| New International Version | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1A maskil of Asaph. My people, hear my teaching; listen to the words of my mouth. | 1My people, hear my instruction; listen to the words from my mouth. |
| 2I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter hidden things, things from of old-- | 2I will declare wise sayings; I will speak mysteries from the past-- |
| 3things we have heard and known, things our ancestors have told us. | 3things we have heard and known and that our fathers have passed down to us. |
| 4We will not hide them from their descendants; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD, his power, and the wonders he has done. | 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. |
| 5He decreed statutes for Jacob and established the law in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to teach their children, | 5He established a testimony in Jacob and set up a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children |
| 6so the next generation would know them, even the children yet to be born, and they in turn would tell their children. | 6so that a future generation--children yet to be born--might know. They were to rise and tell their children |
| 7Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands. | 7so that they might put their confidence in God and not forget God's works, but keep his commands. |
| 8They would not be like their ancestors-- a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose hearts were not loyal to God, whose spirits were not faithful to him. | 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. |
| 9The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows, turned back on the day of battle; | 9The Ephraimite archers turned back on the day of battle. |
| 10they did not keep God's covenant and refused to live by his law. | 10They did not keep God's covenant and refused to live by his law. |
| 11They forgot what he had done, the wonders he had shown them. | 11They forgot what he had done, the wondrous works he had shown them. |
| 12He did miracles in the sight of their ancestors in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan. | 12He worked wonders in the sight of their fathers in the land of Egypt, the territory of Zoan. |
| 13He divided the sea and led them through; he made the water stand up like a wall. | 13He split the sea and brought them across; the water stood firm like a wall. |
| 14He guided them with the cloud by day and with light from the fire all night. | 14He led them with a cloud by day and with a fiery light throughout the night. |
| 15He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them water as abundant as the seas; | 15He split rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the depths. |
| 16he brought streams out of a rocky crag and made water flow down like rivers. | 16He brought streams out of the stone and made water flow down like rivers. |
| 17But they continued to sin against him, rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High. | 17But they continued to sin against him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High. |
| 18They willfully put God to the test by demanding the food they craved. | 18They deliberately tested God, demanding the food they craved. |
| 19They spoke against God; they said, "Can God really spread a table in the wilderness? | 19They spoke against God, saying, "Is God able to provide food in the wilderness? |
| 20True, he struck the rock, and water gushed out, streams flowed abundantly, but can he also give us bread? Can he supply meat for his people?" | 20Look! He struck the rock and water gushed out; torrents overflowed. But can he also provide bread or furnish meat for his people?" |
| 21When the LORD heard them, he was furious; his fire broke out against Jacob, and his wrath rose against Israel, | 21Therefore, the LORD heard and became furious; then fire broke out against Jacob, and anger flared up against Israel |
| 22for they did not believe in God or trust in his deliverance. | 22because they did not believe God or rely on his salvation. |
| 23Yet he gave a command to the skies above and opened the doors of the heavens; | 23He gave a command to the clouds above and opened the doors of heaven. |
| 24he rained down manna for the people to eat, he gave them the grain of heaven. | 24He rained manna for them to eat; he gave them grain from heaven. |
| 25Human beings ate the bread of angels; he sent them all the food they could eat. | 25People ate the bread of angels. He sent them an abundant supply of food. |
| 26He let loose the east wind from the heavens and by his power made the south wind blow. | 26He made the east wind blow in the skies and drove the south wind by his might. |
| 27He rained meat down on them like dust, birds like sand on the seashore. | 27He rained meat on them like dust, and winged birds like the sand of the seas. |
| 28He made them come down inside their camp, all around their tents. | 28He made them fall in the camp, all around the tents. |
| 29They ate till they were gorged-- he had given them what they craved. | 29The people ate and were completely satisfied, for he gave them what they craved. |
| 30But before they turned from what they craved, even while the food was still in their mouths, | 30Before they had turned from what they craved, while the food was still in their mouths, |
| 31God's anger rose against them; he put to death the sturdiest among them, cutting down the young men of Israel. | 31God's anger flared up against them, and he killed some of their best men. He struck down Israel's fit young men. |
| 32In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; in spite of his wonders, they did not believe. | 32Despite all this, they kept sinning and did not believe his wondrous works. |
| 33So he ended their days in futility and their years in terror. | 33He made their days end in futility, their years in sudden disaster. |
| 34Whenever God slew them, they would seek him; they eagerly turned to him again. | 34When he killed some of them, the rest began to seek him; they repented and searched for God. |
| 35They remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer. | 35They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God, their Redeemer. |
| 36But then they would flatter him with their mouths, lying to him with their tongues; | 36But they deceived him with their mouths, they lied to him with their tongues, |
| 37their hearts were not loyal to him, they were not faithful to his covenant. | 37their hearts were insincere toward him, and they were unfaithful to his covenant. |
| 38Yet he was merciful; he forgave their iniquities and did not destroy them. Time after time he restrained his anger and did not stir up his full wrath. | 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. |
| 39He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return. | 39He remembered that they were only flesh, a wind that passes and does not return. |
| 40How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the wasteland! | 40How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the desert. |
| 41Again and again they put God to the test; they vexed the Holy One of Israel. | 41They constantly tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel. |
| 42They did not remember his power-- the day he redeemed them from the oppressor, | 42They did not remember his power shown on the day he redeemed them from the foe, |
| 43the day he displayed his signs in Egypt, his wonders in the region of Zoan. | 43when he performed his miraculous signs in Egypt and his wonders in the territory of Zoan. |
| 44He turned their river into blood; they could not drink from their streams. | 44He turned their rivers into blood, and they could not drink from their streams. |
| 45He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them. | 45He sent among them swarms of flies, which fed on them, and frogs, which devastated them. |
| 46He gave their crops to the grasshopper, their produce to the locust. | 46He gave their crops to the caterpillar and the fruit of their labor to the locust. |
| 47He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamore-figs with sleet. | 47He killed their vines with hail and their sycamore fig trees with a flood. |
| 48He gave over their cattle to the hail, their livestock to bolts of lightning. | 48He handed over their livestock to hail and their cattle to lightning bolts. |
| 49He unleashed against them his hot anger, his wrath, indignation and hostility-- a band of destroying angels. | 49He sent his burning anger against them: fury, indignation, and calamity--a band of deadly messengers. |
| 50He prepared a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death but gave them over 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 down all the firstborn of Egypt, the firstfruits of manhood in the tents of Ham. | 51He struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the first progeny of the tents of Ham. |
| 52But he brought his people out like a flock; he led them like sheep through the wilderness. | 52He led his people out like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness. |
| 53He guided them safely, so they were unafraid; but the sea engulfed their enemies. | 53He led them safely, and they were not afraid; but the sea covered their enemies. |
| 54And so he brought them to the border of his holy land, to the hill country his right hand had taken. | 54He brought them to his holy territory, to the mountain his right hand acquired. |
| 55He drove out nations before them and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance; he settled the tribes of Israel in their homes. | 55He drove out nations before them. He apportioned their inheritance by lot and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents. |
| 56But they put God to the test and rebelled against the Most High; they did not keep his statutes. | 56But they rebelliously tested the Most High God, for they did not keep his decrees. |
| 57Like their ancestors they were disloyal and faithless, as unreliable as a faulty bow. | 57They treacherously turned away like their fathers; they became warped like a faulty bow. |
| 58They angered him with their high places; they aroused his jealousy with their idols. | 58They enraged him with their high places and provoked his jealousy with their carved images. |
| 59When God heard them, he was furious; he rejected Israel completely. | 59God heard and became furious; he completely rejected Israel. |
| 60He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent he had set up among humans. | 60He abandoned the tabernacle at Shiloh, the tent where he resided among mankind. |
| 61He sent the ark of his might into captivity, his splendor into the hands of the enemy. | 61He gave up his strength to captivity and his splendor to the hand of a foe. |
| 62He gave his people over to the sword; he was furious with his inheritance. | 62He surrendered his people to the sword because he was enraged with his heritage. |
| 63Fire consumed their young men, and their young women had no wedding songs; | 63Fire consumed his chosen young men, and his young women had no wedding songs. |
| 64their priests were put to the sword, and their widows could not weep. | 64His priests fell by the sword, and the widows could not lament. |
| 65Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, as a warrior wakes from the stupor of wine. | 65The Lord awoke as if from sleep, like a warrior from the effects of wine. |
| 66He beat back his enemies; he put them to everlasting shame. | 66He beat back his foes; he gave them lasting disgrace. |
| 67Then he rejected the tents of Joseph, he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim; | 67He rejected the tent of Joseph and did not choose the tribe of Ephraim. |
| 68but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loved. | 68He chose instead 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 that he established forever. |
| 70He chose David his servant and took him from the sheep pens; | 70He chose David his servant and took him from the sheep pens; |
| 71from tending the sheep he brought him to be the shepherd of his people Jacob, of Israel his inheritance. | 71he brought him from tending ewes to be shepherd over his people Jacob--over Israel, his inheritance. |
| 72And David shepherded them with integrity of heart; with skillful hands he led them. | 72He shepherded them with a pure heart and guided them with his skillful hands. |
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