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Psalm 78

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Listen, O my people, to my instruction; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

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I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,

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Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.

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We will not conceal them from their children, But tell to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, And His strength and His wondrous works that He has done.

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For He established a testimony in Jacob And appointed a law in Israel, Which He commanded our fathers That they should teach them to their children,

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That the generation to come might know, even the children yet to be born, That they may arise and tell them to their children,

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That they should put their confidence in God And not forget the works of God, But keep His commandments,

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And not be like their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that did not prepare its heart And whose spirit was not faithful to God.

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The sons of Ephraim were archers equipped with bows, Yet they turned back in the day of battle.

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They did not keep the covenant of God And refused to walk in His law;

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They forgot His deeds And His miracles that He had shown them.

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He wrought wonders before their fathers In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

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He divided the sea and caused them to pass through, And He made the waters stand up like a heap.

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Then He led them with the cloud by day And all the night with a light of fire.

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He split the rocks in the wilderness And gave them abundant drink like the ocean depths.

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He brought forth streams also from the rock And caused waters to run down like rivers.

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Yet they still continued to sin against Him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.

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And in their heart they put God to the test By asking food according to their desire.

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Then they spoke against God; They said, " Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

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"Behold, He struck the rock so that waters gushed out, And streams were overflowing; Can He give bread also? Will He provide meat for His people?'

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Therefore the LORD heard and was full of wrath; And a fire was kindled against Jacob And anger also mounted against Israel,

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Because they did not believe in God And did not trust in His salvation.

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Yet He commanded the clouds above And opened the doors of heaven;

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He rained down manna upon them to eat And gave them food from heaven.

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Man did eat the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance.

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He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens And by His power He directed the south wind.

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When He rained meat upon them like the dust, Even winged fowl like the sand of the seas,

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Then He let them fall in the midst of their camp, Round about their dwellings.

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So they ate and were well filled, And their desire He gave to them.

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Before they had satisfied their desire, While their food was in their mouths,

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The anger of God rose against them And killed some of their stoutest ones, And subdued the choice men of Israel.

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In spite of all this they still sinned And did not believe in His wonderful works.

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So He brought their days to an end in futility And their years in sudden terror.

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When He killed them, then they sought Him, And returned and searched diligently for God;

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And they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their Redeemer.

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But they deceived Him with their mouth And lied to Him with their tongue.

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For their heart was not steadfast toward Him, Nor were they faithful in His covenant.

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But He, being compassionate, forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them; And often He restrained His anger And did not arouse all His wrath.

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Thus He remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passes and does not return.

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How often they rebelled against Him in the wilderness And grieved Him in the desert!

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Again and again they tempted God, And pained the Holy One of Israel.

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They did not remember His power, The day when He redeemed them from the adversary,

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When He performed His signs in Egypt And His marvels in the field of Zoan,

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And turned their rivers to blood, And their streams, they could not drink.

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He sent among them swarms of flies which devoured them, And frogs which destroyed them.

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He gave also their crops to the grasshopper And the product of their labor to the locust.

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He destroyed their vines with hailstones And their sycamore trees with frost.

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He gave over their cattle also to the hailstones And their herds to bolts of lightning.

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He sent upon them His burning anger, Fury and indignation and trouble, A band of destroying angels.

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He leveled a path for His anger; He did not spare their soul from death, But gave over their life to the plague,

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And smote all the firstborn in Egypt, The first issue of their virility in the tents of Ham.

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But He led forth His own people like sheep And guided them in the wilderness like a flock;

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He led them safely, so that they did not fear; But the sea engulfed their enemies.

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So He brought them to His holy land, To this hill country which His right hand had gained.

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He also drove out the nations before them And apportioned them for an inheritance by measurement, And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.

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Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God And did not keep His testimonies,

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But turned back and acted treacherously like their fathers; They turned aside like a treacherous bow.

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For they provoked Him with their high places And aroused His jealousy with their graven images.

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When God heard, He was filled with wrath And greatly abhorred Israel;

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So that He abandoned the dwelling place at Shiloh, The tent which He had pitched among men,

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And gave up His strength to captivity And His glory into the hand of the adversary.

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He also delivered His people to the sword, And was filled with wrath at His inheritance.

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Fire devoured His young men, And His virgins had no wedding songs.

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His priests fell by the sword, And His widows could not weep.

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Then the Lord awoke as if from sleep, Like a warrior overcome by wine.

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He drove His adversaries backward; He put on them an everlasting reproach.

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He also rejected the tent of Joseph, And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,

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But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which He loved.

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And He built His sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which He has founded forever.

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He also chose David His servant And took him from the sheepfolds;

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From the care of the ewes with suckling lambs He brought him To shepherd Jacob His people, And Israel His inheritance.

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So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart, And guided them with his skillful hands. 79 A Lament over the Destruction of Jerusalem, and Prayer for Help. A Psalm of Asaph.

Psalm 79

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OGod, the nations have invaded Your inheritance; They have defiled Your holy temple; They have laid Jerusalem in ruins.

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They have given the dead bodies of Your servants for food to the birds of the heavens, The flesh of Your godly ones to the beasts of the earth.

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They have poured out their blood like water round about Jerusalem; And there was no one to bury them.

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We have become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to those around us.

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How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?

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Pour out Your wrath upon the nations which do not know You, And upon the kingdoms which do not call upon Your name.

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For they have devoured Jacob And laid waste his habitation.

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Do not remember the iniquities of our forefathers against us; Let Your compassion come quickly to meet us, For we are brought very low.

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Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; And deliver us and forgive our sins for Your name's sake.

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Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?' Let there be known among the nations in our sight, Vengeance for the blood of Your servants which has been shed.

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Let the groaning of the prisoner come before You; According to the greatness of Your power preserve those who are doomed to die.

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And return to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom The reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord.

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So we Your people and the sheep of Your pasture Will give thanks to You forever; To all generations we will tell of Your praise. 80 God Implored to Rescue His People from Their Calamities. For the choir director; set to El Shoshannim; Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph.

Psalm 80

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Oh, give ear, Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock; You who are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth!

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Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Your power And come to save us!

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O God, restore us And cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved.

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O LORD God of hosts, How long will You be angry with the prayer of Your people?

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You have fed them with the bread of tears, And You have made them to drink tears in large measure.

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You make us an object of contention to our neighbors, And our enemies laugh among themselves.

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O God of hosts, restore us And cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved.

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You removed a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and planted it.

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You cleared the ground before it, And it took deep root and filled the land.

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The mountains were covered with its shadow, And the cedars of God with its boughs.

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It was sending out its branches to the sea And its shoots to the River.

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Why have You broken down its hedges, So that all who pass that way pick its fruit?

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A boar from the forest eats it away And whatever moves in the field feeds on it.

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O God of hosts, turn again now, we beseech You; Look down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine,

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Even the shoot which Your right hand has planted, And on the son whom You have strengthened for Yourself.

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It is burned with fire, it is cut down; They perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.

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Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand, Upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself.

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Then we shall not turn back from You; Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.

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O LORD God of hosts, restore us; Cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved. 81 God's Goodness and Israel's Waywardness. For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph.

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