1	Maschil# of Asaph. Give ear# , O my people, to my law: incline# your ears to the words of my mouth. [Maschil...: or, A Psalm for Asaph to give instruction]
			2	I will open# my mouth in a parable: I will utter# dark sayings of old:
			3	Which we have heard# and known# , and our fathers have told# us.
			4	We 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# .
			5	For 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:
			6	That the generation to come might know# them, even the children which should be born# ; who should arise# and declare# them to their children:
			7	That they might set# their hope in God, and not forget# the works of God, but keep# his commandments:
			8	And 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. [that...: Heb. that prepared not their heart]
			9	The children of Ephraim, being armed# , and carrying# bows, turned back# in the day of battle. [carrying: Heb. throwing forth]
			10	They kept# not the covenant of God, and refused# to walk# in his law;
			11	And forgat# his works, and his wonders# that he had shewed# them.
			12	Marvellous things did# he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
			13	He divided# the sea, and caused them to pass through# ; and he made the waters to stand# as an heap.
			14	In the daytime also he led# them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
			15	He clave# the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink# as out of the great depths.
			16	He brought# streams# also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down# like rivers.
			17	And they sinned# yet more# against him by provoking# the most High in the wilderness.
			18	And they tempted# God in their heart by asking# meat for their lust.
			19	Yea, they spake# against God; they said# , Can# God furnish# a table in the wilderness? [furnish: Heb. order]
			20	Behold, 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?
			21	Therefore the LORD heard# this , and was wroth# : so a fire was kindled# against Jacob, and anger also came up# against Israel;
			22	Because they believed# not in God, and trusted# not in his salvation:
			23	Though he had commanded# the clouds from above, and opened# the doors of heaven,
			24	And had rained down# manna upon them to eat# , and had given# them of the corn of heaven.
			25	Man did eat# angels' food: he sent# them meat to the full. [Man...: or, Every one did eat the bread of the mighty]
			26	He caused an east wind to blow# in the heaven: and by his power he brought in# the south wind. [to blow: Heb. to go]
			27	He rained# flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea: [feathered...: Heb. fowl of wing]
			28	And he let it fall# in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.
			29	So they did eat# , and were well filled# : for he gave# them their own desire;
			30	They were not estranged# from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
			31	The wrath of God came# upon them, and slew# the fattest of them, and smote down# the chosen men of Israel. [smote...: Heb. made to bow] [Chosen...: or, young men]
			32	For all this they sinned# still, and believed# not for his wondrous works# .
			33	Therefore their days did he consume# in vanity, and their years in trouble.
			34	When he slew# them, then they sought# him: and they returned# and enquired early# after God.
			35	And they remembered# that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer# .
			36	Nevertheless they did flatter# him with their mouth, and they lied# unto him with their tongues.
			37	For their heart was not right# with him, neither were they stedfast# in his covenant.
			38	But 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.
			39	For he remembered# that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away# , and cometh not again# .
			40	How oft did they provoke# him in the wilderness, and grieve# him in the desert! [provoke: or, rebel against]
			41	Yea, they turned back# and tempted# God, and limited# the Holy One of Israel.
			42	They remembered# not his hand, nor the day when he delivered# them from the enemy. [from...: or, from affliction]
			43	How he had wrought# his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan: [wrought: Heb. set]
			44	And had turned# their rivers into blood; and their floods# , that they could not drink# .
			45	He sent# divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured# them; and frogs, which destroyed# them.
			46	He gave# also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.
			47	He destroyed# their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost. [destroyed: Heb. killed] [frost: or, great hailstones]
			48	He gave up# their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts. [gave...: Heb. shut up] [hot...: or, lightnings]
			49	He cast# upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them .
			50	He made# a way to his anger; he spared# not their soul from death, but gave# their life over# to the pestilence; [He made...: Heb. He weighed a path] [life...: or, beasts to the murrain]
			51	And smote# all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
			52	But made his own people to go forth# like sheep, and guided# them in the wilderness like a flock.
			53	And he led# them on safely, so that they feared# not: but the sea overwhelmed# their enemies# . [overwhelmed: Heb. covered]
			54	And he brought# them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased# .
			55	He 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.
			56	Yet they tempted# and provoked# the most high God, and kept# not his testimonies:
			57	But turned back# , and dealt unfaithfully# like their fathers: they were turned aside# like a deceitful bow.
			58	For they provoked him to anger# with their high places, and moved him to jealousy# with their graven images.
			59	When God heard# this , he was wroth# , and greatly abhorred# Israel:
			60	So that he forsook# the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed# among men;
			61	And delivered# his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.
			62	He gave# his people over# also unto the sword; and was wroth# with his inheritance.
			63	The fire consumed# their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage# . [given...: Heb. praised]
			64	Their priests fell# by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation# .
			65	Then the Lord awaked# as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth# by reason of wine.
			66	And he smote# his enemies in the hinder parts: he put# them to a perpetual reproach.
			67	Moreover he refused# the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose# not the tribe of Ephraim:
			68	But chose# the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved# .
			69	And he built# his sanctuary like high# palaces , like the earth which he hath established# for ever. [established: Heb. founded]
			70	He chose# David also his servant, and took# him from the sheepfolds# :
			71	From following the ewes great with young# he brought# him to feed# Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. [following: Heb. after]
			72	So he fed# them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided# them by the skilfulness of his hands.