Salmo 78

Nuova Riveduta 2006

di Società Biblica di Ginevra

Fedeltà di Dio nella storia d’Israele

1 Cantico di Asaf. Ascolta, popolo mio, il mio insegnamento; porgete orecchio alle parole della mia bocca! 

2 Io aprirò la mia bocca per esprimere parabole, esporrò i misteri dei tempi antichi. 

3 Quel che abbiamo udito e conosciuto, e che i nostri padri ci hanno raccontato, 

4 non lo nasconderemo ai loro figli; diremo alla generazione futura le lodi del Signore, la sua potenza e le meraviglie che egli ha operate. 

5 Egli stabilì una testimonianza in Giacobbe, istituì una legge in Israele e ordinò ai nostri padri di farle conoscere ai loro figli, 

6 perché fossero note alla generazione futura, ai figli che sarebbero nati. Questi le avrebbero così raccontate ai loro figli, 

7 perché ponessero in Dio la loro speranza e non dimenticassero le opere di Dio, ma osservassero i suoi comandamenti. 

8 Tutto ciò per non essere come i loro padri, una generazione ostinata e ribelle, una generazione dal cuore incostante, il cui spirito non fu fedele a Dio. 

9 I figli di Efraim, gente di guerra, buoni arcieri, voltarono le spalle il dì della battaglia. 

10 Non osservarono il patto di Dio e rifiutarono di camminare secondo la sua legge; 

11 dimenticarono le sue opere e i prodigi che egli aveva mostrati loro. 

12 Egli aveva compiuto meraviglie in presenza dei loro padri, nel paese d’Egitto, nelle campagne di Soan. 

13 Divise il mare, li fece passare e fermò le acque come in un mucchio. 

14 Di giorno li guidò con una nuvola, e tutta la notte con un fuoco fiammeggiante. 

15 Spaccò le rocce nel deserto e li dissetò abbondantemente, come da sorgenti d’acque profonde. 

16 Fece scaturire ruscelli dalla rupe, fece sgorgare acque come fiumi. 

17 Ma essi continuarono a peccare contro di lui, a ribellarsi contro l’Altissimo, nel deserto. 

18 Tentarono Dio in cuor loro, chiedendo cibo secondo le proprie voglie. 

19 Parlarono contro Dio, dicendo: «Potrebbe Dio imbandirci una mensa nel deserto? 

20 Ecco, egli percosse la roccia e ne sgorgarono acque, ne strariparono torrenti; potrebbe darci anche del pane e provvedere di carne il suo popolo?» 

21 Perciò il Signore, quando l’udì, si adirò aspramente e un fuoco si accese contro Giacobbe; l’ira sua si infuriò contro Israele, 

22 perché non avevano creduto in Dio, né avevano avuto fiducia nella sua salvezza. 

23 Eppure egli comandò alle nuvole dall’alto, aprì le porte del cielo, 

24 fece piovere su di essi la manna per nutrimento e diede loro il frumento del cielo. 

25 Essi mangiarono il pane dei potenti; egli mandò loro cibo a sazietà. 

26 Scatenò in cielo il vento orientale, e con la sua potenza fece alzare il vento del mezzogiorno; 

27 fece piovere su di loro carne come polvere, uccelli alati, numerosi come sabbia del mare; 

28 li fece cadere in mezzo al loro accampamento, intorno alle loro tende. 

29 Così essi mangiarono, furono saziati e Dio mandò loro quel che avevano desiderato. 

30 Non era ancora stata soddisfatta la loro ingordigia, avevano ancora il cibo in bocca, 

31 quando l’ira di Dio si scatenò contro di loro, uccise i più vigorosi e abbatté i giovani d’Israele. 

32 Con tutto ciò peccarono ancora, non prestando fede ai suoi prodigi. 

33 Perciò egli consumò i loro giorni in un niente e i loro anni con un terrore improvviso. 

34 Quando li faceva perire, essi lo cercavano e ritornavano desiderosi di ritrovare Dio; 

35 e si ricordavano che Dio era la loro rocca, che il Dio altissimo era il loro liberatore. 

36 Essi però lo adulavano con la bocca e gli mentivano con la lingua. 

37 Il loro cuore non era sincero con lui e non erano fedeli al suo patto. 

38 Ma egli, che è pietoso, perdona l’iniquità e non distrugge il peccatore. Più volte trattenne la sua ira e non lasciò divampare tutto il suo sdegno, 

39 ricordando che essi erano carne, un soffio che va e non ritorna. 

40 Quante volte si ribellarono a lui nel deserto e lo rattristarono in quella solitudine! 

41 Ma ricominciarono a tentare Dio e a provocare il Santo d’Israele. 

42 Non si ricordarono più della sua mano, del giorno in cui egli li liberò dal nemico, 

43 quando operò i suoi miracoli in Egitto e i suoi prodigi nelle campagne di Soan. 

44 Egli mutò i loro fiumi e i loro ruscelli in sangue, perché non vi potessero più bere. 

45 Mandò contro di loro mosche velenose a divorarli e rane a molestarli. 

46 Diede il loro raccolto ai bruchi e il frutto della loro fatica alle cavallette. 

47 Distrusse le loro vigne con la grandine e i loro sicomori con i grossi chicchi d’essa. 

48 Abbandonò il loro bestiame alla grandine e le loro greggi ai fulmini. 

49 Scatenò su di loro il furore del suo sdegno, ira, indignazione e tribolazione, una moltitudine di messaggeri di sventure. 

50 Diede sfogo alla sua ira; non preservò dalla morte la loro anima, ma abbandonò la loro vita alla peste. 

51 Percosse tutti i primogeniti d’Egitto, le primizie del vigore nelle tende di Cam; 

52 ma fece partire il suo popolo come un gregge e lo guidò attraverso il deserto come una mandria. 

53 Li condusse sicuri e senza timore, mentre il mare inghiottiva i loro nemici. 

54 Li fece arrivare alla sua terra santa, al monte che la sua destra aveva conquistato. 

55 Scacciò le nazioni davanti a loro, assegnò loro a sorte il territorio come eredità e fece abitare le tribù d’Israele nelle tende di quelli. 

56 Ma essi tentarono il Dio altissimo, si ribellarono e non osservarono i suoi statuti. 

57 Si sviarono e furono sleali come i loro padri; si rivoltarono come un arco fallace; 

58 lo provocarono a ira con i loro alti luoghi, lo resero geloso con i loro idoli. 

59 Dio udì, si adirò, ed ebbe per Israele grande avversione, 

60 abbandonò il tabernacolo di Silo, la tenda in cui aveva abitato fra gli uomini; 

61 lasciò condurre la sua forza in schiavitù e lasciò cadere la sua gloria in mano al nemico. 

62 Abbandonò il suo popolo alla spada e si adirò contro la sua eredità. 

63 Il fuoco consumò i loro giovani e le loro vergini non ebbero canto nuziale. 

64 I loro sacerdoti caddero di spada e le loro vedove non fecero lamento. 

65 Poi il Signore si risvegliò come dal sonno, simile a un prode che grida eccitato dal vino. 

66 Colpì i suoi nemici alle spalle, li coprì di eterna vergogna. 

67 Ripudiò la tenda di Giuseppe e non scelse la tribù di Efraim; 

68 ma elesse la tribù di Giuda, il monte Sion che egli amava. 

69 Costruì il suo tempio, simile a luoghi altissimi, come la terra che egli ha fondata per sempre. 

70 Scelse Davide, suo servo, lo prese dagli ovili; 

71 lo portò via alle pecore che allattavano, per pascere Giacobbe, suo popolo, e Israele, sua eredità. 

72 Ed egli si curò di loro con un cuore integro e li guidò con mano sapiente. 

La Sacra Bibbia Nuova Riveduta 2006 – versione standard
© 2006 Società Biblica di Ginevra

Salmo 78

Elberfelder Bibel

di SCM Verlag

Psalm 78

1 Ein Maskil. Von Asaf. Höre, mein Volk, auf meine Weisung! Neigt euer Ohr zu den Worten meines Mundes! (Sal 50,1; Prov 22,17) 

2 Ich will meinen Mund öffnen zu einem Spruch, will hervorbringen Rätsel aus der Vorzeit. (Sal 49,5; Mat 13,35) 

3 Was wir gehört und erfahren und unsere Väter uns erzählt haben, (1G 1,1) 

4 wollen wir nicht verhehlen ihren Söhnen und der künftigen Generation erzählen die Ruhmestaten des HERRN und seine Macht und seine Wunder, die er getan hat. (Eso 13,14; De 4,9; Gios 4,6; Sal 71,18; Sal 145,4; Is 38,19) 

5 Denn er hat ein Zeugnis aufgerichtet in Jakob und ein Gesetz aufgestellt in Israel und gebot unseren Vätern, sie ihren Söhnen kundzutun, (De 6,7) 

6 damit die künftige Generation sie kenne, die Söhne, die geboren werden sollten, und ⟨auch⟩ sie aufständen und sie ihren Söhnen erzählten. (Eso 10,2) 

7 Damit sie auf Gott ihr Vertrauen setzten und die Taten Gottes nicht vergäßen und seine Gebote befolgten. (De 6,21; Sal 105,45) 

8 Damit sie nicht würden wie ihre Väter, eine widersetzliche und widerspenstige Generation, eine Generation, deren Herz nicht fest war und deren Geist nicht treu war gegen Gott, (De 31,27; Ez 20,8; Lu 9,41) 

9 ⟨wie⟩ die Söhne Ephraim, gerüstete Bogenschützen, sich wendeten am Tag des Kampfes. 

10 Sie hielten nicht den Bund Gottes und weigerten sich, nach seinem Gesetz zu wandeln. (2Re 17,15; Ez 20,21; Eb 8,9) 

11 Sie vergaßen seine Taten und seine Wunder, die er sie hatte schauen lassen. (Sal 106,13) 

12 Er tat Wunder vor ihren Vätern im Lande Ägypten, dem Gebiet Zoans. (De 4,34; Gios 9,9; Sal 78,43; Sal 135,9) 

13 Er spaltete das Meer und ließ sie hindurchgehen, er ließ das Wasser stehen wie einen Damm. (Eso 15,8; Gios 3,16; Sal 136,13; Is 63,12) 

14 Er leitete sie des Tages mit der Wolke und die ganze Nacht mit dem Licht eines Feuers. (Eso 13,21) 

15 Er spaltete Felsen in der Wüste und tränkte sie reichlich, wie mit Fluten. (Eso 17,6; Nu 20,11; 1Co 10,4) 

16 Er ließ Bäche hervorkommen aus dem Felsen und Wasser herablaufen wie Flüsse. (Sal 105,41; Sal 107,35; Sal 114,7) 

17 Doch sie fuhren weiter fort, gegen ihn zu sündigen, sich gegen den Höchsten widerspenstig zu zeigen in der Wüste. (De 31,27; Ez 20,8; Lu 9,41) 

18 Sie stellten in ihrem Herzen Gott auf die Probe, indem sie Speise forderten für ihr Gelüste. (Eso 17,7; Nu 11,4; Sal 106,14) 

19 Und sie redeten gegen Gott; sie sprachen: Sollte Gott imstande sein, ⟨uns⟩ in der Wüste einen Tisch zu bereiten? (Eso 16,3) 

20 Siehe, den Felsen hat er ⟨zwar⟩ geschlagen, und Wasser floss ⟨heraus⟩, und Bäche strömten. Wird er ⟨aber⟩ auch Brot geben können, oder wird er seinem Volk Fleisch verschaffen? (Nu 11,4) 

21 Darum, als der HERR es hörte, wurde er zornig, und Feuer entzündete sich gegen Jakob, und auch Zorn stieg auf gegen Israel, (Nu 11,1; Eb 3,10) 

22 weil sie Gott nicht glaubten und nicht vertrauten auf seine Rettung. (Eb 3,17) 

23 Und doch hat er den Wolken oben geboten und die Torflügel des Himmels geöffnet. (Mal 3,10) 

24 Und hat Manna auf sie regnen lassen, dass sie es äßen, und ihnen Himmelsgetreide gegeben. (Eso 16,14; Giov 6,31) 

25 Ein jeder aß Brot der Starken. Speise sandte er ihnen bis zur Sättigung. (Sal 105,40) 

26 Er ließ den Ostwind losbrechen am Himmel und trieb durch seine Stärke den Südwind herbei. (Sal 135,7; Sal 147,18) 

27 Er ließ Fleisch auf sie regnen wie Staub und Vögel wie Sand der Meere, (Nu 11,31) 

28 und ließ ⟨sie⟩ mitten in sein Lager fallen, rings um seine Wohnungen. (Eso 16,13) 

29 Da aßen sie und wurden sehr satt, und was sie verlangten, brachte er ihnen. (Nu 11,19; Sal 106,15) 

30 Sie hatten sich noch nicht abgewendet von ihrem Verlangen, ihre Speise war noch in ihrem Mund, 

31 da stieg der Zorn Gottes gegen sie auf. Er brachte ⟨viele⟩ unter ihren stattlichen Leuten um. Die jungen Männer Israels streckte er nieder. (Nu 11,33) 

32 Trotz alledem sündigten sie weiter und glaubten nicht an seine Wunder. 

33 Da ließ er in Nichtigkeit hinschwinden ihre Tage und ihre Jahre in Schrecken. (Nu 14,33; Sal 90,7) 

34 Wenn er sie umbrachte, dann fragten sie nach ihm, kehrten um und suchten nach Gott. (Is 26,16) 

35 Und sie dachten daran, dass Gott ihr Fels sei und Gott, der Höchste, ihr Erlöser. (Sal 19,15) 

36 Doch sie betrogen ihn mit ihrem Mund, und mit ihrer Zunge belogen sie ihn. (Mi 6,12) 

37 Denn ihr Herz war nicht fest ihm gegenüber, und sie blieben nicht treu an seinem Bund. (Ger 31,32) 

38 Er aber war barmherzig, er vergab die Schuld und vertilgte nicht; und oftmals wandte er seinen Zorn ab und ließ nicht erwachen seinen ganzen Grimm. (Is 48,9) 

39 Er dachte daran, dass sie Fleisch sind, ein Hauch, der dahinfährt und nicht wiederkehrt. (Gen 6,3; Sal 103,14) 

40 Wie oft waren sie widerspenstig gegen ihn in der Wüste, betrübten ihn in der Einöde! (Sal 78,8) 

41 Immer wieder stellten sie Gott auf die Probe und kränkten den Heiligen Israels. (Is 1,4) 

42 Sie dachten nicht an seine Hand, an den Tag, da er sie von dem Bedränger erlöste, (Sal 105,27; Sal 106,21) 

43 als er seine Zeichen tat in Ägypten und seine Wunder im Gebiet Zoans: (Sal 78,12) 

44 Er verwandelte ihre Ströme in Blut und ihre Bäche, sodass sie nicht mehr trinken konnten. (Eso 7,20) 

45 Er sandte Hundsfliegen unter sie, die sie fraßen, und Frösche, die ihnen Verderben brachten. (Eso 8,17) 

46 Ihren Ertrag gab er der Heuschreckenlarve, und was sie erarbeitet hatten, der Heuschrecke. (Eso 10,14) 

47 Ihren Weinstock zerschlug er mit Hagel, ihre Maulbeerbäume mit Wasserflut. 

48 Und er gab ihr Vieh dem Hagel preis und ihre Herden den Blitzen. (Eso 9,25) 

49 Er ließ gegen sie los seines Zornes Glut, Grimm, Verwünschung und Bedrängnis, eine Schar von Unheilsboten. 

50 Er bahnte seinem Zorn einen Weg, er entzog ihre Seele nicht dem Tod und gab ihr Leben der Pest preis. 

51 Er schlug alle Erstgeburt in Ägypten, die Erstlinge der Kraft in den Zelten Hams. (Eso 12,29; Sal 135,8; Sal 136,10) 

52 Und er ließ sein Volk aufbrechen wie die Schafe und leitete sie wie eine Herde in der Wüste. (Sal 77,21; Is 63,11) 

53 Er führte sie sicher, sodass sie sich nicht fürchteten; und ihre Feinde bedeckte das Meer. (Eso 14,13; Eso 18,24; Sal 106,11; Sal 136,15) 

54 Er brachte sie in sein heiliges Land, zu diesem Berg, den seine Rechte erworben hat. (Eso 15,17) 

55 Er vertrieb Nationen vor ihnen und verteilte sie mit der Messschnur des Erbteils und ließ in ihren Zelten wohnen die Stämme Israels. (Gios 21,43; Sal 44,3) 

56 Aber sie stellten Gott, den Höchsten, auf die Probe und waren widerspenstig ⟨gegen ihn⟩; und seine Mahnungen beachteten sie nicht. (Sal 78,8) 

57 Sie wurden abtrünnig und handelten treulos wie ihre Väter. Sie versagten wie ein schlaffer Bogen. (Os 7,16) 

58 Und sie erbitterten ihn durch ihre Höhen und reizten ihn zur Eifersucht mit ihren Götzenbildern. (De 12,2; De 32,16; Giudic 3,19; 2Re 17,9; 2Re 21,7; 1Co 10,22) 

59 Gott hörte es und ergrimmte, und er verwarf Israel völlig. (Eb 8,9) 

60 Er gab die Wohnung zu Silo auf, das Zelt, in dem er unter den Menschen wohnte. (Gios 18,1; 1Sam 4,11; Ger 7,12) 

61 Und er gab seine Kraft in Gefangenschaft und seine Herrlichkeit in die Hand des Bedrängers. (1Sam 4,21) 

62 Er gab sein Volk dem Schwert preis, und gegen sein Erbteil ergrimmte er. (1Sam 4,10; Ger 12,7) 

63 Seine jungen Männer fraß das Feuer, und seine Jungfrauen wurden nicht besungen. (Ger 7,34) 

64 Seine Priester fielen durch das Schwert, und seine Witwen weinten nicht. (1Sam 4,11; Giob 27,15) 

65 Da erwachte der Herr wie ein Schlafender, wie ein Held, der bezwungen war vom Wein. (Is 42,13; So 3,17) 

66 Und er schlug seine Bedränger zurück, ewige Schande bereitete er ihnen. (1Sam 7,10) 

67 Und er verwarf das Zelt Josefs, und den Stamm Ephraim erwählte er nicht, 

68 sondern er erwählte den Stamm Juda, den Berg Zion, den er geliebt hat. (Gen 49,10; 2Cr 6,6; Sal 87,2; Sal 132,13) 

69 Er baute sein Heiligtum wie ⟨Himmels⟩höhen, wie die Erde, die er auf ewig gegründet hat. (Sal 87,1) 

70 Er erwählte David, seinen Knecht, und nahm ihn weg von den Hürden der Schafe. (1Sam 16,12; 2Sam 7,8) 

71 Von den Muttertieren weg holte er ihn, dass er Jakob, sein Volk, weidete und Israel, sein Erbteil. (Ez 34,23; Mat 2,6) 

72 Und er weidete sie nach der Lauterkeit seines Herzens, und mit der Geschicklichkeit seiner Hände leitete er sie. (1Re 9,4) 

Elberfelder Bibel 2006, © 2006 by SCM R.Brockhaus in der SCM Verlagsgruppe GmbH, Witten/Holzgerlingen

Salmo 78

English Standard Version

di Crossway

Tell the Coming Generation

1 A Maskil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth! (Sal 49,1; Sal 50,1; Sal 50,7; Is 51,4) 

2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old, (Nu 21,27; Sal 49,4; Mat 13,35) 

3 things that we have heard and known, that our fathers have told us. (Sal 44,1) 

4 We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done. (Eso 12,26; Eso 13,8; Eso 13,14; De 11,19; Gios 4,6; Giob 15,18; Sal 78,11; Sal 78,32; Gioe 1,3) 

5 He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children, (Sal 19,7; Sal 81,5; Sal 147,19) 

6 that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise and tell them to their children, (Sal 78,4; Sal 102,18) 

7 so that they should set their hope in God and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments; (Sal 77,12; Sal 105,45) 

8 and that they should not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation whose heart was not steadfast, whose spirit was not faithful to God. (Eso 32,9; Eso 33,3; De 9,7; De 9,24; De 31,27; 2Re 17,14; 2Cr 30,7; Giob 11,13; Sal 78,37; Ger 5,23; Ez 20,18) 

9 The Ephraimites, armed with the bow, turned back on the day of battle. (Sal 78,57) 

10 They did not keep God’s covenant, but refused to walk according to his law. (2Re 17,15) 

11 They forgot his works and the wonders that he had shown them. (Sal 78,4; Sal 106,13) 

12 In the sight of their fathers he performed wonders in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zoan. (Nu 13,22; Sal 72,18; Sal 78,43; Is 19,11; Is 19,13; Ez 30,14) 

13 He divided the sea and let them pass through it, and made the waters stand like a heap. (Eso 14,21; Eso 15,8; Sal 136,13) 

14 In the daytime he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a fiery light. (Sal 105,39) 

15 He split rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep. (Eso 17,6; Sal 78,20; Sal 105,41; Sal 114,8; Is 48,21) 

16 He made streams come out of the rock and caused waters to flow down like rivers. (Nu 20,8; Nu 20,10) 

17 Yet they sinned still more against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert. (De 9,22; Sal 78,40; Sal 78,56; Is 63,10) 

18 They tested God in their heart by demanding the food they craved. (De 6,16; Sal 78,41; Sal 78,56; Sal 95,9; Sal 106,14; 1Co 10,9) 

19 They spoke against God, saying, “Can God spread a table in the wilderness? (Eso 16,3; Nu 11,4; Nu 20,3; Nu 21,5; Sal 23,5) 

20 He struck the rock so that water gushed out and streams overflowed. Can he also give bread or provide meat for his people?” (Sal 78,15) 

21 Therefore, when the Lord heard, he was full of wrath; a fire was kindled against Jacob; his anger rose against Israel, (Nu 11,1) 

22 because they did not believe in God and did not trust his saving power. (Sal 78,8; Sal 78,32; Sal 78,37) 

23 Yet he commanded the skies above and opened the doors of heaven, (Gen 7,11; Mal 3,10) 

24 and he rained down on them manna to eat and gave them the grain of heaven. (Eso 16,4; Sal 105,40; Giov 6,31) 

25 Man ate of the bread of the angels; he sent them food in abundance. (Sal 78,29; Sal 103,20) 

26 He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens, and by his power he led out the south wind; (Nu 11,31) 

27 he rained meat on them like dust, winged birds like the sand of the seas; (Gen 13,16; Gen 22,17) 

28 he let them fall in the midst of their camp, all around their dwellings. (Eso 16,13; Nu 11,31) 

29 And they ate and were well filled, for he gave them what they craved. (Nu 11,4; Nu 11,19; Nu 11,34) 

30 But before they had satisfied their craving, while the food was still in their mouths, (Nu 11,33; Giob 20,23) 

31 the anger of God rose against them, and he killed the strongest of them and laid low the young men of Israel. (Sal 78,63; Is 10,16) 

32 In spite of all this, they still sinned; despite his wonders, they did not believe. (Nu 14,11; Sal 78,22) 

33 So he made their days vanish like a breath, and their years in terror. (Nu 14,29; Nu 14,35; Nu 26,64; Sal 39,5) 

34 When he killed them, they sought him; they repented and sought God earnestly. (Os 5,15) 

35 They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God their redeemer. (Eso 15,13; De 32,4; De 32,15; De 32,31; Sal 74,2) 

36 But they flattered him with their mouths; they lied to him with their tongues. (Is 29,13; Is 57,11; Ez 33,31) 

37 Their heart was not steadfast toward him; they were not faithful to his covenant. (Sal 51,10; Sal 78,8) 

38 Yet he, being compassionate, atoned for their iniquity and did not destroy them; he restrained his anger often and did not stir up all his wrath. (Eso 34,6; Nu 14,20) 

39 He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes and comes not again. (Gen 6,3; Giob 7,7; Giob 10,9; Sal 103,14) 

40 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the desert! (Sal 78,17; Sal 78,56; Sal 106,14; Sal 107,11; Ef 4,30) 

41 They tested God again and again and provoked the Holy One of Israel. (Sal 71,22; Sal 78,18) 

42 They did not remember his power or the day when he redeemed them from the foe, (Giudic 8,34) 

43 when he performed his signs in Egypt and his marvels in the fields of Zoan. (Eso 4,21; Eso 7,3; Eso 11,9; Sal 78,12; Sal 105,27; Sal 106,22; At 7,36) 

44 He turned their rivers to blood, so that they could not drink of their streams. (Eso 7,17) 

45 He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them. (Eso 8,2; Eso 8,21) 

46 He gave their crops to the destroying locust and the fruit of their labor to the locust. (Eso 10,12) 

47 He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamores with frost. (Eso 9,23) 

48 He gave over their cattle to the hail and their flocks to thunderbolts. (Eso 9,19) 

49 He let loose on them his burning anger, wrath, indignation, and distress, a company of destroying angels. (Eso 12,13; Eso 12,23; 2Sam 24,16) 

50 He made a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death, but gave their lives over to the plague. 

51 He struck down every firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of Ham. (Eso 12,29; Sal 105,23; Sal 105,27; Sal 105,36; Sal 106,22; Sal 135,8; Sal 136,10) 

52 Then he led out his people like sheep and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. (Sal 77,20) 

53 He led them in safety, so that they were not afraid, but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. (Eso 14,13; Eso 14,19; Eso 14,27; Eso 15,10) 

54 And he brought them to his holy land, to the mountain which his right hand had won. (Eso 15,17; Sal 68,16; Sal 74,2; Is 11,9; Is 57,13) 

55 He drove out nations before them; he apportioned them for a possession and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents. (Gios 23,4; Sal 44,2; Sal 135,12; Sal 136,21; At 13,19) 

56 Yet they tested and rebelled against the Most High God and did not keep his testimonies, (Giudic 2,11; Sal 78,18; Sal 78,40) 

57 but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers; they twisted like a deceitful bow. (Sal 78,9; Os 7,16) 

58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places; they moved him to jealousy with their idols. (Le 26,30; Nu 25,11; De 7,5; De 7,25; De 12,2; De 12,3; De 31,29; De 32,16; De 32,21; Giudic 2,12; 1Re 11,7; 1Re 12,31; Ez 20,28) 

59 When God heard, he was full of wrath, and he utterly rejected Israel. (De 3,26; Sal 78,62; Sal 106,40) 

60 He forsook his dwelling at Shiloh, the tent where he dwelt among mankind, (Gios 18,1; 1Sam 4,11; Ger 7,12; Ger 7,14; Ger 26,6) 

61 and delivered his power to captivity, his glory to the hand of the foe. (1Sam 4,21; Sal 63,2; Sal 96,6; Sal 132,8) 

62 He gave his people over to the sword and vented his wrath on his heritage. (1Sam 4,10; Sal 78,59) 

63 Fire devoured their young men, and their young women had no marriage song. (Sal 79,5; Sal 89,46; Ger 7,34) 

64 Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation. (1Sam 4,11; Giob 27,15) 

65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a strong man shouting because of wine. (Sal 35,23; Sal 73,20) 

66 And he put his adversaries to rout; he put them to everlasting shame. (Sal 40,14) 

67 He rejected the tent of Joseph; he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim, (Sal 80,1; Sal 81,5) 

68 but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loves. (Sal 87,2) 

69 He built his sanctuary like the high heavens, like the earth, which he has founded forever. 

70 He chose David his servant and took him from the sheepfolds; (1Sam 16,12) 

71 from following the nursing ewes he brought him to shepherd Jacob his people, Israel his inheritance. (1Sam 10,1; 2Sam 5,2; 2Sam 7,8; Sal 28,9) 

72 With upright heart he shepherded them and guided them with his skillful hand. (1Re 9,4; Sal 77,20; Sal 101,2) 

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Salmo 78

King James Version

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: 

8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God. 

9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. 

10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law; 

11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them. 

12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. 

13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap. 

14 In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire. 

15 He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths. 

16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers. 

17 And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness. 

18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust. 

19 Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? 

20 Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people? 

21 Therefore the LORD heard this , and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel; 

22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation: 

23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven, 

24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven. 

25 Man did eat angels'food: he sent them meat to the full. 

26 He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind. 

27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea: 

28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations. 

29 So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire; 

30 They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths, 

31 The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel. 

32 For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works. 

33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble. 

34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God. 

35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer. 

36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues. 

37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant. 

38 But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath. 

39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again. 

40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! 

41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. 

42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy. 

43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan: 

44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink. 

45 He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them. 

46 He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust. 

47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost. 

48 He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts. 

49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them . 

50 He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence; 

51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham: 

52 But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. 

53 And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. 

54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased. 

55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. 

56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies: 

57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow. 

58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images. 

59 When God heard this , he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel: 

60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men; 

61 And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy' hand. 

62 He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance. 

63 The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage. 

64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation. 

65 Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine. 

66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach. 

67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim: 

68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved. 

69 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces , like the earth which he hath established for ever. 

70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds: 

71 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. 

72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands. 

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