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Psalm 78:21-55
New International Version
Psalm 78:21-55
New International Version
21 When the Lord heard them, he was furious;
his fire broke out(A) against Jacob,
and his wrath rose against Israel,
22 for they did not believe in God
or trust(B) in his deliverance.
23 Yet he gave a command to the skies above
and opened the doors of the heavens;(C)
24 he rained down manna(D) 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(E) from the heavens
and by his power made the south wind blow.
27 He rained meat down on them like dust,
birds(F) 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—(G)
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,(H)
31 God’s anger rose against them;
he put to death the sturdiest(I) among them,
cutting down the young men of Israel.
32 In spite of all this, they kept on sinning;(J)
in spite of his wonders,(K) they did not believe.(L)
33 So he ended their days in futility(M)
and their years in terror.
34 Whenever God slew them, they would seek(N) him;
they eagerly turned to him again.
35 They remembered that God was their Rock,(O)
that God Most High was their Redeemer.(P)
36 But then they would flatter him with their mouths,(Q)
lying to him with their tongues;
37 their hearts were not loyal(R) to him,
they were not faithful to his covenant.
38 Yet he was merciful;(S)
he forgave(T) their iniquities(U)
and did not destroy them.
Time after time he restrained his anger(V)
and did not stir up his full wrath.
39 He remembered that they were but flesh,(W)
a passing breeze(X) that does not return.
40 How often they rebelled(Y) against him in the wilderness(Z)
and grieved him(AA) in the wasteland!
41 Again and again they put God to the test;(AB)
they vexed the Holy One of Israel.(AC)
42 They did not remember(AD) his power—
the day he redeemed them from the oppressor,(AE)
43 the day he displayed his signs(AF) in Egypt,
his wonders(AG) in the region of Zoan.
44 He turned their river into blood;(AH)
they could not drink from their streams.
45 He sent swarms of flies(AI) that devoured them,
and frogs(AJ) that devastated them.
46 He gave their crops to the grasshopper,(AK)
their produce to the locust.(AL)
47 He destroyed their vines with hail(AM)
and their sycamore-figs with sleet.
48 He gave over their cattle to the hail,
their livestock(AN) to bolts of lightning.
49 He unleashed against them his hot anger,(AO)
his wrath, indignation and hostility—
a band of destroying angels.(AP)
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,(AQ)
the firstfruits of manhood in the tents of Ham.(AR)
52 But he brought his people out like a flock;(AS)
he led them like sheep through the wilderness.
53 He guided them safely, so they were unafraid;
but the sea engulfed(AT) their enemies.(AU)
54 And so he brought them to the border of his holy land,
to the hill country his right hand(AV) had taken.
55 He drove out nations(AW) before them
and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance;(AX)
he settled the tribes of Israel in their homes.
Psalm 78:21-55
King James Version
Psalm 78:21-55
King James Version
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.
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