Psalms 78:25-72

²⁵Food of the mighty hath each eaten, Venison He sent to them to satiety.

²⁶He causeth an east wind to journey in the heavens, And leadeth by His strength a south wind,

²⁷And He raineth on them flesh as dust, And as sand of the seas — winged fowl,

²⁸And causeth it to fall in the midst of His camp, Round about His tabernacles.

²⁹And they eat, and are greatly satisfied, And their desire He bringeth to them.

³⁰They have not been estranged from their desire, Yet is their food in their mouth,

³¹And the anger of God hath gone up against them, And He slayeth among their fat ones, And youths of Israel He caused to bend.

³²With all this they have sinned again, And have not believed in His wonders.

³³And He consumeth in vanity their days, And their years in trouble.

³⁴If He slew them, then they sought Him, And turned back, and sought God earnestly,

³⁵And they remember that God is their rock, And God Most High their redeemer.

³⁶And — they deceive Him with their mouth, And with their tongue do lie to Him,

³⁷And their heart hath not been right with Him, And they have not been stedfast in His covenant.

³⁸And He — the Merciful One, Pardoneth iniquity, and destroyeth not, And hath often turned back His anger, And waketh not up all His fury.

³⁹And He remembereth that they are flesh, A wind going on — and it returneth not.

⁴⁰How often do they provoke Him in the wilderness, Grieve Him in the desolate place?

⁴¹Yea, they turn back, and try God, And the Holy One of Israel have limited.

⁴²They have not remembered His hand The day He ransomed them from the adversary.

⁴³When He set His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the field of Zoan,

⁴⁴And He turneth to blood their streams, And their floods they drink not.

⁴⁵He sendeth among them the beetle, and it consumeth them, And the frog, and it destroyeth them,

⁴⁶And giveth to the caterpillar their increase, And their labour to the locust.

⁴⁷He destroyeth with hail their vine, And their sycamores with frost,

⁴⁸And delivereth up to the hail their beasts, And their cattle to the burning flames.

⁴⁹He sendeth on them the fury of His anger, Wrath, and indignation, and distress — A discharge of evil messengers.

⁵⁰He pondereth a path for His anger, He kept not back their soul from death, Yea, their life to the pestilence He delivered up.

⁵¹And He smiteth every first-born in Egypt, The first-fruit of the strong in tents of Ham.

⁵²And causeth His people to journey as a flock, And guideth them as a drove in a wilderness,

⁵³And He leadeth them confidently, And they have not been afraid, And their enemies hath the sea covered.

⁵⁴And He bringeth them in unto the border of His sanctuary, This mountain His right hand had got,

⁵⁵And 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,

⁵⁶And they tempt and provoke God Most High, And His testimonies have not kept.

⁵⁷And they turn back, And deal treacherously like their fathers, They have been turned like a deceitful bow,

⁵⁸And make Him angry with their high places, And with their graven images make Him zealous,

⁵⁹God hath heard, and sheweth Himself wroth. And kicketh exceedingly against Israel.

⁶⁰And He leaveth the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent He had placed among men,

⁶¹And He giveth His strength to captivity, And His beauty into the hand of an adversary,

⁶²And delivereth up to the sword His people, And with His inheritance shewed Himself angry.

⁶³His young men hath fire consumed, And His virgins have not been praised.

⁶⁴His priests by the sword have fallen, And their widows weep not.

⁶⁵And the Lord waketh as a sleeper, As a mighty one crying aloud from wine.

⁶⁶And He smiteth His adversaries backward, A reproach age-during He hath put on them,

⁶⁷And He kicketh against the tent of Joseph, And on the tribe of Ephraim hath not fixed.

⁶⁸And He chooseth the tribe of Judah, With mount Zion that He loved,

⁶⁹And buildeth His sanctuary as a high place, Like the earth, He founded it to the age.

⁷⁰And He fixeth on David His servant, And taketh him from the folds of a flock,

⁷¹From behind suckling ones He hath brought him in, To rule over Jacob His people, And over Israel His inheritance.

⁷²And he ruleth them according to the integrity of his heart, And by the skilfulness of his hands leadeth them!