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Psalm 78 JPS Tanakh (1917)

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1 Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
1 Masquil de Asaph. ESCUCHA, pueblo mío, mi ley: inclinad vuestro oído á las palabras de mi boca.
1 A contemplation by Asaph. Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.
2 I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter dark sayings concerning days of old;
2 Abriré mi boca en parábola; hablaré cosas reservadas de antiguo:
2 I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,
3 That which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us,
3 Las cuales hemos oído y entendido; que nuestros padres nos [las] contaron.
3 which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
4 We will not hide from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and His strength, and His wondrous works that He hath 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.
4 We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, his strength, and his wondrous deeds that he has 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;
5 El estableció testimonio en Jacob, y pusó ley en Israel; la cual mandó á nuestros padres que la notificasen á sus hijos;
5 For he established a covenant in Jacob, and appointed a teaching 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 that should be born; who should arise and tell them to 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;
6 that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell their children,
7 That they might put their confidence in God, and not forget the works of God, but 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:
7 that they might set their hope in God, and not forget God’s deeds, 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.
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.
8 and might not be as their fathers— a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that didn’t make their hearts loyal, whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
9 The children of Ephraim were as archers handling the bow, that turned back in the day of battle.
9 Los hijos de Ephraim armados, flecheros, volvieron [las espaldas] el día de la batalla.
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;
10 No guardaron el pacto de Dios, ni quisieron andar en su ley:
10 They didn’t keep God’s covenant, and refused to walk in his law.
11 And they forgot His doings, and His wondrous works that He had shown them.
11 Antes se olvidaron de sus obras, y de sus maravillas que les había mostrado.
11 They forgot his doings, his wondrous deeds that he had shown them.
12 Marvellous things did He in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
12 Delante de sus padres hizo maravillas en la tierra de Egipto, en el campo de Zoán.
12 He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
13 He cleaved the sea, and caused them to pass through; and He made the waters to stand as a heap.
13 Rompió la mar, é hízolos pasar; é hizo estar las aguas como en un montón.
13 He split the sea, and caused them to pass through. He made the waters stand as a heap.
14 By day also He led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
14 Y llevólos de día con nube, y toda la noche con resplandor de fuego.
14 In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, and all night with a light of fire.
15 He cleaved rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the great deep.
15 Hendió las peñas en el desierto: y dióles á beber como de grandes abismos;
15 He split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.
16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
16 Pues sacó de la peña corrientes, é hizo descender aguas como ríos.
16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
17 Yet went they on still to sin against Him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert.
17 Empero aun tornaron á pecar contra él, enojando en la soledad al Altísimo.
17 Yet they still went on to sin against him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert.
18 And they tried God in their heart by asking food for their craving.
18 Pues tentaron á Dios en su corazón, pidiendo comida á su gusto.
18 They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.
19 Yea, they spoke against God; they said: 'Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
19 Y hablaron contra Dios, diciendo: ¿Podrá poner mesa en el desierto?
19 Yes, they spoke against God. They said, “Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
20 Behold, He smote the rock, that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed; can He give bread also? or will He provide flesh for His people?'
20 He aquí ha herido la peña, y corrieron aguas, y arroyos salieron ondeando: ¿podrá también dar pan? ¿aparejará carne á su pueblo?
20 Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed. Can he give bread also? Will he provide meat for his people?”
21 Therefore the LORD heard, and was wroth; and a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also went up against Israel;
21 Por tanto oyó Jehová, é indignóse: y encendióse el fuego contra Jacob, y el furor subió también contra Israel;
21 Therefore Yahweh heard, and was angry. A fire was kindled against Jacob, anger also went up against Israel,
22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in His salvation.
22 Por cuanto no habían creído á Dios, ni habían confiado en su salud:
22 because they didn’t believe in God, and didn’t trust in his salvation.
23 And He commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven;
23 A pesar de que mandó á las nubes de arriba, y abrió las puertas de los cielos,
23 Yet he commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven.
24 And He caused manna to rain upon them for food, and gave them of the corn of heaven.
24 E hizo llover sobre ellos maná para comer, y dióles trigo de los cielos.
24 He rained down manna on them to eat, and gave them food from the sky.
25 Man did eat the bread of the mighty; He sent them provisions to the full.
25 Pan de nobles comió el hombre: envióles comida á hartura.
25 Man ate the bread of angels. He sent them food to the full.
26 He caused the east wind to set forth in heaven; and by His power He brought on the south wind.
26 Movió el solano en el cielo, y trajo con su fortaleza el austro.
26 He caused the east wind to blow in the sky. By his power he guided the south wind.
27 He caused flesh also to rain upon them as the dust, and winged fowl as the sand of the seas;
27 E hizo llover sobre ellos carne como polvo, y aves de alas como arena de la mar.
27 He also rained meat on them as the dust, winged birds as the sand of the seas.
28 And He let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their dwellings.
28 E hízolas caer en medio de su campo, alrededor de sus tiendas.
28 He let them fall in the middle of their camp, around their habitations.
29 So they did eat, and were well filled; and He gave them that which they craved.
29 Y comieron, y hartáronse mucho: cumplióles pues su deseo.
29 So they ate, and were well filled. He gave them their own desire.
30 They were not estranged from their craving, their food was yet in their mouths,
30 No habían quitado de sí su deseo, aun estaba su vianda en su boca,
30 They didn’t turn from their cravings. Their food was yet in their mouths,
31 When the anger of God went up against them, and slew of the lustieth among them, and smote down the young men of Israel.
31 Cuando vino sobre ellos el furor de Dios, y mató los más robustos de ellos, y derribó los escogidos de Israel.
31 when the anger of God went up against them, killed some of their strongest, and struck down the young men of Israel.
32 For all this they sinned still, and believed not in His wondrous works.
32 Con todo esto pecaron aún, y no dieron crédito á sus maravillas.
32 For all this they still sinned, and didn’t believe in his wondrous works.
33 Therefore He ended their days as a breath, and their years in terror.
33 Consumió por tanto en nada sus días, y sus años en la tribulación.
33 Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror.
34 When He slew them, then they would inquire after Him, and turn back and seek God earnestly.
34 Si los mataba, entonces buscaban á Dios; entonces se volvían solícitos en busca suya.
34 When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.
35 And they remembered that God was their Rock, and the Most High God their redeemer.
35 Y acordábanse que Dios era su refugio, y el Dios Alto su redentor.
35 They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God, their redeemer.
36 But they beguiled Him with their mouth, and lied unto Him with their tongue.
36 Mas le lisonjeaban con su boca, y con su lengua le mentían:
36 But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.
37 For their heart was not stedfast with Him, neither were they faithful in His covenant.
37 Pues sus corazones no eran rectos con él, ni estuvieron firmes en su pacto.
37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant.
38 But He, being full of compassion, forgiveth iniquity, and destroyeth not; yea, many a time doth He turn His anger away, and doth not stir up all His wrath.
38 Empero él misericordioso, perdonaba la maldad, y no [los] destruía: y abundó para apartar su ira, y no despertó todo su enojo.
38 But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and didn’t destroy them. Yes, many times he turned his anger away, and didn’t stir up all his wrath.
39 So He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
39 Y acordóse que eran carne; soplo que va y no vuelve.
39 He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away, and doesn’t come again.
40 How oft did they rebel against Him in the wilderness, and grieve Him in the desert!
40 ¡Cuántas veces lo ensañaron en el desierto, lo enojaron en la soledad!
40 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and grieved him in the desert!
41 And still again they tried God, and set bounds to the Holy One of Israel.
41 Y volvían, y tentaban á Dios, y ponían límite al Santo de Israel.
41 They turned again and tempted God, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
42 They remembered not His hand, nor the day when He redeemed them from the adversary.
42 No se acordaron de su mano, del día que los redimió de angustia;
42 They didn’t remember his hand, nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;
43 How He set His signs in Egypt, and His wonders in the field of Zoan;
43 Cuando puso en Egipto sus señales, y sus maravillas en el campo de Zoán;
43 how he set his signs in Egypt, his wonders in the field of Zoan,
44 And turned their rivers into blood, so that they could not drink their streams.
44 Y volvió sus ríos en sangre, y sus corrientes, porque no bebiesen.
44 he turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, so that they could not drink.
45 He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
45 Envió entre ellos una mistura de moscas que los comían, y ranas que los destruyeron.
45 He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
46 He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar, and their labour unto the locust.
46 Dió también al pulgón sus frutos, y sus trabajos á la langosta.
46 He also gave their increase to the caterpillar, and their labor to the locust.
47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore-trees with frost.
47 Sus viñas destruyó con granizo, y sus higuerales con piedra;
47 He destroyed their vines with hail, their sycamore fig trees with frost.
48 He gave over their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to fiery bolts.
48 Y entregó al pedrisco sus bestias, y al fuego sus ganados.
48 He also gave over their livestock to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
49 He sent forth upon them the fierceness of His anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, a sending of messengers of evil.
49 Envió sobre ellos el furor de su saña, ira y enojo y angustia, con misión de malos ángeles.
49 He threw on them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, indignation, and trouble, and a band of angels of evil.
50 He levelled a path for His anger; He spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
50 Dispuso el camino á su furor; no eximió la vida de ellos de la muerte, sino que entregó su vida á la mortandad.
50 He made a path for his anger. He didn’t spare their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence,
51 And smote all the first-born in Egypt, the first-fruits of their strength in the tents of Ham;
51 E hirió á todo primogénito en Egipto, las primicias de las fuerzas en las tiendas de Châm.
51 and struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.
52 But He made His own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
52 Empero hizo salir á su pueblo como ovejas, y llevólos por el desierto, como un rebaño.
52 But he led out his own people like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
53 And He led them safely, and they feared not; but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
53 Y guiólos con seguridad, que no tuvieron miedo; y la mar cubrió á sus enemigos.
53 He led them safely, so that they weren’t afraid, but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
54 And He brought them to His holy border, to the mountain, which His right hand had gotten.
54 Metiólos después en los términos de su santuario, en este monte que ganó su mano derecha.
54 He brought them to the border of his sanctuary, to this mountain, which his right hand had taken.
55 He drove out the nations also before them, and allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell 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.
55 He also drove out the nations before them, allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
56 Yet they tried and provoked God, the Most High, and kept not His testimonies;
56 Mas tentaron y enojaron al Dios Altísimo, y no guardaron sus testimonios;
56 Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and didn’t keep his testimonies,
57 But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers; they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
57 Sino que se volvieron, y se rebelaron como sus padres: volviéronse como arco engañoso.
57 but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were twisted like a deceitful bow.
58 For they provoked Him with their high places, and moved Him to jealousy with their graven images.
58 Y enojáronlo con sus altos, y provocáronlo á celo con sus esculturas.
58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.
59 God heard, and was wroth, and He greatly abhorred Israel;
59 Oyólo Dios, y enojóse, y en gran manera aborreció á Israel.
59 When God heard this, he was angry, and greatly abhorred Israel,
60 And He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which He had made to dwell among men;
60 Dejó por tanto el tabernáculo de Silo, la tienda [en que] habitó entre los hombres;
60 so that he abandoned the tent of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men,
61 And delivered His strength into captivity, and His glory into the adversary's hand.
61 Y dió en cautividad su fortaleza, y su gloria en mano del enemigo.
61 and delivered his strength into captivity, his glory into the adversary’s hand.
62 He gave His people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with His inheritance.
62 Entregó también su pueblo á cuchillo, y airóse contra su heredad.
62 He also gave his people over to the sword, and was angry with his inheritance.
63 Fire devoured their young men; and their virgins had no marriage-song.
63 El fuego devoró sus mancebos, y sus vírgenes no fueron loadas en cantos nupciales.
63 Fire devoured their young men. Their virgins had no wedding song.
64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
64 Sus sacerdotes cayeron á cuchillo, y sus viudas no lamentaron.
64 Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows couldn’t weep.
65 Then the Lord awaked as one asleep, like a mighty man recovering from wine.
65 Entonces despertó el Señor á la manera del que ha dormido, como un valiente que grita excitado del vino:
65 Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep, like a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine.
66 And He smote His adversaries backward; He put upon them a perpetual reproach.
66 E hirió á sus enemigos en las partes posteriores: dióles perpetua afrenta.
66 He struck his adversaries backward. He put them to a perpetual reproach.
67 Moreover He abhorred the tent of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim;
67 Y desechó el tabernáculo de José, y no escogió la tribu de Ephraim;
67 Moreover he rejected the tent of Joseph, and didn’t choose the tribe of Ephraim,
68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which He loved.
68 Sino que escogió la tribu de Judá, el monte de Sión, al cual amó.
68 But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.
69 And He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which He hath founded for ever.
69 Y edificó su santuario á manera de eminencia, como la tierra que cimentó para siempre.
69 He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he has established forever.
70 He chose David also His servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;
70 Y eligió á David su siervo, y tomólo de las majadas de las ovejas:
70 He also chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;
71 From following the ewes that give suck He brought him, to be shepherd over Jacob His people, and Israel His inheritance.
71 De tras las paridas lo trajo, para que apacentase á Jacob su pueblo, y á Israel su heredad.
71 from following the ewes that have their young, he brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and Israel, his inheritance.
72 So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart; and lead them by the skilfulness of his hands.
72 Y apacentólos con entereza de su corazón; y pastoreólos con la pericia de sus manos.
72 So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.
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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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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).

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)