Psalm 78
Give heed to my teaching, O my people
: incline your ears to the words of my mouth;
For I will open my mouth in a parable
: and expound the mysteries of former times.
What we have heard and known
: what our forefathers have told us,
We will not hide from their children,
but declare to a generation yet to come
: the praiseworthy acts of the Lord, his mighty and wonderful works.
He established a law in Jacob and made a decree in Israel
: which he commanded our forefathers to teach their children,
That future generations might know, and the children yet unborn
: that they in turn might teach it to their sons;
So that they might put their confidence in God
: and not forget his works, but keep his commandments,
And not be as their forefathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation
: a generation that did not set their heart aright,
whose spirit was not faithful to God.
The children of Ephraim, armed with the bow
: turned back in the day of battle.
They did not keep God’s covenant, they refused to walk in his law
: they forgot what he had done, and the wonders he had shown them.
For he did marvellous things in the sight of their fathers
: in the land of Egypt, in the country of Zoan.
He divided the sea and let them pass through
: he made the waters stand up in a heap.
In the daytime he led them with a cloud
: and all night long with the light of fire.
He cleft rocks in the wilderness
: and gave them drink in abundance as from springs of water.
He brought streams out of the rock
: and caused the waters to flow down like rivers.