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Psalm 78 Free Bible Version (Spanish)

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1 Un salmo (masquil) de Asaf. Escucha, pueblo mío, lo que tengo para enseñarte. Escucha lo que vengo a decirte.
1 A contemplation by Asaph. Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.
2 Te enseñaré dichos sabios; y te explicaré misterios del pasado
2 I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,
3 que he escuchado antes y sobre los cuales he reflexionado. Son historias de nuestros antepasados que han sido transmitidas por generaciones.
3 which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
4 No las ocultaremos de nuestros hijos. Le contaremos a la siguiente generación sobre las maravillas que Dios ha hecho; sobre su poder y grandes obras.
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 Él entregó sus leyes a los descendientes de Jacob; dio sus instrucciones al pueblo de Israel. Él ordenó a nuestros padres para que las enseñaran a 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 a fin de que la siguiente generación—los que aún no habían nacido—entendieran y crecieran para enseñar a 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 De esta forma debían mantener su fe en Dios y no olvidar lo que Dios ha hecho, así como seguir sus mandamientos.
7 that they might set their hope in God, and not forget God’s deeds, but keep his commandments,
8 Para que no fueran como sus antepasados, una generación terca y rebelde que carecía de fe y fidelidad.
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 Los soldados de Efraín, aunque estaban armados con arcos, huyeron el día de la batalla.
9 The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
10 No cumplieron el pacto de Dios, y se negaron a seguir sus leyes.
10 They didn’t keep God’s covenant, and refused to walk in his law.
11 Ignoraron lo que Dios había hecho, y las maravillas que les había mostrado antes:
11 They forgot his doings, his wondrous deeds that he had shown them.
12 los milagros que había hecho por sus antepasados en Zoán, en Egipto.
12 He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
13 Él dividió el mar en dos y los condujo a través de él, manteniendo las aguas como muros a cada lado.
13 He split the sea, and caused them to pass through. He made the waters stand as a heap.
14 Él los guiaba con una nube en el día, y de noche con una nube de fuego.
14 In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, and all night with a light of fire.
15 Partió las rocas en el desierto para darle agua abundante a su pueblo. Aguas profundas como el océano.
15 He split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.
16 ¡Él hizo que de las piedras fluyera agua como un río!
16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
17 Pero ellos siguieron pecando contra él, rebelándose contra el Altísimo mientras andaban por el desierto.
17 Yet they still went on to sin against him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert.
18 Deliberadamente provocaban a Dios, exigiendo las comidas que tanto anhelaban.
18 They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.
19 Insultaron a Dios diciendo: “¿Puede Dios darnos comida aquí en el desierto?
19 Yes, they spoke against God. They said, “Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
20 Si bien puede golpear una roca y hacer que de ellas fluya agua como corrientes de río, ¿puede acaso darnos pan? ¿Puede darnos carne?”
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 Cuando el Señor oyó esto, se enojó mucho, y el fuego de su enojo se encendió contra los descendientes de Jacob, el pueblo de Israel,
21 Therefore Yahweh heard, and was angry. A fire was kindled against Jacob, anger also went up against Israel,
22 porque ellos no creyeron en Dios y no confiaron en que podía cuidar de ellos.
22 because they didn’t believe in God, and didn’t trust in his salvation.
23 Tanto fue su enojo que ordenó a los cielos se abrieran,
23 Yet he commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven.
24 e hizo llover maná del cielo, dándoles así pan celestial.
24 He rained down manna on them to eat, and gave them food from the sky.
25 Los seres humanos comieron del pan que comen los ángeles. Y les dio más que suficiente.
25 Man ate the bread of angels. He sent them food to the full.
26 Luego hizo soplar un viento desde el Este, y por su poder también hizo soplar el viento que viene del Sur.
26 He caused the east wind to blow in the sky. By his power he guided the south wind.
27 Hizo llover carne como tan abundante como el polvo. Las aves eran muchas, como la arena de la playa.
27 He also rained meat on them as the dust, winged birds as the sand of the seas.
28 E hizo caer las aves en medio del campamento, y alrededor de sus carpas.
28 He let them fall in the middle of their camp, around their habitations.
29 Y comieron hasta que se saciaron. Les dio la comida que tanto deseaban.
29 So they ate, and were well filled. He gave them their own desire.
30 Pero antes de saciar su apetito, mientras aún masticaban la carne,
30 They didn’t turn from their cravings. Their food was yet in their mouths,
31 Dios se enojó con ellos e hizo morir a los hombres más fuertes, derribándolos en plena juventud.
31 when the anger of God went up against them, killed some of their strongest, and struck down the young men of Israel.
32 A pesar de esto, siguieron pecando. A pesar de los milagros, se negaban a creer en él.
32 For all this they still sinned, and didn’t believe in his wondrous works.
33 Así que apagó sus vidas vanas, e hizo que terminaran sus años con horror.
33 Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror.
34 Cuando Dios comenzó a matarlos, volvieron con oraciones a él, arrepentidos de su pecado.
34 When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.
35 Se acordaron de que Dios era su roca, que el Dios Altísimo era su salvador.
35 They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God, their redeemer.
36 Entonces lo comenzaron adular de labios para afuera, pero solo mentían.
36 But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.
37 En sus corazones no eran sinceros y no guardaron el pacto que tenían con él.
37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant.
38 Pero por su compasión él perdonó su pecado y no los destruyó. Muchas veces contuvo su enojo y no desató toda su furia.
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 Dios recordó que eran simples mortales, y que eran como el viento que se va y no regresa.
39 He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away, and doesn’t come again.
40 Cuántas veces se rebelaron contra él en el desierto, causándole tristeza.
40 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and grieved him in the desert!
41 Una y otra vez provocaron a Dios, causando dolor al Santo de Israel.
41 They turned again and tempted God, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
42 Olvidaron la fuerza con la que él los rescató de sus opresores,
42 They didn’t remember his hand, nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;
43 haciendo milagros en Egipto, y maravillas en la llanura de Zoán.
43 how he set his signs in Egypt, his wonders in the field of Zoan,
44 Allí convirtió sus ríos y fuentes de agua en sangre, de modo que nadie podía beber de ellos.
44 he turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, so that they could not drink.
45 Envió moscas para destruirlos, y ranas para que los arruinaran.
45 He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
46 Dio sus cultivos a las langostas, y todo el fruto de su trabajo fue devorado por ellas.
46 He also gave their increase to the caterpillar, and their labor to the locust.
47 Destruyó sus viñedos con granizo, y sus higueras con aguanieve.
47 He destroyed their vines with hail, their sycamore fig trees with frost.
48 Dejó su ganado a merced del granizo y sus animales fueron destruidos por relámpagos.
48 He also gave over their livestock to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
49 Envió sobre ellos su ira feroz: Rabia, hostilidad y agonía. Por ello envió un grupo de ángeles destructores.
49 He threw on them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, indignation, and trouble, and a band of angels of evil.
50 Desató su ira sobre ellos y no los salvó de la muerte, sino que los dejó morir por causa de esta plaga.
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 Entonces mató al hijo mayor de cada familia en Egipto, todos los que habían sido concebidos como primogénitos en las carpas de Ham.
51 and struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.
52 Pero a su pueblo guió como ovejas, y los condujo como un rebaño en el desierto.
52 But he led out his own people like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
53 Los llevó a un lugar seguro, y no tuvieron nada que temer. Ahogó a sus enemigos en el mar.
53 He led them safely, so that they weren’t afraid, but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
54 Los llevó hasta la frontera de su tierra santa, a esta tierra montañosa que había conquistado para ellos.
54 He brought them to the border of his sanctuary, to this mountain, which his right hand had taken.
55 A las naciones infieles las expulsaba a su paso. Dividió la tierra para que la hicieran suya. Estableció las tribus de Israel en sus carpas.
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 Pero ellos siguieron provocando al Altísimo, siendo rebeldes contra él. No siguieron sus enseñanzas.
56 Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and didn’t keep his testimonies,
57 Así como sus antiguos padres se alejaron de Dios y fueron infieles a él, tan torcidos como un arco doblado que no sirve.
57 but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were twisted like a deceitful bow.
58 Provocaron su ira con sus altares paganos y despertaron su celo con sus ídolos.
58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.
59 Cuando Dios escuchó que adoraban a otros dioses se enfureció y rechazó por completo a Israel.
59 When God heard this, he was angry, and greatly abhorred Israel,
60 Entonces abandonó su lugar en Siloé, el Tabernáculo en el que vivía en medio del pueblo.
60 so that he abandoned the tent of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men,
61 Además entregó el arca de su poder, dejando que manos enemigas la tomaran.
61 and delivered his strength into captivity, his glory into the adversary’s hand.
62 Entregó a su pueblo y permitió que lo masacraran a espada, pues estaba furioso con su pueblo escogido.
62 He also gave his people over to the sword, and was angry with his inheritance.
63 Sus hombres más jóvenes fueron quemados, y las mujeres jóvenes no lograron cantar sus cánticos de bodas.
63 Fire devoured their young men. Their virgins had no wedding song.
64 Sus sacerdotes fueron asesinados con espadas y sus viudas no pudieron hacer duelo por ellos.
64 Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows couldn’t weep.
65 Entonces el Señor reaccionó como si hubiera despertado del sueño, como un guerrero que se despierta después de embriagarse con vino.
65 Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep, like a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine.
66 Venció a sus enemigos, atacándolos por la espalda y exponiéndolos a vergüenza eterna.
66 He struck his adversaries backward. He put them to a perpetual reproach.
67 Rechazó a los descendientes de José y no eligió más a la tribu de Efraín.
67 Moreover he rejected the tent of Joseph, and didn’t choose the tribe of Ephraim,
68 En su lugar eligió a la tribu de Judá y al Monte de Sión, al cual amaba.
68 But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.
69 Allí construyó su santuario, tan alto como el cielo, y lo puso allí en esa tierra para que existiera eternamente.
69 He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he has established forever.
70 Eligió a su siervo David, tomándolo de entre los rediles de ovejas,
70 He also chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;
71 y lo llevó de cuidar ovejas y corderos, a ser un pastor de los descendientes de Jacob, el pueblo especial de Dios: Israel.
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 Como un pastor cuidó de ellos con sincera devoción, y los condujo con manos hábiles.
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.

  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).

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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)