诗篇 78
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
上帝引导祂的子民
亚萨的训诲诗。
78 我的百姓啊！
你们要听我的教导，
侧耳倾听我的话。
2 我要开口讲比喻，
道出古时的奥秘，
3 是我们所闻所知、世代流传下来的事。
4 我们不要在子孙面前隐瞒事实，
要把耶和华当受称颂的作为、
祂的权能和所行的奇事告诉下一代。
5 因为祂为雅各制定法度，
为以色列设立律法，
又吩咐我们的祖先把这些律法传给儿女，
6 好让他们也照样教导自己的子孙后代，
世代相传。
7 这样，他们就会信靠上帝，
遵行祂的命令，
不忘记祂的作为；
8 也不会像自己的祖先那样顽梗叛逆，
对上帝不忠，心怀二意。
9 以法莲人备上了弓箭，
却临阵逃命。
10 他们不遵守上帝的约，
拒绝遵行祂的律法。
11 他们忘记了祂的作为，
忘记了祂为他们所行的奇事。
12 祂曾在埃及，在琐安当着他们祖先的面行神迹。
13 祂把海水分开，
带领他们安然渡过；
祂使海水堆起如墙壁。
14 祂白天以云柱带领他们，
晚上用火柱引导他们。
15 祂在旷野劈开磐石，
供应他们丰沛的水源。
16 祂使水从磐石中滚滚流出，
如滔滔江河。
17 然而，他们仍旧犯罪，
在旷野反叛至高的上帝。
18 他们顽梗地试探上帝，
索要他们想吃的食物。
19 他们抱怨上帝，说：
“难道上帝可以在旷野摆宴席吗？
20 祂击打磐石，
水就涌出，流淌成河，
但祂能赐给我们——祂的子民食物和肉吗？”
21 耶和华听后大怒，
祂的怒火烧向雅各，
祂的怒气撒向以色列。
22 因为他们不相信上帝，也不信靠祂的拯救。
23 祂向穹苍发出命令，
又打开天门，
24 降下吗哪给他们吃，赐下天粮。
25 他们吃了天使的食物，
上帝赐给他们丰富的食物。
26 祂使空中刮起东风，
用大能引来南风，
27 使飞鸟像雨点一般降在他们当中，多如尘埃，
使他们有多如海沙的肉吃。
28 祂使飞鸟降落在他们营中的帐篷周围，
29 让他们尽情地吃，
遂了他们的心愿。
30 但是，他们还没有吃完，
肉还在口中的时候，
31 上帝就向他们发怒，
杀掉了他们当中最强壮的，
消灭了以色列的青年。
32 即使如此，
他们依旧犯罪，
不相信上帝奇妙的作为。
33 所以上帝使他们虚度一生，
让他们的岁月充满恐惧。
34 直到上帝击杀他们的时候，
他们才回转，诚心寻求上帝。
35 他们才想起上帝是他们的磐石，
至高的上帝是他们的救赎主。
36 他们却虚情假意，满口谎言。
37 他们不忠于祂，
也不信守祂的约。
38 但上帝充满怜悯，
赦免了他们的罪，
没有毁灭他们。
祂多次收住怒气，
没有完全发出祂的烈怒。
39 祂顾念他们不过是血肉之躯，
像一阵风转眼消逝。
40 他们在旷野屡屡反叛祂，
使祂伤心。
41 他们再三试探上帝，
惹以色列的圣者发怒。
42 他们忘记了祂的大能，
忘记了祂救他们脱离压迫的日子，
43 也忘记了祂在埃及所行的神迹，
在琐安的田野所行的奇事。
44 祂曾使江河溪流变成血，
以致无人能喝。
45 祂曾使成群的苍蝇吞没他们，
使青蛙毁灭他们。
46 祂将他们的五谷赏给蚱蜢，
让蝗虫吃尽他们的收成。
47 祂用冰雹毁坏他们的葡萄树，
用严霜毁坏他们的无花果树，
48 又用冰雹毁灭他们的牛群，
用闪电毁灭他们的牲畜。
49 祂把怒火、烈怒、愤恨和祸患倾倒在他们身上，
遣下一群降灾的天使。
50 祂的怒气尽发，
使他们被瘟疫吞噬，难逃一死。
51 祂击杀了埃及人所有的长子，
就是含帐篷中头生的儿子。
52 祂领出自己的子民，
好像领出羊群，
引领他们经过旷野，
53 使他们一路平安，免受惊吓，
大海却淹没了他们的仇敌。
54 祂带领自己的子民来到圣地的边界，
来到祂亲手为他们预备的山区，
55 从他们面前赶出外族人，
把外族人的土地分给他们，
作为他们的产业，
使以色列各支派安顿下来。
56 可是，他们仍旧试探上帝，
反叛至高者，不遵行祂的法度。
57 他们跟祖先一样背信弃义，
像断弓一样毫不可靠。
58 他们建造丘坛，惹祂发怒；
他们竖起神像，令祂愤怒。
59 上帝知道了他们的恶行，
怒不可遏，
彻底弃绝了以色列人。
60 祂离弃了设在示罗的圣幕，
就是祂在人间的居所。
61 祂任凭自己的约柜被人掳去，
让自己的荣耀落在敌人手中。
62 祂使自己的子民被刀剑杀戮，
向自己的产业大发怒气。
63 青年被烈火吞噬，
少女无法婚嫁。
64 祭司丧身刀下，
寡妇无法哭丧。
65 那时，主像从睡眠中醒来，
又如酒后醒来的勇士。
66 祂击退仇敌，
叫他们永远蒙羞。
67 祂丢弃了约瑟的子孙，
没有拣选以法莲支派。
68 祂拣选了犹大支派，
祂所喜爱的锡安山。
69 祂为自己建造高耸的圣所，
使它像大地一样长存。
70 祂拣选了祂的仆人大卫，
把他从羊圈中召来，
71 让他离开牧羊的生活，
去牧养祂的子民雅各的后裔，
牧养祂的产业以色列。
72 于是，大卫以正直的心牧养他们，
用灵巧的手带领他们。
Psalm 78
King James Version
78 Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
4 We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
14 In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
15 He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
17 And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
19 Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
20 Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
21 Therefore the Lord heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
25 Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.
26 He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.
27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.
29 So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;
30 They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
31 The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
32 For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.
33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
38 But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan.
44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
45 He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
46 He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.
47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
48 He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
50 He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
52 But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
53 And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.
55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
59 When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
61 And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.
62 He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.
63 The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
65 Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
69 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.
70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
71 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
Psalm 78
New King James Version
God’s Kindness to Rebellious Israel
A (A)Contemplation[a] of Asaph.
78 Give ear, O my people, to my law;
Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
2 I will open my mouth in a (B)parable;
I will utter [b]dark sayings of old,
3 Which we have heard and known,
And our fathers have told us.
4 (C)We will not hide them from their children,
(D)Telling to the generation to come the praises of the Lord,
And His strength and His wonderful works that He has done.
5 For (E)He established a testimony in Jacob,
And appointed a law in Israel,
Which He commanded our fathers,
That (F)they should make them known to their children;
6 (G)That the generation to come might know them,
The children who would be born,
That they may arise and declare them to their children,
7 That they may set their hope in God,
And not forget the works of God,
But keep His commandments;
8 And (H)may not be like their fathers,
(I)A stubborn and rebellious generation,
A generation (J)that did not [c]set its heart aright,
And whose spirit was not faithful to God.
9 The children of Ephraim, being armed and [d]carrying bows,
Turned back in the day of battle.
10 (K)They did not keep the covenant of God;
They refused to walk in His law,
11 And (L)forgot His works
And His wonders that He had shown them.
12 (M)Marvelous things He did in the sight of their fathers,
In the land of Egypt, (N)in the field of Zoan.
13 (O)He divided the sea and caused them to pass through;
And (P)He made the waters stand up like a heap.
14 (Q)In the daytime also He led them with the cloud,
And all the night with a light of fire.
15 (R)He split the rocks in the wilderness,
And gave them drink in abundance like the depths.
16 He also brought (S)streams out of the rock,
And caused waters to run down like rivers.
17 But they sinned even more against Him
By (T)rebelling against the Most High in the wilderness.
18 And (U)they tested God in their heart
By asking for the food of their fancy.
19 (V)Yes, they spoke against God:
They said, “Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
20 (W)Behold, He struck the rock,
So that the waters gushed out,
And the streams overflowed.
Can He give bread also?
Can He provide meat for His people?”
21 Therefore the Lord heard this and (X)was furious;
So a fire was kindled against Jacob,
And anger also came up against Israel,
22 Because they (Y)did not believe in God,
And did not trust in His salvation.
23 Yet He had commanded the clouds above,
(Z)And opened the doors of heaven,
24 (AA)Had rained down manna on them to eat,
And given them of the [e]bread of (AB)heaven.
25 Men ate angels’ food;
He sent them food to [f]the full.
26 (AC)He caused an east wind to blow in the heavens;
And by His power He brought in the south wind.
27 He also rained meat on them like the dust,
Feathered fowl like the sand of the seas;
28 And He let them fall in the midst of their camp,
All around their dwellings.
29 (AD)So they ate and were well filled,
For He gave them their own desire.
30 They were not [g]deprived of their craving;
But (AE)while their food was still in their mouths,
31 The wrath of God came against them,
And slew the stoutest of them,
And struck down the choice men of Israel.
32 In spite of this (AF)they still sinned,
And (AG)did not believe in His wondrous works.
33 (AH)Therefore their days He consumed in futility,
And their years in fear.
34 (AI)When He slew them, then they sought Him;
And they returned and sought earnestly for God.
35 Then they remembered that (AJ)God was their rock,
And the Most High God (AK)their Redeemer.
36 Nevertheless they (AL)flattered Him with their mouth,
And they lied to Him with their tongue;
37 For their heart was not steadfast with Him,
Nor were they faithful in His covenant.
38 (AM)But He, being full of (AN)compassion, forgave their iniquity,
And did not destroy them.
Yes, many a time (AO)He turned His anger away,
And (AP)did not stir up all His wrath;
39 For (AQ)He remembered (AR)that they were but flesh,
(AS)A breath that passes away and does not come again.
40 How often they (AT)provoked[h] Him in the wilderness,
And grieved Him in the desert!
41 Yes, (AU)again and again they tempted God,
And limited the Holy One of Israel.
42 They did not remember His [i]power:
The day when He redeemed them from the enemy,
43 When He worked His signs in Egypt,
And His wonders in the field of Zoan;
44 (AV)Turned their rivers into blood,
And their streams, that they could not drink.
45 (AW)He sent swarms of flies among them, which devoured them,
And (AX)frogs, which destroyed them.
46 He also gave their crops to the caterpillar,
And their labor to the (AY)locust.
47 (AZ)He destroyed their vines with hail,
And their sycamore trees with frost.
48 He also gave up their (BA)cattle to the hail,
And their flocks to fiery [j]lightning.
49 He cast on them the fierceness of His anger,
Wrath, indignation, and trouble,
By sending angels of destruction among them.
50 He made a path for His anger;
He did not spare their soul from death,
But gave [k]their life over to the plague,
51 And destroyed all the (BB)firstborn in Egypt,
The first of their strength in the tents of Ham.
52 But He (BC)made His own people go forth like sheep,
And guided them in the wilderness like a flock;
53 And He (BD)led them on safely, so that they did not fear;
But the sea (BE)overwhelmed their enemies.
54 And He brought them to His (BF)holy border,
This mountain (BG)which His right hand had acquired.
55 (BH)He also drove out the nations before them,
(BI)Allotted them an inheritance by [l]survey,
And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.
56 (BJ)Yet they tested and provoked the Most High God,
And did not keep His testimonies,
57 But (BK)turned back and acted unfaithfully like their fathers;
They were turned aside (BL)like a deceitful bow.
58 (BM)For they provoked Him to anger with their (BN)high places,
And moved Him to jealousy with their carved images.
59 When God heard this, He was furious,
And greatly abhorred Israel,
60 (BO)So that He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh,
The tent He had placed among men,
61 (BP)And delivered His strength into captivity,
And His glory into the enemy’s hand.
62 (BQ)He also gave His people over to the sword,
And was furious with His inheritance.
63 The fire consumed their young men,
And (BR)their maidens were not given in marriage.
64 (BS)Their priests fell by the sword,
And (BT)their widows made no lamentation.
65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,
(BU)Like a mighty man who shouts because of wine.
66 And (BV)He beat back His enemies;
He put them to a perpetual reproach.
67 Moreover He rejected the tent of Joseph,
And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
68 But chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount Zion (BW)which He loved.
69 And He built His (BX)sanctuary like the heights,
Like the earth which He has established forever.
70 (BY)He also chose David His servant,
And took him from the sheepfolds;
71 From following (BZ)the ewes that had young He brought him,
(CA)To shepherd Jacob His people,
And Israel His inheritance.
72 So he shepherded them according to the (CB)integrity of his heart,
And guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.
Footnotes
- Psalm 78:1 Heb. Maschil
- Psalm 78:2 obscure sayings or riddles
- Psalm 78:8 Lit. prepare its heart
- Psalm 78:9 Lit. bow shooters
- Psalm 78:24 Lit. grain
- Psalm 78:25 satiation
- Psalm 78:30 Lit. separated
- Psalm 78:40 rebelled against Him
- Psalm 78:42 Lit. hand
- Psalm 78:48 lightning bolts
- Psalm 78:50 Or their beasts
- Psalm 78:55 surveyed measurement, lit. measuring cord
Psalm 78
English Standard Version
Tell the Coming Generation
A Maskil[a] of (A)Asaph.
78 (B)Give ear, O my people, to my teaching;
incline your ears to the words of my mouth!
2 (C)I will open my mouth (D)in a parable;
I will utter dark sayings from of old,
3 things that we have heard and known,
that our (E)fathers have told us.
4 We will not (F)hide them from their children,
but (G)tell to the coming generation
the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might,
and (H)the wonders that he has done.
5 He established (I)a testimony in (J)Jacob
and appointed a law in (K)Israel,
which he commanded our fathers
to teach to their children,
6 that (L)the next generation might know them,
the children yet unborn,
and arise and tell them to their children,
7 so that they should set their hope in God
and not forget (M)the works of God,
but (N)keep his commandments;
8 and that they should not be (O)like their fathers,
(P)a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation (Q)whose heart was not steadfast,
whose spirit was not faithful to God.
9 The Ephraimites, armed with[b] the bow,
(R)turned back on the day of battle.
10 They (S)did not keep God's covenant,
but refused to walk according to his law.
11 They (T)forgot his works
and (U)the wonders that he had shown them.
12 In the sight of their fathers (V)he performed wonders
in the land of Egypt, in (W)the fields of Zoan.
13 He (X)divided the sea and let them pass through it,
and made the waters (Y)stand like a heap.
14 (Z)In the daytime he led them with a cloud,
and all the night with a fiery light.
15 He (AA)split rocks in the wilderness
and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep.
16 He made streams come out of (AB)the rock
and caused waters to flow down like rivers.
17 Yet they sinned still more against him,
(AC)rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
18 They (AD)tested God in their heart
by demanding the food they craved.
19 They spoke against God, saying,
(AE)“Can God (AF)spread a table in the wilderness?
20 (AG)He struck the rock so that water gushed out
and streams overflowed.
Can he also give bread
or provide meat for his people?”
21 Therefore, when the Lord heard, he was full of wrath;
(AH)a fire was kindled against Jacob;
his anger rose against Israel,
22 because they (AI)did not believe in God
and did not trust his saving power.
23 Yet he commanded the skies above
and (AJ)opened the doors of heaven,
24 and he (AK)rained down on them manna to eat
and gave them (AL)the grain of heaven.
25 Man ate of the bread of (AM)the angels;
he sent them food (AN)in abundance.
26 He (AO)caused the east wind to blow in the heavens,
and by his power he led out the south wind;
27 he rained meat on them like (AP)dust,
winged birds like (AQ)the sand of the seas;
28 he (AR)let them fall in the midst of their camp,
all around their dwellings.
29 And they (AS)ate and were well filled,
for he gave them what they (AT)craved.
30 But before they had satisfied their craving,
(AU)while the food was still in their mouths,
31 the anger of God rose against them,
and he killed (AV)the strongest of them
and laid low (AW)the young men of Israel.
32 In spite of all this, they (AX)still sinned;
(AY)despite his wonders, they did not believe.
33 So he made (AZ)their days (BA)vanish like[c] a breath,[d]
and their years in terror.
34 When he killed them, they (BB)sought him;
they repented and sought God earnestly.
35 They remembered that God was their (BC)rock,
the Most High God their (BD)redeemer.
36 But they (BE)flattered him with their mouths;
they (BF)lied to him with their tongues.
37 Their (BG)heart was not (BH)steadfast toward him;
they were not faithful to his covenant.
38 Yet he, being (BI)compassionate,
(BJ)atoned for their iniquity
and did not destroy them;
he restrained his anger often
and did not stir up all his wrath.
39 He (BK)remembered that they were but (BL)flesh,
(BM)a wind that passes and comes not again.
40 How often they (BN)rebelled against him in the wilderness
and (BO)grieved him in (BP)the desert!
41 They (BQ)tested God again and again
and provoked (BR)the Holy One of Israel.
42 They (BS)did not remember his power[e]
or the day when he redeemed them from the foe,
43 (BT)when he performed his (BU)signs in Egypt
and his (BV)marvels in (BW)the fields of Zoan.
44 He (BX)turned their rivers to blood,
so that they could not drink of their streams.
45 He sent among them swarms of (BY)flies, which devoured them,
and (BZ)frogs, which destroyed them.
46 He gave their crops to (CA)the destroying locust
and the fruit of their labor to the locust.
47 He destroyed their vines with (CB)hail
and their sycamores with frost.
48 He gave over their (CC)cattle to the hail
and their flocks to thunderbolts.
49 He let loose on them his burning anger,
wrath, indignation, and distress,
a company of (CD)destroying angels.
50 He made a path for his anger;
he did not spare them from death,
but gave their lives over to the plague.
51 He struck down every (CE)firstborn in Egypt,
the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of (CF)Ham.
52 Then he led out his people (CG)like sheep
and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
53 (CH)He led them in safety, so that they (CI)were not afraid,
but (CJ)the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
54 And he brought them to his (CK)holy land,
(CL)to the mountain which his right hand had (CM)won.
55 He (CN)drove out nations before them;
he (CO)apportioned them for a possession
and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
56 Yet they (CP)tested and (CQ)rebelled against the Most High God
and did not keep his testimonies,
57 but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers;
they twisted like (CR)a deceitful bow.
58 For they (CS)provoked him to anger with their (CT)high places;
they (CU)moved him to jealousy with their (CV)idols.
59 When God heard, he was full of (CW)wrath,
and he utterly rejected Israel.
60 He (CX)forsook his dwelling at (CY)Shiloh,
the tent where he dwelt among mankind,
61 and delivered his (CZ)power to captivity,
his (DA)glory to the hand of the foe.
62 He (DB)gave his people over to the sword
and (DC)vented his wrath on his heritage.
63 (DD)Fire devoured their young men,
and their young women had no (DE)marriage song.
64 Their (DF)priests fell by the sword,
and their (DG)widows made no lamentation.
65 Then the Lord (DH)awoke as from sleep,
like a strong man shouting because of wine.
66 And he (DI)put his adversaries to rout;
he put them to everlasting shame.
67 He rejected the tent of (DJ)Joseph;
he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
68 but he chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount Zion, which he (DK)loves.
69 He (DL)built his sanctuary like the high heavens,
like the earth, which he has founded forever.
70 He (DM)chose David his servant
and took him from the sheepfolds;
71 from (DN)following the nursing ewes he brought him
to (DO)shepherd Jacob his people,
Israel his (DP)inheritance.
72 With (DQ)upright heart he shepherded them
and (DR)guided them with his skillful hand.
Footnotes
- Psalm 78:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
- Psalm 78:9 Hebrew armed and shooting
- Psalm 78:33 Hebrew in
- Psalm 78:33 Or vapor
- Psalm 78:42 Hebrew hand
Psaltaren 78
Svenska 1917
78 En sång av Asaf. Lyssna, mitt folk, till min undervisning; böjen edra öron till min muns ord.
2 Jag vill öppna min mun till lärorikt tal, uppenbara förborgade ting ifrån fordom.
3 Vad vi hava hört och känna, och vad våra fäder hava förtäljt för oss,
4 det vilja vi icke dölja för deras barn; för ett kommande släkte vilja vi förtälja HERRENS lov och hans makt och de under han har gjort.
5 Ty han upprättade ett vittnesbörd i Jakob och stiftade en lag i Israel; han påbjöd den för våra fäder, och de skulle kungöra den för sina barn.
6 Så skulle det bliva kunnigt för ett kommande släkte, för barn som en gång skulle födas, och dessa skulle stå upp och förtälja det för sina barn.
7 Då skulle de sätta sitt hopp till Gud och icke förgäta Guds verk, utan taga hans bud i akt.
8 Och de skulle icke bliva, såsom deras fäder, ett gensträvigt och upproriskt släkte, ett släkte som icke höll sitt hjärta ståndaktigt, och vars ande icke var trofast mot Gud.
9 Efraims barn, välbeväpnade bågskyttar, vände om på stridens dag.
10 De höllo icke Guds förbund, och efter hans lag ville de ej vandra.
11 De glömde hans gärningar och de under han hade låtit dem se.
12 Ja, inför deras fäder hade han gjort under, i Egyptens land, på Soans mark.
13 Han klöv havet och lät dem gå därigenom och lät vattnet stå såsom en hög.
14 Han ledde dem om dagen med molnskyn, och hela natten med eldens sken.
15 Han klöv sönder klippor i öknen och gav dem rikligen att dricka, såsom ur väldiga hav.
16 Rinnande bäckar lät han framgå ur klippan och vatten flyta ned såsom strömmar.
17 Likväl syndade de allt framgent mot honom och voro gensträviga mot den Högste, i öknen.
18 De frestade Gud i sina hjärtan, i det de begärde mat för sin lystnad.
19 Och de talade mot Gud, de sade: »Kan väl Gud duka ett bord i öknen?
20 Se, visst slog han klippan, så att vatten flödade och bäckar strömmade fram, men kan han ock giva bröd eller skaffa kött åt sitt folk?»
21 Så förgrymmades då HERREN, när han hörde det; och eld upptändes i Jakob, jag, vrede kom över Israel,
22 eftersom de icke trodde på Gud och ej förtröstade på hans frälsning.
23 Och han gav befallning åt skyarna i höjden och öppnade himmelens dörrar;
24 han lät manna regna över dem till föda, och korn från himmelen gav han dem.
25 Änglabröd fingo människor äta; han sände dem mat till fyllest.
26 Han lät östanvinden fara ut på himmelen, och genom sin makt förde han sunnanvinden fram.
27 Och han lät kött regna över dem såsom stoft, bevingade fåglar såsom havets sand;
28 han lät det falla ned i sitt läger, runt omkring sin boning.
29 Då åto de och blevo övermätta; han lät dem få vad de hade lystnad efter.
30 Men ännu hade de icke stillat sin lystnad, ännu var maten i deras mun,
31 då kom Guds vrede över dem; han sände död bland deras ypperste och slog ned Israels unga män.
32 Likväl syndade de alltjämt och trodde icke på hans under.
33 Då lät han deras dagar försvinna i förgängelse och deras år i plötslig undergång.
34 När han dräpte folket, frågade de efter honom och vände om och sökte Gud.
35 De tänkte då på att Gud var deras klippa, och att Gud den Högste var deras förlossare;
36 och de talade inställsamt för honom med sin mun och skrymtade för honom med sin tunga.
37 Men deras hjärtan höllo sig icke ståndaktigt vid honom, och de voro icke trogna i hans förbund.
38 Dock, han är barmhärtig, han förlåter missgärning, och han vill icke fördärva. Därför avvände han ofta sin vrede och lät ej hela sin förtörnelse bryta fram.
39 Ty han tänkte därpå att de voro kött, en vind som far bort och icke kommer åter.
40 Huru ofta voro de ej gensträviga mot honom i öknen och bedrövade honom i ödemarken!
41 Ja, de frestade Gud allt framgent och förtörnade Israels Helige.
42 De betänkte icke vad hans hand hade uträttat på den tid då han förlossade dem från ovännen,
43 då han gjorde sina tecken i Egypten och sina under på Soans mark.
44 Där förvandlade han deras strömmar till blod, så att de ej kunde dricka ur sina rinnande vatten;
45 han sände bland dem flugsvärmar, som åto dem, och paddor, som voro dem till fördärv.
46 Han gav deras gröda åt gräsmaskar och deras arbetes frukt åt gräshoppor;
47 han slog deras vinträd med hagel och deras fikonträd med hagelstenar;
48 han gav deras husdjur till pris åt hagel och deras boskap åt ljungeldar.
49 Han sände över dem sin vredes glöd, förgrymmelse och ogunst och nöd, en skara av olycksänglar.
50 Han gav fritt lopp åt sin vrede; han skonade icke deras själ från döden, utan gav deras liv till pris åt pesten.
51 Och han slog allt förstfött i Egypten, kraftens förstling i Hams hyddor.
52 Och han lät sitt folk bryta upp såsom en fårhjord och förde dem såsom en boskapshjord genom öknen.
53 Han ledde dem säkert, så att de icke behövde frukta; men deras fiender övertäcktes av havet.
54 Och han lät dem komma till sitt heliga land, till det berg som hans högra hand hade förvärvat.
55 Han förjagade hedningarna för dem och gav dem deras land till arvslott och lät Israels stammar bo i deras hyddor.
56 Men i sin gensträvighet frestade de Gud den Högste och höllo icke hans vittnesbörd;
57 de veko trolöst tillbaka, de såsom deras fäder, de vände om, lika en båge som sviker.
58 De förtörnade honom med sina offerhöjder och retade honom genom sina beläten.
59 Gud förnam det och vart förgrymmad och förkastade Israel med harm.
60 Och han försköt sin boning i Silo, det tält han hade slagit upp bland människorna;
61 han gav sin makt i fångenskap och sin ära i fiendehand.
62 Ja, han gav sitt folk till pris åt svärdet, och på sin arvedel förgrymmades han.
63 Deras unga män förtärdes av eld, och deras jungfrur blevo utan brudsång.
64 Deras präster föllo för svärd, och inga änkor kunde hålla klagogråt.
65 Då vaknade Herren såsom ur en sömn, han reste sig, lik en hjälte som hade legat dövad av vin.
66 Och han slog sina ovänner tillbaka, evig smälek lät han komma över dem.
67 Han förkastade ock Josefs hydda och utvalde icke Efraims stam.
68 Men han utvalde Juda stam, Sions berg, som han älskade.
69 Och han byggde sin helgedom hög såsom himmelen, fast såsom jorden, som han har grundat för evigt.
70 Och han utvalde sin tjänare David och tog honom ifrån fårhjordens fållor.
71 Ja, ifrån fåren hämtade han honom och satte honom till en herde för Jakob, sitt folk, och för Israel, sin arvedel.
72 Och han var deras herde med redligt hjärta och ledde dem med förståndig hand.
Chinese Contemporary Bible Copyright © 1979, 2005, 2007, 2011 by Biblica® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV Text Edition: 2025.
