Tell the Coming Generation
A Maskil of Asaph.
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1Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth!
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things that we have heard and known, that our 4fathers have told us.
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We will not 5hide them from their children, but 6tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the LORD, and his might, and 7the wonders that he has done.
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He established 8a testimony in 9Jacob and appointed a law in 10Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children,
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that 11the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise and tell them to their children,
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so that they should set their hope in God and not forget 12the works of God, but 13keep his commandments;
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and that they should not be 14like their fathers, 15a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation 16whose heart was not steadfast, whose spirit was not faithful to God.
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They 18did not keep God's covenant, but refused to walk according to his law.
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In the sight of their fathers 21he performed wonders in the land of Egypt, in 22the fields of Zoan.
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25In the daytime he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a fiery light.
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He 26split rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep.
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He made streams come out of 27the rock and caused waters to flow down like rivers.
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Yet they sinned still more against him, 28rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
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They 29tested God in their heart by demanding the food they craved.
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32He struck the rock so that water gushed out and streams overflowed. Can he also give bread or provide meat for his people?"
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Therefore, when the LORD heard, he was full of wrath; 33a fire was kindled against Jacob; his anger rose against Israel,
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because they 34did not believe in God and did not trust his saving power.
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Yet he commanded the skies above and 35opened the doors of heaven,
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He 40caused the east wind to blow in the heavens, and by his power he led out the south wind;
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he 43let them fall in the midst of their camp, all around their dwellings.
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But before they had satisfied their craving, 46while the food was still in their mouths,
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the anger of God rose against them, and he killed 47the strongest of them and laid low 48the young men of Israel.
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When he killed them, they 53sought him; they repented and sought God earnestly.
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Yet he, being 60compassionate, 61atoned for their iniquity and did not destroy them; he restrained his anger often and did not stir up all his wrath.
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He 75turned their rivers to blood, so that they could not drink of their streams.
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He gave their crops to 78the destroying locust and the fruit of their labor to the locust.
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He destroyed their vines with 79hail and their sycamores with frost.
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He gave over their 80cattle to the hail and their flocks to thunderbolts.
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He let loose on them his burning anger, wrath, indignation, and distress, a company of 81destroying angels.
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He made a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death, but gave their lives over to the plague.
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He struck down every 82firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of 83Ham.
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Then he led out his people 84like sheep and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
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85He led them in safety, so that they 86were not afraid, but 87the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
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He 91drove out nations before them; he 92apportioned them for a possession and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
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but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers; they twisted like 95a deceitful bow.
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For they 96provoked him to anger with their 97high places; they 98moved him to jealousy with their 99idols.
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When God heard, he was full of 100wrath, and he utterly rejected Israel.
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Then the Lord 111awoke as from sleep, like a strong man shouting because of wine.
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And he 112put his adversaries to rout; he put them to everlasting shame.
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He rejected the tent of 113Joseph; he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
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but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he 114loves.
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He 115built his sanctuary like the high heavens, like the earth, which he has founded forever.
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He 116chose David his servant and took him from the sheepfolds;
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