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MaschilH4905 of Asaph.H623 Give ear,H238 O my people,H5971 to my law:H8451 inclineH5186 your earsH241 to the wordsH561 of my mouth.H6310
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I will openH6605 my mouthH6310 in a parable:H4912 I will utterH5042 darkH2420 sayingsH2420 of old:H6924
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WhichH834 we have heardH8085 and known,H3045 and our fathersH1 have toldH5608 us.
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We will not hideH3582 them from their children,H1121 showingH5608 to the generationH1755 to comeH314 the praisesH8416 of the LORD,H3068 and his strength,H5807 and his wonderfulH6381 works that he has done.H6213
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For he establishedH6965 a testimonyH5715 in Jacob,H3290 and appointedH7760 a lawH8451 in Israel,H3478 whichH834 he commandedH6680 our fathers,H1 that they should make them knownH3045 to their children:H1121
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That the generationH1755 to comeH314 might knowH3045 them, even the childrenH1121 which should be born;H3205 who should ariseH6965 and declareH5608 them to their children:H1121
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That they might setH7760 their hopeH3689 in God,H430 and not forgetH7911 the worksH4611 of God,H410 but keepH5341 his commandments:H4687
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And might not be as their fathers,H1 a stubbornH5637 and rebelliousH4784 generation;H1755 a generationH1755 that setH3559 not their heartH3820 aright,H3559 and whose spiritH7307 was not steadfastH539 with God.H410
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The childrenH1121 of Ephraim,H669 being armed,H5401 and carryingH7411 bows,H7198 turnedH2015 backH2015 in the dayH3117 of battle.H7128
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They keptH8104 not the covenantH1285 of God,H430 and refusedH3985 to walkH3212 in his law;H8451
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And forgotH7911 his works,H5949 and his wondersH6381 that he had showedH7200 them.
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MarvelousH6382 things didH6213 he in the sightH5048 of their fathers,H1 in the landH776 of Egypt,H4714 in the fieldH7704 of Zoan.H6814
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He dividedH1234 the sea,H3220 and caused them to passH5674 through; and he made the watersH4325 to standH5324 as an heap.H5067
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In the daytimeH3119 also he ledH5148 them with a cloud,H6051 and allH3605 the nightH3915 with a lightH216 of fire.H784
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He splitH1234 the rocksH6697 in the wilderness,H4057 and gave them drinkH8248 as out of the greatH7227 depths.H8415
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He broughtH3318 streamsH5140 also out of the rock,H5553 and caused watersH4325 to runH3381 down like rivers.H5104
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And they sinnedH2398 yetH5750 moreH5750 against him by provokingH4784 the mostH5945 HighH5945 in the wilderness.H6723
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And they temptedH5254 GodH410 in their heartH3824 by askingH7592 meatH400 for their lust.H5315
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Yes, they spokeH1696 against God;H430 they said,H559 CanH3201 GodH410 furnishH6186 a tableH7979 in the wilderness?H4057
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Behold,H2005 he smoteH5221 the rock,H6697 that the watersH4325 gushedH2100 out, and the streamsH5158 overflowed;H7857 canH3201 he giveH5414 breadH3899 also?H1571 canH3201 he provideH3559 fleshH7607 for his people?H5971
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ThereforeH3651 the LORDH3068 heardH8085 this,H1931 and was wroth:H5674 so a fireH784 was kindledH5400 against Jacob,H3290 and angerH639 alsoH1571 cameH5927 up against Israel;H3478
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BecauseH3588 they believedH539 not in God,H430 and trustedH982 not in his salvation:H3444
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Though he had commandedH6680 the cloudsH7834 from above,H4605 and openedH6605 the doorsH1817 of heaven,H8064
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And had rainedH4305 down mannaH4478 on them to eat,H398 and had givenH5414 them of the cornH1715 of heaven.H8064
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ManH376 did eatH398 angels'H47 food:H3899 he sentH7971 them meatH6720 to the full.H7648
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He caused an eastH6921 wind to blowH5265 in the heaven:H8064 and by his powerH5797 he broughtH5090 in the southH8486 wind.
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He rainedH4305 fleshH7607 also on them as dust,H6083 and featheredH3671 fowlsH5775 like as the sandH2344 of the sea:H3220
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And he let it fallH5307 in the middleH7130 of their camp,H4264 roundH5439 about their habitations.H4908
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So they did eat,H398 and were wellH3966 filled:H7646 for he gaveH935 them their own desire;H8378
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They were not estrangedH2114 from their lust.H8378 But while their meatH400 was yetH5750 in their mouths,H6310
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The wrathH639 of GodH430 cameH5927 on them, and slewH2026 the fattestH4924 of them, and smoteH3766 downH3766 the chosenH970 men of Israel.H3478
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For allH3605 thisH2063 they sinnedH2398 still,H5750 and believedH539 not for his wondrousH6381 works.
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Therefore their daysH3117 did he consumeH3615 in vanity,H1892 and their yearsH8141 in trouble.H928
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WhenH518 he slewH2026 them, then they soughtH1875 him: and they returnedH7725 and inquiredH7836 earlyH7836 after God.H410
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And they rememberedH2142 that GodH430 was their rock,H6697 and the highH5945 GodH410 their redeemer.H1350
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Nevertheless they did flatterH6601 him with their mouth,H6310 and they liedH3576 to him with their tongues.H3956
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For their heartH3820 was not rightH3559 with him, neitherH3808 were they steadfastH539 in his covenant.H1285
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But he, being full of compassion,H7349 forgaveH3722 their iniquity,H5771 and destroyedH7843 them not: yes, manyH7235 a time turnedH7725 he his angerH639 away, and did not stirH5782 up allH3605 his wrath.H2534
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For he rememberedH2142 that they were but flesh;H1320 a windH7307 that passesH1980 away, and comesH7725 not again.H7725
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HowH4101 oft did they provokeH4784 him in the wilderness,H4057 and grieveH6087 him in the desert!H3452
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Yes, they turnedH7725 backH7725 and temptedH5254 God,H410 and limitedH8428 the HolyH6918 One of Israel.H3478
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They rememberedH2142 not his hand,H3027 nor the dayH3117 whenH834 he deliveredH6299 them from the enemy.H6862
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HowH834 he had workedH7760 his signsH226 in Egypt,H4714 and his wondersH4159 in the fieldH7704 of Zoan.H6814
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And had turnedH2015 their riversH2975 into blood;H1818 and their floods,H5140 that they could not drink.H8354
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He sentH7971 divers sorts of fliesH6157 among them, which devouredH398 them; and frogs,H6854 which destroyedH7843 them.
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He gaveH5414 also their increaseH2981 to the caterpillar,H2625 and their laborH3018 to the locust.H697
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He destroyedH2026 their vinesH1612 with hail,H1259 and their sycomoreH8256 trees with frost.H2602
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He gaveH5462 up their cattleH1165 also to the hail,H1259 and their flocksH4735 to hotH7565 thunderbolts.H7565
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He castH7971 on them the fiercenessH2740 of his anger,H639 wrath,H5678 and indignation,H2195 and trouble,H6869 by sendingH4917 evilH7451 angelsH4397 among them.
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He made a wayH5410 to his anger;H639 he sparedH2820 not their soulH5315 from death,H4194 but gaveH5462 their lifeH2416 overH5462 to the pestilence;H1698
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And smoteH5221 allH3605 the firstbornH1060 in Egypt;H4714 the chiefH7225 of their strengthH202 in the tabernaclesH168 of Ham:H2526
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But made his own peopleH5971 to goH5265 forthH5265 like sheep,H6629 and guidedH5090 them in the wildernessH4057 like a flock.H5739
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And he ledH5148 them on safely,H983 so that they fearedH6342 not: but the seaH3220 overwhelmedH3680 their enemies.H341
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And he broughtH935 them to the borderH1366 of his sanctuary,H6944 even to thisH2088 mountain,H2022 which his rightH3225 handH3225 had purchased.H7069
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He castH1644 out the heathenH1471 also beforeH6440 them, and dividedH5307 them an inheritanceH5159 by line,H2256 and made the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478 to dwellH7931 in their tents.H168
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Yet they temptedH5254 and provokedH4784 the mostH5945 highH5945 God,H430 and keptH8104 not his testimonies:H5713
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But turnedH5472 back,H5472 and dealt unfaithfullyH898 like their fathers:H1 they were turnedH2015 asideH2015 like a deceitfulH7423 bow.H7198
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For they provoked him to angerH3707 with their highH1116 places, and moved him to jealousyH7065 with their gravenH6456 images.H6456
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When GodH430 heardH8085 this, he was wroth,H5674 and greatlyH3966 abhorredH3988 Israel:H3478
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So that he forsookH5203 the tabernacleH4908 of Shiloh,H7887 the tentH168 which he placedH7931 among men;H120
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And deliveredH5414 his strengthH5797 into captivity,H7628 and his gloryH8597 into the enemy'sH6862 hand.H3027
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He gaveH5462 his peopleH5971 overH5462 also to the sword;H2719 and was wrothH5674 with his inheritance.H5159
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The fireH784 consumedH398 their youngH970 men; and their maidensH1330 were not given to marriage.H1984
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Their priestsH3548 fellH5307 by the sword;H2719 and their widowsH490 made noH3808 lamentation.H1058
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Then the LORDH136 awakedH3364 as one out of sleep,H3463 and like a mightyH1368 man that shoutsH7442 by reason of wine.H3196
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And he smoteH5221 his enemiesH6862 in the hinderH268 parts: he putH5414 them to a perpetualH5769 reproach.H2781
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Moreover he refusedH3988 the tabernacleH168 of Joseph,H3130 and choseH977 not the tribeH7626 of Ephraim:H669
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But choseH977 the tribeH7626 of Judah,H3063 the mountH2022 ZionH6726 whichH834 he loved.H157
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And he builtH1129 his sanctuaryH4720 like highH7311 palaces, like the earthH776 which he has establishedH3245 for ever.H5769
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He choseH977 DavidH1732 also his servant,H5650 and tookH3947 him from the sheepfolds:H4356
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From followingH310 the ewesH5763 great with youngH5763 he broughtH935 him to feedH7462 JacobH3290 his people,H5971 and IsraelH3478 his inheritance.H5159
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So he fedH7462 them according to the integrityH8537 of his heart;H3824 and guidedH5148 them by the skillfulnessH8394 of his hands.H3709
