KJV-Parallel Bibles
1. Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
2. I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
3. Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
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.
5. 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:
6. That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
7. That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
8. 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.
9. The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
10. They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
11. And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
12. Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
13. He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
14. In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
15. He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
16. He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
17. And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
18. And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
19. Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
20. 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?
21. Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
22. Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
23. Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
24. And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
25. Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.
26. He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.
27. He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
28. And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.
29. So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;
30. They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
31. The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
32. For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.
33. Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
34. When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God.
35. And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
36. Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
37. For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
38. 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.
39. For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
40. How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
41. Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
42. They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
43. How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:
44. And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
45. He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
46. He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.
47. He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
48. He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
49. He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
50. He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
51. And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
52. But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
53. And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
54. And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.
55. 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.
56. Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
57. But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
58. For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
59. When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
60. So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
61. And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.
62. He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.
63. The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
64. Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
65. Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
66. And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
67. Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
68. But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
69. And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.
70. He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
71. From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
72. So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
1. An Instruction of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law, Incline your ear to sayings of my mouth.
2. I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old,
3. That we have heard and do know, And our fathers have recounted to us.
4. We do not hide from their sons, To a later generation recounting praises of Jehovah, And His strength, and His wonders that He hath done.
5. And He raiseth up a testimony in Jacob, And a law hath placed in Israel, That He commanded our fathers, To make them known to their sons.
6. So that a later generation doth know, Sons who are born, do rise and recount to their sons,
7. And place in God their confidence, And forget not the doings of God, But keep His commands.
8. And they are not like their fathers, A generation apostate and rebellious, A generation! it hath not prepared its heart, Nor stedfast with God [is] its spirit.
9. Sons of Ephraim -- armed bearers of bow, Have turned in a day of conflict.
10. They have not kept the covenant of God, And in His law they have refused to walk,
11. And they forget His doings, And His wonders that He shewed them.
12. Before their fathers He hath done wonders, In the land of Egypt -- the field of Zoan.
13. He cleft a sea, and causeth them to pass over, Yea, He causeth waters to stand as a heap.
14. And leadeth them with a cloud by day, And all the night with a light of fire.
15. He cleaveth rocks in a wilderness, And giveth drink -- as the great deep.
16. And bringeth out streams from a rock, And causeth waters to come down as rivers.
17. And they add still to sin against Him, To provoke the Most High in the dry place.
18. And they try God in their heart, To ask food for their lust.
19. And they speak against God -- they said: `Is God able to array a table in a wilderness?'
20. Lo, He hath smitten a rock, And waters flow, yea, streams overflow. `Also -- bread [is] He able to give? Doth He prepare flesh for His people?'
21. Therefore hath Jehovah heard, And He sheweth Himself wroth, And fire hath been kindled against Jacob, And anger also hath gone up against Israel,
22. For they have not believed in God, Nor have they trusted in His salvation.
23. And He commandeth clouds from above, Yea, doors of the heavens He hath opened.
24. And He raineth on them manna to eat, Yea, corn of heaven He hath given to them.
25. Food of the mighty hath each eaten, Venison He sent to them to satiety.
26. He causeth an east wind to journey in the heavens, And leadeth by His strength a south wind,
27. And He raineth on them flesh as dust, And as sand of the seas -- winged fowl,
28. And causeth [it] to fall in the midst of His camp, Round about His tabernacles.
29. And they eat, and are greatly satisfied, And their desire He bringeth to them.
30. They have not been estranged from their desire, Yet [is] their food in their mouth,
31. And the anger of God hath gone up against them, And He slayeth among their fat ones, And youths of Israel He caused to bend.
32. With all this they have sinned again, And have not believed in His wonders.
33. And He consumeth in vanity their days, And their years in trouble.
34. If He slew them, then they sought Him, And turned back, and sought God earnestly,
35. And they remember that God [is] their rock, And God Most High their redeemer.
36. And -- they deceive Him with their mouth, And with their tongue do lie to Him,
37. And their heart hath not been right with Him, And they have not been stedfast in His covenant.
38. And He -- the Merciful One, Pardoneth iniquity, and destroyeth not, And hath often turned back His anger, And waketh not up all His fury.
39. And He remembereth that they [are] flesh, A wind going on -- and it returneth not.
40. How often do they provoke Him in the wilderness, Grieve Him in the desolate place?
41. Yea, they turn back, and try God, And the Holy One of Israel have limited.
42. They have not remembered His hand The day He ransomed them from the adversary.
43. When He set His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the field of Zoan,
44. And He turneth to blood their streams, And their floods they drink not.
45. He sendeth among them the beetle, and it consumeth them, And the frog, and it destroyeth them,
46. And giveth to the caterpillar their increase, And their labour to the locust.
47. He destroyeth with hail their vine, And their sycamores with frost,
48. And delivereth up to the hail their beasts, And their cattle to the burning flames.
49. He sendeth on them the fury of His anger, Wrath, and indignation, and distress -- A discharge of evil messengers.
50. He pondereth a path for His anger, He kept not back their soul from death, Yea, their life to the pestilence He delivered up.
51. And He smiteth every first-born in Egypt, The first-fruit of the strong in tents of Ham.
52. And causeth His people to journey as a flock, And guideth them as a drove in a wilderness,
53. And He leadeth them confidently, And they have not been afraid, And their enemies hath the sea covered.
54. And He bringeth them in unto the border of His sanctuary, This mountain His right hand had got,
55. And casteth out nations from before them, And causeth them to fall in the line of inheritance, And causeth the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents,
56. And they tempt and provoke God Most High, And His testimonies have not kept.
57. And they turn back, And deal treacherously like their fathers, They have been turned like a deceitful bow,
58. And make Him angry with their high places, And with their graven images make Him zealous,
59. God hath heard, and sheweth Himself wroth. And kicketh exceedingly against Israel.
60. And He leaveth the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent He had placed among men,
61. And He giveth His strength to captivity, And His beauty into the hand of an adversary,
62. And delivereth up to the sword His people, And with His inheritance shewed Himself angry.
63. His young men hath fire consumed, And His virgins have not been praised.
64. His priests by the sword have fallen, And their widows weep not.
65. And the Lord waketh as a sleeper, As a mighty one crying aloud from wine.
66. And He smiteth His adversaries backward, A reproach age-during He hath put on them,
67. And He kicketh against the tent of Joseph, And on the tribe of Ephraim hath not fixed.
68. And He chooseth the tribe of Judah, With mount Zion that He loved,
69. And buildeth His sanctuary as a high place, Like the earth, He founded it to the age.
70. And He fixeth on David His servant, And taketh him from the folds of a flock,
71. From behind suckling ones He hath brought him in, To rule over Jacob His people, And over Israel His inheritance.
72. And he ruleth them according to the integrity of his heart, And by the skilfulness of his hands leadeth them!
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