Psalms 77 — ENGLXXUP

77 Verse 1 A Psalm of instruction for Asaph. ^{Verse 2} I will open my mouth in parables: ^{Verse 3} All which we have heard and known, ^{Verse 4} They were not hidden from their children to a second generation; ^{Verse 5} And he raised up a testimony in Jacob, ^{Verse 6} That another generation might know, ^{Verse 7} That they might set their hope on God, ^{Verse 8} That they should not be as their fathers, ^{Verse 9} The children of Ephraim, bending and shooting with the bow, ^{Verse 10} They kept not the covenant of God, ^{Verse 11} And they forgot his benefits, ^{Verse 12} The miracles which he wrought before their fathers, ^{Verse 13} He clove the sea, and led them through: ^{Verse 14} And he guided them with a cloud by day, ^{Verse 15} He clove a rock in the wilderness, ^{Verse 16} And he brought water out of the rock, ^{Verse 17} And they sinned yet more against him; ^{Verse 18} And they tempted God in their hearts, ^{Verse 19} They spoke also against God, and said, ^{Verse 20} Forasmuch as he smote the rock, and the waters flowed, ^{Verse 21} Therefore the Lord heard, and was provoked: ^{Verse 22} Because they believed not in God, ^{Verse 23} Yet he commanded the clouds from above, ^{Verse 24} And rained upon them manna to eat, ^{Verse 25} Man ate angels’ bread; ^{Verse 26} He removed the south wind from heaven; ^{Verse 27} And he rained upon them flesh like dust, ^{Verse 28} And they fell into the midst of their camp, ^{Verse 29} So they ate, and were completely filled; ^{Verse 30} They were not disappointed of their desire: ^{Verse 31} Then the indignation of God rose up against them, ^{Verse 32} In the midst of all this they sinned yet more, ^{Verse 33} And their days were consumed in vanity, ^{Verse 34} When he slew them, they sought him: ^{Verse 35} And they remembered that God was their helper, ^{Verse 36} Yet they loved him only with their mouth, ^{Verse 37} For their heart was not right with him, ^{Verse 38} But he is compassionate, ^{Verse 39} And he remembered that they are flesh; ^{Verse 40} How often did they provoke him in the wilderness, ^{Verse 41} Yea, they turned back, and tempted God, ^{Verse 42} They remembered not his hand, ^{Verse 43} How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, ^{Verse 44} And had changed their rivers into blood; ^{Verse 45} He sent against them the dog fly, and it devoured them; ^{Verse 46} And he gave their fruit to the canker worm, ^{Verse 47} He killed their vines with hail, ^{Verse 48} And he gave up their cattle to hail, ^{Verse 49} He sent out against them the fury of his anger, ^{Verse 50} He made a way for his wrath; ^{Verse 51} And smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt; ^{Verse 52} And he removed his people like sheep; ^{Verse 53} And he guided them with hope, and they feared not: ^{Verse 54} And he brought them in to the mountain of his sanctuary, ^{Verse 55} And he cast out the nations from before them, ^{Verse 56} Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, ^{Verse 57} And they turned back, and broke covenant, even as also their fathers: ^{Verse 58} And they provoked him with their high places, ^{Verse 59} God heard and lightly regarded them, ^{Verse 60} And he rejected the tabernacle of Shiloh, ^{Verse 61} And he gave their strength into captivity, ^{Verse 62} And he gave his people to the sword; ^{Verse 63} Fire devoured their young men; ^{Verse 64} Their priests fell by the sword; ^{Verse 65} So the Lord awoke as one out of sleep, ^{Verse 66} And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: ^{Verse 67} And he rejected the tabernacle of Joseph, ^{Verse 68} But chose the tribe of Judah, ^{Verse 69} And he built his sanctuary as the place of unicorns; ^{Verse 70} He chose David also his servant, ^{Verse 71} He took him from following the ewes great with young, ^{Verse 72} So he tended them in the innocency of his heart;