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King James Bible 1611 |
King James Bible 1769 |
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| 78:1 | [Maschil of Asaph.] Giue eare, O my people, to my Lawe: incline your eares to the wordes of my mouth. | Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. | |
| 78:2 | I will open my mouth in a parable: I wil vtter darke sayings of old: | I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: | |
| 78:3 | Which we haue heard, & knowen: and our fathers haue told vs. | Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. | |
| 78:4 | We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come, the praises of the Lord: and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. | We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. | |
| 78:5 | For he established a Testimony in Iacob, and appointed a Law in Israel, which he commaunded our fathers: that they should make them knowen to their children. | For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: | |
| 78:6 | That the generation to come might know them, euen the children which should be borne: who should arise and declare them to their children: | That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children: | |
| 78:7 | That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God: but keepe his Commandements, | That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments: | |
| 78:8 | And might not bee as their fathers, a stubborne and rebellious generation, a generation that set not their heart aright: and whose spirit was not stedfast with God. | And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God. | |
| 78:9 | The children of Ephraim being armed, and carying bowes, turned backe in the day of battell. | The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. | |
| 78:10 | They kept not the couenant of God: and refused to walke in his Law: | They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law; | |
| 78:11 | And forgat his workes: and his wonders that he had shewed them. | And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them. | |
| 78:12 | Marueilous things did he in the sight of their fathers: in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. | Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. | |
| 78:13 | Hee diuided the Sea, and caused them to passe through: and he made the waters to stand as an heape. | He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap. | |
| 78:14 | In the day time also he led them with a cloud: and all the night with a light of fire. | In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire. | |
| 78:15 | Hee claue the rockes in the wildernes: and gaue them drinke as out of the great depthes. | He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths. | |
| 78:16 | Hee brought streames also out of the rocke, and caused waters to runne downe like riuers. | He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers. | |
| 78:17 | And they sinned yet more against him: by prouoking the most High in the wildernes. | And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness. | |
| 78:18 | And they tempted God in their heart: by asking meat for their lust. | And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust. | |
| 78:19 | Yea, they spake against God: they said, Can God furnish a table in the wildernes? | Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? | |
| 78:20 | Behold, he smote the rocke, that the waters gushed out, & the streames ouerflowed; can he giue bread also? Can he prouide flesh for his people? | Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people? | |
| 78:21 | Therefore the Lord heard this, and was wroth, so a fire was kindled against Iacob: and anger also came vp against Israel. | Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel; | |
| 78:22 | Because they beleeued not in God: and trusted not in his saluation: | Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation: | |
| 78:23 | Though he had commanded the cloudes from aboue: and opened the doores of heauen: | Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven, | |
| 78:24 | And had rained downe Manna vpon them to eate, and had giuen them of the corne of heauen. | And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven. | |
| 78:25 | Man did eate Angels food: hee sent them meat to the full. | Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full. | |
| 78:26 | He caused an East wind to blow in the heauen: and by his power hee brought in the South wind. | He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind. | |
| 78:27 | He rained flesh also vpon them as dust: and feathered soules like as the sand of the sea. | He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea: | |
| 78:28 | And hee let it fall in the midst of their campe, round about their habitations. | And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations. | |
| 78:29 | So they did eate, & were well filled: for he gaue them their owne desire. | So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire; | |
| 78:30 | They were not estranged from their lust: but while their meate was yet in their mouthes, | They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths, | |
| 78:31 | The wrath of God came vpon them, and slew the fattest of them: and smote downe the chosen men of Israel. | The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel. | |
| 78:32 | For all this they sinned still: and beleeued not for his wondrous works. | For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works. | |
| 78:33 | Therefore their dayes did he consume in vanitie, and their yeeres in trouble. | Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble. | |
| 78:34 | When hee slew them, then they sought him: and they returned, and inquired early after God. | When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God. | |
| 78:35 | And they remembred that God was their rocke: and the high God, their redeemer. | And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer. | |
| 78:36 | Neuerthelesse they did flatter him with their mouth: and they lyed vnto him with their tongues. | Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues. | |
| 78:37 | For their heart was not right with him: neither were they stedfast in his couenant. | For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant. | |
| 78:38 | But hee being full of compassion, forgaue their iniquity, and destroyed them not; yea many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stirre vp all his wrath. | 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. | |
| 78:39 | For he remembred that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and commeth not againe. | For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again. | |
| 78:40 | How oft did they prouoke him in the wildernesse: and grieue him in the desert? | How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! | |
| 78:41 | Yea they turned backe and tempted God: and limited the holy one of Israel. | Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. | |
| 78:42 | They remembred not his hand: nor the day when hee deliuered them from the enemie: | They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy. | |
| 78:43 | How he had wrought his signes in Egypt: and his wonders in the field of Zoan: | How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan: | |
| 78:44 | And had turned their riuers into blood: and their flouds, that they could not drinke. | And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink. | |
| 78:45 | Hee sent diuers sorts of flies among them, which deuoured them: and frogges which destroyed them. | He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them. | |
| 78:46 | He gaue also their increase vnto the caterpiller: and their labour vnto the locust. | He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust. | |
| 78:47 | He destroyed their vines with haile: and their Sycomore trees with frost. | He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost. | |
| 78:48 | He gaue vp their cattel also to the haile: and their flockes to hot thunder-bolts. | He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts. | |
| 78:49 | He cast vpon them the fiercenesse of his anger, wrath and indignation, and trouble: by sending euill angels among them. | He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them. | |
| 78:50 | He made a way to his anger, hee spared not their soule from death: but gaue their life ouer to the pestilence. | He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence; | |
| 78:51 | And smote all the first borne in Egypt: the chiefe of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham: | And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham: | |
| 78:52 | But made his owne people to goe forth like sheepe: and guided them in the wildernesse like a flocke. | But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. | |
| 78:53 | And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea ouerwhelmed their enemies. | And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. | |
| 78:54 | And he brought them to the border of his sanctuarie: euen to this mountaine which his right hand had purchased. | And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased. | |
| 78:55 | He cast out the heathen also before them, and diuided them an inheritance by line: and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. | 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. | |
| 78:56 | Yet they tempted and prouoked the most high God: and kept not his testimonies: | Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies: | |
| 78:57 | But turned backe, and dealt vnfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitfull bowe. | But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow. | |
| 78:58 | For they prouoked him to anger with their high places: and moued him to ielousie with their grauen images. | For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images. | |
| 78:59 | When God heard this, hee was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel: | When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel: | |
| 78:60 | So that he forsooke the tabernacle of Shiloh: the tent which he placed among men, | So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men; | |
| 78:61 | And deliuered his strength into captiuitie: and his glory into the enemies hand. | And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand. | |
| 78:62 | He gaue his people ouer also vnto the sword: and was wroth with his inheritance. | He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance. | |
| 78:63 | The fire consumed their young men: and their maidens were not giuen to mariage. | The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage. | |
| 78:64 | Their priests fell by the sword: and their widowes made no lamentation. | Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation. | |
| 78:65 | Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleepe: and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine. | Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine. | |
| 78:66 | And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetuall reproch. | And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach. | |
| 78:67 | Moreouer he refused the tabernacle of Ioseph: and chose not the tribe of Ephraim. | Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim: | |
| 78:68 | But chose the tribe of Iudah: the mount Sion which he loued. | But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved. | |
| 78:69 | And he built his sanctuarie like high palaces: like the earth which he hath established for euer. | And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever. | |
| 78:70 | He chose Dauid also his seruant, and tooke him from the sheepe-folds: | He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds: | |
| 78:71 | From following the ewes great with young, hee brought him to feed Iacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. | From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. | |
| 78:72 | So he fed them according to the integritie of his heart: and guided them by the skilfulnesse of his hands. | So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands. | |
