| Christian Standard Bible | Berean Study Bible |
| 1My people, hear my instruction; listen to the words from my mouth. | 1A Maskil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; listen to the words of my mouth. |
| 2I will declare wise sayings; I will speak mysteries from the past-- | 2I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning, |
| 3things we have heard and known and that our fathers have passed down to us. | 3that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us. |
| 4We will not hide them from their children, but will tell a future generation the praiseworthy acts of the LORD, his might, and the wondrous works he has performed. | 4We will not hide them from their children, but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might, and the wonders He has performed. |
| 5He established a testimony in Jacob and set up a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children | 5For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children, |
| 6so that a future generation--children yet to be born--might know. They were to rise and tell their children | 6that the coming generation would know them—even children yet to be born—to arise and tell their own children |
| 7so that they might put their confidence in God and not forget God's works, but keep his commands. | 7that they should put their confidence in God, not forgetting His works, but keeping His commandments. |
| 8Then they would not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation whose heart was not loyal and whose spirit was not faithful to God. | 8Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God. |
| 9The Ephraimite archers turned back on the day of battle. | 9The archers of Ephraim turned back on the day of battle. |
| 10They did not keep God's covenant and refused to live by his law. | 10They failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law. |
| 11They forgot what he had done, the wondrous works he had shown them. | 11They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them. |
| 12He worked wonders in the sight of their fathers in the land of Egypt, the territory of Zoan. | 12He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan. |
| 13He split the sea and brought them across; the water stood firm like a wall. | 13He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall. |
| 14He led them with a cloud by day and with a fiery light throughout the night. | 14He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night. |
| 15He split rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the depths. | 15He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas. |
| 16He brought streams out of the stone and made water flow down like rivers. | 16He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers. |
| 17But they continued to sin against him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High. | 17But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High. |
| 18They deliberately tested God, demanding the food they craved. | 18They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved. |
| 19They spoke against God, saying, "Is God able to provide food in the wilderness? | 19They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness? |
| 20Look! He struck the rock and water gushed out; torrents overflowed. But can he also provide bread or furnish meat for his people?" | 20When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?” |
| 21Therefore, the LORD heard and became furious; then fire broke out against Jacob, and anger flared up against Israel | 21Therefore the LORD heard and was filled with wrath; so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and His anger flared against Israel, |
| 22because they did not believe God or rely on his salvation. | 22because they did not believe God or rely on His salvation. |
| 23He gave a command to the clouds above and opened the doors of heaven. | 23Yet He commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of the heavens. |
| 24He rained manna for them to eat; he gave them grain from heaven. | 24He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven. |
| 25People ate the bread of angels. He sent them an abundant supply of food. | 25Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance. |
| 26He made the east wind blow in the skies and drove the south wind by his might. | 26He stirred the east wind from the heavens and drove the south wind by His might. |
| 27He rained meat on them like dust, and winged birds like the sand of the seas. | 27He rained meat on them like dust, and winged birds like the sand of the sea. |
| 28He made them fall in the camp, all around the tents. | 28He felled them in the midst of their camp, all around their dwellings. |
| 29The people ate and were completely satisfied, for he gave them what they craved. | 29So they ate and were well filled, for He gave them what they craved. |
| 30Before they had turned from what they craved, while the food was still in their mouths, | 30Yet before they had filled their desire, with the food still in their mouths, |
| 31God's anger flared up against them, and he killed some of their best men. He struck down Israel's fit young men. | 31God’s anger flared against them, and He put to death their strongest and subdued the young men of Israel. |
| 32Despite all this, they kept sinning and did not believe his wondrous works. | 32In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; despite His wonderful works, they did not believe. |
| 33He made their days end in futility, their years in sudden disaster. | 33So He ended their days in futility, and their years in sudden terror. |
| 34When he killed some of them, the rest began to seek him; they repented and searched for God. | 34When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God. |
| 35They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God, their Redeemer. | 35And they remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer. |
| 36But they deceived him with their mouths, they lied to him with their tongues, | 36But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues. |
| 37their hearts were insincere toward him, and they were unfaithful to his covenant. | 37Their hearts were disloyal to Him, and they were unfaithful to His covenant. |
| 38Yet he was compassionate; he atoned for their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often turned his anger aside and did not unleash all his wrath. | 38And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath. |
| 39He remembered that they were only flesh, a wind that passes and does not return. | 39He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return. |
| 40How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the desert. | 40How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert! |
| 41They constantly tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel. | 41Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel. |
| 42They did not remember his power shown on the day he redeemed them from the foe, | 42They did not remember His power—the day He redeemed them from the adversary, |
| 43when he performed his miraculous signs in Egypt and his wonders in the territory of Zoan. | 43when He performed His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the fields of Zoan. |
| 44He turned their rivers into blood, and they could not drink from their streams. | 44He turned their rivers to blood, and from their streams they could not drink. |
| 45He sent among them swarms of flies, which fed on them, and frogs, which devastated them. | 45He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them. |
| 46He gave their crops to the caterpillar and the fruit of their labor to the locust. | 46He gave their crops to the grasshopper, the fruit of their labor to the locust. |
| 47He killed their vines with hail and their sycamore fig trees with a flood. | 47He killed their vines with hailstones and their sycamore-figs with sleet. |
| 48He handed over their livestock to hail and their cattle to lightning bolts. | 48He abandoned their cattle to the hail and their livestock to bolts of lightning. |
| 49He sent his burning anger against them: fury, indignation, and calamity--a band of deadly messengers. | 49He unleashed His fury against them, wrath, indignation, and calamity—a band of destroying angels. |
| 50He cleared a path for his anger. He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague. | 50He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague. |
| 51He struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the first progeny of the tents of Ham. | 51He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham. |
| 52He led his people out like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness. | 52He led out His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness. |
| 53He led them safely, and they were not afraid; but the sea covered their enemies. | 53He led them safely, so they did not fear, but the sea engulfed their enemies. |
| 54He brought them to his holy territory, to the mountain his right hand acquired. | 54He brought them to His holy land, to the mountain His right hand had acquired. |
| 55He drove out nations before them. He apportioned their inheritance by lot and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents. | 55He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents. |
| 56But they rebelliously tested the Most High God, for they did not keep his decrees. | 56But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees. |
| 57They treacherously turned away like their fathers; they became warped like a faulty bow. | 57They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow. |
| 58They enraged him with their high places and provoked his jealousy with their carved images. | 58They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols. |
| 59God heard and became furious; he completely rejected Israel. | 59On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely. |
| 60He abandoned the tabernacle at Shiloh, the tent where he resided among mankind. | 60He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men. |
| 61He gave up his strength to captivity and his splendor to the hand of a foe. | 61He delivered His strength to captivity, and His splendor to the hand of the adversary. |
| 62He surrendered his people to the sword because he was enraged with his heritage. | 62He surrendered His people to the sword because He was enraged by His heritage. |
| 63Fire consumed his chosen young men, and his young women had no wedding songs. | 63Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs. |
| 64His priests fell by the sword, and the widows could not lament. | 64His priests fell by the sword, but their widows could not lament. |
| 65The Lord awoke as if from sleep, like a warrior from the effects of wine. | 65Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a mighty warrior overcome by wine. |
| 66He beat back his foes; he gave them lasting disgrace. | 66He beat back His foes; He put them to everlasting shame. |
| 67He rejected the tent of Joseph and did not choose the tribe of Ephraim. | 67He rejected the tent of Joseph and refused the tribe of Ephraim. |
| 68He chose instead the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loved. | 68But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved. |
| 69He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth that he established forever. | 69He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth He has established forever. |
| 70He chose David his servant and took him from the sheep pens; | 70He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds; |
| 71he brought him from tending ewes to be shepherd over his people Jacob--over Israel, his inheritance. | 71from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance. |
| 72He shepherded them with a pure heart and guided them with his skillful hands. | 72So David shepherded them with integrity of heart and guided them with skillful hands. |
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