American Standard Version (ASV) With Strong Codes

1. Maschil of Asaph. Give ear[H238], O my people[H5971], to my law[H8451]: Incline[H5186] your ears[H241] to the words[H561] of my mouth[H6310].

2. I will open[H6605] my mouth[H6310] in a parable[H4912]; I will utter[H5042] dark sayings[H2420] of old[H6924],

3. Which we have heard[H8085] and known[H3045], And our fathers[H1] have told us[H5608].

4. We will not hide[H3582] them from their children[H1121], Telling[H5608] to the generation[H1755] to come[H314] the praises[H8416] of Jehovah[H3068], And his strength[H5807], and his wondrous works[H6381] that he hath done[H6213].

5. For he established[H6965] a testimony[H5715] in Jacob[H3290], And appointed[H7760] a law[H8451] in Israel[H3478], Which he commanded[H6680] our fathers[H1], That they should make them known[H3045] to their children[H1121];

6. That the generation[H1755] to come[H314] might know[H3045] them[H1121], even the children that should be born[H3205]; Who should arise[H6965] and tell[H5608] them to their children[H1121],

7. That they might set[H7760] their hope[H3689] in God[H430], And not forget[H7911] the works[H4611] of God[H410], But keep[H5341] his commandments[H4687],

8. And might not be as their fathers[H1], A stubborn[H5637] and rebellious[H4784] generation[H1755], A generation[H1755] that set[H3559] not their heart[H3820] aright[H3559], And whose spirit[H7307] was not stedfast[H539] with God[H410].

9. The children[H1121] of Ephraim[H669], being armed[H5401] and carrying[H7411] bows[H7198], Turned back[H2015] in the day[H3117] of battle[H7128].

10. They kept[H8104] not the covenant[H1285] of God[H430], And refused[H3985] to walk[H3212] in his law[H8451];

11. And they forgat[H7911] his doings[H5949], And his wondrous works[H5949] that he had showed them[H7200].

12. Marvellous things[H6382] did[H6213] he in the sight[H5048] of their fathers[H1], In the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714], in the field[H7704] of Zoan[H6814].

13. He clave[H1234] the sea[H3220], and caused them to pass through[H5674]; And he made the waters[H4325] to stand[H5324] as a heap[H5067].

14. In the day-time[H3119] also he led[H5148] them with a cloud[H6051], And all the night[H3915] with a light[H216] of fire[H784].

15. He clave[H1234] rocks[H6697] in the wilderness[H4057], And gave them drink[H8248] abundantly as out of the[H7227] depths[H8415].

16. He brought[H3318] streams[H5140] also out of the rock[H5553], And caused waters[H4325] to run down[H3381] like rivers[H5104].

17. Yet went they on still[H3254] to sin[H2398] against him[H4784], To rebel against the Most High[H5945] in the desert[H6723].

18. And they tempted[H5254] God[H410] in their heart[H3824] By asking[H7592] food[H400] according to their desire[H5315].

19. Yea[H1696], they spake against God[H430]; They said[H559], Can[H3201] God[H410] prepare[H6186] a table[H7979] in the wilderness[H4057]?

20. Behold[H5221], he smote the rock[H6697], so that waters[H4325] gushed out[H2100], And streams[H5158] overflowed[H7857]; Can[H3201] he give[H5414] bread[H3899] also[H3201]? Will he provide[H3559] flesh[H7607] for his people[H5971]?

21. Therefore Jehovah[H3068] heard[H8085], and was wroth[H5674]; And a fire[H784] was kindled[H5400] against Jacob[H3290], And anger[H639] also went up[H5927] against Israel[H3478];

22. Because they believed[H539] not in God[H430], And trusted[H982] not in his salvation[H3444].

23. Yet he commanded[H6680] the skies[H7834] above[H4605], And opened[H6605] the doors[H1817] of heaven[H8064];

24. And he rained down[H4305] manna[H4478] upon them to eat[H398], And gave[H5414] them food[H1715] from heaven[H8064].

25. Man[H376] did eat[H398] the bread[H3899] of the mighty[H47]: He sent[H7971] them food[H6720] to the full[H7648].

26. He caused the east wind[H6921] to blow[H5265] in the heavens[H8064]; And by his power[H5797] he guided[H5090] the south wind[H8486].

27. He rained[H4305] flesh[H7607] also upon them as the dust[H6083], And winged[H3671] birds[H5775] as the sand[H2344] of the seas[H3220]:

28. And he let it fall[H5307] in the midst[H7130] of their camp[H4264], Round about[H5439] their habitations[H4908].

29. So they did eat[H398], and were well[H3966] filled[H7646]; And he gave[H935] them their own desire[H8378].

30. They were not estranged[H2114] from that which they desired[H8378], Their food[H400] was yet in their mouths[H6310],

31. When the anger[H639] of God[H430] went[H5927] up against them[H2026], And slew of the fattest[H4924] of them[H3766], And smote down the young[H970] men of Israel[H3478].

32. For all this they sinned[H2398] still[H539], And believed not in his wondrous works[H6381].

33. Therefore their days[H3117] did he consume[H3615] in vanity[H1892], And their years[H8141] in terror[H928].

34. When he slew[H2026] them[H1875], then they inquired after him[H7725]; And they returned and sought God[H410] earnestly[H7836].

35. And they remembered[H2142] that God[H430] was their rock[H6697], And the Most High[H5945] God[H410] their redeemer[H1350].

36. But they flattered[H6601] him with their mouth[H6310], And lied[H3576] unto him with their tongue[H3956].

37. For their heart[H3820] was not right[H3559] with him[H539], Neither were they faithful in his covenant[H1285].

38. But he[H7349], being merciful, forgave[H3722] their iniquity[H5771], and destroyed[H7843] them not[H7235]: Yea, many a time turned[H7725] he his anger[H639] away[H7725], And did not stir up[H5782] all his wrath[H2534].

39. And he remembered[H2142] that they were but flesh[H1320], A wind[H7307] that passeth away[H1980], and cometh not again[H7725].

40. How[H4100] oft did they rebel[H4784] against him in the wilderness[H4057], And grieve[H6087] him in the desert[H3452]!

41. And they turned[H7725] again and tempted[H5254] God[H410], And provoked[H8428] the Holy One[H6918] of Israel[H3478].

42. They remember[H2142] not his hand[H3027], Nor the day[H3117] when he redeemed[H6299] them from the adversary[H6862];

43. How he set[H7760] his signs[H226] in Egypt[H4714], And his wonders[H226] in the field[H7704] of Zoan[H6814],

44. And turned[H2015] their rivers[H2975] into blood[H1818], And their streams[H2975], so that they could not drink[H8354].

45. He sent[H7971] among them swarms of flies[H6157], which devoured[H398] them[H6854]; And frogs, which destroyed them[H7843].

46. He gave[H5414] also their increase[H2981] unto the caterpillar[H2625], And their labor[H3018] unto the locust[H697].

47. He destroyed[H2026] their vines[H1612] with hail[H1259], And their sycomore-trees[H8256] with frost[H2602].

48. He gave over[H5462] their cattle[H1165] also to the hail[H1259], And their flocks[H4735] to hot thunderbolts[H7565].

49. He cast[H7971] upon them the fierceness[H2740] of his anger[H639], Wrath[H5678], and indignation[H2195], and trouble[H6869], A band[H4917] of angels[H4397] of evil[H7451].

50. He made[H6424] a path[H5410] for his anger[H639]; He spared[H2820] not their soul[H5315] from death[H4194], But gave[H5462] their life[H2416] over[H5462] to the pestilence[H1698],

51. And smote[H5221] all the first-born[H1060] in Egypt[H4714], The chief[H7225] of their strength[H202] in the tents[H168] of Ham[H2526].

52. But he led forth[H5265] his own people[H5971] like sheep[H6629], And guided[H5090] them in the wilderness[H4057] like a flock[H5739].

53. And he led[H5148] them safely[H983], so that they feared[H6342] not[H3220]; But the sea overwhelmed[H3680] their enemies[H341].

54. And he brought[H935] them to the border[H1366] of his sanctuary[H6944], To this mountain[H2022], which his right hand[H3225] had gotten[H7069].

55. He drove out[H1644] the nations[H1471] also before[H6440] them[H5307], And allotted them for an inheritance[H5159] by line[H2256], And made the tribes[H7626] of Israel[H3478] to dwell[H7931] in their tents[H168].

56. Yet they tempted[H5254] and rebelled[H4784] against the Most High[H5945] God[H430], And kept[H8104] not his testimonies[H5713];

57. But turned back[H5472], and dealt treacherously[H898] like their fathers[H1]: They were turned aside[H2015] like a deceitful[H7423] bow[H7198].

58. For they provoked him to anger[H3707] with their high places[H1116], And moved him to jealousy[H7065] with their graven images[H6456].

59. When God[H430] heard[H8085] this[H5674], he was wroth, And greatly[H3966] abhorred[H3988] Israel[H3478];

60. So that he forsook[H5203] the tabernacle[H4908] of Shiloh[H7887], The tent[H168] which he placed[H7931] among men[H120];

61. And delivered[H5414] his strength[H5797] into captivity[H7628], And his glory[H8597] into the adversary[H6862]'s hand[H3027].

62. He gave[H5462] his people[H5971] over[H5462] also unto the sword[H2719], And was wroth[H5674] with his inheritance[H5159].

63. Fire[H784] devoured[H398] their young men[H970]; And their virgins[H1330] had no marriage-song[H1984].

64. Their priests[H3548] fell[H5307] by the sword[H2719]; And their widows[H490] made no lamentation[H1058].

65. Then the Lord[H136] awaked[H3364] as one out of sleep[H3463], Like a mighty man[H1368] that shouteth[H7442] by reason of wine[H3196].

66. And he smote[H5221] his adversaries[H6862] backward[H268]: He put[H5414] them to a perpetual[H5769] reproach[H2781].

67. Moreover he refused[H3988] the tent[H168] of Joseph[H3130], And chose[H977] not the tribe[H7626] of Ephraim[H669],

68. But chose[H977] the tribe[H7626] of Judah[H3063], The mount[H2022] Zion[H6726] which he loved[H157].

69. And he built[H1129] his sanctuary[H4720] like the heights[H7311], Like the earth[H776] which he hath established[H3245] for ever[H5769].

70. He chose[H977] David[H1732] also his servant[H5650], And took[H3947] him from the sheepfolds[H4356]:

71. From following[H310] the ewes that have their young[H5763] he brought[H935] him[H7462], To be the shepherd of Jacob[H3290] his people[H5971], and Israel[H3478] his inheritance[H5159].

72. So he was their shepherd[H7462] according to the integrity[H8537] of his heart[H3824], And guided[H5148] them by the skilfulness[H8394] of his hands[H3709].