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Psalm 77 (78) Updated Brenton English Septuagint

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Psalm 77 in LXXUP = Psalm 78 in RV1909.

LXXUP Updated Brenton English Septuagint
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
1 [A Psalm] of instruction for Asaph. Give heed, O my people, to my law: Incline your ear to the words of my mouth.
78:1 Masquil de Asaph. ESCUCHA, pueblo mío, mi ley: inclinad vuestro oído á las palabras de mi boca.
2 I will open my mouth in parables: I will utter dark sayings [which have been] from the beginning.
78:2 Abriré mi boca en parábola; hablaré cosas reservadas de antiguo:
3 All which we have heard and known, And our fathers have declared to us.
78:3 Las cuales hemos oído y entendido; que nuestros padres nos [las] contaron.
4 They were not hidden from their children to a second generation; [The fathers] declaring the praises of the Lord, And his mighty acts, And his wonders which he wrought.
78:4 No las encubriremos á sus hijos, contando á la generación venidera las alabanzas de Jehová, y su fortaleza, y sus maravillas que hizo.
5 And he raised up a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which he commanded our fathers, To make it known to their children:
78:5 El estableció testimonio en Jacob, y pusó ley en Israel; la cual mandó á nuestros padres que la notificasen á sus hijos;
6 That another generation might know, Even the sons which should be born; And they should arise and declare them to their children.
78:6 Para que [lo] sepa la generación venidera, y los hijos que nacerán; y [los que] se levantarán, [lo] cuenten á sus hijos;
7 That they might set their hope on God, And not forget the works of God, But diligently seek his commandments.
78:7 A fin de que pongan en Dios su confianza, y no se olviden de las obras de Dios, y guarden sus mandamientos:
8 That they should not be as their fathers, A perverse and provoking generation; A generation which set not its heart aright, And its spirit was not steadfast with God.
78:8 Y no sean como sus padres, generación contumaz y rebelde; generación que no apercibió su corazón, ni fué fiel para con Dios su espíritu.
9 The children of Ephraim, bending and shooting [with] the bow, Turned [back] in the day of battle.
78:9 Los hijos de Ephraim armados, flecheros, volvieron [las espaldas] el día de la batalla.
10 They kept not the covenant of God, And would not walk in his law.
78:10 No guardaron el pacto de Dios, ni quisieron andar en su ley:
11 And they forgot his benefits, And his miracles which he [had] shown them;
78:11 Antes se olvidaron de sus obras, y de sus maravillas que les había mostrado.
12 The miracles which he wrought before their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the plain of Tanis.
78:12 Delante de sus padres hizo maravillas en la tierra de Egipto, en el campo de Zoán.
13 He clove the sea, and led them through: He made the waters to stand as [in] a bottle.
78:13 Rompió la mar, é hízolos pasar; é hizo estar las aguas como en un montón.
14 And he guided them with a cloud by day, And all the night with a light of fire.
78:14 Y llevólos de día con nube, y toda la noche con resplandor de fuego.
15 He clove a rock in the wilderness, And made them drink as in a great deep.
78:15 Hendió las peñas en el desierto: y dióles á beber como de grandes abismos;
16 And he brought water out of the rock, And caused waters to flow down as rivers.
78:16 Pues sacó de la peña corrientes, é hizo descender aguas como ríos.
17 And they sinned yet more against him; They provoked the Most High in the wilderness.
78:17 Empero aun tornaron á pecar contra él, enojando en la soledad al Altísimo.
18 And they tempted God in their hearts, In asking meat for [the desire of] their souls.
78:18 Pues tentaron á Dios en su corazón, pidiendo comida á su gusto.
19 They spoke also against God, and said, Will God be able to prepare a table in the wilderness?
78:19 Y hablaron contra Dios, diciendo: ¿Podrá poner mesa en el desierto?
20 Forasmuch as he smote the rock, and the waters flowed, And the torrents ran abundantly; Will he be able also to give bread, Or prepare a table for his people?
78:20 He aquí ha herido la peña, y corrieron aguas, y arroyos salieron ondeando: ¿podrá también dar pan? ¿aparejará carne á su pueblo?
21 Therefore the Lord heard, and was provoked: And fire was kindled in Jacob, And wrath went up against Israel.
78:21 Por tanto oyó Jehová, é indignóse: y encendióse el fuego contra Jacob, y el furor subió también contra Israel;
22 Because they believed not in God, And trusted not in his salvation.
78:22 Por cuanto no habían creído á Dios, ni habían confiado en su salud:
23 Yet he commanded the clouds from above, And opened the doors of heaven,
78:23 A pesar de que mandó á las nubes de arriba, y abrió las puertas de los cielos,
24 And rained upon them manna to eat, And gave them the bread of heaven.
78:24 E hizo llover sobre ellos maná para comer, y dióles trigo de los cielos.
25 Man ate angels’ bread; He sent them provision to the full.
78:25 Pan de nobles comió el hombre: envióles comida á hartura.
26 He removed the south wind from heaven; And by his might he brought in the southwest wind.
78:26 Movió el solano en el cielo, y trajo con su fortaleza el austro.
27 And he rained upon them flesh like dust, And feathered birds like the sand of the seas.
78:27 E hizo llover sobre ellos carne como polvo, y aves de alas como arena de la mar.
28 And they fell into the midst of their camp, Round about their tents.
78:28 E hízolas caer en medio de su campo, alrededor de sus tiendas.
29 So they ate, and were completely filled; And he gave them their desire.
78:29 Y comieron, y hartáronse mucho: cumplióles pues su deseo.
30 They were not disappointed of their desire: [But] when their food was yet in their mouth,
78:30 No habían quitado de sí su deseo, aun estaba su vianda en su boca,
31 Then the indignation of God rose up against them, And slew the fattest of them, And overthrew the choice men of Israel.
78:31 Cuando vino sobre ellos el furor de Dios, y mató los más robustos de ellos, y derribó los escogidos de Israel.
32 In the midst of all this they sinned yet more, And believed not his miracles.
78:32 Con todo esto pecaron aún, y no dieron crédito á sus maravillas.
33 And their days were consumed in vanity, And their years with anxiety.
78:33 Consumió por tanto en nada sus días, y sus años en la tribulación.
34 When he slew them, they sought him: And they returned and called betimes upon God.
78:34 Si los mataba, entonces buscaban á Dios; entonces se volvían solícitos en busca suya.
35 And they remembered that God was their helper, And the most high God was their redeemer.
78:35 Y acordábanse que Dios era su refugio, y el Dios Alto su redentor.
36 Yet they loved him [only] with their mouth, And lied to him with their tongue.
78:36 Mas le lisonjeaban con su boca, y con su lengua le mentían:
37 For their heart [was] not right with him, Neither were they steadfast in his covenant.
78:37 Pues sus corazones no eran rectos con él, ni estuvieron firmes en su pacto.
38 But he is compassionate, And will forgive their sins, and will not destroy [them]: Yea, he will frequently turn away his wrath, And will not kindle all his anger.
78:38 Empero él misericordioso, perdonaba la maldad, y no [los] destruía: y abundó para apartar su ira, y no despertó todo su enojo.
39 And he remembered that they are flesh; A wind that passes away, and returns not.
78:39 Y acordóse que eran carne; soplo que va y no vuelve.
40 How often did they provoke him in the wilderness, [And] anger him in a dry land!
78:40 ¡Cuántas veces lo ensañaron en el desierto, lo enojaron en la soledad!
41 Yea, they turned back, and tempted God, And provoked the Holy One of Israel.
78:41 Y volvían, y tentaban á Dios, y ponían límite al Santo de Israel.
42 They remembered not his hand, The day in which he delivered them from the hand of the oppressor.
78:42 No se acordaron de su mano, del día que los redimió de angustia;
43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, And his wonders in the field of Tanis:
78:43 Cuando puso en Egipto sus señales, y sus maravillas en el campo de Zoán;
44 And had changed their rivers into blood; And their streams, that they should not drink.
78:44 Y volvió sus ríos en sangre, y sus corrientes, porque no bebiesen.
45 He sent against them the dog fly, and it devoured them; And the frog, and it spoiled them.
78:45 Envió entre ellos una mistura de moscas que los comían, y ranas que los destruyeron.
46 And he gave their fruit to the canker worm, And their labors to the locust.
78:46 Dió también al pulgón sus frutos, y sus trabajos á la langosta.
47 He killed their vines with hail, And their sycamores with frost.
78:47 Sus viñas destruyó con granizo, y sus higuerales con piedra;
48 And he gave up their cattle to hail, And their substance to the fire.
78:48 Y entregó al pedrisco sus bestias, y al fuego sus ganados.
49 He sent out against them the fury of his anger, Wrath, and indignation, and affliction, A message by evil angels.
78:49 Envió sobre ellos el furor de su saña, ira y enojo y angustia, con misión de malos ángeles.
50 He made a way for his wrath; He spared not their souls from death, But consigned their cattle to death;
78:50 Dispuso el camino á su furor; no eximió la vida de ellos de la muerte, sino que entregó su vida á la mortandad.
51 And smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt; The firstfruits of their labors in the tents of Ham.
78:51 E hirió á todo primogénito en Egipto, las primicias de las fuerzas en las tiendas de Châm.
52 And he removed his people like sheep; He led them as a flock in the wilderness.
78:52 Empero hizo salir á su pueblo como ovejas, y llevólos por el desierto, como un rebaño.
53 And he guided them with hope, and they feared not: But the sea covered their enemies.
78:53 Y guiólos con seguridad, que no tuvieron miedo; y la mar cubrió á sus enemigos.
54 And he brought them in to the mountain of his sanctuary, This mountain which his right hand had purchased.
78:54 Metiólos después en los términos de su santuario, en este monte que ganó su mano derecha.
55 And he cast out the nations from before them, And made them to inherit by a line of inheritance, And made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
78:55 Y echó las gentes de delante de ellos, y repartióles una herencia con cuerdas; é hizo habitar en sus moradas á las tribus de Israel.
56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, And kept not his testimonies.
78:56 Mas tentaron y enojaron al Dios Altísimo, y no guardaron sus testimonios;
57 And they turned back, and broke covenant, even as also their fathers: They became like a crooked bow.
78:57 Sino que se volvieron, y se rebelaron como sus padres: volviéronse como arco engañoso.
58 And they provoked him with their high places, And moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
78:58 Y enojáronlo con sus altos, y provocáronlo á celo con sus esculturas.
59 God heard and lightly regarded [them], And greatly despised Israel.
78:59 Oyólo Dios, y enojóse, y en gran manera aborreció á Israel.
60 And he rejected the tabernacle of Shiloh, His tent where he dwelt among men.
78:60 Dejó por tanto el tabernáculo de Silo, la tienda [en que] habitó entre los hombres;
61 And he gave their strength into captivity, And their beauty into the enemy’s hand.
78:61 Y dió en cautividad su fortaleza, y su gloria en mano del enemigo.
62 And he gave his people to the sword; And disdained his inheritance.
78:62 Entregó también su pueblo á cuchillo, y airóse contra su heredad.
63 Fire devoured their young men; And their virgins mourned not.
78:63 El fuego devoró sus mancebos, y sus vírgenes no fueron loadas en cantos nupciales.
64 Their priests fell by the sword; And their widows shall not be wept for.
78:64 Sus sacerdotes cayeron á cuchillo, y sus viudas no lamentaron.
65 So the Lord awoke as one out of sleep, [And] as a mighty man who has been heated with wine.
78:65 Entonces despertó el Señor á la manera del que ha dormido, como un valiente que grita excitado del vino:
66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: He brought on them a perpetual reproach.
78:66 E hirió á sus enemigos en las partes posteriores: dióles perpetua afrenta.
67 And he rejected the tabernacle of Joseph, And chose not the tribe of Ephraim;
78:67 Y desechó el tabernáculo de José, y no escogió la tribu de Ephraim;
68 But chose the tribe of Judah, The Mount Zion which he loved.
78:68 Sino que escogió la tribu de Judá, el monte de Sión, al cual amó.
69 And he built his sanctuary as [the place] of unicorns; He founded it forever on the earth.
78:69 Y edificó su santuario á manera de eminencia, como la tierra que cimentó para siempre.
70 He chose David also his servant, And took him up from the flocks of sheep.
78:70 Y eligió á David su siervo, y tomólo de las majadas de las ovejas:
71 He took him from following the ewes great with young, To be the shepherd of Jacob his servant, And Israel his inheritance.
78:71 De tras las paridas lo trajo, para que apacentase á Jacob su pueblo, y á Israel su heredad.
72 So he tended them in the innocency of his heart; And guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.
78:72 Y apacentólos con entereza de su corazón; y pastoreólos con la pericia de sus manos.
Cross references (70)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in LXXUP.

  1. 1 Isaiah 51:4; Isaiah 55:3; 2 Chronicles 15:1–16; Psalm 50:7; Proverbs 8:4–6
  2. 2 Matthew 13:34–35; Matthew 13:11–13; Mark 4:34; Psalm 49:4; Proverbs 1:6
  3. 3 Psalm 44:1; Exodus 12:26–27; Exodus 13:8; Exodus 13:14–15; Psalm 48:8
  4. 4 Deuteronomy 11:19; Joel 1:3; Deuteronomy 4:9; Psalm 145:4–6; Deuteronomy 6:7
  5. 5 Ephesians 6:4; Genesis 18:19; Deuteronomy 6:7; Deuteronomy 4:45; Psalm 81:5
  6. 6 Joel 1:3; Psalm 102:18; Psalm 90:16; Esther 9:28; Deuteronomy 4:10
  7. 7 Deuteronomy 5:29; Revelation 14:12; Deuteronomy 4:9; 1 John 5:3; John 14:21–24
  8. 8 Psalm 78:37; Exodus 32:9; 2 Kings 17:14; Ezekiel 20:18; Deuteronomy 31:27
  9. 9 1 Samuel 31:1; Deuteronomy 1:41–44; Joshua 17:16–18; Psalm 78:57; Judges 9:28
  10. 10 Deuteronomy 31:20; Nehemiah 9:26–29; Deuteronomy 31:16; Judges 2:10–12; 2 Kings 17:14–15
  11. 11 Psalm 106:13; Deuteronomy 32:18; Psalm 78:7; Psalm 106:21–22; Jeremiah 2:32
  12. 12 Numbers 13:22; Isaiah 19:11; Ezekiel 30:14; Isaiah 19:13; Exodus 7:1–12:51
  13. 13 Exodus 14:21; Exodus 15:8; Psalm 66:6; Psalm 106:9–10; Joshua 3:16
  14. 14 Psalm 105:39; Exodus 13:21–22; Exodus 14:24; Nehemiah 9:12; Exodus 40:35–38
  15. 15 Exodus 17:6; Psalm 105:41; Numbers 20:11; 1 Corinthians 10:4; Psalm 114:8
  16. 16 Numbers 20:10–11; Numbers 20:8; Deuteronomy 8:15; Psalm 105:41; Deuteronomy 9:21
  17. 17 Isaiah 63:10; Hebrews 3:16–19; Deuteronomy 9:8; Psalm 106:13–32; Psalm 95:8–10
  18. 18 Numbers 11:4; Deuteronomy 6:16; 1 Corinthians 10:9; Psalm 106:14–15; 1 Corinthians 10:6
  19. 19 Numbers 21:5; Numbers 11:4; Exodus 16:3; Exodus 16:8–10; Psalm 23:5
  20. 20 Numbers 20:11; Numbers 11:21–23; Psalm 78:41; Numbers 11:18; Genesis 18:12–14
  21. 21 Jude 5; Numbers 11:1–3; 1 Corinthians 10:11; Numbers 11:10; Hebrews 12:29
  22. 22 Hebrews 3:18–19; Jude 5; Deuteronomy 1:32; Hebrews 11:6; Hebrews 3:12
  23. 23 Genesis 7:11; Malachi 3:10; Psalm 33:9; 2 Kings 7:19; Isaiah 5:6
  24. 24 Exodus 16:4; Psalm 105:40; John 6:31–71; Deuteronomy 8:3; Nehemiah 9:15
  25. 25 Exodus 16:8; Matthew 15:37; Matthew 14:20; Psalm 103:20
  26. 26 Numbers 11:31; Psalm 135:7
  27. 27 Exodus 16:12–13; Numbers 11:18–19; Numbers 11:32
  28. 29 Numbers 11:19–20; Psalm 106:15
  29. 30 Numbers 11:33–34; Proverbs 1:32; Luke 16:19–23; Numbers 22:20–22
  30. 32 John 12:37; Psalm 78:22; Luke 16:31; Ezekiel 20:13; Psalm 78:11
  31. 33 Numbers 14:35; Numbers 14:29; Numbers 26:64–65; Ecclesiastes 12:13–14; Deuteronomy 2:14–16
  32. 34 Hosea 5:15; Numbers 21:7; Judges 3:12–15; Hosea 7:14; Judges 3:8–9
  33. 35 Deuteronomy 32:4; Isaiah 41:14; Exodus 15:13; Titus 2:14; Deuteronomy 32:15
  34. 36 Isaiah 29:13; Ezekiel 33:31; Psalm 18:44; Isaiah 57:11; Hosea 11:12
  35. 37 Psalm 78:8; Acts 8:21; Psalm 51:10; Hosea 7:14; Psalm 119:80
  36. 38 Isaiah 48:9; Numbers 14:18–20; Ezekiel 20:17; Ezekiel 20:13–14; Isaiah 44:21–22
  37. 39 James 4:14; Genesis 6:3; Job 7:7; Job 7:16; Psalm 103:14–16
  38. 40 Ephesians 4:30; Psalm 95:8–10; Isaiah 63:10; Hebrews 3:15–17; Numbers 14:11
  39. 41 Numbers 14:22; Hebrews 3:8–11; Acts 7:39; Deuteronomy 6:16; 2 Peter 2:21–22
  40. 42 Judges 8:34; Jeremiah 32:21; Psalm 78:11; Exodus 14:12; Psalm 136:10–15
  41. 43 Exodus 4:21; Deuteronomy 6:22; Exodus 3:19–20; Deuteronomy 4:34; Psalm 135:9
  42. 44 Psalm 105:29; Exodus 7:17–21; Revelation 16:3–6
  43. 45 Exodus 8:21–24; Exodus 8:2–15; Psalm 105:30–31; Revelation 16:3
  44. 46 Exodus 10:12–15; Psalm 105:34–35; Revelation 9:2–11; Joel 1:4–7; Joel 2:25
  45. 47 Exodus 9:18–34; Psalm 105:32–33
  46. 48 Exodus 9:19; Exodus 9:28
  47. 49 Exodus 12:13; Exodus 15:7; Psalm 11:6; Lamentations 4:11; 1 Kings 22:21–22
  48. 50 Ezekiel 7:4; 2 Peter 2:4–5; Ezekiel 8:18; Exodus 9:3–6; Ezekiel 9:10
  49. 51 Psalm 105:23; Psalm 135:8; Psalm 106:22; Psalm 105:36; Psalm 136:10
  50. 52 Psalm 77:20; Nehemiah 9:12; John 10:11–42; Isaiah 63:11–14; Psalm 100:3
  51. 53 Exodus 14:19–20; Exodus 15:10; Exodus 14:27–28; Hebrews 11:29; Psalm 136:15
  52. 54 Psalm 44:3; Exodus 15:17; Isaiah 11:9; Psalm 68:16; Daniel 9:16–20
  53. 55 Joshua 13:7; Psalm 44:2; Nehemiah 9:22–25; Deuteronomy 6:10–12; Joshua 6:1–21
  54. 56 Judges 2:11–12; Deuteronomy 31:16–20; Psalm 78:40–41; Deuteronomy 32:15–21; 2 Kings 17:7–23
  55. 57 Hosea 7:16; Ezekiel 20:27–28; Psalm 78:8; Judges 3:5–7; Psalm 78:10–37
  56. 58 Deuteronomy 32:21; Leviticus 26:30; 1 Corinthians 10:22; 1 Kings 12:31; Deuteronomy 32:16–17
  57. 59 Psalm 106:40; Lamentations 2:7; Deuteronomy 32:19; Leviticus 26:44; Psalm 11:4
  58. 60 Joshua 18:1; 1 Samuel 4:4–11; Jeremiah 26:6–9; 1 Samuel 1:3; Jeremiah 7:12–14
  59. 61 Psalm 132:8; 1 Samuel 4:21–5:2; 1 Samuel 4:17; Judges 18:30; Exodus 40:34
  60. 62 1 Samuel 4:2; Psalm 89:38; Isaiah 64:9; 1 Samuel 4:10–11
  61. 63 Jeremiah 7:34; Jeremiah 16:9; Numbers 11:1; Psalm 78:21; Deuteronomy 29:20
  62. 64 1 Samuel 4:17; Job 27:15; Ezekiel 24:23; 1 Samuel 4:11; 1 Samuel 22:18–19
  63. 65 Psalm 44:23; Psalm 7:6; Isaiah 51:9; Isaiah 42:13–14; Psalm 73:20
  64. 66 1 Samuel 5:6; Jeremiah 23:40; Job 40:12; 1 Samuel 6:4
  65. 67 1 Samuel 6:21–7:1; 2 Samuel 6:17; 2 Samuel 6:2
  66. 68 Psalm 87:2; Psalm 132:12–14; Genesis 49:8–10; 2 Chronicles 6:6; 1 Samuel 16:1
  67. 69 1 Kings 6:1–38; Isaiah 51:6; 2 Chronicles 2:9; 1 Kings 9:8; Colossians 1:16–17
  68. 70 1 Samuel 16:11–12; Acts 13:22; Psalm 89:19–20; 1 Kings 19:19–20; Exodus 3:1
  69. 71 2 Samuel 5:2; 1 Chronicles 11:2; 1 Peter 5:2; 1 Samuel 2:7–8; Genesis 33:13
  70. 72 1 Kings 9:4; 2 Timothy 2:15; Isaiah 11:2–4; Acts 13:22; Psalm 101:1–8

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What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 78.

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm LXXVII)

    "With my voice," he saith, "to the Lord I have cried" (ver. 1). But many men cry unto the Lord for the sake of getting riches and avoiding losses, for the safety of their friends, for the security of their house, for temporal felicity, for secular dignity, lastly, even for mere soundness of body, which is the inheritance of the …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)

  2. Quotes verse 78:36 Clement of Rome, First Epistle to the Corinthians (Chapters XIV–XVIII)

    … Me." And again: "They bless with their mouth, but curse with their heart." And again it saith, "They loved Him with their mouth, and lied to Him with their tongue; but their heart was not right with Him, neither were they faithful in His covenant." "Let the deceitful lips become silent," [and "let the Lord destroy all the lying lips, …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  3. Quotes verse 78:5 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book III, Chapter XVI)

    … birth: "And He appointed a law in Israel, that another generation might know [Him,] the children which should he born from these, and they arising shall themselves declare to their children, so that they might set their hope in God, and seek after His commandments." And again, the angel said, when bringing good tidings to Mary: "He shall he great, …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  4. Quotes verse 78:39 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book I, Chapters X–XIII)

    for I was "but flesh, a wind that passeth away and cometh not again." For those primary lessons were better, assuredly, because more certain; seeing that by their agency I acquired, and still retain, the power of reading what I find written, and writing myself what I will; whilst in the others I was compelled to learn about the wanderings …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)

  5. Quotes verse 78:53 Basil of Caesarea, On the Holy Spirit (Chapter XIX)

    … by this guidance some humble service, for the Word witnesses that it was the work of God;--"Thou leddest thy people," it is said "like a flock," and "Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock," and "He led them on safely, so that they feared not." Thus when you hear that when the Comforter is come, He will put you in …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)