Ps.78.56-Ps.78.72
Ps.78.56
Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
Ps.78.56
But they kept on giving him a hard time, rebelled against God, the High God, refused to do anything he told them.
Ps.78.56
But they put God to the test and rebelled against the Most High; they did not keep his statutes.
Ps.78.56
Yet they tested and provoked the Most High God, And did not keep His testimonies,
Ps.78.56
Yet though he did all this for them, they continued to test his patience. They rebelled against the Most High and refused to follow his decrees.
Ps.78.57
But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
Ps.78.57
They were worse, if that's possible, than their parents: traitors--crooked as a corkscrew.
Ps.78.57
Like their fathers they were disloyal and faithless, as unreliable as a faulty bow.
Ps.78.57
But turned back and acted unfaithfully like their fathers; They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
Ps.78.57
They turned back and were as faithless as their parents had been. They were as useless as a crooked bow.
Ps.78.58
For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
Ps.78.58
Their pagan orgies provoked God's anger, their obscene idolatries broke his heart.
Ps.78.58
They angered him with their high places; they aroused his jealousy with their idols.
Ps.78.58
For they provoked Him to anger with their high places, And moved Him to jealousy with their carved images.
Ps.78.58
They made God angry by building altars to other gods; they made him jealous with their idols.
Ps.78.59
When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
Ps.78.59
When God heard their carryings-on, he was furious; he posted a huge No over Israel.
Ps.78.59
When God heard them, he was very angry; he rejected Israel completely.
Ps.78.59
When God heard this, He was furious, And greatly abhorred Israel,
Ps.78.59
When God heard them, he was very angry, and he rejected Israel completely.
Ps.78.60
So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
Ps.78.60
He walked off and left Shiloh empty, abandoned the shrine where he had met with Israel.
Ps.78.60
He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent he had set up among men.
Ps.78.60
So that He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent He had placed among men,
Ps.78.60
Then he abandoned his dwelling at Shiloh, the Tabernacle where he had lived among the people.
Ps.78.61
And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.
Ps.78.61
He let his pride and joy go to the dogs, turned his back on the pride of his life.
Ps.78.61
He sent the ark of his might into captivity, his splendor into the hands of the enemy.
Ps.78.61
And delivered His strength into captivity, And His glory into the enemy's hand.
Ps.78.61
He allowed the Ark of his might to be captured; he surrendered his glory into enemy hands.
Ps.78.62
He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.
Ps.78.62
He turned them loose on fields of battle; angry, he let them fend for themselves.
Ps.78.62
He gave his people over to the sword; he was very angry with his inheritance.
Ps.78.62
He also gave His people over to the sword, And was furious with His inheritance.
Ps.78.62
He gave his people over to be butchered by the sword, because he was so angry with his own people--his special possession.
Ps.78.63
The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
Ps.78.63
Their young men went to war and never came back; their young women waited in vain.
Ps.78.63
Fire consumed their young men, and their maidens had no wedding songs;
Ps.78.63
The fire consumed their young men, And their maidens were not given in marriage.
Ps.78.63
Their young men were killed by fire; their young women died before singing their wedding songs.
Ps.78.64
Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
Ps.78.64
Their priests were massacred, and their widows never shed a tear.
Ps.78.64
their priests were put to the sword, and their widows could not weep.
Ps.78.64
Their priests fell by the sword, And their widows made no lamentation.
Ps.78.64
Their priests were slaughtered, and their widows could not mourn their deaths.
Ps.78.65
Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
Ps.78.65
Suddenly the Lord was up on his feet like someone roused from deep sleep, shouting like a drunken warrior.
Ps.78.65
Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, as a man wakes from the stupor of wine.
Ps.78.65
Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, Like a mighty man who shouts because of wine.
Ps.78.65
Then the Lord rose up as though waking from sleep, like a mighty man aroused from a drunken stupor.
Ps.78.66
And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
Ps.78.66
He hit his enemies hard, sent them running, yelping, not daring to look back.
Ps.78.66
He beat back his enemies; he put them to everlasting shame.
Ps.78.66
And He beat back His enemies; He put them to a perpetual reproach.
Ps.78.66
He routed his enemies and sent them to eternal shame.
Ps.78.67
Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
Ps.78.67
He disqualified Joseph as leader, told Ephraim he didn't have what it takes,
Ps.78.67
Then he rejected the tents of Joseph, he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim;
Ps.78.67
Moreover He rejected the tent of Joseph, And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
Ps.78.67
But he rejected Joseph's descendants; he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.
Ps.78.68
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
Ps.78.68
And chose the Tribe of Judah instead, Mount Zion, which he loves so much.
Ps.78.68
but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loved.
Ps.78.68
But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which He loved.
Ps.78.68
He chose instead the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loved.
Ps.78.69
And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.
Ps.78.69
He built his sanctuary there, resplendent, solid and lasting as the earth itself.
Ps.78.69
He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth that he established forever.
Ps.78.69
And He built His sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which He has established forever.
Ps.78.69
There he built his towering sanctuary, as solid and enduring as the earth itself.
Ps.78.70
He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
Ps.78.70
Then he chose David, his servant, handpicked him from his work in the sheep pens.
Ps.78.70
He chose David his servant and took him from the sheep pens;
Ps.78.70
He also chose David His servant, And took him from the sheepfolds;
Ps.78.70
He chose his servant David, calling him from the sheep pens.
Ps.78.71
From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
Ps.78.71
One day he was caring for the ewes and their lambs, the next day God had him shepherding Jacob, his people Israel, his prize possession.
Ps.78.71
from tending the sheep he brought him to be the shepherd of his people Jacob, of Israel his inheritance.
Ps.78.71
From following the ewes that had young He brought him, To shepherd Jacob His people, And Israel His inheritance.
Ps.78.71
He took David from tending the ewes and lambs and made him the shepherd of Jacob's descendants--God's own people, Israel.
Ps.78.72
So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
Ps.78.72
His good heart made him a good shepherd; he guided the people wisely and well. An Asaph psalm
Ps.78.72
And David shepherded them with integrity of heart; with skillful hands he led them.
Ps.78.72
So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart, And guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.
Ps.78.72
He cared for them with a true heart and led them with skillful hands.
