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Psalm 78:1-4
Contemporary English Version
Psalm 78:1-4
Contemporary English Version
(A special psalm by Asaph.)
What God Has Done for His People
1 My friends, I beg you
to listen as I teach.
2 (A) I will give instruction
and explain the mystery
of what happened long ago.
3 These are things we learned
from our ancestors,
4 and we will tell them
to the next generation.
We won't keep secret
the glorious deeds
and the mighty miracles
of the Lord.
Psalm 78:1-4
New International Version
Psalm 78:1-4
New International Version
Psalm 78
A maskil[a] of Asaph.
1 My people, hear my teaching;(A)
listen to the words of my mouth.
2 I will open my mouth with a parable;(B)
I will utter hidden things, things from of old—
3 things we have heard and known,
things our ancestors have told us.(C)
4 We will not hide them from their descendants;(D)
we will tell the next generation(E)
the praiseworthy deeds(F) of the Lord,
his power, and the wonders(G) he has done.
Footnotes
- Psalm 78:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
Psalm 78:12-16
Contemporary English Version
Psalm 78:12-16
Contemporary English Version
13 (C) God made a path in the sea
and piled up the water
as he led them across.
14 (D) He guided them during the day
with a cloud,
and each night he led them
with a flaming fire.
15 (E) God made water flow
from rocks he split open
in the desert,
and his people drank freely,
as though from a lake.
16 He made streams gush out
like rivers from rocks.
Footnotes
- 78.12 Zoan: A city in the eastern part of the Nile Delta.
Psalm 78:12-16
New International Version
Psalm 78:12-16
New International Version
12 He did miracles(A) in the sight of their ancestors
in the land of Egypt,(B) in the region of Zoan.(C)
13 He divided the sea(D) and led them through;
he made the water stand up like a wall.(E)
14 He guided them with the cloud by day
and with light from the fire all night.(F)
15 He split the rocks(G) 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.
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