⁵ For He established a ^(A)testimony in Jacob
And set a ^(B)law in Israel,
Which He ^(C)commanded our fathers
That they should ^[a](D)teach them to their children,
^6 (E)That the generation to come might know, even ^(F)the children yet to be born,
That they may arise and ^(G)recount them to their children,
⁷ That they should set their confidence in God
And ^(H)not forget the deeds of God,
But ^(I)observe His commandments,
⁸ And ^(J)not be like their fathers,
A ^(K)stubborn and rebellious generation,
A generation that ^(L)did not ^[b]prepare its heart
And whose spirit was not ^(M)faithful to God.

⁹ The sons of Ephraim ^[c]were ^(N)archers equipped with bows,
Yet ^(O)they turned back in the day of battle.
¹⁰ They ^(P)did not keep the covenant of God
And refused to ^(Q)walk in His law;
¹¹ So they ^(R)forgot His acts
And His ^[d]wondrous deeds that He had shown them.
^12 (S)He did wonders before their fathers
In the land of Egypt, in the ^(T)field of Zoan.
¹³ He ^(U)split the sea and caused them to pass through,
And He made the waters stand ^(V)up like a heap.
¹⁴ Then He led them with the cloud by ^(W)day
And all the night with a ^(X)light of fire.
¹⁵ He was ^(Y)splitting the rocks in the wilderness
And so gave them abundant drink like the ocean depths.
¹⁶ He ^(Z)brought forth streams also from the cliff face
And caused waters to run down like rivers.

¹⁷ Yet they still continued to sin against Him,
To ^(AA)rebel against the Most High in the desert.
¹⁸ And in their heart they ^(AB)put God to the test
By asking for ^(AC)food according to their desire.
¹⁹ Then they spoke against God;
They said, “^(AD)Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
²⁰ Behold, He ^(AE)struck the rock so that waters gushed out,
And streams were overflowing;
Can He give bread also?
Will He prepare ^[e](AF)meat for His people?”

²¹ Therefore Yahweh heard and ^[f]was ^(AG)full of wrath;
And a fire was kindled against Jacob
And anger also mounted against Israel,
²² Because they ^(AH)did not believe in God
And did not trust in His salvation.
²³ Yet He commanded the skies above
And ^(AI)opened the doors of heaven;
²⁴ He ^(AJ)rained down manna upon them to eat
And gave them ^(AK)grain from heaven.
²⁵ Man ate the bread of ^[g]angels;
He sent them provision ^(AL)to satisfy.
²⁶ He ^(AM)led forth the east wind in the heavens
And by His strength He guided the south wind.
²⁷ Then He rained ^[h]meat upon them like the dust,
Even ^(AN)winged fowl like the sand of the seas,
²⁸ He caused them to fall in the midst of His camp,
All around His dwelling places.
²⁹ So they ^(AO)ate and were very satisfied,
And their desire He brought to them.
^30 [i]Before they had satisfied their desire,
^(AP)While their food was in their mouths,
³¹ The ^(AQ)anger of God rose against them
And killed ^[j]some of their ^(AR)stoutest ones,
And ^[k]subdued the choice men of Israel.
³² In spite of all this they ^(AS)still sinned
And ^(AT)did not believe in His wondrous deeds.
³³ So He brought ^(AU)their days to an end in ^[l]futility
And their years in sudden terror.

³⁴ When He killed them, then they ^(AV)sought Him,
And returned and sought ^(AW)earnestly for God;
³⁵ And they remembered that God was their ^(AX)rock,
And the Most High God their ^(AY)Redeemer.
³⁶ But they ^(AZ)deceived Him with their mouth
And ^(BA)lied to Him with their tongue.
³⁷ For their heart was not ^(BB)prepared to remain with Him,
Nor were they faithful in His covenant.
³⁸ But He, being ^(BC)compassionate, ^(BD)atoned for their iniquity and did not destroy them;
And He abounded in ^(BE)turning back His anger
And did not arouse all His wrath.
³⁹ Thus ^(BF)He remembered that they were but ^(BG)flesh,
A ^[m](BH)wind that goes and does not return.

⁴⁰ How often they ^(BI)rebelled against Him in the wilderness
And ^(BJ)grieved Him in the ^(BK)wasteland!
⁴¹ Again and again they ^[n](BL)tested God,
And pained the ^(BM)Holy One of Israel.
⁴² They ^(BN)did not remember ^(BO)His ^[o]power,
The day when He ^(BP)redeemed them from the adversary,
⁴³ When He performed His ^(BQ)signs in Egypt
And His ^(BR)miracles in the field of Zoan,
⁴⁴ And ^(BS)turned their rivers to blood,
And their streams, they could not drink.
⁴⁵ He sent among them swarms of ^(BT)flies which devoured them,
And ^(BU)frogs which destroyed them.
⁴⁶ He gave also their crops to the ^(BV)grasshopper
And the fruit of their labor to the ^(BW)locust.
⁴⁷ He killed their vines with ^(BX)hailstones
And their sycamore trees with frost.
⁴⁸ He gave over their ^(BY)cattle also to the hailstones
And their herds to bolts of lightning.
⁴⁹ He ^(BZ)sent upon them His burning anger,
Fury and indignation and ^[p]distress,
^[q]A band of destroying angels.
⁵⁰ He leveled a path for His anger;
He did not hold back their soul from death,
But ^(CA)gave over their life to the plague,
⁵¹ So He ^(CB)struck all the firstborn in Egypt,
The ^(CC)first of their vigor in the tents of ^(CD)Ham.
⁵² But He ^(CE)led forth His own people like sheep
And guided them in the wilderness ^(CF)like a flock;
⁵³ He led them ^(CG)safely, so that they did not fear;
But ^(CH)the sea covered their enemies.

⁵⁴ So ^(CI)He brought them to His holy ^[r]land,
To this ^[s](CJ)hill country ^(CK)which His right hand had acquired.
⁵⁵ He also ^(CL)drove out the nations before them
And ^(CM)apportioned them for an inheritance by measurement,
And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.
⁵⁶ Yet they ^[t](CN)tested and ^(CO)rebelled against the Most High God
And did not keep His testimonies,
⁵⁷ But turned back and ^(CP)acted treacherously like their fathers;
They ^(CQ)turned aside like a treacherous bow.
⁵⁸ For they ^(CR)provoked Him with their ^(CS)high places
And ^(CT)aroused His jealousy with their ^(CU)graven images.
⁵⁹ God heard and ^[u]was filled with ^(CV)wrath
And greatly ^(CW)rejected Israel;
⁶⁰ So that He ^(CX)abandoned the ^(CY)dwelling place at Shiloh,
The tent ^[v]which He caused to dwell among men,
⁶¹ And gave up His ^(CZ)strength to captivity
And His beauty ^(DA)into the hand of the adversary.
⁶² He also ^(DB)gave over His people to the sword,
And ^[w]was filled with wrath at His inheritance.
^63 (DC)Fire devoured ^[x]His choice men,
And ^[y]His ^(DD)virgins had no wedding songs.
^64 [z]His ^(DE)priests fell by the sword,
And ^[aa]His ^(DF)widows could not weep.

⁶⁵ Then the Lord ^(DG)awoke as if from sleep,
As if He were a ^(DH)warrior ^[ab]overcome by wine.
⁶⁶ He ^(DI)struck His adversaries backward;
He put on them an everlasting reproach.
⁶⁷ He also ^(DJ)rejected the tent of Joseph,
And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
⁶⁸ But chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount ^(DK)Zion which He loved.
⁶⁹ And He ^(DL)built His sanctuary like the heights,
Like the earth which He has founded forever.
⁷⁰ He also ^(DM)chose David His servant
And took him from the sheepfolds;
⁷¹ From ^(DN)following the ^[ac](DO)nursing ewes He brought him
To ^(DP)shepherd Jacob His people,
And Israel ^(DQ)His inheritance.
⁷² So he shepherded them according to the ^(DR)integrity of his heart,
And led them with his skillful hands.