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Psalm 76-78
New American Standard Bible
Psalm 76-78
New American Standard Bible
The Victorious Power of the God of Jacob.
For the music director; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song.
76 God is (A)known in Judah;
His name is (B)great in Israel.
2 His [a](C)tabernacle is in (D)Salem;
His (E)dwelling place also is in Zion.
3 There He (F)broke the [b]flaming arrows,
The shield, the sword, and the [c]weapons of war. Selah
4 You are resplendent,
[d]More majestic than the mountains of prey.
5 The (G)stouthearted were plundered,
[e]They sank into sleep;
And none of the [f]warriors could use his hands.
6 At Your (H)rebuke, God of Jacob,
Both [g](I)rider and horse were cast into a dead sleep.
7 You, You indeed are (J)to be feared,
And (K)who may stand in Your presence, [h]once You are angry?
8 You caused judgment to be heard from heaven;
The earth (L)feared and was still
9 When God (M)arose to judgment,
To save all the humble of the earth. Selah
10 For the [i](N)wrath of mankind shall praise You;
You will encircle Yourself with a remnant of wrath.
11 (O)Make vows to the Lord your God and (P)fulfill them;
All who are around Him are to (Q)bring gifts to Him who is to be feared.
12 He will cut off the spirit of princes;
He is [j](R)feared by the kings of the earth.
Comfort in Trouble from Recalling God’s Mighty Deeds.
For the music director; [k]according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph.
77 My voice rises to God, and I will (S)cry aloud;
My voice rises to God, and He will listen to me.
2 In the (T)day of my trouble I sought the Lord;
(U)In the night my (V)hand was stretched out and did not grow weary;
My soul (W)refused to be comforted.
3 When I remember God, then I am (X)restless;
When I (Y)sigh, then (Z)my spirit feels weak. Selah
4 You have held my eyelids open;
I am so troubled that I (AA)cannot speak.
5 I have considered the (AB)days of old,
The years of long ago.
6 I will remember my (AC)song in the night;
I (AD)will meditate with my heart,
And my spirit [l]ponders:
7 Will the Lord (AE)reject forever?
And will He (AF)never be favorable again?
8 Has His (AG)favor ceased forever?
Has His [m](AH)promise come to an end [n]forever?
9 Has God (AI)forgotten to be gracious,
Or has He in anger [o]withdrawn His (AJ)compassion? Selah
10 Then I said, “(AK)It is my [p]grief,
That the (AL)right hand of the Most High has changed.”
11 I shall remember the (AM)deeds of [q]the Lord;
I will certainly (AN)remember Your wonders of old.
12 I will (AO)meditate on all Your work,
And on Your deeds with thanksgiving.
13 Your way, God, is (AP)holy;
(AQ)What god is great like our God?
14 You are the (AR)God who works wonders;
You have (AS)made known Your strength among the peoples.
15 By Your [r]power You have (AT)redeemed Your people,
The sons of Jacob and (AU)Joseph. Selah
16 The (AV)waters saw You, God;
The waters saw You, they were in anguish;
The ocean depths also trembled.
17 The (AW)clouds poured out water;
The skies [s](AX)sounded out;
Your (AY)arrows [t]flashed here and there.
18 The (AZ)sound of Your thunder was in the whirlwind;
The (BA)lightning lit up the world;
The (BB)earth trembled and shook.
19 Your (BC)way was in the sea
And Your paths in the mighty waters,
And Your footprints were not known.
20 You (BD)led Your people like a flock
By the hand of (BE)Moses and Aaron.
God’s Guidance of His People in Spite of Their Unfaithfulness.
A [u]Maskil of Asaph.
78 (BF)Listen, my people, to my [v]instruction;
(BG)Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
2 I will (BH)open my mouth in a parable;
I will tell (BI)riddles of old,
3 Which we have heard and known,
And (BJ)our fathers have told us.
4 We will (BK)not conceal them from their children,
But we will (BL)tell the generation to come the praises of the Lord,
And His power and His (BM)wondrous works that He has done.
5 For He established a (BN)testimony in Jacob,
And appointed a (BO)law in Israel,
Which He (BP)commanded our fathers
That they were to [w](BQ)teach them to their children,
6 (BR)So that the generation to come would know, (BS)the children yet to be born,
That they would arise and (BT)tell them to their children,
7 So that they would put their confidence in God
And (BU)not forget the works of God,
But (BV)comply with His commandments,
8 And (BW)not be like their fathers,
A (BX)stubborn and rebellious generation,
A generation that (BY)did not [x]prepare its heart
And whose spirit was not (BZ)faithful to God.
9 The sons of Ephraim [y]were (CA)archers equipped with bows,
Yet (CB)they turned back on the day of battle.
10 They (CC)did not keep the covenant of God
And refused to (CD)walk in His Law;
11 They (CE)forgot His deeds
And His [z]miracles that He had shown them.
12 (CF)He performed wonders before their fathers
In the land of Egypt, in the (CG)field of Zoan.
13 He (CH)divided the sea and caused them to pass through,
And He made the waters stand (CI)up like a heap.
14 Then He led them with the cloud by (CJ)day
And all the night with a (CK)light of fire.
15 He (CL)split the rocks in the wilderness
And gave them plenty to drink like the ocean depths.
16 He (CM)brought forth streams from the rock
And made waters run down like rivers.
17 Yet they still continued to sin against Him,
To (CN)rebel against the Most High in the desert.
18 And in their heart they (CO)put God to the test
By asking for (CP)food [aa]that suited their taste.
19 Then they spoke against God;
They said, “(CQ)Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
20 Behold, He (CR)struck the rock so that waters gushed out,
And streams were overflowing;
Can He also provide bread?
Will He prepare (CS)meat for His people?”
21 Therefore the Lord heard and [ab]was (CT)full of wrath;
And a fire was kindled against Jacob,
And anger also mounted against Israel,
22 Because they (CU)did not believe in God
And did not trust in His salvation.
23 Yet He commanded the clouds above
And (CV)opened the doors of heaven;
24 He (CW)rained down manna upon them to eat,
And gave them [ac](CX)food from heaven.
25 Man ate the bread of [ad]angels;
He sent them [ae]food [af](CY)in abundance.
26 He (CZ)made the east wind blow in the sky
And by His [ag]power He directed the south wind.
27 When He rained meat upon them like the dust,
Even (DA)winged fowl like the sand of the seas,
28 He let them fall in the midst of [ah]their camp,
All around their dwellings.
29 So they (DB)ate and were well filled,
And He [ai]satisfied their longing.
30 [aj]Yet before they had abandoned their longing,
(DC)While their food was in their mouths,
31 The (DD)anger of God rose against them
And killed [ak]some of their (DE)strongest ones,
And [al]subdued the choice men of Israel.
32 In spite of all this they (DF)still sinned
And (DG)did not believe in His wonderful works.
33 So He brought (DH)their days to an end in futility,
And their years to an end in sudden terror.
34 When He killed them, then they (DI)sought Him,
And they returned and searched (DJ)diligently for God;
35 And they remembered that God was their (DK)rock,
And the Most High God their (DL)Redeemer.
36 But they (DM)flattered Him with their mouth
And (DN)lied to Him with their tongue.
37 For their heart was not (DO)steadfast toward Him,
Nor were they faithful with His covenant.
38 But He, being (DP)compassionate, [am](DQ)forgave their wrongdoing and did not destroy them;
And often He [an](DR)restrained His anger
And did not stir up all His wrath.
39 So (DS)He remembered that they were only (DT)flesh,
A [ao](DU)wind that passes and does not return.
40 How often they (DV)rebelled against Him in the wilderness
And (DW)grieved Him in the (DX)desert!
41 Again and again they [ap](DY)tempted God,
And pained the (DZ)Holy One of Israel.
42 They (EA)did not remember (EB)His [aq]power,
The day when He (EC)redeemed them from the enemy,
43 When He performed His (ED)signs in Egypt
And His (EE)marvels in the field of Zoan,
44 And (EF)turned their rivers to blood,
And their streams, so that they could not drink.
45 He sent swarms of (EG)flies among them that devoured them,
And (EH)frogs that destroyed them.
46 He also gave their crops to the (EI)grasshopper
And the product of their labor to the (EJ)locust.
47 He [ar]destroyed their vines with (EK)hailstones
And their sycamore trees with frost.
48 He also turned their (EL)cattle over to the hailstones,
And their herds to bolts of lightning.
49 He (EM)sent His burning anger upon them,
Fury and indignation and trouble,
A band of [as]destroying angels.
50 He leveled a path for His anger;
He did not spare their souls from death,
But (EN)turned their lives over to the plague,
51 And (EO)struck all the firstborn in Egypt,
The (EP)first and best of their vigor in the tents of (EQ)Ham.
52 But He (ER)led His own people out like sheep,
And guided them in the wilderness (ES)like a flock;
53 He led them (ET)safely, so that they did not fear;
But (EU)the sea engulfed their enemies.
54 So (EV)He brought them to His holy [at]land,
To this [au](EW)hill country (EX)which His right hand had gained.
55 He also (EY)drove out the nations from them
And (EZ)apportioned them as an inheritance by measurement,
And had the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.
56 Yet they [av](FA)tempted and (FB)rebelled against the Most High God
And did not keep His testimonies,
57 But turned back and (FC)acted treacherously like their fathers;
They (FD)turned aside like a treacherous bow.
58 For they (FE)provoked Him with their (FF)high places
And (FG)moved Him to jealousy with their (FH)carved images.
59 When God heard them, He [aw]was filled with (FI)wrath
And He utterly (FJ)rejected Israel;
60 So that He (FK)abandoned the (FL)dwelling place at Shiloh,
The tent [ax]which He had pitched among people,
61 And He gave up His (FM)strength to captivity
And His glory (FN)into the hand of the enemy.
62 He also (FO)turned His people over to the sword,
And [ay]was filled with wrath at His inheritance.
63 (FP)Fire devoured [az]His young men,
And [ba]His (FQ)virgins had no wedding songs.
64 [bb]His (FR)priests fell by the sword,
And [bc]His (FS)widows could not weep.
65 Then the Lord (FT)awoke as if from sleep,
Like a (FU)warrior [bd]overcome by wine.
66 He [be](FV)drove His adversaries backward;
He put on them an everlasting disgrace.
67 He also (FW)rejected the tent of Joseph,
And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
68 But chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount (FX)Zion, which He loved.
69 And He (FY)built His sanctuary like the heights,
Like the earth which He has established forever.
70 He also (FZ)chose His servant David
And took him from the sheepfolds;
71 From [bf](GA)the care of the [bg]ewes (GB)with nursing lambs He brought him
To (GC)shepherd Jacob His people,
And Israel (GD)His inheritance.
72 So he shepherded them according to the (GE)integrity of his heart,
And guided them with his skillful hands.
Footnotes
- Psalm 76:2 Lit shelter
- Psalm 76:3 Lit fiery shafts of the bow
- Psalm 76:3 Lit battle
- Psalm 76:4 Or Majestic from the mountains
- Psalm 76:5 Lit They slumbered their sleep
- Psalm 76:5 Lit men of might have found their hands
- Psalm 76:6 Lit chariot
- Psalm 76:7 Lit since Your anger
- Psalm 76:10 Lit wraths
- Psalm 76:12 Lit awesome to
- Psalm 77 Title 1 Chr 16:41
- Psalm 77:6 Lit searched
- Psalm 77:8 Lit word
- Psalm 77:8 Lit from generation to generation
- Psalm 77:9 Lit shut up
- Psalm 77:10 Or infirmity, the years of the right hand of the Most High
- Psalm 77:11 Heb Yah
- Psalm 77:15 Lit arm
- Psalm 77:17 Lit gave a sound
- Psalm 77:17 Lit went
- Psalm 78 Title Possibly, Contemplative; or Didactic; or Skillful Psalm
- Psalm 78:1 Or law, teaching
- Psalm 78:5 Lit make them known
- Psalm 78:8 Or put right
- Psalm 78:9 Or being
- Psalm 78:11 Or wonderful works
- Psalm 78:18 Lit to their soul
- Psalm 78:21 Or became infuriated
- Psalm 78:24 Lit grain
- Psalm 78:25 Lit mighty ones
- Psalm 78:25 Or provision
- Psalm 78:25 Lit to satiation
- Psalm 78:26 Or strength
- Psalm 78:28 Lit His
- Psalm 78:29 Lit brought to them their
- Psalm 78:30 Lit They did not turn away from their
- Psalm 78:31 Lit among their fat ones
- Psalm 78:31 Lit caused to bow down
- Psalm 78:38 Lit covered over, atoned for
- Psalm 78:38 Lit turned away
- Psalm 78:39 Or breath
- Psalm 78:41 Or put God to the test
- Psalm 78:42 Lit hand
- Psalm 78:47 Lit was killing
- Psalm 78:49 Lit angels of evil ones; another reading is evil angels
- Psalm 78:54 Lit border, territory
- Psalm 78:54 Or mountain
- Psalm 78:56 Or put to the test
- Psalm 78:59 Or became infuriated
- Psalm 78:60 Some ancient versions where He dwelt
- Psalm 78:62 Or became infuriated
- Psalm 78:63 Or their
- Psalm 78:63 Or their
- Psalm 78:64 Or their
- Psalm 78:64 Or their
- Psalm 78:65 Or sobered up from
- Psalm 78:66 Lit struck
- Psalm 78:71 Lit following
- Psalm 78:71 Lit ewes that wet-nurse, He
Psalm 76-78
New International Version
Psalm 76-78
New International Version
Psalm 76[a]
For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of Asaph. A song.
1 God is renowned in Judah;
in Israel his name is great.(A)
2 His tent is in Salem,(B)
his dwelling place in Zion.(C)
3 There he broke the flashing arrows,(D)
the shields and the swords, the weapons of war.[b](E)
4 You are radiant with light,(F)
more majestic than mountains rich with game.
5 The valiant(G) lie plundered,
they sleep their last sleep;(H)
not one of the warriors
can lift his hands.
6 At your rebuke,(I) God of Jacob,
both horse and chariot(J) lie still.
7 It is you alone who are to be feared.(K)
Who can stand(L) before you when you are angry?(M)
8 From heaven you pronounced judgment,
and the land feared(N) and was quiet—
9 when you, God, rose up to judge,(O)
to save all the afflicted(P) of the land.
10 Surely your wrath against mankind brings you praise,(Q)
and the survivors of your wrath are restrained.[c]
11 Make vows to the Lord your God and fulfill them;(R)
let all the neighboring lands
bring gifts(S) to the One to be feared.
12 He breaks the spirit of rulers;
he is feared by the kings of the earth.
Psalm 77[d]
For the director of music. For Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A psalm.
1 I cried out to God(T) for help;
I cried out to God to hear me.
2 When I was in distress,(U) I sought the Lord;
at night(V) I stretched out untiring hands,(W)
and I would not be comforted.(X)
3 I remembered(Y) you, God, and I groaned;(Z)
I meditated, and my spirit grew faint.[e](AA)
4 You kept my eyes from closing;
I was too troubled to speak.(AB)
5 I thought about the former days,(AC)
the years of long ago;
6 I remembered my songs in the night.
My heart meditated and my spirit asked:
7 “Will the Lord reject forever?(AD)
Will he never show his favor(AE) again?
8 Has his unfailing love(AF) vanished forever?
Has his promise(AG) failed for all time?
9 Has God forgotten to be merciful?(AH)
Has he in anger withheld his compassion?(AI)”
10 Then I thought, “To this I will appeal:
the years when the Most High stretched out his right hand.(AJ)
11 I will remember the deeds of the Lord;
yes, I will remember your miracles(AK) of long ago.
12 I will consider(AL) all your works
and meditate on all your mighty deeds.”(AM)
13 Your ways, God, are holy.
What god is as great as our God?(AN)
14 You are the God who performs miracles;(AO)
you display your power among the peoples.
15 With your mighty arm you redeemed your people,(AP)
the descendants of Jacob and Joseph.
16 The waters(AQ) saw you, God,
the waters saw you and writhed;(AR)
the very depths were convulsed.
17 The clouds poured down water,(AS)
the heavens resounded with thunder;(AT)
your arrows(AU) flashed back and forth.
18 Your thunder was heard in the whirlwind,(AV)
your lightning(AW) lit up the world;
the earth trembled and quaked.(AX)
19 Your path(AY) led through the sea,(AZ)
your way through the mighty waters,
though your footprints were not seen.
Psalm 78
A maskil[f] of Asaph.
1 My people, hear my teaching;(BD)
listen to the words of my mouth.
2 I will open my mouth with a parable;(BE)
I will utter hidden things, things from of old—
3 things we have heard and known,
things our ancestors have told us.(BF)
4 We will not hide them from their descendants;(BG)
we will tell the next generation(BH)
the praiseworthy deeds(BI) of the Lord,
his power, and the wonders(BJ) he has done.
5 He decreed statutes(BK) for Jacob(BL)
and established the law in Israel,
which he commanded our ancestors
to teach their children,
6 so the next generation would know them,
even the children yet to be born,(BM)
and they in turn would tell their children.
7 Then they would put their trust in God
and would not forget(BN) his deeds
but would keep his commands.(BO)
8 They would not be like their ancestors(BP)—
a stubborn(BQ) and rebellious(BR) generation,
whose hearts were not loyal to God,
whose spirits were not faithful to him.
9 The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows,(BS)
turned back on the day of battle;(BT)
10 they did not keep God’s covenant(BU)
and refused to live by his law.(BV)
11 They forgot what he had done,(BW)
the wonders he had shown them.
12 He did miracles(BX) in the sight of their ancestors
in the land of Egypt,(BY) in the region of Zoan.(BZ)
13 He divided the sea(CA) and led them through;
he made the water stand up like a wall.(CB)
14 He guided them with the cloud by day
and with light from the fire all night.(CC)
15 He split the rocks(CD) in the wilderness
and gave them water as abundant as the seas;
16 he brought streams out of a rocky crag
and made water flow down like rivers.
17 But they continued to sin(CE) against him,
rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High.
18 They willfully put God to the test(CF)
by demanding the food they craved.(CG)
19 They spoke against God;(CH)
they said, “Can God really
spread a table in the wilderness?
20 True, he struck the rock,
and water gushed out,(CI)
streams flowed abundantly,
but can he also give us bread?
Can he supply meat(CJ) for his people?”
21 When the Lord heard them, he was furious;
his fire broke out(CK) against Jacob,
and his wrath rose against Israel,
22 for they did not believe in God
or trust(CL) in his deliverance.
23 Yet he gave a command to the skies above
and opened the doors of the heavens;(CM)
24 he rained down manna(CN) for the people to eat,
he gave them the grain of heaven.
25 Human beings ate the bread of angels;
he sent them all the food they could eat.
26 He let loose the east wind(CO) from the heavens
and by his power made the south wind blow.
27 He rained meat down on them like dust,
birds(CP) like sand on the seashore.
28 He made them come down inside their camp,
all around their tents.
29 They ate till they were gorged—(CQ)
he had given them what they craved.
30 But before they turned from what they craved,
even while the food was still in their mouths,(CR)
31 God’s anger rose against them;
he put to death the sturdiest(CS) among them,
cutting down the young men of Israel.
32 In spite of all this, they kept on sinning;(CT)
in spite of his wonders,(CU) they did not believe.(CV)
33 So he ended their days in futility(CW)
and their years in terror.
34 Whenever God slew them, they would seek(CX) him;
they eagerly turned to him again.
35 They remembered that God was their Rock,(CY)
that God Most High was their Redeemer.(CZ)
36 But then they would flatter him with their mouths,(DA)
lying to him with their tongues;
37 their hearts were not loyal(DB) to him,
they were not faithful to his covenant.
38 Yet he was merciful;(DC)
he forgave(DD) their iniquities(DE)
and did not destroy them.
Time after time he restrained his anger(DF)
and did not stir up his full wrath.
39 He remembered that they were but flesh,(DG)
a passing breeze(DH) that does not return.
40 How often they rebelled(DI) against him in the wilderness(DJ)
and grieved him(DK) in the wasteland!
41 Again and again they put God to the test;(DL)
they vexed the Holy One of Israel.(DM)
42 They did not remember(DN) his power—
the day he redeemed them from the oppressor,(DO)
43 the day he displayed his signs(DP) in Egypt,
his wonders(DQ) in the region of Zoan.
44 He turned their river into blood;(DR)
they could not drink from their streams.
45 He sent swarms of flies(DS) that devoured them,
and frogs(DT) that devastated them.
46 He gave their crops to the grasshopper,(DU)
their produce to the locust.(DV)
47 He destroyed their vines with hail(DW)
and their sycamore-figs with sleet.
48 He gave over their cattle to the hail,
their livestock(DX) to bolts of lightning.
49 He unleashed against them his hot anger,(DY)
his wrath, indignation and hostility—
a band of destroying angels.(DZ)
50 He prepared a path for his anger;
he did not spare them from death
but gave them over to the plague.
51 He struck down all the firstborn of Egypt,(EA)
the firstfruits of manhood in the tents of Ham.(EB)
52 But he brought his people out like a flock;(EC)
he led them like sheep through the wilderness.
53 He guided them safely, so they were unafraid;
but the sea engulfed(ED) their enemies.(EE)
54 And so he brought them to the border of his holy land,
to the hill country his right hand(EF) had taken.
55 He drove out nations(EG) before them
and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance;(EH)
he settled the tribes of Israel in their homes.
56 But they put God to the test
and rebelled against the Most High;
they did not keep his statutes.
57 Like their ancestors(EI) they were disloyal and faithless,
as unreliable as a faulty bow.(EJ)
58 They angered him(EK) with their high places;(EL)
they aroused his jealousy with their idols.(EM)
59 When God heard(EN) them, he was furious;(EO)
he rejected Israel(EP) completely.
60 He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh,(EQ)
the tent he had set up among humans.(ER)
61 He sent the ark of his might(ES) into captivity,(ET)
his splendor into the hands of the enemy.
62 He gave his people over to the sword;(EU)
he was furious with his inheritance.(EV)
63 Fire consumed(EW) their young men,
and their young women had no wedding songs;(EX)
64 their priests were put to the sword,(EY)
and their widows could not weep.
65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,(EZ)
as a warrior wakes from the stupor of wine.
66 He beat back his enemies;
he put them to everlasting shame.(FA)
67 Then he rejected the tents of Joseph,
he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim;(FB)
68 but he chose the tribe of Judah,(FC)
Mount Zion,(FD) which he loved.
69 He built his sanctuary(FE) like the heights,
like the earth that he established forever.
70 He chose David(FF) his servant
and took him from the sheep pens;
71 from tending the sheep(FG) he brought him
to be the shepherd(FH) of his people Jacob,
of Israel his inheritance.
72 And David shepherded them with integrity of heart;(FI)
with skillful hands he led them.
Footnotes
- Psalm 76:1 In Hebrew texts 76:1-12 is numbered 76:2-13.
- Psalm 76:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 9.
- Psalm 76:10 Or Surely the wrath of mankind brings you praise, / and with the remainder of wrath you arm yourself
- Psalm 77:1 In Hebrew texts 77:1-20 is numbered 77:2-21.
- Psalm 77:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 9 and 15.
- Psalm 78:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
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