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Psalm 77 (78) Brenton's Greek Septuagint

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Psalm 77 in LXX = Psalm 78 in WEB.

LXX Brenton's Greek Septuagint
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 Συνέσεως τῷ Ἀσάφ. Προσέχετε λαός μου τὸν νόμον μου, κλίνατε τὸ οὖς ὑμῶν εἰς τὰ ῥήματα τοῦ στόματός μου.
78:1 A contemplation by Asaph. Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.
2 Ἀνοίξω ἐν παραβολαῖς τὸ στόμα μου, φθέγξομαι προβλήματα ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς.
78:2 I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,
3 Ὅσα ἠκούσαμεν καὶ ἔγνωμεν αὐτὰ, καὶ οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν διηγήσαντο ἡμῖν.
78:3 which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
4 Οὐκ ἐκρύβη ἀπὸ τῶν τέκνων αὐτῶν εἰς γενεὰν ἑτέραν, ἀπαγγέλλοντες τὰς αἰνέσεις Κυρίου καὶ τὰς δυναστείας αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὰ θαυμάσια αὐτοῦ ἃ ἐποίησε.
78:4 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 Καὶ ἀνέστησε μαρτύριον ἐν Ἰακὼβ, καὶ νόμον ἔθετο ἐν Ἰσραήλ· ὃν ἐνετείλατο τοῖς πατράσιν ἡμῶν, γνωρίσαι αὐτὸν τοῖς υἱοῖς αὐτῶν,
78:5 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 ὅπως ἂν γνῷ γενεὰ ἑτέρα, υἱοὶ οἱ τεχθησόμενοι, καὶ ἀναστήσονται καὶ ἀπαγγελοῦσιν αὐτὰ τοῖς υἱοῖς αὐτῶν·
78:6 that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell their children,
7 ἵνα θῶνται ἐπὶ τὸν Θεὸν τὴν ἐλπίδα αὐτῶν, καὶ μὴ ἐπιλάθωνται τῶν ἔργων τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ ἐκζητήσωσιν.
78:7 that they might set their hope in God, and not forget God’s deeds, but keep his commandments,
8 Ἵνα μὴ γένωνται ὡς οἱ πατέρες αὐτῶν, γενεὰ σκολιὰ καὶ παραπικραίνουσα, γενεὰ ἥτις οὐ κατεύθυνεν ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτῆς, καὶ οὐκ ἐπιστώθη μετὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτῆς.
78:8 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 Υἱοὶ Ἐφραὶμ ἐντεινοντες καὶ βάλλοντες τόξον, ἐστράφησαν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ πολέμου.
78:9 The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
10 Οὐκ ἐφύλαξαν τὴν διαθήκην τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ ἐν τῷ νόμῳ αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἤθελον πορεύεσθαι.
78:10 They didn’t keep God’s covenant, and refused to walk in his law.
11 Καὶ ἐπελάθοντο τῶν εὐεργεσιῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν θαυμασίων αὐτοῦ, ὧν ἔδειξεν αὐτοῖς·
78:11 They forgot his doings, his wondrous deeds that he had shown them.
12 ἐναντίον τῶν πατέρων αὐτῶν ἃ ἐποίησε θαυμάσια, ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ, ἐν πεδίῳ Τάνεως.
78:12 He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
13 Διέῤῥηξε θάλασσαν, καὶ διήγαγεν αὐτοὺς· ἔστησεν ὕδατα ὡσεὶ ἀσκόν.
78:13 He split the sea, and caused them to pass through. He made the waters stand as a heap.
14 Καὶ ὡδήγησεν αὐτοὺς ἐν νεφέλῃ ἡμέρας, καὶ ὅλην τὴν νύκτα ἐν φωτισμῷ πυρός.
78:14 In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, and all night with a light of fire.
15 Διέῤῥηξε πέτραν ἐν ἐρήμῳ, καὶ ἐπότισεν αὐτοὺς ὡς ἐν ἀβύσσῳ πολλῇ.
78:15 He split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.
16 Καὶ ἐξήγαγεν ὕδωρ ἐκ πέτρας, καὶ κατήγαγεν ὡς ποταμοὺς ὕδατα.
78:16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
17 Καὶ προσέθεντο ἔτι τοῦ ἁμαρτάνειν αὐτῷ· παρεπικραναν τὸν ὕψιστον ἐν ἀνύδρῳ,
78:17 Yet they still went on to sin against him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert.
18 καὶ ἐξεπείρασαν τὸν Θεὸν ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν, τοῦ αἰτῆσαι βρώματα ταῖς ψυχαῖς αὐτῶν.
78:18 They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.
19 Καὶ κατελάλησαν τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ εἶπαν, μὴ δυνήσεται ὁ Θεὸς ἑτοιμάσαι τράπεζαν ἐν ἐρήμῳ;
78:19 Yes, they spoke against God. They said, “Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
20 Ἐπεὶ ἐπάταξε πέτραν, καὶ ἐῤῥύησαν ὕδατα, καὶ χείμαῤῥοι κατεκλύσθησαν· μὴ καὶ ἄρτον δυνήσεται δοῦναι; ἢ ἑτοιμάσαι τράπεζαν τῷ λαῷ αὐτοῦ;
78:20 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 Διὰ τοῦτο ἤκουσε Κύριος καὶ ἀνεβάλετο, καὶ πῦρ ἀνήφθη ἐν Ἰακὼβ, καὶ ὀργὴ ἀνέβη ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰσραήλ.
78:21 Therefore Yahweh heard, and was angry. A fire was kindled against Jacob, anger also went up against Israel,
22 Ὅτι οὐκ ἐπίστευσαν ἐν τῷ Θεῷ, οὐδὲ ἤλπισαν ἐπὶ τὸ σωτήριον αὐτοῦ.
78:22 because they didn’t believe in God, and didn’t trust in his salvation.
23 Καὶ ἐνετείλατο νεφέλαις ὑπεράνωθεν, καὶ θύρας οὐρανοῦ ἀνέῳξε·
78:23 Yet he commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven.
24 καὶ ἔβρεξεν αὐτοῖς μάννα φαγεῖν, καὶ ἄρτον οὐρανοῦ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς.
78:24 He rained down manna on them to eat, and gave them food from the sky.
25 Ἄρτον ἀγγέλων ἔφαγεν ἄνθρωπος, ἐπισιτισμὸν ἀπέστειλεν αὐτοῖς εἰς πλησμονήν.
78:25 Man ate the bread of angels. He sent them food to the full.
26 Ἀπῇρε Νότον ἐξ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ ἐπήγαγεν ἐν τῇ δυναστείᾳ
78:26 He caused the east wind to blow in the sky. By his power he guided the south wind.
27 αὐτοῦ Λίβα. Καὶ ἔβρεξεν ἐπ αὐτοὺς ὡσεὶ χοῦν σάρκας, καὶ ὡσεῖ ἄμμον θαλασσῶν πετεινὰ πτερωτά.
78:27 He also rained meat on them as the dust, winged birds as the sand of the seas.
28 Καὶ ἐπέπεσον εἰς μέσον τῆς παρεμβολῆς αὐτῶν, κύκλῳ τῶν σκηνωμάτων αὐτῶν.
78:28 He let them fall in the middle of their camp, around their habitations.
29 Καὶ ἐφάγοσαν καὶ ἐνεπλήσθησαν σφόδρα, καὶ τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν αὐτῶν ἤνεγκεν αὐτοῖς.
78:29 So they ate, and were well filled. He gave them their own desire.
30 Οὐκ ἐστερήθησαν ἀπὸ τῆς ἐπιθυμίας αὐτῶν· ἔτι τῆς βρώσεως
78:30 They didn’t turn from their cravings. Their food was yet in their mouths,
31 αὐτῶν οὔσης ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν, καὶ ὀργὴ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἀνέβη ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς, καὶ ἀπέκτεινεν ἐν τοῖς πίοσιν αὐτῶν, καὶ τοὺς ἐκλεκτοὺς τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ συνεπόδισεν.
78:31 when the anger of God went up against them, killed some of their strongest, and struck down the young men of Israel.
32 ʼΕν πᾶσι τούτοις ἥμαρτον ἔτι, καὶ οὐκ ἐπίστευσαν τοῖς
78:32 For all this they still sinned, and didn’t believe in his wondrous works.
33 θαυμασίοις αὐτοῦ. Καὶ ἐξέλιπον ἐν ματαιότητι αἱ ἡμέραι αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰ ἔτη αὐτῶν μετὰ σπουδῆς.
78:33 Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror.
34 Ὅταν ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτοὺς, ἐζήτουν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἐπέστρεφον καὶ
78:34 When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.
35 ὤρθριζον πρὸς τὸν Θεόν. Καὶ ἐμνήσθησαν ὅτι ὁ Θεὸς βοηθὸς αὐτῶν ἐστι, καὶ ὁ Θεὸς ὁ ὕψιστος λυτρωτὴς αὐτῶν ἐστι.
78:35 They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God, their redeemer.
36 Καὶ ἠγάπησαν αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν, καὶ τῇ γλώσσῃ αὐτῶν
78:36 But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.
37 ἐψεύσαντο αὐτῷ· ἡ δὲ καρδία αὐτῶν οὐκ εὐθεῖα μετʼ αὐτοῦ, οὐδὲ ἐπιστώθησαν ἐν τῇ διαθήκῃ αὐτοῦ.
78:37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant.
38 Αὐτὸς δέ ἐστιν οἰκτίρμων, καὶ ἱλάσεται ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐ διαφθερεῖ· καὶ πληθυνεῖ τοῦ ἀποστρέψαι τὸν θυμὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐχὶ ἐκκαύσει πᾶσαν τὴν ὀργὴν αὐτοῦ.
78:38 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 Καὶ ἐμνήσθη ὅτι σάρξ εἰσι, πνεῦμα πορευόμενον καὶ οὐκ ἐπιστρέφον.
78:39 He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away, and doesn’t come again.
40 Ποσάκις παρεπίκραναν αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, παρώργισαν
78:40 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and grieved him in the desert!
41 αὐτὸν ἐν γῇ ἀνύδρῳ; Καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν καὶ ἐπείρασαν τὸν Θεὸν, καὶ τὸν ἅγιον τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ παρώξυναν.
78:41 They turned again and tempted God, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
42 Οὐκ ἐμνήσθησαν τῆς χειρὸς αὐτοῦ, ἡμέρας ἧς ἐλυτρώσατο αὐτοὺς ἐκ χειρὸς θλίβοντος·
78:42 They didn’t remember his hand, nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;
43 Ὡς ἔθετο ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ τὰ σημεῖα αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὰ
78:43 how he set his signs in Egypt, his wonders in the field of Zoan,
44 τέρατα αὐτοῦ ἐν πεδίῳ Τάνεως· Καὶ μετέστρεψεν εἰς αἷμα τοὺς ποταμοὺς αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰ ὀμβρήματα αὐτῶν ὅπως μὴ πίωσιν·
78:44 he turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, so that they could not drink.
45 ἐξαπέστειλεν εἰς αὐτοὺς κυνόμυιαν καὶ κατέφαγεν αὐτοὺς, καὶ βάτραχον, καὶ διέφθειρεν αὐτούς·
78:45 He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
46 Καὶ ἔδωκε τῇ ἐρυσίβῃ τὸν καρπὸν αὐτῶν, καὶ τοὺς πόνους αὐτῶν τῇ ἀκρίδι.
78:46 He also gave their increase to the caterpillar, and their labor to the locust.
47 Ἀπέκτεινεν ἐν χαλάζῃ τὴν ἄμπελον αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰς συκαμίνους αὐτῶν ἐν
78:47 He destroyed their vines with hail, their sycamore fig trees with frost.
48 τῇ πάχνῃ. Καὶ παρέδωκεν ἐν χαλάζῃ τὰ κτήνη αὐτῶν, καὶ τὴν ὕπαρξιν αὐτῶν τῷ πυρί.
78:48 He also gave over their livestock to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
49 Ἐξαπέστειλεν εἰς αὐτοὺς ὀργὴν θυμοῦ αὐτοῦ, θυμὸν καὶ ὀργὴν καὶ θλίψιν, ἀποστολὴν διʼ
78:49 He threw on them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, indignation, and trouble, and a band of angels of evil.
50 ἀγγέλων πονηρῶν. Ὡδοποίησε τρίβον τῇ ὀργῇ αὐτοῦ, οὐκ ἐφείσατο ἀπὸ θανάτου τῶν ψυχῶν αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰ κτήνη αὐτῶν
78:50 He made a path for his anger. He didn’t spare their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence,
51 εἰς θάνατον συνέκλεισε. Καὶ ἐπάταξε πᾶν πρωτότοκον ἐν γῇ Αἰγυπτῳ, ἀπαρχὴν πόνων αὐτῶν ἐν τοῖς σκηνώμασι Χάμ.
78:51 and struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.
52 Καὶ ἀπῇρεν ὡς πρόβατα τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ, ἤγαγεν αὐτοὺς ὡσεὶ
78:52 But he led out his own people like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
53 ποίμνιον ἐν ἐρήμῳ. Καὶ ὡδήγησεν αὐτοὺς ἐν ἐλπίδι, καὶ οὐκ ἐδειλίασον, καὶ τοὺς ἐχθροὺς αὐτῶν ἐκάλυψε θάλασσα.
78:53 He led them safely, so that they weren’t afraid, but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
54 Καὶ εἰσήγαγεν αὐτοὺς εἰς ὄρος ἁγιάσματος αὐτοῦ, ὄρος τοῦτο ὃ
78:54 He brought them to the border of his sanctuary, to this mountain, which his right hand had taken.
55 ἐκτήσατο ἡ δεξιὰ αὐτοῦ. Καὶ ἐξέβαλεν ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτῶν ἔθνη, καὶ ἐκληροδότησεν αὐτοὺς ἐν σχοινίῳ κληροδοσίας, καὶ κατεσκήνωσεν ἐν τοῖς σκηνώμασιν αὐτῶν τὰς φυλὰς τοῦ Ἰσραήλ.
78:55 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 Καὶ ἐπείρασαν καὶ παρεπίκραναν τὸν Θεὸν τὸν ὕψιστον, καὶ τὰ μαρτύρια αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐφυλάξαντο.
78:56 Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and didn’t keep his testimonies,
57 Καὶ ἀπέστρεψαν, καὶ ἠσυνθέτησαν καθὼς καὶ οἱ πατέρες αὐτῶν, μετεστράφησαν εἰς τόξον στρεβλόν.
78:57 but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were twisted like a deceitful bow.
58 Καὶ παρώργισαν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τοῖς βουνοῖς αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐν τοῖς γλυπτοῖς αὐτῶν παρεζήλωσαν αὐτόν.
78:58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.
59 Ἤκουσεν ὁ Θεὸς καὶ ὑπερεῖδε, καὶ ἐξουδένωσε σφόδρα τὸν
78:59 When God heard this, he was angry, and greatly abhorred Israel,
60 ʼΙσραήλ. Καὶ ἀπώσατο τὴν σκηνὴν Σηλὼμ, σκήνωμα αὐτοῦ
78:60 so that he abandoned the tent of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men,
61 οὗ κατεσκήνωσεν ἐν ἀνθρώποις. Καὶ παρέδωκεν εἰς αἰχμαλωσίαν τὴν ἰσχὺν αὐτῶν, καὶ τὴν καλλονὴν αὐτῶν εἰς χεῖρα
78:61 and delivered his strength into captivity, his glory into the adversary’s hand.
62 ἐχθρου. Καὶ συνέκλεισεν εἰς ῥομφαίαν τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὴν κληρονομίαν αὐτοῦ ὑπερεῖδε·
78:62 He also gave his people over to the sword, and was angry with his inheritance.
63 Τοὺς νεανίσκους αὐτῶν κατέφαγε πῦρ, καὶ αἱ παρθένοι αὐτῶν οὐκ ἐπένθησαν. Οἱ
78:63 Fire devoured their young men. Their virgins had no wedding song.
64 ἱερεῖς αὐτῶν ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ ἔπεσον, καὶ αἱ χῆραι αὐτῶν οὐ κλαυσθήσονται.
78:64 Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows couldn’t weep.
65 Καὶ ἐξηγέρθη ὡς ὁ ὑπνῶν Κύριος, ὡς δυνατὸς κεκραιπαληκὼς
78:65 Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep, like a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine.
66 ἐξ οἴνου. Καὶ ἐπάταξε τοὺς ἐχθροὺς αὐτοῦ εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω, ὄνειδος αἰώνιον ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς.
78:66 He struck his adversaries backward. He put them to a perpetual reproach.
67 Καὶ ἀπώσατο τὸ σκήνωμα Ἰωσὴφ, καὶ τὴν φυλὴν Ἐφραὶμ
78:67 Moreover he rejected the tent of Joseph, and didn’t choose the tribe of Ephraim,
68 οὐκ ἐξελέξατο. Καὶ ἐξελέξατο τὴν φυλὴν Ἰούδα, τὸ ὄρος τὸ
78:68 But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.
69 Σιὼν, ὃ ἠγάπησε. Καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν ὡς μονοκερώτων τὸ ἁγίασμα αὐτοῦ, ἐν τῇ γῇ ἐθεμελίωσεν αὐτὴν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.
78:69 He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he has established forever.
70 Καὶ ἐξελέξατο Δαυὶδ τὸν δοῦλον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀνέλαβεν αὐτὸν ἐκ τῶν
78:70 He also chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;
71 ποιμνίων τῶν προβάτων. Ἐξόπισθεν τῶν λοχευομένων ἔλαβεν αὐτὸν, ποιμαίνειν Ἰακὼβ τὸν δοῦλον αὐτοῦ, καὶ Ἰσραὴλ τὴν
78:71 from following the ewes that have their young, he brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and Israel, his inheritance.
72 κληρονομίαν αὐτοῦ. Καὶ ἐποίμανεν αὐτοὺς ἐν τῇ ἀκακίᾳ τῆς καρδίας αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν τῇ συνέσει τῶν χειρῶν αὐτοῦ, ὡδήγησεν αὐτούς.
78:72 So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.
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 LXX.

  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)