| King James Bible | Berean Study Bible |
| 1Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. | 1A Maskil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; listen to the words of my mouth. |
| 2I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: | 2I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning, |
| 3Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. | 3that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us. |
| 4We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. | 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. |
| 5For 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: | 5For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children, |
| 6That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children: | 6that the coming generation would know them—even children yet to be born—to arise and tell their own children |
| 7That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments: | 7that they should put their confidence in God, not forgetting His works, but keeping His commandments. |
| 8And 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. | 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 children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. | 9The archers of Ephraim turned back on the day of battle. |
| 10They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law; | 10They failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law. |
| 11And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them. | 11They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them. |
| 12Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. | 12He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan. |
| 13He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap. | 13He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall. |
| 14In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire. | 14He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night. |
| 15He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths. | 15He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas. |
| 16He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers. | 16He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers. |
| 17And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness. | 17But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High. |
| 18And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust. | 18They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved. |
| 19Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? | 19They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness? |
| 20Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh 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 this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came 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 believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation: | 22because they did not believe God or rely on His salvation. |
| 23Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven, | 23Yet He commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of the heavens. |
| 24And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven. | 24He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven. |
| 25Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full. | 25Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance. |
| 26He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind. | 26He stirred the east wind from the heavens and drove the south wind by His might. |
| 27He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea: | 27He rained meat on them like dust, and winged birds like the sand of the sea. |
| 28And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations. | 28He felled them in the midst of their camp, all around their dwellings. |
| 29So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire; | 29So they ate and were well filled, for He gave them what they craved. |
| 30They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths, | 30Yet before they had filled their desire, with the food still in their mouths, |
| 31The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel. | 31God’s anger flared against them, and He put to death their strongest and subdued the young men of Israel. |
| 32For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works. | 32In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; despite His wonderful works, they did not believe. |
| 33Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble. | 33So He ended their days in futility, and their years in sudden terror. |
| 34When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God. | 34When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God. |
| 35And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer. | 35And they remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer. |
| 36Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues. | 36But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues. |
| 37For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant. | 37Their hearts were disloyal to Him, and they were unfaithful to His covenant. |
| 38But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up 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. |
| 39For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again. | 39He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return. |
| 40How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! | 40How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert! |
| 41Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. | 41Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel. |
| 42They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy. | 42They did not remember His power—the day He redeemed them from the adversary, |
| 43How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan: | 43when He performed His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the fields of Zoan. |
| 44And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink. | 44He turned their rivers to blood, and from their streams they could not drink. |
| 45He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them. | 45He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them. |
| 46He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust. | 46He gave their crops to the grasshopper, the fruit of their labor to the locust. |
| 47He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost. | 47He killed their vines with hailstones and their sycamore-figs with sleet. |
| 48He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts. | 48He abandoned their cattle to the hail and their livestock to bolts of lightning. |
| 49He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them. | 49He unleashed His fury against them, wrath, indignation, and calamity—a band of destroying angels. |
| 50He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence; | 50He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague. |
| 51And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham: | 51He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham. |
| 52But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. | 52He led out His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness. |
| 53And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. | 53He led them safely, so they did not fear, but the sea engulfed their enemies. |
| 54And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased. | 54He brought them to His holy land, to the mountain His right hand had acquired. |
| 55He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. | 55He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents. |
| 56Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies: | 56But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees. |
| 57But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow. | 57They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow. |
| 58For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images. | 58They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols. |
| 59When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel: | 59On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely. |
| 60So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men; | 60He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men. |
| 61And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand. | 61He delivered His strength to captivity, and His splendor to the hand of the adversary. |
| 62He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance. | 62He surrendered His people to the sword because He was enraged by His heritage. |
| 63The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage. | 63Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs. |
| 64Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation. | 64His priests fell by the sword, but their widows could not lament. |
| 65Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine. | 65Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a mighty warrior overcome by wine. |
| 66And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach. | 66He beat back His foes; He put them to everlasting shame. |
| 67Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim: | 67He rejected the tent of Joseph and refused the tribe of Ephraim. |
| 68But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved. | 68But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved. |
| 69And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever. | 69He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth He has established forever. |
| 70He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds: | 70He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds; |
| 71From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. | 71from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance. |
| 72So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands. | 72So David shepherded them with integrity of heart and guided them with skillful hands. |
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