a treacherous bow.
  58. For they 104provoked Him with their 105high places
    And 106aroused His jealousy with their 107graven images.
  59. When God heard, He [ac]was filled with 108wrath
    And greatly 109abhorred Israel;
  60. So that He 110abandoned the 111dwelling place at Shiloh,
    The tent [ad]which He had pitched among men,
  61. And gave up His 112strength to captivity
    And His glory 113into the hand of the adversary.
  62. He also 114delivered His people to the sword,
    And [ae]was filled with wrath at His inheritance.
  63. 115Fire devoured [af]His young men,
    And [ag]His 116virgins had no wedding songs.
  64. [ah]His 117priests fell by the sword,
    And [ai]His 118widows could not weep.
  65. ¶ Then the Lord 119awoke as if from sleep,
    Like a 120warrior [aj]overcome by wine.
  66. He [ak]121drove His adversaries backward;
    He put on them an everlasting reproach.
  67. He also 122rejected the tent of Joseph,
    And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
  68. But chose the tribe of Judah,
    Mount 123Zion which He loved.
  69. And He 124built His sanctuary like the heights,
    Like the earth which He has founded forever.
  70. He also 125chose David His servant
    And took him from the sheepfolds;
  71. From [al]126the care of the [am]ewes 127with suckling lambs He brought him
    To 128shepherd Jacob His people,
    And Israel 129His inheritance.
  72. So he shepherded them according to the 130integrity of his heart,
    And guided them with his skillful hands.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or law, teaching
  2. ^ Lit make them known
  3. ^ Or put right
  4. ^ Or being
  5. ^ Or wonderful works
  6. ^ Lit flesh
  7. ^ Or became infuriated
  8. ^ Lit grain
  9. ^ Lit mighty ones
  10. ^ Or provision
  11. ^ Lit to satiation
  12. ^ Or strength
  13. ^ Lit flesh
  14. ^ Lit His
  15. ^ Lit They were not estranged from
  16. ^ Lit among their fat ones
  17. ^ Lit caused to bow down
  18. ^ Lit vanity, a mere breath
  19. ^ Lit covered over, atoned for
  20. ^ Lit turned away
  21. ^ Or breath
  22. ^ Or put God to the test
  23. ^ Lit hand
  24. ^ Lit was killing
  25. ^ Lit A deputation of angels of evil
  26. ^ Lit border, territory
  27. ^ Or mountain
  28. ^ Or put to the test
  29. ^ Or became infuriated
  30. ^ Some ancient versions read where He dwelt
  31. ^ Or became infuriated
  32. ^ Or their
  33. ^ Or their
  34. ^ Or their
  35. ^ Or their
  36. ^ Or sobered up from
  37. ^ Lit smote
  38. ^ Lit following
  39. ^ Lit ewes which gave suck, He...

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Is 51:4
  2. ^ Is 55:3
  3. ^ Ps 49:4; Mt 13:35
  4. ^ Pr 1:6
  5. ^ Ps 44:1
  6. ^ Ex 12:26; De 6:7; 11:19; Jb 15:18; Ps 145:4; Is 38:19; Jl 1:3
  7. ^ Ex 13:8, 14; Ps 22:30
  8. ^ Jb 37:16; Ps 26:7; 71:17
  9. ^ Ps 19:7; 81:5; Is 8:20
  10. ^ Ps 147:19
  11. ^ De 6:4-9
  12. ^ De 4:9
  13. ^ Ps 102:18
  14. ^ Ps 22:31
  15. ^ De 11:19
  16. ^ De 4:9; 6:12; 8:14
  17. ^ De 4:2; 5:1, 29; 27:1; Jos 22:5
  18. ^ 2Ki 17:14; 2Ch 30:7; Eze 20:18
  19. ^ Ex 32:9; De 9:7, 24; 31:27; Jg 2:19; Is 30:9
  20. ^ Jb 11:13; Ps 78:37
  21. ^ Ps 51:10
  22. ^ 1Ch 12:2
  23. ^ Jg 20:39; Ps 78:57
  24. ^ Jg 2:20; 1Ki 11:11; 2Ki 17:15; 18:12
  25. ^ Ps 119:1; Je 32:23; 44:10, 23
  26. ^ Ps 106:13
  27. ^ Ex 7-12; Ps 106:22
  28. ^ Nu 13:22; Ps 78:43; Is 19:11; 30:4; Eze 30:14
  29. ^ Ex 14:21; Ps 74:13; 136:13
  30. ^ Ex 15:8; Ps 33:7
  31. ^ Ex 13:21; Ps 105:39
  32. ^ Ex 14:24
  33. ^ Ex 17:6; Nu 20:11; Ps 105:41; 114:8; Is 48:21; 1Co 10:4
  34. ^ Nu 20:8, 10, 11
  35. ^ De 9:22; Is 63:10; Heb 3:16
  36. ^ Ex 17:6; De 6:16; Ps 78:41, 56; 95:9; 106:14; 1Co 10:9
  37. ^ Nu 11:4
  38. ^ Ex 16:3; Nu 11:4; 20:3; 21:5; Ps 23:5
  39. ^ Nu 20:11; Ps 78:15, 16
  40. ^ Nu 11:18
  41. ^ Nu 11:1
  42. ^ De 1:32; 9:23; Heb 3:18
  43. ^ Ge 7:11; Ml 3:10
  44. ^ Ex 16:4
  45. ^ Ps 105:40; Jn 6:31
  46. ^ Ex 16:3
  47. ^ Nu 11:31
  48. ^ Ex 16:13; Ps 105:40
  49. ^ Nu 11:19, 20
  50. ^ Nu 11:33
  51. ^ Nu 11:33, 34; Jb 20:23
  52. ^ Is 10:16
  53. ^ Nu 14, 16, 17
  54. ^ Nu 14:11; Ps 78:11
  55. ^ Nu 14:29, 35
  56. ^ Nu 21:7; Ho 5:15
  57. ^ Ps 63:1
  58. ^ De 32:4
  59. ^ Ex 15:13; De 9:26; Ps 74:2; Is 41:14
  60. ^ Ex 24:7, 8; Eze 33:31
  61. ^ Ex 32:7, 8; Is 57:11
  62. ^ Ps 51:10; 78:8; Ac 8:21
  63. ^ Ex 34:6
  64. ^ Nu 14:18-20
  65. ^ Is 48:9
  66. ^ Jb 10:9; Ps 103:14
  67. ^ Ge 6:3
  68. ^ Jb 7:7, 16; Ps 103:14; Jm 4:14
  69. ^ Ps 95:8, 9; 106:43; 107:11; Heb 3:16
  70. ^ Ps 95:10; Is 63:10; Eph 4:30
  71. ^ Ps 106:14
  72. ^ Nu 14:22
  73. ^ 2Ki 19:22; Ps 89:18
  74. ^ Jg 8:34
  75. ^ Ps 44:3
  76. ^ Ps 106:10
  77. ^ Ps 105:27
  78. ^ Ex 4:21; 7:3
  79. ^ Ex 7:20; Ps 105:29
  80. ^ Ex 8:24; Ps 105:31
  81. ^ Ex 8:6; Ps 105:30
  82. ^ 1Ki 8:37; Ps 105:34
  83. ^ Ex 10:14
  84. ^ Ex 9:23-25; Ps 105:32
  85. ^ Ex 9:19
  86. ^ Ex 15:7
  87. ^ Ex 12:29, 30
  88. ^ Ex 12:29; Ps 105:36; 135:8; 136:10
  89. ^ Ge 49:3
  90. ^ Ps 105:23, 27; 106:22
  91. ^ Ex 15:22
  92. ^ Ps 77:20
  93. ^ Ex 14:19, 20
  94. ^ Ex 14:27, 28; Ps 106:11
  95. ^ Ex 15:17
  96. ^ Ps 68:16; Is 11:9
  97. ^ Ps 44:3
  98. ^ Jos 11:16-23; Ps 44:2
  99. ^ Jos 13:7; 23:4; Ps 105:11; 135:12
  100. ^ Ps 78:18
  101. ^ Jg 2:11-13; Ps 78:40
  102. ^ Eze 20:27, 28
  103. ^ Ho 7:16
  104. ^ De 4:25; Jg 2:12; 1Ki 14:9; Is 65:3
  105. ^ Le 26:30; 1Ki 3:2; 2Ki 16:4; Je 17:3
  106. ^ De 32:16, 21; 1Ki 14:22
  107. ^ Ex 20:4; Le 26:1; De 4:25
  108. ^ De 1:34; 9:19; Ps 106:40
  109. ^ Le 26:30; De 32:19; Am 6:8
  110. ^ 1Sa 4:11; Ps 78:67; Je 7:12, 14; 26:6
  111. ^ Jos 18:1
  112. ^ Ps 63:2; 132:8
  113. ^ 1Sa 4:17
  114. ^ Jg 20:21; 1Sa 4:10
  115. ^ Nu 11:1; 21:28; Is 26:11; Je 48:45
  116. ^ Je 7:34; 16:9; La 2:21
  117. ^ 1Sa 4:17; 22:18
  118. ^ Jb 27:15; Eze 24:23
  119. ^ Ps 44:23; 73:20
  120. ^ Is 42:13
  121. ^ 1Sa 5:6
  122. ^ Ps 78:60
  123. ^ Ps 87:2; 132:13
  124. ^ 1Ki 6:1-38
  125. ^ 1Sa 16:11, 12
  126. ^ 2Sa 7:8; Is 40:11
  127. ^ Ge 33:13
  128. ^ 2Sa 5:2; 1Ch 11:2; Ps 28:9
  129. ^ 1Sa 10:1
  130. ^ 1Ki 9:4

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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