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Psalm 78 Free Bible Version

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1 A psalm (maskil) of Asaph. Listen to what I have to teach you, my people; hear what I have to say.
1 Masquil de Asaph. ESCUCHA, pueblo mío, mi ley: inclinad vuestro oído á las palabras de mi boca.
2 I will tell you wise sayings; I will explain mysteries from the past
2 Abriré mi boca en parábola; hablaré cosas reservadas de antiguo:
3 that we have heard before and reflected on; stories our forefathers passed down to us.
3 Las cuales hemos oído y entendido; que nuestros padres nos [las] contaron.
4 We will not keep them from our children; we will tell the next generation about God's marvelous actions—about his power and the amazing things he has done.
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 He gave his laws to the descendants of Jacob; his instructions to the people of Israel. He commanded our forefathers to teach them to their children,
5 El estableció testimonio en Jacob, y pusó ley en Israel; la cual mandó á nuestros padres que la notificasen á sus hijos;
6 so that the next generation—children yet to be born—would understand and grow up to teach their children.
6 Para que [lo] sepa la generación venidera, y los hijos que nacerán; y [los que] se levantarán, [lo] cuenten á sus hijos;
7 In this way they should place their trust in God and not forget what God has done, and keep his commandments.
7 A fin de que pongan en Dios su confianza, y no se olviden de las obras de Dios, y guarden sus mandamientos:
8 Then they would not be like their forefathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation that was untrustworthy and unfaithful.
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 soldiers of Ephraim, though armed with bows, ran away on the day of battle.
9 Los hijos de Ephraim armados, flecheros, volvieron [las espaldas] el día de la batalla.
10 They did not keep God's agreement, and refused to follow his laws.
10 No guardaron el pacto de Dios, ni quisieron andar en su ley:
11 They ignored what he had done, and the amazing things he had shown them—
11 Antes se olvidaron de sus obras, y de sus maravillas que les había mostrado.
12 the miracles he had performed for their forefathers near Zoan in Egypt.
12 Delante de sus padres hizo maravillas en la tierra de Egipto, en el campo de Zoán.
13 He split the sea in two and led them through, making the water stand like walls on either side.
13 Rompió la mar, é hízolos pasar; é hizo estar las aguas como en un montón.
14 He led them with a cloud by day, and by night with a light of fire.
14 Y llevólos de día con nube, y toda la noche con resplandor de fuego.
15 He split open rocks in the desert to give his people plenty to drink, water as deep as the ocean.
15 Hendió las peñas en el desierto: y dióles á beber como de grandes abismos;
16 He made streams flow from the stone; water rushing down like rivers!
16 Pues sacó de la peña corrientes, é hizo descender aguas como ríos.
17 But they repeatedly sinned against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
17 Empero aun tornaron á pecar contra él, enojando en la soledad al Altísimo.
18 They deliberately provoked God by demanding the foods they longed for.
18 Pues tentaron á Dios en su corazón, pidiendo comida á su gusto.
19 They insulted God by saying, “Can God provide food here in the desert?
19 Y hablaron contra Dios, diciendo: ¿Podrá poner mesa en el desierto?
20 Yes, he can strike a rock so that water gushes out like flowing rivers, but can he give us bread? Can he supply his people with meat?”
20 He aquí ha herido la peña, y corrieron aguas, y arroyos salieron ondeando: ¿podrá también dar pan? ¿aparejará carne á su pueblo?
21 When he heard this, the Lord became very angry, burning like fire against the descendants of Jacob, furious with the people of Israel,
21 Por tanto oyó Jehová, é indignóse: y encendióse el fuego contra Jacob, y el furor subió también contra Israel;
22 for they didn't believe in God and didn't trust him to take care of them.
22 Por cuanto no habían creído á Dios, ni habían confiado en su salud:
23 Even so he commanded the skies above and the doors of heaven to open,
23 A pesar de que mandó á las nubes de arriba, y abrió las puertas de los cielos,
24 and he made manna rain down on them to eat, giving them bread from heaven.
24 E hizo llover sobre ellos maná para comer, y dióles trigo de los cielos.
25 Human beings ate the bread of angels; he sent them more than enough food.
25 Pan de nobles comió el hombre: envióles comida á hartura.
26 He sent the east wind blowing across the sky; by his power he drove the south wind.
26 Movió el solano en el cielo, y trajo con su fortaleza el austro.
27 He rained down meat on them as plentiful as dust; birds as numerous as sand on a beach.
27 E hizo llover sobre ellos carne como polvo, y aves de alas como arena de la mar.
28 He made them fall right in the middle of their camp, all around where they were living.
28 E hízolas caer en medio de su campo, alrededor de sus tiendas.
29 They ate until they were full. He gave them the food they longed for.
29 Y comieron, y hartáronse mucho: cumplióles pues su deseo.
30 But before they satisfied their appetite, while the meat was still in their mouths,
30 No habían quitado de sí su deseo, aun estaba su vianda en su boca,
31 God became angry with them and he killed their strongest men, striking them down in the prime of life.
31 Cuando vino sobre ellos el furor de Dios, y mató los más robustos de ellos, y derribó los escogidos de Israel.
32 Despite all this they went right on sinning. Despite the miracles, they refused to trust him.
32 Con todo esto pecaron aún, y no dieron crédito á sus maravillas.
33 So he snuffed out their futile lives, bringing them to an end in terror.
33 Consumió por tanto en nada sus días, y sus años en la tribulación.
34 When he began killing them, the rest came back to God in repentance, praying to him.
34 Si los mataba, entonces buscaban á Dios; entonces se volvían solícitos en busca suya.
35 They remembered that God was their rock, that God Most High was their Savior.
35 Y acordábanse que Dios era su refugio, y el Dios Alto su redentor.
36 They flattered him by what they told him, but they were only lying.
36 Mas le lisonjeaban con su boca, y con su lengua le mentían:
37 Deep down they were not sincere, and did not keep the agreement they had with him.
37 Pues sus corazones no eran rectos con él, ni estuvieron firmes en su pacto.
38 But being compassionate he pardoned their guilt and did not destroy all of them. He often held back his anger—he did not pour out all his fury.
38 Empero él misericordioso, perdonaba la maldad, y no [los] destruía: y abundó para apartar su ira, y no despertó todo su enojo.
39 He remembered their mortality—that they were like a puff of wind that would not return.
39 Y acordóse que eran carne; soplo que va y no vuelve.
40 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, giving him grief in the desert!
40 ¡Cuántas veces lo ensañaron en el desierto, lo enojaron en la soledad!
41 Again and again they provoked God, causing pain to the Holy One of Israel.
41 Y volvían, y tentaban á Dios, y ponían límite al Santo de Israel.
42 They did not remember his strength when he rescued them from their oppressors,
42 No se acordaron de su mano, del día que los redimió de angustia;
43 performing miracles in Egypt, doing wonderful things on the plain of Zoan.
43 Cuando puso en Egipto sus señales, y sus maravillas en el campo de Zoán;
44 There he turned their rivers and their streams into blood so that no one could drink from them.
44 Y volvió sus ríos en sangre, y sus corrientes, porque no bebiesen.
45 He sent flies among them to destroy them, and frogs to ruin everything.
45 Envió entre ellos una mistura de moscas que los comían, y ranas que los destruyeron.
46 He gave their crops to locusts; everything they worked had for was taken by locusts.
46 Dió también al pulgón sus frutos, y sus trabajos á la langosta.
47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their fig trees with freezing rain.
47 Sus viñas destruyó con granizo, y sus higuerales con piedra;
48 He handed over their cattle to hail and their flocks to lightning bolts.
48 Y entregó al pedrisco sus bestias, y al fuego sus ganados.
49 He poured out on them his fierce anger—rage and hostility and anguish—sending a band of destroying angels against them.
49 Envió sobre ellos el furor de su saña, ira y enojo y angustia, con misión de malos ángeles.
50 He sent his unrestrained anger against them; he did not spare them from death, handing them over to the plague.
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 He struck down all the firstborn of Egypt, the first to be conceived in the tents of Ham.
51 E hirió á todo primogénito en Egipto, las primicias de las fuerzas en las tiendas de Châm.
52 But he led out his people like sheep, and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.
52 Empero hizo salir á su pueblo como ovejas, y llevólos por el desierto, como un rebaño.
53 He led them to safety, and they were not afraid. He drowned their enemies in the sea.
53 Y guiólos con seguridad, que no tuvieron miedo; y la mar cubrió á sus enemigos.
54 He brought them to the border of his holy land, to this mountainous land that he had conquered for them.
54 Metiólos después en los términos de su santuario, en este monte que ganó su mano derecha.
55 He drove out the heathen nations before them. He divided up the land for them to own. He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
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 But they provoked God Most High, rebelling against him. They did not follow what he had told them.
56 Mas tentaron y enojaron al Dios Altísimo, y no guardaron sus testimonios;
57 Just like their forefathers they turned away from God and were unfaithful to him, as twisted as a defective bow.
57 Sino que se volvieron, y se rebelaron como sus padres: volviéronse como arco engañoso.
58 They made him angry with their pagan high places of worship; they made him jealous with their idols.
58 Y enojáronlo con sus altos, y provocáronlo á celo con sus esculturas.
59 When God heard their worship he became furious and he totally rejected Israel.
59 Oyólo Dios, y enojóse, y en gran manera aborreció á Israel.
60 He abandoned his place at Shiloh, the Tabernacle where he lived among the people.
60 Dejó por tanto el tabernáculo de Silo, la tienda [en que] habitó entre los hombres;
61 He surrendered the Ark of his power, allowing it to be captured; handing it over into enemy hands.
61 Y dió en cautividad su fortaleza, y su gloria en mano del enemigo.
62 He handed over his people to be slaughtered by the sword; he was furious with his chosen people.
62 Entregó también su pueblo á cuchillo, y airóse contra su heredad.
63 Their young men were destroyed by fire; their young women had no wedding songs.
63 El fuego devoró sus mancebos, y sus vírgenes no fueron loadas en cantos nupciales.
64 Their priests were killed by the sword; their widows were unable to mourn.
64 Sus sacerdotes cayeron á cuchillo, y sus viudas no lamentaron.
65 Then the Lord woke up as if from sleep, as a warrior sobering up from drinking wine.
65 Entonces despertó el Señor á la manera del que ha dormido, como un valiente que grita excitado del vino:
66 He defeated his enemies, striking them on the back, causing them everlasting shame.
66 E hirió á sus enemigos en las partes posteriores: dióles perpetua afrenta.
67 He rejected the descendants of Joseph, and did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.
67 Y desechó el tabernáculo de José, y no escogió la tribu de Ephraim;
68 Instead he chose the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion which he loves.
68 Sino que escogió la tribu de Judá, el monte de Sión, al cual amó.
69 There he built his sanctuary, high like the heavens, on earth that he made to last forever.
69 Y edificó su santuario á manera de eminencia, como la tierra que cimentó para siempre.
70 He chose his servant David, taking him from the sheep pens,
70 Y eligió á David su siervo, y tomólo de las majadas de las ovejas:
71 taking him from caring for the sheep and lambs to be a shepherd to the descendants of Jacob—God's special people, Israel.
71 De tras las paridas lo trajo, para que apacentase á Jacob su pueblo, y á Israel su heredad.
72 Like a shepherd, he took care of them with sincere devotion, leading them with skillful hands.
72 Y apacentólos con entereza de su corazón; y pastoreólos con la pericia de sus manos.
Cross references (70)

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  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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“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)