{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/78","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T09:16:57.188Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":78,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":77,"nextChapter":79,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":72},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"An Instruction of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law, Incline your ear to sayings of my mouth."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old,"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"That we have heard and do know, And our fathers have recounted to us."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"So that a later generation doth know, Sons who are born, do rise and recount to their sons,"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And place in God their confidence, And forget not the doings of God, But keep His commands."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Sons of Ephraim — armed bearers of bow, Have turned in a day of conflict."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"They have not kept the covenant of God, And in His law they have refused to walk,"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And they forget His doings, And His wonders that He shewed them."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Before their fathers He hath done wonders, In the land of Egypt — the field of Zoan."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"He cleft a sea, and causeth them to pass over, Yea, He causeth waters to stand as a heap."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And leadeth them with a cloud by day, And all the night with a light of fire."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"He cleaveth rocks in a wilderness, And giveth drink — as the great deep."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And bringeth out streams from a rock, And causeth waters to come down as rivers."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And they add still to sin against Him, To provoke the Most High in the dry place."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And they try God in their heart, To ask food for their lust."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And they speak against God — they said: 'Is God able to array a table in a wilderness?'"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"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?'"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Therefore hath Jehovah heard, And He sheweth Himself wroth, And fire hath been kindled against Jacob, And anger also hath gone up against Israel,"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"For they have not believed in God, Nor have they trusted in His salvation."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And He commandeth clouds from above, Yea, doors of the heavens He hath opened."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And He raineth on them manna to eat, Yea, corn of heaven He hath given to them."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Food of the mighty hath each eaten, Venison He sent to them to satiety."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"He causeth an east wind to journey in the heavens, And leadeth by His strength a south wind,"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"And He raineth on them flesh as dust, And as sand of the seas — winged fowl,"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"And causeth it to fall in the midst of His camp, Round about His tabernacles."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"And they eat, and are greatly satisfied, And their desire He bringeth to them."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"They have not been estranged from their desire, Yet is their food in their mouth,"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"With all this they have sinned again, And have not believed in His wonders."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"And He consumeth in vanity their days, And their years in trouble."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"If He slew them, then they sought Him, And turned back, and sought God earnestly,"},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"And they remember that God is their rock, And God Most High their redeemer."},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"And — they deceive Him with their mouth, And with their tongue do lie to Him,"},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"And their heart hath not been right with Him, And they have not been stedfast in His covenant."},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"And He — the Merciful One, Pardoneth iniquity, and destroyeth not, And hath often turned back His anger, And waketh not up all His fury."},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"And He remembereth that they are flesh, A wind going on — and it returneth not."},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"How often do they provoke Him in the wilderness, Grieve Him in the desolate place?"},{"verseNumber":41,"text":"Yea, they turn back, and try God, And the Holy One of Israel have limited."},{"verseNumber":42,"text":"They have not remembered His hand The day He ransomed them from the adversary."},{"verseNumber":43,"text":"When He set His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the field of Zoan,"},{"verseNumber":44,"text":"And He turneth to blood their streams, And their floods they drink not."},{"verseNumber":45,"text":"He sendeth among them the beetle, and it consumeth them, And the frog, and it destroyeth them,"},{"verseNumber":46,"text":"And giveth to the caterpillar their increase, And their labour to the locust."},{"verseNumber":47,"text":"He destroyeth with hail their vine, And their sycamores with frost,"},{"verseNumber":48,"text":"And delivereth up to the hail their beasts, And their cattle to the burning flames."},{"verseNumber":49,"text":"He sendeth on them the fury of His anger, Wrath, and indignation, and distress — A discharge of evil messengers."},{"verseNumber":50,"text":"He pondereth a path for His anger, He kept not back their soul from death, Yea, their life to the pestilence He delivered up."},{"verseNumber":51,"text":"And He smiteth every first-born in Egypt, The first-fruit of the strong in tents of Ham."},{"verseNumber":52,"text":"And causeth His people to journey as a flock, And guideth them as a drove in a wilderness,"},{"verseNumber":53,"text":"And He leadeth them confidently, And they have not been afraid, And their enemies hath the sea covered."},{"verseNumber":54,"text":"And He bringeth them in unto the border of His sanctuary, This mountain His right hand had got,"},{"verseNumber":55,"text":"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,"},{"verseNumber":56,"text":"And they tempt and provoke God Most High, And His testimonies have not kept."},{"verseNumber":57,"text":"And they turn back, And deal treacherously like their fathers, They have been turned like a deceitful bow,"},{"verseNumber":58,"text":"And make Him angry with their high places, And with their graven images make Him zealous,"},{"verseNumber":59,"text":"God hath heard, and sheweth Himself wroth. And kicketh exceedingly against Israel."},{"verseNumber":60,"text":"And He leaveth the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent He had placed among men,"},{"verseNumber":61,"text":"And He giveth His strength to captivity, And His beauty into the hand of an adversary,"},{"verseNumber":62,"text":"And delivereth up to the sword His people, And with His inheritance shewed Himself angry."},{"verseNumber":63,"text":"His young men hath fire consumed, And His virgins have not been praised."},{"verseNumber":64,"text":"His priests by the sword have fallen, And their widows weep not."},{"verseNumber":65,"text":"And the Lord waketh as a sleeper, As a mighty one crying aloud from wine."},{"verseNumber":66,"text":"And He smiteth His adversaries backward, A reproach age-during He hath put on them,"},{"verseNumber":67,"text":"And He kicketh against the tent of Joseph, And on the tribe of Ephraim hath not fixed."},{"verseNumber":68,"text":"And He chooseth the tribe of Judah, With mount Zion that He loved,"},{"verseNumber":69,"text":"And buildeth His sanctuary as a high place, Like the earth, He founded it to the age."},{"verseNumber":70,"text":"And He fixeth on David His servant, And taketh him from the folds of a flock,"},{"verseNumber":71,"text":"From behind suckling ones He hath brought him in, To rule over Jacob His people, And over Israel His inheritance."},{"verseNumber":72,"text":"And he ruleth them according to the integrity of his heart, And by the skilfulness of his hands leadeth them!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 78 (YLT)","markdown":"[Psalms 78](https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/78)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/78 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}