<vn='1'><sn="4905">Maschil</s> of <sn="623">Asaph</s>. Give <sn="238">ear</s>, O my <sn="5971">people</s>, to my <sn="8451">law</s>: <sn="5186">incline</s> your <sn="241">ears</s> to the <sn="561">words</s> of my <sn="6310">mouth</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>I will <sn="6605">open</s> my <sn="6310">mouth</s> in a <sn="4912">parable</s>: I will <sn="5042">utter</s> dark <sn="2420">sayings</s><sn="4480">of</s><sn="6924">old</s>: </v>
<vn='3'><sn="834">Which</s> we have <sn="8085">heard</s> and <sn="3045">known</s>, and our <sn="1">fathers</s> have <sn="5608">told</s> us. </v>
<vn='4'>We will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3582">hide</s> them from their <sn="4480 1121">children</s>, <sn="5608">showing</s> to the <sn="1755">generation</s> to <sn="314">come</s> the <sn="8416">praises</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and his <sn="5807">strength</s>, and his wonderful <sn="6381">works</s><sn="834">that</s> he hath <sn="6213">done</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>For he <sn="6965">established</s> a <sn="5715">testimony</s> in <sn="3290">Jacob</s>, and <sn="7760">appointed</s> a <sn="8451">law</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="834">which</s> he <sn="6680">commanded</s><sn="*853"></s> our <sn="1">fathers</s>, that they should make them <sn="3045">known</s> to their <sn="1121">children</s>: </v>
<vn='6'><sn="4616">That</s> the <sn="1755">generation</s> to <sn="314">come</s> might <sn="3045">know</s> them, even the <sn="1121">children</s> which should be <sn="3205">born</s>; who should <sn="6965">arise</s> and <sn="5608">declare</s> them to their <sn="1121">children</s>: </v>
<vn='7'>That they might <sn="7760">set</s> their <sn="3689">hope</s> in <sn="430">God</s>, and <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7911">forget</s> the <sn="4611">works</s> of <sn="410">God</s>, but <sn="5341">keep</s> his <sn="4687">commandments</s>: </v>
<vn='8'>And might <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1961">be</s> as their <sn="1">fathers</s>, a <sn="5637">stubborn</s> and <sn="4784">rebellious</s><sn="1755">generation</s>; a <sn="1755">generation</s> that set not their heart <sn="3559 3808 3820">aright</s>, and whose <sn="7307">spirit</s> was <sn="3808">not</s><sn="539">steadfast</s><sn="854">with</s><sn="410">God</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>The <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="669">Ephraim</s>, being <sn="5401">armed</s>, and <sn="7411">carrying</s><sn="7198">bows</s>, turned <sn="2015">back</s> in the <sn="3117">day</s> of <sn="7128">battle</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>They <sn="8104">kept</s><sn="3808">not</s> the <sn="1285">covenant</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, and <sn="3985">refused</s> to <sn="1980">walk</s> in his <sn="8451">law</s>; </v>
<vn='11'>And <sn="7911">forgot</s> his <sn="5949">works</s>, and his <sn="6381">wonders</s><sn="834">that</s> he had <sn="7200">showed</s> them. </v>
<vn='12'>Marvelous <sn="6382">things</s><sn="6213">did</s> he in the <sn="5048">sight</s> of their <sn="1">fathers</s>, in the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s>, in the <sn="7704">field</s> of <sn="6814">Zoan</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>He <sn="1234">divided</s> the <sn="3220">sea</s>, and caused them to pass <sn="5674">through</s>; and he made the <sn="4325">waters</s> to <sn="5324">stand</s><sn="3644">as</s> a <sn="5067">heap</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>In the <sn="3119">daytime</s> also he <sn="5148">led</s> them with a <sn="6051">cloud</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3915">night</s> with a <sn="216">light</s> of <sn="784">fire</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>He <sn="1234">cleaved</s> the <sn="6697">rocks</s> in the <sn="4057">wilderness</s>, and gave them <sn="8248">drink</s> as out of the <sn="7227">great</s><sn="8415">depths</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>He brought streams also <sn="3318 5140">out</s> of the <sn="4480 5553">rock</s>, and caused <sn="4325">waters</s> to run <sn="3381">down</s> like <sn="5104">rivers</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And they <sn="2398">sinned</s><sn="5750">yet</s><sn="3254">more</s> against him by <sn="4784">provoking</s> the most <sn="5945">High</s> in the <sn="6723">wilderness</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And they <sn="5254">tempted</s><sn="410">God</s> in their <sn="3824">heart</s> by <sn="7592">asking</s><sn="400">meat</s> for their <sn="5315">lust</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>Yea, they <sn="1696">spoke</s> against <sn="430">God</s>; they <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="3201">Can</s><sn="410">God</s><sn="6186">furnish</s> a <sn="7979">table</s> in the <sn="4057">wilderness</s>? </v>
<vn='20'><sn="2005">Behold</s>, he <sn="5221">smote</s> the <sn="6697">rock</s>, that the <sn="4325">waters</s> gushed <sn="2100">out</s>, and the <sn="5158">streams</s><sn="7857">overflowed</s>; <sn="3201">can</s> he <sn="5414">give</s><sn="3899">bread</s><sn="1571">also</s>? can he <sn="3559">provide</s><sn="7607">flesh</s> for his <sn="5971">people</s>? </v>
<vn='21'><sn="3651">Therefore</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="8085">heard</s> this, and was <sn="5674">wroth</s>: so a <sn="784">fire</s> was <sn="5400">kindled</s> against <sn="3290">Jacob</s>, and <sn="639">anger</s><sn="1571">also</s> came <sn="5927">up</s> against <sn="3478">Israel</s>; </v>
<vn='22'><sn="3588">Because</s> they <sn="539">believed</s><sn="3808">not</s> in <sn="430">God</s>, and <sn="982">trusted</s><sn="3808">not</s> in his <sn="3444">salvation</s>: </v>
<vn='23'>Though he had <sn="6680">commanded</s> the <sn="7834">clouds</s> from <sn="4480 4605">above</s>, and <sn="6605">opened</s> the <sn="1817">doors</s> of <sn="8064">heaven</s>, </v>
<vn='24'>And had rained <sn="4305">down</s><sn="4478">manna</s><sn="5921">upon</s> them to <sn="398">eat</s>, and had <sn="5414">given</s> them of the <sn="1715">corn</s> of <sn="8064">heaven</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="376">Man</s> did <sn="398">eat</s><sn="47">angels</s> ' <sn="3899">food</s>: he <sn="7971">sent</s> them <sn="6720">meat</s> to the <sn="7648">full</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>He caused an east <sn="6921">wind</s> to <sn="5265">blow</s> in the <sn="8064">heaven</s>: and by his <sn="5797">power</s> he <sn="5090">brought</s> in the south <sn="8486">wind</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>He <sn="4305">rained</s><sn="7607">flesh</s> also <sn="5921">upon</s> them as <sn="6083">dust</s>, and <sn="3671">feathered</s><sn="5775">fowls</s> like as the <sn="2344">sand</s> of the <sn="3220">sea</s>: </v>
<vn='28'>And he let it <sn="5307">fall</s> in the <sn="7130">midst</s> of their <sn="4264">camp</s>, round <sn="5439">about</s> their <sn="4908">habitations</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>So they did <sn="398">eat</s>, and were <sn="3966">well</s><sn="7646">filled</s>: for he <sn="935">gave</s> them their own <sn="8378">desire</s>; </v>
<vn='30'>They were <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2114">estranged</s> from their <sn="4480 8378">lust</s>. But while their <sn="400">meat</s> was <sn="5750">yet</s> in their <sn="6310">mouths</s>, </v>
<vn='31'>The <sn="639">wrath</s> of <sn="430">God</s><sn="5927">came</s> upon them, and <sn="2026">slew</s> the <sn="4924">fattest</s> of them, and smote <sn="3766">down</s> the <sn="970">chosen</s> men of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='32'>For <sn="3605">all</s><sn="2063">this</s> they <sn="2398">sinned</s><sn="5750">still</s>, and <sn="539">believed</s><sn="3808">not</s> for his wondrous <sn="6381">works</s>. </v>
<vn='33'>Therefore their <sn="3117">days</s> did he <sn="3615">consume</s> in <sn="1892">vanity</s>, and their <sn="8141">years</s> in <sn="928">trouble</s>. </v>
<vn='34'><sn="518">When</s> he <sn="2026">slew</s> them, then they <sn="1875">sought</s> him: and they <sn="7725">returned</s> and inquired <sn="7836">early</s> after <sn="410">God</s>. </v>
<vn='35'>And they <sn="2142">remembered</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="430">God</s> was their <sn="6697">rock</s>, and the <sn="5945">high</s><sn="410">God</s> their <sn="1350">redeemer</s>. </v>
<vn='36'>Nevertheless they did <sn="6601">flatter</s> him with their <sn="6310">mouth</s>, and they <sn="3576">lied</s> unto him with their <sn="3956">tongues</s>. </v>
<vn='37'>For their <sn="3820">heart</s> was not <sn="3808 3559">right</s><sn="5973">with</s> him, <sn="3808">neither</s> were they <sn="539">steadfast</s> in his <sn="1285">covenant</s>. </v>
<vn='38'>But <sn="1931">he</s>, being full of <sn="7349">compassion</s>, <sn="3722">forgave</s> their <sn="5771">iniquity</s>, and <sn="7843">destroyed</s> them <sn="3808">not</s>: yea, <sn="7235">many</s> a time turned he his anger <sn="639 7725">away</s>, and did <sn="3808">not</s> stir <sn="5782">up</s><sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="2534">wrath</s>. </v>
<vn='39'>For he <sn="2142">remembered</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="1992">they</s> were but <sn="1320">flesh</s>; a <sn="7307">wind</s> that passeth <sn="1980">away</s>, and cometh not <sn="3808 7725">again</s>. </v>
<vn='40'>How <sn="4100">oft</s> did they <sn="4784">provoke</s> him in the <sn="4057">wilderness</s>, and <sn="6087">grieve</s> him in the <sn="3452">desert</s>! </v>
<vn='41'>Yea, they turned <sn="7725">back</s> and <sn="5254">tempted</s><sn="410">God</s>, and <sn="8428">limited</s> the Holy <sn="6918">One</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='42'>They <sn="2142">remembered</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="3027">hand</s>, nor the <sn="3117">day</s><sn="834">when</s> he <sn="6299">delivered</s> them <sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="6862">enemy</s>. </v>
<vn='43'><sn="834">How</s> he had <sn="7760">wrought</s> his <sn="226">signs</s> in <sn="4714">Egypt</s>, and his <sn="4159">wonders</s> in the <sn="7704">field</s> of <sn="6814">Zoan</s>: </v>
<vn='44'>And had <sn="2015">turned</s> their <sn="2975">rivers</s> into <sn="1818">blood</s>; and their <sn="5140">floods</s>, that they could <sn="1077">not</s><sn="8354">drink</s>. </v>
<vn='45'>He <sn="7971">sent</s> divers sorts of <sn="6157">flies</s> among them, which <sn="398">devoured</s> them; and <sn="6854">frogs</s>, which <sn="7843">destroyed</s> them. </v>
<vn='46'>He <sn="5414">gave</s> also their <sn="2981">increase</s> unto the <sn="2625">caterpillar</s>, and their <sn="3018">labor</s> unto the <sn="697">locust</s>. </v>
<vn='47'>He <sn="2026">destroyed</s> their <sn="1612">vines</s> with <sn="1259">hail</s>, and their sycamore <sn="8256">trees</s> with <sn="2602">frost</s>. </v>
<vn='48'>He gave <sn="5462">up</s> their <sn="1165">cattle</s> also to the <sn="1259">hail</s>, and their <sn="4735">flocks</s> to hot <sn="7565">thunderbolts</s>. </v>
<vn='49'>He <sn="7971">cast</s> upon them the <sn="2740">fierceness</s> of his <sn="639">anger</s>, <sn="5678">wrath</s>, and <sn="2195">indignation</s>, and <sn="6869">trouble</s>, by <sn="4917">sending</s><sn="7451">evil</s><sn="4397">angels</s> among them. </v>
<vn='50'>He <sn="6424">made</s> a <sn="5410">way</s> to his <sn="639">anger</s>; he <sn="2820">spared</s><sn="3808">not</s> their <sn="5315">soul</s> from <sn="4480 4194">death</s>, but <sn="5462">gave</s> their <sn="2416">life</s> over to the <sn="1698">pestilence</s>; </v>
<vn='51'>And <sn="5221">smote</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1060">firstborn</s> in <sn="4714">Egypt</s>; the <sn="7225">chief</s> of their <sn="202">strength</s> in the <sn="168">tabernacles</s> of <sn="2526">Ham</s>: </v>
<vn='52'>But made his own <sn="5971">people</s> to go <sn="5265">forth</s> like <sn="6629">sheep</s>, and <sn="5090">guided</s> them in the <sn="4057">wilderness</s> like a <sn="5739">flock</s>. </v>
<vn='53'>And he <sn="5148">led</s> them on <sn="983">safely</s>, so that they <sn="6342">feared</s><sn="3808">not</s>: but the <sn="3220">sea</s><sn="3680">overwhelmed</s> their <sn="341">enemies</s>. </v>
<vn='54'>And he <sn="935">brought</s> them <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="1366">border</s> of his <sn="6944">sanctuary</s>, even to <sn="2088">this</s><sn="2022">mountain</s>, which his right <sn="3225">hand</s> had <sn="7069">purchased</s>. </v>
<vn='55'>He cast <sn="1644">out</s> the <sn="1471">heathen</s> also <sn="4480 6440">before</s> them, and <sn="5307">divided</s> them an <sn="5159">inheritance</s> by <sn="2256">line</s>, and made the <sn="7626">tribes</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> to <sn="7931">dwell</s> in their <sn="168">tents</s>. </v>
<vn='56'>Yet they <sn="5254">tempted</s> and <sn="4784">provoked</s><sn="*853"></s> the most <sn="5945">high</s><sn="430">God</s>, and <sn="8104">kept</s><sn="3808">not</s> his <sn="5713">testimonies</s>: </v>
<vn='57'>But turned <sn="5472">back</s>, and dealt <sn="898">unfaithfully</s> like their <sn="1">fathers</s>: they were turned <sn="2015">aside</s> like a <sn="7423">deceitful</s><sn="7198">bow</s>. </v>
<vn='58'>For they provoked him to <sn="3707">anger</s> with their high <sn="1116">places</s>, and moved him to <sn="7065">jealousy</s> with their graven <sn="6456">images</s>. </v>
<vn='59'>When <sn="430">God</s><sn="8085">heard</s> this, he was <sn="5674">wroth</s>, and <sn="3966">greatly</s><sn="3988">abhorred</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>: </v>
<vn='60'>So that he <sn="5203">forsook</s> the <sn="4908">tabernacle</s> of <sn="7887">Shiloh</s>, the <sn="168">tent</s> which he <sn="7931">placed</s> among <sn="120">men</s>; </v>
<vn='61'>And <sn="5414">delivered</s> his <sn="5797">strength</s> into <sn="7628">captivity</s>, and his <sn="8597">glory</s> into the <sn="6862">enemy</s> 's <sn="3027">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='62'>He <sn="5462">gave</s> his <sn="5971">people</s><sn="5462">over</s> also unto the <sn="2719">sword</s>; and was <sn="5674">wroth</s> with his <sn="5159">inheritance</s>. </v>
<vn='63'>The <sn="784">fire</s><sn="398">consumed</s> their young <sn="970">men</s>; and their <sn="1330">maidens</s> were <sn="3808">not</s> given to <sn="1984">marriage</s>. </v>
<vn='64'>Their <sn="3548">priests</s><sn="5307">fell</s> by the <sn="2719">sword</s>; and their <sn="490">widows</s> made <sn="3808">no</s><sn="1058">lamentation</s>. </v>
<vn='65'>Then the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3364">awaked</s> as one out of <sn="3463">sleep</s>, and like a mighty <sn="1368">man</s> that <sn="7442">shouteth</s> by reason of <sn="4480 3196">wine</s>. </v>
<vn='66'>And he <sn="5221">smote</s> his <sn="6862">enemies</s> in the hinder <sn="268">parts</s>: he <sn="5414">put</s> them to a <sn="5769">perpetual</s><sn="2781">reproach</s>. </v>
<vn='67'>Moreover he <sn="3988">refused</s> the <sn="168">tabernacle</s> of <sn="3130">Joseph</s>, and <sn="977">chose</s><sn="3808">not</s> the <sn="7626">tribe</s> of <sn="669">Ephraim</s>: </v>
<vn='68'>But <sn="977">chose</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7626">tribe</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2022">mount</s><sn="6726">Zion</s><sn="834">which</s> he <sn="157">loved</s>. </v>
<vn='69'>And he <sn="1129">built</s> his <sn="4720">sanctuary</s><sn="3644">like</s><sn="7311">high</s> palaces, like the <sn="776">earth</s> which he hath <sn="3245">established</s><sn="5769">forever</s>. </v>
<vn='70'>He <sn="977">chose</s><sn="1732">David</s> also his <sn="5650">servant</s>, and <sn="3947">took</s> him from the <sn="4480 4356 6629">sheepfolds</s>: </v>
<vn='71'>From <sn="4480 310">following</s> the ewes great with <sn="5763">young</s> he <sn="935">brought</s> him to <sn="7462">feed</s><sn="3290">Jacob</s> his <sn="5971">people</s>, and <sn="3478">Israel</s> his <sn="5159">inheritance</s>. </v>
<vn='72'>So he <sn="7462">fed</s> them according to the <sn="8537">integrity</s> of his <sn="3824">heart</s>; and <sn="5148">guided</s> them by the <sn="8394">skilfulness</s> of his <sn="3709">hands</s>. </v>