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Psalm 78:43-68
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Psalm 78:43-68
Holman Christian Standard Bible
43 when He performed His miraculous signs in Egypt
and His wonders in the region of Zoan.(A)
44 He turned their rivers into blood,
and they could not drink from their streams.(B)
45 He sent among them swarms of flies,(C)
which fed on them,
and frogs, which devastated them.(D)
46 He gave their crops to the caterpillar
and the fruit of their labor to the locust.(E)
47 He killed their vines with hail
and their sycamore fig trees with a flood.
48 He handed over their livestock to hail
and their cattle to lightning bolts.(F)
49 He sent His burning anger against them:
fury, indignation, and calamity—
a band of deadly messengers.[a](G)
50 He cleared a path for His anger.
He did not spare them from death
but delivered their lives to the plague.(H)
51 He struck all the firstborn(I) in Egypt,
the first progeny of the tents of Ham.[b](J)
52 He led His people out like sheep
and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.(K)
53 He led them safely, and they were not afraid;
but the sea covered their enemies.(L)
54 He brought them to His holy land,
to the mountain His right hand acquired.(M)
55 He drove out nations before them.(N)
He apportioned their inheritance by lot
and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.(O)
56 But they rebelliously tested the Most High God,
for they did not keep His decrees.(P)
57 They treacherously turned away like their fathers;
they became warped like a faulty bow.(Q)
58 They enraged Him with their high places
and provoked His jealousy with their carved images.(R)
59 God heard and became furious;
He completely rejected Israel.(S)
60 He abandoned the tabernacle at Shiloh,
the tent where He resided among men.[c](T)
61 He gave up His strength[d] to captivity
and His splendor to the hand of a foe.(U)
62 He surrendered His people to the sword
because He was enraged with His heritage.(V)
63 Fire consumed His chosen young men,
and His young women had no wedding songs.[e](W)
64 His priests fell by the sword,
but the[f] widows could not lament.[g](X)
65 Then the Lord awoke as if from sleep,
like a warrior from the effects of wine.(Y)
66 He beat back His foes;
He gave them lasting shame.(Z)
67 He rejected the tent of Joseph
and did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.
68 He chose instead the tribe of Judah,
Mount Zion, which He loved.(AA)
Footnotes
- Psalm 78:49 Or angels
- Psalm 78:51 Ham’s descendants who settled in Egypt
- Psalm 78:60 Hb adam
- Psalm 78:61 = the ark of the covenant
- Psalm 78:63 Lit virgins were not praised
- Psalm 78:64 Lit His
- Psalm 78:64 War probably prevented customary funerals.
Psalm 78:43-68
New International Version
Psalm 78:43-68
New International Version
43 the day he displayed his signs(A) in Egypt,
his wonders(B) in the region of Zoan.
44 He turned their river into blood;(C)
they could not drink from their streams.
45 He sent swarms of flies(D) that devoured them,
and frogs(E) that devastated them.
46 He gave their crops to the grasshopper,(F)
their produce to the locust.(G)
47 He destroyed their vines with hail(H)
and their sycamore-figs with sleet.
48 He gave over their cattle to the hail,
their livestock(I) to bolts of lightning.
49 He unleashed against them his hot anger,(J)
his wrath, indignation and hostility—
a band of destroying angels.(K)
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,(L)
the firstfruits of manhood in the tents of Ham.(M)
52 But he brought his people out like a flock;(N)
he led them like sheep through the wilderness.
53 He guided them safely, so they were unafraid;
but the sea engulfed(O) their enemies.(P)
54 And so he brought them to the border of his holy land,
to the hill country his right hand(Q) had taken.
55 He drove out nations(R) before them
and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance;(S)
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(T) they were disloyal and faithless,
as unreliable as a faulty bow.(U)
58 They angered him(V) with their high places;(W)
they aroused his jealousy with their idols.(X)
59 When God heard(Y) them, he was furious;(Z)
he rejected Israel(AA) completely.
60 He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh,(AB)
the tent he had set up among humans.(AC)
61 He sent the ark of his might(AD) into captivity,(AE)
his splendor into the hands of the enemy.
62 He gave his people over to the sword;(AF)
he was furious with his inheritance.(AG)
63 Fire consumed(AH) their young men,
and their young women had no wedding songs;(AI)
64 their priests were put to the sword,(AJ)
and their widows could not weep.
65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,(AK)
as a warrior wakes from the stupor of wine.
66 He beat back his enemies;
he put them to everlasting shame.(AL)
67 Then he rejected the tents of Joseph,
he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim;(AM)
68 but he chose the tribe of Judah,(AN)
Mount Zion,(AO) which he loved.
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