1Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people,…
2I will open my mouth in a parable;…
3Which we have heard and known, And our…
4We will not hide them from their children,…
5For he established a testimony in Jacob, And…
6That the generation to come might know [them],…
7That they might set their hope in God,…
8And might not be as their fathers, A…
9The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying…
10They kept not the covenant of God, And…
11And they forgat his doings, And his wondrous…
12Marvellous things did he in the sight of…
13He clave the sea, and caused them to…
14In the day-time also he led them with…
15He clave rocks in the wilderness, And gave…
16He brought streams also out of the rock,…
17Yet went they on still to sin against…
18And they tempted God in their heart By…
19Yea, they spake against God; They said, Can…
20Behold, he smote the rock, so that waters…
21Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth; And a…
22Because they believed not in God, And trusted…
23Yet he commanded the skies above, And opened…
24And he rained down manna upon them to…
25Man did eat the bread of the mighty:…
26He caused the east wind to blow in…
27He rained flesh also upon them as the…
28And he let it fall in the midst…
29So they did eat, and were well filled;…
30They were not estranged from that which they…
31When the anger of God went up against…
32For all this they sinned still, And believed…
33Therefore their days did he consume in vanity,…
34When he slew them, then they inquired after…
35And they remembered that God was their rock,…
36But they flattered him with their mouth, And…
37For their heart was not right with him,…
38But he, being merciful, forgave [their] iniquity, and…
39And he remembered that they were but flesh,…
40How oft did they rebel against him in…
41And they turned again and tempted God, And…
42They remembered not his hand, Nor the day…
43How he set his signs in Egypt, And…
44And turned their rivers into blood, And their…
45He sent among them swarms of flies, which…
46He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar,…
47He destroyed their vines with hail, And their…
48He gave over their cattle also to the…
49He cast upon them the fierceness of his…
50He made a path for his anger; He…
51And smote all the first-born in Egypt, The…
52But he led forth his own people like…
53And he led them safely, so that they…
54And he brought them to the border of…
55He drove out the nations also before them,…
56Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most…
57But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their…
58For they provoked him to anger with their…
59When God heard [this], he was wroth, And…
60So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh,…
61And delivered his strength into captivity, And his…
62He gave his people over also unto the…
63Fire devoured their young men; And their virgins…
64Their priests fell by the sword; And their…
65Then the Lord awaked as one out of…
66And he smote his adversaries backward: He put…
67Moreover he refused the tent of Joseph, And…
68But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount…
69And he built his sanctuary like the heights,…
70He chose David also his servant, And took…
71From following the ewes that have their young…
72So he was their shepherd according to the…
