Psalms 78:3-21

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

⁴We 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.

⁵He 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

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

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

⁸They would not be like their ancestors, who were very stubborn and kept rebelling against God; they did not continue firmly trusting in God, and they did not worship only him.

⁹The soldiers of the tribe of Ephraim had bows and arrows but they ran away from their enemies on the day that they fought a battle with their enemies.

¹⁰They did not do what they had agreed with God that they would do; they refused to obey his laws.

¹¹They forgot what he had done; they forgot about the miracles that they had seen him perform.

¹²While our ancestors were watching, God performed miracles in the area around Zoan city in Egypt.

¹³Then he caused the Red Sea to divide, causing the water on each side to pile up like a wall, with the result that our ancestors walked through it on dry ground.

¹⁴He led them by a bright cloud during the day and by a fiery light during the night.

¹⁵He split rocks open in the desert, giving to our ancestors plenty of water from deep inside the earth.

¹⁶He caused a stream of water to flow from the rock; the water flowed like a river DOU.

¹⁷But our ancestors continued to sin against God; in the desert they rebelled against the one who is greater than any other god.

¹⁸By demanding that God give them the food that they desired, they tried to find out if he would always do what they requested him to do.

¹⁹They insulted God by saying, “We don't think he can supply food for us here in this desert!

²⁰It is true that he struck the rock, with the result that water gushed/flowed out, but ◄can he also provide bread and meat for us, his people?/we doubt that he can also provide bread and meat for us, his people.►” RHQ

²¹So, when Yahweh heard that, he became very angry, and he sent a fire to burn up some of his Israeli people. MTY, DOU