⁵ For He established a ^(I)testimony in Jacob
And appointed a ^(J)law in Israel,
Which He ^(K)commanded our fathers
That they should ^[c](L)teach them to their children,
^6 (M)That the generation to come might know, even ^(N)the children yet to be born,
That they may arise and ^(O)tell them to their children,
⁷ That they should put their confidence in God
And ^(P)not forget the works of God,
But ^(Q)keep His commandments,
⁸ And ^(R)not be like their fathers,
A ^(S)stubborn and rebellious generation,
A generation that ^(T)did not ^[d]prepare its heart
And whose spirit was not ^(U)faithful to God.

⁹ The sons of Ephraim ^[e]were ^(V)archers equipped with bows,
Yet ^(W)they turned back in the day of battle.
¹⁰ They ^(X)did not keep the covenant of God
And refused to ^(Y)walk in His law;
¹¹ They ^(Z)forgot His deeds
And His ^[f]miracles that He had shown them.
^12 (AA)He wrought wonders before their fathers
In the land of Egypt, in the ^(AB)field of Zoan.
¹³ He ^(AC)divided the sea and caused them to pass through,
And He made the waters stand ^(AD)up like a heap.
¹⁴ Then He led them with the cloud by ^(AE)day
And all the night with a ^(AF)light of fire.
¹⁵ He ^(AG)split the rocks in the wilderness
And gave them abundant drink like the ocean depths.
¹⁶ He ^(AH)brought forth streams also from the rock
And caused waters to run down like rivers.

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

²¹ Therefore the Lord heard and ^[h]was ^(AO)full of wrath;
And a fire was kindled against Jacob
And anger also mounted against Israel,
²² Because they ^(AP)did not believe in God
And did not trust in His salvation.
²³ Yet He commanded the clouds above
And ^(AQ)opened the doors of heaven;
²⁴ He ^(AR)rained down manna upon them to eat
And gave them ^[i](AS)food from heaven.
²⁵ Man did eat the bread of ^[j]angels;
He sent them ^[k]food ^[l](AT)in abundance.
²⁶ He ^(AU)caused the east wind to blow in the heavens
And by His ^[m]power He directed the south wind.
²⁷ When He rained ^[n]meat upon them like the dust,
Even ^(AV)winged fowl like the sand of the seas,
²⁸ Then He let them fall in the midst of ^[o]their camp,
Round about their dwellings.
²⁹ So they ^(AW)ate and were well filled,
And their desire He gave to them.
^30 [p]Before they had satisfied their desire,
^(AX)While their food was in their mouths,
³¹ The ^(AY)anger of God rose against them
And killed ^[q]some of their ^(AZ)stoutest ones,
And ^[r]subdued the choice men of Israel.
³² In spite of all this they ^(BA)still sinned
And ^(BB)did not believe in His wonderful works.
³³ So He brought ^(BC)their days to an end in ^[s]futility
And their years in sudden terror.

³⁴ When He killed them, then they ^(BD)sought Him,
And returned and searched ^(BE)diligently for God;
³⁵ And they remembered that God was their ^(BF)rock,
And the Most High God their ^(BG)Redeemer.
³⁶ But they ^(BH)deceived Him with their mouth
And ^(BI)lied to Him with their tongue.
³⁷ For their heart was not ^(BJ)steadfast toward Him,
Nor were they faithful in His covenant.
³⁸ But He, being ^(BK)compassionate, ^[t](BL)forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them;
And often He ^[u](BM)restrained His anger
And did not arouse all His wrath.
³⁹ Thus ^(BN)He remembered that they were but ^(BO)flesh,
A ^[v](BP)wind that passes and does not return.

⁴⁰ How often they ^(BQ)rebelled against Him in the wilderness
And ^(BR)grieved Him in the ^(BS)desert!
⁴¹ Again and again they ^[w](BT)tempted God,
And pained the ^(BU)Holy One of Israel.
⁴² They ^(BV)did not remember ^(BW)His ^[x]power,
The day when He ^(BX)redeemed them from the adversary,
⁴³ When He performed His ^(BY)signs in Egypt
And His ^(BZ)marvels in the field of Zoan,
⁴⁴ And ^(CA)turned their rivers to blood,
And their streams, they could not drink.
⁴⁵ He sent among them swarms of ^(CB)flies which devoured them,
And ^(CC)frogs which destroyed them.
⁴⁶ He gave also their crops to the ^(CD)grasshopper
And the product of their labor to the ^(CE)locust.
⁴⁷ He ^[y]destroyed their vines with ^(CF)hailstones
And their sycamore trees with frost.
⁴⁸ He gave over their ^(CG)cattle also to the hailstones
And their herds to bolts of lightning.
⁴⁹ He ^(CH)sent upon them His burning anger,
Fury and indignation and trouble,
^[z]A band of destroying angels.
⁵⁰ He leveled a path for His anger;
He did not spare their soul from death,
But ^(CI)gave over their life to the plague,
⁵¹ And ^(CJ)smote all the firstborn in Egypt,
The ^(CK)first issue of their virility in the tents of ^(CL)Ham.
⁵² But He ^(CM)led forth His own people like sheep
And guided them in the wilderness ^(CN)like a flock;
⁵³ He led them ^(CO)safely, so that they did not fear;
But ^(CP)the sea engulfed their enemies.

⁵⁴ So ^(CQ)He brought them to His holy ^[aa]land,
To this ^[ab](CR)hill country ^(CS)which His right hand had gained.
⁵⁵ He also ^(CT)drove out the nations before them
And ^(CU)apportioned them for an inheritance by measurement,
And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.
⁵⁶ Yet they ^[ac](CV)tempted and ^(CW)rebelled against the Most High God
And did not keep His testimonies,
⁵⁷ But turned back and ^(CX)acted treacherously like their fathers;
They ^(CY)turned aside like a treacherous bow.
⁵⁸ For they ^(CZ)provoked Him with their ^(DA)high places
And ^(DB)aroused His jealousy with their ^(DC)graven images.
⁵⁹ When God heard, He ^[ad]was filled with ^(DD)wrath
And greatly ^(DE)abhorred Israel;
⁶⁰ So that He ^(DF)abandoned the ^(DG)dwelling place at Shiloh,
The tent ^[ae]which He had pitched among men,
⁶¹ And gave up His ^(DH)strength to captivity
And His glory ^(DI)into the hand of the adversary.
⁶² He also ^(DJ)delivered His people to the sword,
And ^[af]was filled with wrath at His inheritance.
^63 (DK)Fire devoured ^[ag]His young men,
And ^[ah]His ^(DL)virgins had no wedding songs.
^64 [ai]His ^(DM)priests fell by the sword,
And ^[aj]His ^(DN)widows could not weep.

⁶⁵ Then the Lord ^(DO)awoke as if from sleep,
Like a ^(DP)warrior ^[ak]overcome by wine.
⁶⁶ He ^[al](DQ)drove His adversaries backward;
He put on them an everlasting reproach.
⁶⁷ He also ^(DR)rejected the tent of Joseph,
And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
⁶⁸ But chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount ^(DS)Zion which He loved.
⁶⁹ And He ^(DT)built His sanctuary like the heights,
Like the earth which He has founded forever.
⁷⁰ He also ^(DU)chose David His servant
And took him from the sheepfolds;
⁷¹ From ^[am](DV)the care of the ^[an]ewes ^(DW)with suckling lambs He brought him
To ^(DX)shepherd Jacob His people,
And Israel ^(DY)His inheritance.
⁷² So he shepherded them according to the ^(DZ)integrity of his heart,
And guided them with his skillful hands.

^8 (EP)Do not remember ^[aq]the iniquities of our forefathers against us;
Let Your compassion come quickly to ^(EQ)meet us,
For we are ^(ER)brought very low.
^9 (ES)Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of ^(ET)Your name;
And deliver us and ^[ar](EU)forgive our sins ^(EV)for Your name’s sake.
^10 (EW)Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”
Let there be known among the nations in our sight,
^(EX)Vengeance for the blood of Your servants which has been shed.
¹¹ Let ^(EY)the groaning of the prisoner come before You;
According to the greatness of Your ^[as]power preserve ^[at]those who are ^(EZ)doomed to die.
¹² And return to our neighbors ^(FA)sevenfold ^(FB)into their bosom
^[au]The ^(FC)reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord.
¹³ So we Your people and the ^(FD)sheep of Your ^[av]pasture
Will ^(FE)give thanks to You forever;
To all generations we will ^(FF)tell of Your praise.

⁴ O ^(FN)Lord God of hosts,
^(FO)How long will You ^[az]be angry with the prayer of Your people?
⁵ You have fed them with the ^(FP)bread of tears,
And You have made them to drink tears in ^[ba]large measure.
⁶ You make us ^[bb]an object of contention ^(FQ)to our neighbors,
And our enemies laugh among themselves.
⁷ O God of hosts, restore us
And cause Your face to shine upon us, ^[bc]and we will be saved.

⁸ You removed a ^(FR)vine from Egypt;
You ^(FS)drove out the ^[bd]nations and ^(FT)planted it.
⁹ You ^(FU)cleared the ground before it,
And it ^(FV)took deep root and filled the land.
¹⁰ The mountains were covered with its shadow,
And ^[be]the cedars of God with its ^(FW)boughs.
¹¹ It was sending out its branches ^(FX)to the sea
And its shoots to the River.
¹² Why have You ^(FY)broken down its ^[bf]hedges,
So that all who pass that way pick its fruit?
¹³ A boar from the forest ^(FZ)eats it away
And whatever moves in the field feeds on it.

¹⁴ O God of hosts, ^(GA)turn again now, we beseech You;
^(GB)Look down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine,
¹⁵ Even the ^[bg](GC)shoot which Your right hand has planted,
And on the ^[bh]son whom You have ^[bi]strengthened for Yourself.
¹⁶ It is ^(GD)burned with fire, it is cut down;
They perish at the ^(GE)rebuke of Your countenance.
¹⁷ Let ^(GF)Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,
Upon the son of man whom You ^(GG)made strong for Yourself.
¹⁸ Then we shall not ^(GH)turn back from You;
^(GI)Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.
¹⁹ O Lord God of hosts, ^(GJ)restore us;
Cause Your face to shine upon us, ^[bj]and we will be saved.