Psalms 78:1-7 in English

¹ Maschil of Asaph. 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, Telling to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, And his strength, and his wondrous 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 that should be born; Who should arise and tell them to their children,

⁷ That they might set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep his commandments,

¹ A Psalm for Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; they have polluted thy holy temple; they have made Jerusalem a storehouse of fruits.

² They have given the dead bodies of thy servants to be food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of thy holy ones for the wild beasts of the earth.

³ They have shed their blood as water, round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.

⁴ We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

⁵ How long, O Lord? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

⁶ Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms which have not called upon thy name.

⁷ For they have devoured Jacob, and laid his place waste.

¹ Maschil of Asaph. 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:

¹ Maschil of Asaph. 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:

¹ (79) A Psalm for Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into your inheritance; they have polluted your holy temple; they have made Jerusalem a storehouse of fruits.

² They have given the dead bodies of your servants to be food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your holy ones for the wild beasts of the earth.

³ They have shed their blood as water, round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.

⁴ We are become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

⁵ How long, O Lord? will you be angry for ever? shall your jealousy burn like fire?

⁶ Pour out your wrath upon the heathen that have not known you, and upon the kingdoms which have not called upon your name.

⁷ For they have devoured Jacob, and laid his place waste.

¹ Maschil of Asaph. 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, telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wondrous 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 tell them to their children:

⁷ That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:

¹ My friends, listen to what I am going to teach you; pay careful attention IDM to what I say.

² I am going to give you some sayings that wise people have said. They will be sayings about things that happened long ago, things that were difficult to understand MET,

³ things that we have heard and known previously, things that our parents and grandparents told us.

⁴ We will tell these things to our children LIT, and we will also tell to our grandchildren about Yahweh's power and the glorious/great things that he has done.

⁵ He gave laws and commandments to the Israeli people, those who are the descendants of Jacob DOU, and he told our ancestors to teach them to their children

⁶ in order that their children would also know them and then they would teach them to their children.

⁷ In that way, they also would trust in God, and not forget the things that he has done; instead, they would obey his commandments.

¹ (79) A Psalm for Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into your inheritance; they have polluted your holy temple; they have made Jerusalem a storehouse of fruits.

² They have given the dead bodies of your servants to be food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your holy ones for the wild beasts of the earth.

³ They have shed their blood as water, round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.

⁴ We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

⁵ How long, O Lord? will you be angry for ever? shall your jealousy burn like fire?

⁶ Pour out your wrath upon the heathen that have not known you, and upon the kingdoms which have not called upon your name.

⁷ For they have devoured Jacob, and laid his place waste.

¹ A contemplation by Asaph. Hear my teaching, my people. Turn 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, telling to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, his strength, and his wondrous deeds that he has done.

⁵ For he established a covenant in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;

⁶ that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell their children,

⁷ that they might set their hope in God, and not forget God’s deeds, but keep his commandments,

¹ A contemplation by Asaph. Hear my teaching, my people. Turn 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, telling to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, his strength, and his wondrous deeds that he has done.

⁵ For he established a covenant in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;

⁶ that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell their children,

⁷ that they might set their hope in God, and not forget God’s deeds, but keep his commandments,

¹ A contemplation by Asaph. Hear my teaching, my people. Turn 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, telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, his strength, and his wondrous deeds that he has done.

⁵ For he established a covenant in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;

⁶ that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell their children,

⁷ that they might set their hope in God, and not forget God’s deeds, but keep his commandments,

¹ Maschil. Of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law; let your ears be bent down to the words of my mouth.

² Opening my mouth I will give out a story, even the dark sayings of old times;

³ Which have come to our hearing and our knowledge, as they were given to us by our fathers.

⁴ We will not keep them secret from our children; we will make clear to the coming generation the praises of the Lord and his strength, and the great works of wonder which he has done.

⁵ He put up a witness in Jacob, and made a law in Israel; which he gave to our fathers so that they might give knowledge of them to their children;

⁶ So that the generation to come might have knowledge of them, even the children of the future, who would give word of them to their children;

⁷ So that they might put their hope in God, and not let God's works go out of their minds, but keep his laws;

¹ An instruction. Of Asaph. 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 riddles from of old,

³ Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us:

⁴ We will not hide them from their sons, shewing forth to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, and his strength, and his marvellous works which 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, the children that should be born; that they might rise up and tell them to their children,

⁷ And that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but observe his commandments;

¹ A psalm for Asaph. O God, the heathens are come into thy inheritance, they have defiled thy holy temple: they have made Jerusalem as a place to keep fruit.

² They have given the dead bodies of thy servants to be meat for the fowls of the air: the flesh of thy saints for the beasts of the earth.

³ They have poured out their blood as water, round about Jerusalem and there was none to bury them.

⁴ We are become a reproach to our neighbours: a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

⁵ How long, O Lord, wilt thou be angry for ever: shall thy zeal be kindled like a fire?

⁶ Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that have not known thee: and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.

⁷ Because they have devoured Jacob; and have laid waste his place.

¹ A psalm (maskil) of Asaph. Listen to what I have to teach you, my people; hear what I have to say.

² I will tell you wise sayings; I will explain mysteries from the past

³ that we have heard before and reflected on; stories our forefathers passed down to us.

⁴ We will not keep them from our children; we will tell the next generation about God's marvelous actions—about his power and the amazing things he has done.

⁵ He gave his laws to the descendants of Jacob; his instructions to the people of Israel. He commanded our forefathers to teach them to their children,

⁶ so that the next generation—children yet to be born—would understand and grow up to teach their children.

⁷ In this way they should place their trust in God and not forget what God has done, and keep his commandments.

¹ A Psalme to give instruction committed to Asaph. Heare my doctrine, O my people: incline your eares vnto the wordes of my mouth.

² I will open my mouth in a parable: I will declare high sentences of olde.

³ Which we haue heard and knowen, and our fathers haue tolde vs.

⁴ Wee will not hide them from their children but to the generation to come we wil shewe the praises of the Lord his power also, and his wonderful woorkes that he hath done:

⁵ How he established a testimonie in Iaakob, and ordeined a Law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they shoulde teache their children:

⁶ That the posteritie might knowe it, and the children, which should be borne, should stand vp, and declare it to their children:

⁷ That they might set their hope on God, and not forget the workes of God but keepe his commandements:

¹ Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

² I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter dark sayings concerning days of old;

³ That which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us,

⁴ We will not hide from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and His strength, and His wondrous 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 that should be born; who should arise and tell them to their children,

⁷ That they might put their confidence in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep His commandments;

¹ Maschil of Asaph. 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:

¹ “A Maskil of Assaph.” Give ear, O my people, to my instruction: incline thy ear to the words of my mouth.

² I will open with a parable my mouth: I will utter riddles out of ancient times;

³ Which we have heard and know, and which our fathers have related unto us.

⁴ We will not conceal them from their children, relating to the latest generation the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful deeds which he hath done.

⁵ Yea, he established a testimony in Jacob, and instituted a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

⁶ In order that the latest generation might know them, even the children that are to be born; that they may arise and relate them to their children;

⁷ That they may place in God their hope, and not forget the doings of God, but observe his commandments;

¹ A Psalm for Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; They have polluted thy holy temple; They have made Jerusalem a storehouse of fruits.

² They have given the dead bodies of thy servants To be food for the birds of the sky, The flesh of thy holy ones for the wild beasts of the earth.

³ They have shed their blood as water, Round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.

⁴ We are become a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

⁵ How long, O Lord? wilt thou be angry forever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

⁶ Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, And upon the kingdoms which have not called upon thy name.

⁷ For they have devoured Jacob, And laid his place waste.

¹ “A psalm of Asaph.” Give ear, O my people, to my instruction! Incline your ears to the words of my mouth!

² I will open my mouth in a psalm; I will utter sayings of ancient times.

³ What we have heard and learned, And our fathers have told us,

⁴ We will not hide from their children; Showing to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, His might, and the wonders he hath wrought.

⁵ For he appointed statutes in Jacob, And established a law in Israel, Which he commanded our fathers To make known to their children;

⁶ So that the generation to come might know them; The children, which should be born, and rise up, Who should declare them to their children;

⁷ That they might put their trust in God, And not forget his deeds, But keep his commandments;

¹ A maskil of Asaph. My people, give ear to my teaching: bend your ears to the words of my mouth,

² as I open my mouth in a poem on the riddling story of the past.

³ What we have heard and known, and what our ancestors have told us,

⁴ we will not hide from their children. We will tell to the next generation the praises and might of the Lord, and the wonders that he has done.

⁵ He set up a testimony in Jacob, a law he appointed in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to make known to their children,

⁶ that the next generation should know it, that the children yet to be born should arise and tell their children;

⁷ that in God they might put their confidence, and not forget God's works; but that they might keep his commandments,

¹ A maskil of Asaph. My people, give ear to my teaching: bend your ears to the words of my mouth,

² as I open my mouth in a poem on the riddling story of the past.

³ What we have heard and known, and what our ancestors have told us,

⁴ we will not hide from their children. We will tell to the next generation the praises and might of the Lord, and the wonders that he has done.

⁵ He set up a testimony in Jacob, a law he appointed in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to make known to their children,

⁶ that the next generation should know it, that the children yet to be born should arise and tell their children;

⁷ that in God they might put their confidence, and not forget God's works; but that they might keep his commandments,

¹ Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.

² I will open my mouth in a parable. I will explain mysteries from days of old,

³ Which we have sh'ma ·heard obeyed· and known, and our fathers have told us.

⁴ We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the tehilahot ·praise songs· of Adonai , his strength, and his wondrous deeds that he has done.

⁵ For he established a testimony in Jacob Supplanter, and appointed a teaching in Israel God prevails, which he enjoined our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;

⁶ that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell their children,

⁷ that they might set their hope in God, and not forget God’s deeds, but keep his mitzvot ·instructions·,

¹ A maschil of Asaph. Hear my teaching, my people, listen to the words of my mouth.

² I will open my mouth in parables; I will sing about hidden things about the past.

³ These are things that we have heard and learned, things that our ancestors have told us.

⁴ We will not keep them from their descendants. We will tell the next generation about the praiseworthy deeds of Yahweh, his strength, and the wonders that he has done.

⁵ For he established covenant decrees in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel. He commanded our ancestors that they were to teach them to their children.

⁶ He commanded this so that the generation to come might know his decrees, the children not yet born, who should tell them in turn to their own children.

⁷ Then they would place their hope in God and not forget his deeds but keep his commandments.

¹ A contemplation by Asaph. Hear my teaching, my people. Turn 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, telling to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, his strength, and his wondrous deeds that he has done.

⁵ For he established a covenant in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;

⁶ that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell their children,

⁷ that they might set their hope in God, and not forget God’s deeds, but keep his commandments,

¹ A contemplation by Asaph. Hear my teaching, my people. Turn 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, telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, his strength, and his wondrous deeds that he has done.

⁵ For he established a covenant in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;

⁶ that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell their children,

⁷ that they might set their hope in God, and not forget God’s deeds, but keep his commandments,

¹ Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ear 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, showing 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 who 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:

¹ A contemplation by Asaph. Hear my teaching, my people. Turn 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, telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, his strength, and his wondrous deeds that he has done.

⁵ For he established a covenant in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;

⁶ that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell their children,

⁷ that they might set their hope in God, and not forget God’s deeds, but keep his commandments,

¹ A contemplation by Asaph. Hear my teaching, my people. Turn 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, telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, his strength, and his wondrous deeds that he has done.

⁵ For he established a covenant in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;

⁶ that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell their children,

⁷ that they might set their hope in God, and not forget God’s deeds, but keep his commandments,

¹ The learning of Asaph. My people, perceive ye my law; bow your ear into the words of my mouth.

² I shall open my mouth in parables; I shall speak perfect reasons or propositions from the beginning.

³ How great things have we heard, and we have known those or them; and our fathers told to us.

⁴ Those or They be not hid from the sons of them; in another generation. And they told the praisings of the Lord, and the virtues of him; and his marvels, which he did.

⁵ And he raised witnessing in Jacob; and he setted law in Israel. How great things commanded he to our fathers, to make those known to their sons;

⁶ that another generation know. Sons, that shall be born, and shall rise up; shall tell out to their sons.

⁷ That they set or put their hope in God, and forget not the works of God; and that they seek or search his commandments.

¹ The learning of Asaph. My people, perceive ye my law; bow your ear into the words of my mouth. (A teaching by Asaph. My people, listen ye to my teaching; bow down your ear to the words of my mouth.)

² I shall open my mouth in parables; I shall speak perfect reasons from the beginning (or I shall speak perfect reasoning from the old days).

³ How great things have we heard, and we have known those; and our fathers told to us. (What great things we have heard, and we have known; and our fathers told us.)

⁴ Those be not hid from the sons of them; in another generation. And they told the praisings of the Lord, and the virtues of him; and his marvels, which he did. (We will not hide these things from their sons and daughters; yea, from the generations to come. We shall tell out the praises of the Lord, and his strength, or his power; and the marvellous deeds which he did.)

⁵ And he raised witnessing in Jacob; and he setted law in Israel. How great things commanded he to our fathers, to make those known to their sons; (And he raised up a testimony in Jacob; and he set a law in Israel. He commanded to our fathers to make these things known to their sons and daughters;)

⁶ that another generation know. Sons, that shall be born, and shall rise up; shall tell out to their sons. (so that another generation would know them. And so that the sons and daughters who shall be born, shall rise up; and shall tell these things to their sons and daughters.)

⁷ That they set their hope in God, and forget not the works of God; and that they seek his commandments/and that they search his commandments. (So that they put their trust in God, and forget not the works of God; and that they obey his commandments.)

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.