Psalms 78 (NET)

Psalms 78:1¹Pay attention, my people, to my instruction. Listen to the words I speak.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:2²I will sing a song that imparts wisdom; I will make insightful observations about the past.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:3³What we have heard and learned — that which our ancestors have told us—Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:4⁴we will not hide from their descendants. We will tell the next generation about the Lord ’s praiseworthy acts, about his strength and the amazing things he has done.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:5⁵He established a rule in Jacob; he set up a law in Israel. He commanded our ancestors to make his deeds known to their descendants,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:6⁶so that the next generation, children yet to be born, might know about them. They will grow up and tell their descendants about them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:7⁷Then they will place their confidence in God. They will not forget the works of God, and they will obey his commands.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:8⁸Then they will not be like their ancestors, who were a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that was not committed and faithful to God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:9⁹The Ephraimites were armed with bows, but they retreated in the day of battle.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:10¹⁰They did not keep their covenant with God, and they refused to obey his law.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:11¹¹They forgot what he had done, the amazing things he had shown them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:12¹²He did amazing things in the sight of their ancestors, in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:13¹³He divided the sea and led them across it; he made the water stand in a heap.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:14¹⁴He led them with a cloud by day, and with the light of a fire all night long.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:15¹⁵He broke open rocks in the wilderness, and gave them enough water to fill the depths of the sea.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:16¹⁶He caused streams to flow from the rock, and made the water flow like rivers.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:17¹⁷Yet they continued to sin against him, and rebelled against the Most High in the desert.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:18¹⁸They willfully challenged God by asking for food to satisfy their appetite.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:19¹⁹They insulted God, saying, “Is God really able to give us food in the wilderness?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:20²⁰Yes, he struck a rock and water flowed out; streams gushed forth. But can he also give us food? Will he provide meat for his people?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:21²¹When the Lord heard this, he was furious. A fire broke out against Jacob, and his anger flared up against Israel,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:22²²because they did not have faith in God, and did not trust his ability to deliver them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:23²³He gave a command to the clouds above, and opened the doors in the sky.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:24²⁴He rained down manna for them to eat; he gave them the grain of heaven.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:25²⁵Man ate the food of the mighty ones. He sent them more than enough to eat.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:26²⁶He brought the east wind through the sky, and by his strength led forth the south wind.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:27²⁷He rained down meat on them like dust, birds as numerous as the sand on the seashores.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:28²⁸He caused them to fall right in the middle of their camp, all around their homes.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:29²⁹They ate until they were beyond full; he gave them what they desired.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:30³⁰They were not yet filled up; their food was still in their mouths,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:31³¹when the anger of God flared up against them. He killed some of the strongest of them; he brought the young men of Israel to their knees.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:32³²Despite all this, they continued to sin, and did not trust him to do amazing things.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:33³³So he caused them to die unsatisfied and filled with terror.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:34³⁴When he struck them down, they sought his favor; they turned back and longed for God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:35³⁵They remembered that God was their protector, and that God Most High was their deliverer.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:36³⁶But they deceived him with their words, and lied to him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:37³⁷They were not really committed to him, and they were unfaithful to his covenant.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:38³⁸Yet he is compassionate. He forgives sin and does not destroy. He often holds back his anger, and does not stir up his fury.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:39³⁹He remembered that they were made of flesh, and were like a wind that blows past and does not return.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:40⁴⁰How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and insulted him in the wastelands.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:41⁴¹They again challenged God, and offended the Holy One of Israel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:42⁴²They did not remember what he had done, how he delivered them from the enemy,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:43⁴³when he performed his awesome deeds in Egypt, and his acts of judgment in the region of Zoan.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:44⁴⁴He turned their rivers into blood, and they could not drink from their streams.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:45⁴⁵He sent swarms of biting insects against them, as well as frogs that overran their land.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:46⁴⁶He gave their crops to the grasshopper, the fruit of their labor to the locust.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:47⁴⁷He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore-fig trees with driving rain.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:48⁴⁸He rained hail down on their cattle, and hurled lightning bolts down on their livestock.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:49⁴⁹His raging anger lashed out against them. He sent fury, rage, and trouble as messengers who bring disaster.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:50⁵⁰He sent his anger in full force. He did not spare them from death; he handed their lives over to destruction.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:51⁵¹He struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their reproductive power in the tents of Ham.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:52⁵²Yet he brought out his people like sheep; he led them through the wilderness like a flock.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:53⁵³He guided them safely along, and they were not afraid; but the sea covered their enemies.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:54⁵⁴He brought them to the border of his holy land, to this mountainous land that his right hand acquired.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:55⁵⁵He drove the nations out from before them; he assigned them their tribal allotments and allowed the tribes of Israel to settle down.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:56⁵⁶Yet they challenged and defied God Most High, and did not obey his commands.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:57⁵⁷They were unfaithful and acted as treacherously as their ancestors; they were as unreliable as a malfunctioning bow.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:58⁵⁸They made him angry with their pagan shrines, and made him jealous with their idols.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:59⁵⁹God heard and was angry; he completely rejected Israel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:60⁶⁰He abandoned the sanctuary at Shiloh, the tent where he lived among men.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:61⁶¹He allowed the symbol of his strong presence to be captured; he gave the symbol of his splendor into the hand of the enemy.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:62⁶²He delivered his people over to the sword, and was angry with his chosen nation.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:63⁶³Fire consumed their young men, and their virgins remained unmarried.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:64⁶⁴Their priests fell by the sword, but their widows did not weep.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:65⁶⁵But then the Lord awoke from his sleep; he was like a warrior in a drunken rage.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:66⁶⁶He drove his enemies back; he made them a permanent target for insults.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:67⁶⁷He rejected the tent of Joseph; he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:68⁶⁸He chose the tribe of Judah and Mount Zion, which he loves.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:69⁶⁹He made his sanctuary as enduring as the heavens above, as secure as the earth, which he established permanently.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:70⁷⁰He chose David, his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:71⁷¹He took him away from following the mother sheep, and made him the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and of Israel, his chosen nation.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 78:72⁷²David cared for them with pure motives; he led them with skill.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s