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Psalm 77-78
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Psalm 77-78
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Psalm 77
God’s Mighty Deeds Recalled
To the leader: according to Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A Psalm.
1 I cry aloud to God,
aloud to God, that he may hear me.(A)
2 In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;
in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying;
my soul refuses to be comforted.(B)
3 I think of God, and I moan;
I meditate, and my spirit faints. Selah(C)
4 You keep my eyelids from closing;
I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
5 I consider the days of old
and remember the years of long ago.(D)
6 I commune[a] with my heart in the night;
I meditate and search my spirit:[b](E)
7 “Will the Lord spurn forever
and never again be favorable?(F)
8 Has his steadfast love ceased forever?
Are his promises at an end for all time?(G)
9 Has God forgotten to be gracious?
Has he in anger shut up his compassion?” Selah(H)
10 And I say, “It is my grief
that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”(I)
11 I will call to mind the deeds of the Lord;
I will remember your wonders of old.(J)
12 I will meditate on all your work
and muse on your mighty deeds.
13 Your way, O God, is holy.
What god is so great as our God?(K)
14 You are the God who works wonders;
you have displayed your might among the peoples.
15 With your strong arm you redeemed your people,
the descendants of Jacob and Joseph. Selah(L)
16 When the waters saw you, O God,
when the waters saw you, they were afraid;
the very deep trembled.(M)
17 The clouds poured out water;
the skies thundered;
your arrows flashed on every side.(N)
18 The crash of your thunder was in the whirlwind;
your lightnings lit up the world;
the earth trembled and shook.(O)
19 Your way was through the sea,
your path through the mighty waters,
yet your footprints were unseen.(P)
20 You led your people like a flock
by the hand of Moses and Aaron.(Q)
Psalm 78
God’s Goodness and Israel’s Ingratitude
A Maskil of Asaph.
1 Give ear, O my people, to my teaching;
incline your ears to the words of my mouth.(R)
2 I will open my mouth in a parable;
I will utter dark sayings from of old,(S)
3 things that we have heard and known,
that our ancestors have told us.(T)
4 We will not hide them from their children;
we will tell to the coming generation
the glorious deeds of the Lord and his might
and the wonders that he has done.(U)
5 He established a decree in Jacob
and appointed a law in Israel,
which he commanded our ancestors
to teach to their children,(V)
6 that the next generation might know them,
the children yet unborn,
and rise up and tell them to their children,(W)
7 so that they should set their hope in God,
and not forget the works of God,
but keep his commandments;(X)
8 and that they should not be like their ancestors,
a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation whose heart was not steadfast,
whose spirit was not faithful to God.(Y)
9 The Ephraimites, armed with[c] the bow,
turned back on the day of battle.(Z)
10 They did not keep God’s covenant
and refused to walk according to his law.(AA)
11 They forgot what he had done
and the miracles that he had shown them.(AB)
12 In the sight of their ancestors he worked marvels
in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zoan.(AC)
13 He divided the sea and let them pass through it
and made the waters stand like a heap.(AD)
14 In the daytime he led them with a cloud
and all night long with a fiery light.(AE)
15 He split rocks open in the wilderness
and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep.(AF)
16 He made streams come out of the rock
and caused waters to flow down like rivers.
17 Yet they sinned still more against him,
rebelling against the Most High in the desert.(AG)
18 They tested God in their heart
by demanding the food they craved.(AH)
19 They spoke against God, saying,
“Can God spread a table in the wilderness?(AI)
20 Even though he struck the rock so that water gushed out
and torrents overflowed,
can he also give bread
or provide meat for his people?”(AJ)
21 Therefore, when the Lord heard, he was full of rage;
a fire was kindled against Jacob,
his anger mounted against Israel,(AK)
22 because they had no faith in God
and did not trust his saving power.(AL)
23 Yet he commanded the skies above
and opened the doors of heaven;(AM)
24 he rained down on them manna to eat
and gave them the grain of heaven.(AN)
25 Mortals ate of the bread of angels;
he sent them food in abundance.
26 He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens,
and by his power he led out the south wind;(AO)
27 he rained flesh upon them like dust,
winged birds like the sand of the seas;(AP)
28 he let them fall within their camp,
all around their dwellings.
29 And they ate and were well filled,
for he gave them what they craved.(AQ)
30 But before they had satisfied their craving,
while the food was still in their mouths,
31 the anger of God rose against them,
and he killed the strongest of them
and laid low the flower of Israel.(AR)
32 In spite of all this they still sinned;
they did not believe in his wonders.(AS)
33 So he made their days vanish like a breath
and their years in terror.(AT)
34 When he killed them, they searched for him;
they repented and sought God earnestly.(AU)
35 They remembered that God was their rock,
the Most High God their redeemer.(AV)
36 But they flattered him with their mouths;
they lied to him with their tongues.(AW)
37 Their heart was not steadfast toward him;
they were not true to his covenant.
38 Yet he, being compassionate,
forgave their iniquity
and did not destroy them;
often he restrained his anger
and did not stir up all his wrath.(AX)
39 He remembered that they were but flesh,
a wind that passes and does not come again.(AY)
40 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness
and grieved him in the desert!(AZ)
41 They tested God again and again
and provoked the Holy One of Israel.(BA)
42 They did not keep in mind his power
or the day when he redeemed them from the foe,
43 when he displayed his signs in Egypt
and his miracles in the fields of Zoan.
44 He turned their rivers to blood,
so that they could not drink of their streams.(BB)
45 He sent among them swarms of flies that devoured them
and frogs that destroyed them.(BC)
46 He gave their crops to the caterpillar
and the fruit of their labor to the locust.
47 He destroyed their vines with hail
and their sycamores with frost.(BD)
48 He gave over their cattle to the hail
and their flocks to thunderbolts.(BE)
49 He let loose on them his fierce anger,
wrath, indignation, and distress,
a company of destroying angels.(BF)
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 all the firstborn in Egypt,
the first issue of their strength in the tents of Ham.(BG)
52 Then he led out his people like sheep
and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.(BH)
53 He led them in safety so that they were not afraid,
but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.(BI)
54 And he brought them to his holy hill,
to the mountain that his right hand had won.(BJ)
55 He drove out nations before them;
he apportioned them for a possession
and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.(BK)
56 Yet they tested the Most High God
and rebelled against him.
They did not observe his decrees(BL)
57 but turned away and were faithless like their ancestors;
they twisted like a treacherous bow.(BM)
58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places;
they moved him to jealousy with their idols.(BN)
59 When God heard, he was full of wrath,
and he utterly rejected Israel.
60 He abandoned his dwelling at Shiloh,
the tent where he dwelt among mortals,(BO)
61 and delivered his power to captivity,
his glory to the hand of the foe.(BP)
62 He gave his people to the sword
and vented his wrath on his heritage.(BQ)
63 Fire devoured their young men,
and their young women had no marriage song.(BR)
64 Their priests fell by the sword,
and their widows made no lamentation.(BS)
65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,
like a warrior shouting because of wine.(BT)
66 He put his adversaries to rout;
he put them to everlasting disgrace.(BU)
67 He rejected the tent of Joseph;
he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
68 but he chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount Zion, which he loves.(BV)
69 He built his sanctuary like the high heavens,
like the earth, which he has founded forever.(BW)
70 He chose his servant David
and took him from the sheepfolds;(BX)
71 from tending the nursing ewes he brought him
to be the shepherd of his people Jacob,
of Israel, his inheritance.(BY)
72 With upright heart he tended them
and guided them with skillful hand.(BZ)
Psalm 77-78
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Psalm 77-78
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Psalm 77[a]
For the director of music. For Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A psalm.
1 I cried out to God(A) for help;
I cried out to God to hear me.
2 When I was in distress,(B) I sought the Lord;
at night(C) I stretched out untiring hands,(D)
and I would not be comforted.(E)
3 I remembered(F) you, God, and I groaned;(G)
I meditated, and my spirit grew faint.[b](H)
4 You kept my eyes from closing;
I was too troubled to speak.(I)
5 I thought about the former days,(J)
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?(K)
Will he never show his favor(L) again?
8 Has his unfailing love(M) vanished forever?
Has his promise(N) failed for all time?
9 Has God forgotten to be merciful?(O)
Has he in anger withheld his compassion?(P)”
10 Then I thought, “To this I will appeal:
the years when the Most High stretched out his right hand.(Q)
11 I will remember the deeds of the Lord;
yes, I will remember your miracles(R) of long ago.
12 I will consider(S) all your works
and meditate on all your mighty deeds.”(T)
13 Your ways, God, are holy.
What god is as great as our God?(U)
14 You are the God who performs miracles;(V)
you display your power among the peoples.
15 With your mighty arm you redeemed your people,(W)
the descendants of Jacob and Joseph.
16 The waters(X) saw you, God,
the waters saw you and writhed;(Y)
the very depths were convulsed.
17 The clouds poured down water,(Z)
the heavens resounded with thunder;(AA)
your arrows(AB) flashed back and forth.
18 Your thunder was heard in the whirlwind,(AC)
your lightning(AD) lit up the world;
the earth trembled and quaked.(AE)
19 Your path(AF) led through the sea,(AG)
your way through the mighty waters,
though your footprints were not seen.
Psalm 78
A maskil[c] of Asaph.
1 My people, hear my teaching;(AK)
listen to the words of my mouth.
2 I will open my mouth with a parable;(AL)
I will utter hidden things, things from of old—
3 things we have heard and known,
things our ancestors have told us.(AM)
4 We will not hide them from their descendants;(AN)
we will tell the next generation(AO)
the praiseworthy deeds(AP) of the Lord,
his power, and the wonders(AQ) he has done.
5 He decreed statutes(AR) for Jacob(AS)
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,(AT)
and they in turn would tell their children.
7 Then they would put their trust in God
and would not forget(AU) his deeds
but would keep his commands.(AV)
8 They would not be like their ancestors(AW)—
a stubborn(AX) and rebellious(AY) generation,
whose hearts were not loyal to God,
whose spirits were not faithful to him.
9 The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows,(AZ)
turned back on the day of battle;(BA)
10 they did not keep God’s covenant(BB)
and refused to live by his law.(BC)
11 They forgot what he had done,(BD)
the wonders he had shown them.
12 He did miracles(BE) in the sight of their ancestors
in the land of Egypt,(BF) in the region of Zoan.(BG)
13 He divided the sea(BH) and led them through;
he made the water stand up like a wall.(BI)
14 He guided them with the cloud by day
and with light from the fire all night.(BJ)
15 He split the rocks(BK) 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(BL) against him,
rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High.
18 They willfully put God to the test(BM)
by demanding the food they craved.(BN)
19 They spoke against God;(BO)
they said, “Can God really
spread a table in the wilderness?
20 True, he struck the rock,
and water gushed out,(BP)
streams flowed abundantly,
but can he also give us bread?
Can he supply meat(BQ) for his people?”
21 When the Lord heard them, he was furious;
his fire broke out(BR) against Jacob,
and his wrath rose against Israel,
22 for they did not believe in God
or trust(BS) in his deliverance.
23 Yet he gave a command to the skies above
and opened the doors of the heavens;(BT)
24 he rained down manna(BU) 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(BV) from the heavens
and by his power made the south wind blow.
27 He rained meat down on them like dust,
birds(BW) 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—(BX)
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,(BY)
31 God’s anger rose against them;
he put to death the sturdiest(BZ) among them,
cutting down the young men of Israel.
32 In spite of all this, they kept on sinning;(CA)
in spite of his wonders,(CB) they did not believe.(CC)
33 So he ended their days in futility(CD)
and their years in terror.
34 Whenever God slew them, they would seek(CE) him;
they eagerly turned to him again.
35 They remembered that God was their Rock,(CF)
that God Most High was their Redeemer.(CG)
36 But then they would flatter him with their mouths,(CH)
lying to him with their tongues;
37 their hearts were not loyal(CI) to him,
they were not faithful to his covenant.
38 Yet he was merciful;(CJ)
he forgave(CK) their iniquities(CL)
and did not destroy them.
Time after time he restrained his anger(CM)
and did not stir up his full wrath.
39 He remembered that they were but flesh,(CN)
a passing breeze(CO) that does not return.
40 How often they rebelled(CP) against him in the wilderness(CQ)
and grieved him(CR) in the wasteland!
41 Again and again they put God to the test;(CS)
they vexed the Holy One of Israel.(CT)
42 They did not remember(CU) his power—
the day he redeemed them from the oppressor,(CV)
43 the day he displayed his signs(CW) in Egypt,
his wonders(CX) in the region of Zoan.
44 He turned their river into blood;(CY)
they could not drink from their streams.
45 He sent swarms of flies(CZ) that devoured them,
and frogs(DA) that devastated them.
46 He gave their crops to the grasshopper,(DB)
their produce to the locust.(DC)
47 He destroyed their vines with hail(DD)
and their sycamore-figs with sleet.
48 He gave over their cattle to the hail,
their livestock(DE) to bolts of lightning.
49 He unleashed against them his hot anger,(DF)
his wrath, indignation and hostility—
a band of destroying angels.(DG)
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,(DH)
the firstfruits of manhood in the tents of Ham.(DI)
52 But he brought his people out like a flock;(DJ)
he led them like sheep through the wilderness.
53 He guided them safely, so they were unafraid;
but the sea engulfed(DK) their enemies.(DL)
54 And so he brought them to the border of his holy land,
to the hill country his right hand(DM) had taken.
55 He drove out nations(DN) before them
and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance;(DO)
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(DP) they were disloyal and faithless,
as unreliable as a faulty bow.(DQ)
58 They angered him(DR) with their high places;(DS)
they aroused his jealousy with their idols.(DT)
59 When God heard(DU) them, he was furious;(DV)
he rejected Israel(DW) completely.
60 He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh,(DX)
the tent he had set up among humans.(DY)
61 He sent the ark of his might(DZ) into captivity,(EA)
his splendor into the hands of the enemy.
62 He gave his people over to the sword;(EB)
he was furious with his inheritance.(EC)
63 Fire consumed(ED) their young men,
and their young women had no wedding songs;(EE)
64 their priests were put to the sword,(EF)
and their widows could not weep.
65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,(EG)
as a warrior wakes from the stupor of wine.
66 He beat back his enemies;
he put them to everlasting shame.(EH)
67 Then he rejected the tents of Joseph,
he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim;(EI)
68 but he chose the tribe of Judah,(EJ)
Mount Zion,(EK) which he loved.
69 He built his sanctuary(EL) like the heights,
like the earth that he established forever.
70 He chose David(EM) his servant
and took him from the sheep pens;
71 from tending the sheep(EN) he brought him
to be the shepherd(EO) of his people Jacob,
of Israel his inheritance.
72 And David shepherded them with integrity of heart;(EP)
with skillful hands he led them.
Footnotes
- 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
Romans 10
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Romans 10
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10 Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. 2 For I can testify that they have a zeal for God, but it is not based on knowledge.(A) 3 Not knowing the righteousness of God and seeking to establish their own, they have not submitted to God’s righteousness.(B) 4 For Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.(C)
Salvation Is for All
5 Moses writes concerning the righteousness that comes from the law, that “the person who does these things will live by them.”(D) 6 But the righteousness that comes from faith says, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ down) 7 “or ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say?
“The word is near you,
in your mouth and in your heart”
(that is, the word of faith that we proclaim),(E) 9 because[a] if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe[b] in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.(F) 10 For one believes[c] with the heart, leading to righteousness, and one confesses with the mouth, leading to salvation. 11 The scripture says, “No one who believes[d] in him will be put to shame.”(G) 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all and is generous to all who call on him.(H) 13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”(I)
14 But how are they to call on one in whom they have not believed?[e] And how are they to believe[f] in one of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone to proclaim him? 15 And how are they to proclaim him unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”(J) 16 But not all have obeyed the good news,[g] for Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed[h] our message?”(K) 17 So faith[i] comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the word of Christ.[j]
18 But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they have:
“Their voice has gone out to all the earth
and their words to the ends of the world.”(L)
19 Again I ask, did Israel not understand? First Moses says,
“I will use those who are not a nation to make you jealous;
with a foolish nation I will provoke you.”(M)
20 Then Isaiah is so bold as to say,
“I have been found by those who did not seek me;
I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me.”(N)
21 But of Israel he says, “All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.”(O)
Romans 10
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Romans 10
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10 Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire(A) and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. 2 For I can testify about them that they are zealous(B) for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. 3 Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.(C) 4 Christ is the culmination of the law(D) so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.(E)
5 Moses writes this about the righteousness that is by the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.”[a](F) 6 But the righteousness that is by faith(G) says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’”[b](H) (that is, to bring Christ down) 7 “or ‘Who will descend into the deep?’”[c](I) (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).(J) 8 But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,”[d](K) that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim: 9 If you declare(L) with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,”(M) and believe(N) in your heart that God raised him from the dead,(O) you will be saved.(P) 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. 11 As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.”[e](Q) 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile(R)—the same Lord is Lord of all(S) and richly blesses all who call on him, 13 for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord(T) will be saved.”[f](U)
14 How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? 15 And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”[g](V)
16 But not all the Israelites accepted the good news.(W) For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”[h](X) 17 Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message,(Y) and the message is heard through the word about Christ.(Z) 18 But I ask: Did they not hear? Of course they did:
19 Again I ask: Did Israel not understand? First, Moses says,
“I will make you envious(AB) by those who are not a nation;
I will make you angry by a nation that has no understanding.”[j](AC)
20 And Isaiah boldly says,
“I was found by those who did not seek me;
I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me.”[k](AD)
21 But concerning Israel he says,
Footnotes
- Romans 10:5 Lev. 18:5
- Romans 10:6 Deut. 30:12
- Romans 10:7 Deut. 30:13
- Romans 10:8 Deut. 30:14
- Romans 10:11 Isaiah 28:16 (see Septuagint)
- Romans 10:13 Joel 2:32
- Romans 10:15 Isaiah 52:7
- Romans 10:16 Isaiah 53:1
- Romans 10:18 Psalm 19:4
- Romans 10:19 Deut. 32:21
- Romans 10:20 Isaiah 65:1
- Romans 10:21 Isaiah 65:2
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