Mazmur 78

Mazmur 78

Psalms 78

Pelajaran dari sejarah 78:1 Nyanyian pengajaran Asaf. Pasanglah telinga untuk pengajaranku, hai bangsaku, sendengkanlah telingamu kepada ucapan mulutku. 78:2 Aku mau membuka mulut mengatakan amsal, aku mau mengucapkan teka-teki dari zaman purbakala. 78:3 Yang telah kami dengar dan kami ketahui, dan yang diceritakan kepada kami oleh nenek moyang kami, 78:4 kami tidak hendak sembunyikan kepada anak-anak mereka, tetapi kami akan ceritakan kepada angkatan yang kemudian puji-pujian kepada TUHAN dan kekuatan-Nya dan perbuatan-perbuatan ajaib yang telah dilakukan-Nya. 78:5 Telah ditetapkan-Nya peringatan di Yakub dan hukum Taurat diberi-Nya di Israel; nenek moyang kita diperintahkan-Nya untuk memperkenalkannya kepada anak-anak mereka, 78:6 supaya dikenal oleh angkatan yang kemudian, supaya anak-anak, yang akan lahir kelak, bangun dan menceritakannya kepada anak-anak mereka, 78:7 supaya mereka menaruh kepercayaan kepada Allah dan tidak melupakan perbuatan-perbuatan Allah, tetapi memegang perintah-perintah-Nya; 78:8 dan jangan seperti nenek moyang mereka, angkatan pendurhaka dan pemberontak, angkatan yang tidak tetap hatinya dan tidak setia jiwanya kepada Allah. 78:9 Bani Efraim, pemanah-pemanah yang bersenjata lengkap, berbalik pada hari pertempuran; 78:10 mereka tidak berpegang pada perjanjian Allah dan enggan hidup menurut Taurat-Nya. 78:11 Mereka melupakan pekerjaan-pekerjaan-Nya dan perbuatan-perbuatan-Nya yang ajaib, yang telah diperlihatkan-Nya kepada mereka. 78:12 Di hadapan nenek moyang mereka dilakukan-Nya keajaiban-keajaiban, di tanah Mesir, di padang Zoan; 78:13 dibelah-Nya laut, diseberangkan-Nya mereka; didirikan-Nya air sebagai bendungan, 78:14 dituntun-Nya mereka dengan awan pada waktu siang, dan semalam suntuk dengan terang api; 78:15 dibelah-Nya gunung batu di padang gurun, diberi-Nya mereka minum banyak air seperti dari samudera raya; 78:16 dibuat-Nya aliran air keluar dari bukit batu, dan dibuat-Nya air turun seperti sungai. 78:17 Tetapi mereka terus berbuat dosa terhadap Dia, dengan memberontak terhadap Yang Mahatinggi di padang kering. 78:18 Mereka mencobai Allah dalam hati mereka dengan meminta makanan menuruti nafsu mereka. 78:19 Mereka berkata terhadap Allah: "Sanggupkah Allah menyajikan hidangan di padang gurun? 78:20 Memang, Ia memukul gunung batu, sehingga terpancar air dan membanjir sungai-sungai; tetapi sanggupkah Ia memberikan roti juga, atau menyediakan daging bagi umat-Nya?" 78:21 Sebab itu, ketika mendengar hal itu, TUHAN gemas, api menyala menimpa Yakub, bahkan murka bergejolak menimpa Israel, 78:22 sebab mereka tidak percaya kepada Allah, dan tidak yakin akan keselamatan dari pada-Nya. 78:23 Maka Ia memerintahkan awan-awan dari atas, membuka pintu-pintu langit, 78:24 menurunkan kepada mereka hujan manna untuk dimakan, dan memberikan kepada mereka gandum dari langit; 78:25 setiap orang telah makan roti malaikat, Ia mengirimkan perbekalan kepada mereka berlimpah-limpah. 78:26 Ia telah menghembuskan angin timur di langit dan menggiring angin selatan dengan kekuatan-Nya; 78:27 Ia menurunkan kepada mereka hujan daging seperti debu banyaknya, dan hujan burung-burung bersayap seperti pasir laut; 78:28 Ia menjatuhkannya ke tengah perkemahan mereka, sekeliling tempat kediaman itu. 78:29 Mereka makan dan menjadi sangat kenyang; Ia memberikan kepada mereka apa yang mereka inginkan. 78:30 Mereka belum merasa puas, sedang makanan masih ada di mulut mereka; 78:31 maka bangkitlah murka Allah terhadap mereka: Ia membunuh gembong-gembong mereka, dan menewaskan teruna-teruna Israel. 78:32 Sekalipun demikian mereka masih saja berbuat dosa dan tidak percaya kepada perbuatan-perbuatan-Nya yang ajaib. 78:33 Sebab itu Ia membuat hari-hari mereka habis dalam kesia-siaan, dan tahun-tahun mereka dalam kekejutan. 78:34 Apabila Ia membunuh mereka, maka mereka mencari Dia, mereka berbalik dan mengingini Allah; 78:35 mereka teringat bahwa Allah adalah gunung batu mereka, dan bahwa Allah Yang Mahatinggi adalah Penebus mereka. 78:36 Tetapi mereka memperdaya Dia dengan mulut mereka, dan dengan lidahnya mereka membohongi Dia. 78:37 Hati mereka tidak tetap pada Dia, dan mereka tidak setia pada perjanjian-Nya. 78:38 Tetapi Ia bersifat penyayang, Ia mengampuni kesalahan mereka dan tidak memusnahkan mereka; banyak kali Ia menahan murka-Nya dan tidak membangkitkan segenap amarah-Nya. 78:39 Ia ingat bahwa mereka itu daging, angin yang berlalu, yang tidak akan kembali. 78:40 Berapa kali mereka memberontak terhadap Dia di padang gurun, dan menyusahkan hati-Nya di padang belantara! 78:41 Berulang kali mereka mencobai Allah, menyakiti hati Yang Kudus dari Israel. 78:42 Mereka tidak ingat kepada kekuasaan-Nya, kepada hari Ia membebaskan mereka dari pada lawan, 78:43 ketika Ia mengadakan tanda-tanda di Mesir dan mujizat-mujizat di padang Zoan. 78:44 Ia mengubah menjadi darah sungai-sungai mereka dan aliran-aliran air mereka, sehingga tidak terminum; 78:45 Ia melepaskan kepada mereka lalat pikat yang memakan mereka, dan katak-katak yang memusnahkan mereka; 78:46 Ia memberikan hasil tanah mereka kepada ulat, dan hasil jerih payah mereka kepada belalang; 78:47 Ia mematikan pohon anggur mereka dengan hujan batu, dan pohon-pohon ara mereka dengan embun beku; 78:48 Ia membiarkan kawanan binatang mereka ditimpa hujan es, dan ternak mereka disambar halilintar; 78:49 Ia melepaskan kepada mereka murka-Nya yang menyala-nyala, kegemasan, kegeraman dan kesesakan, suatu pasukan malaikat yang membawa malapetaka; 78:50 Ia membiarkan murka-Nya berkobar, Ia tidak mencegah jiwa mereka dari maut, nyawa mereka diserahkan-Nya kepada penyakit sampar; 78:51 dibunuh-Nya semua anak sulung di Mesir, kegagahan mereka yang pertama-tama di kemah-kemah Ham; 78:52 disuruh-Nya umat-Nya berangkat seperti domba-domba, dipimpin-Nya mereka seperti kawanan hewan di padang gurun; 78:53 dituntun-Nya mereka dengan tenteram, sehingga tidak gemetar, sedang musuh mereka dilingkupi laut; 78:54 dibawa-Nya mereka ke tanah-Nya yang kudus, yakni pegunungan ini, yang diperoleh tangan kanan-Nya; 78:55 dihalau-Nya bangsa-bangsa dari depan mereka, dibagi-bagikan-Nya kepada mereka tanah pusaka dengan tali pengukur, dan disuruh-Nya suku-suku Israel mendiami kemah-kemah mereka itu. 78:56 Tetapi mereka mencobai dan memberontak terhadap Allah, Yang Mahatinggi, dan tidak berpegang pada peringatan-peringatan-Nya; 78:57 mereka murtad dan berkhianat seperti nenek moyang mereka, berubah seperti busur yang memperdaya; 78:58 mereka menyakiti hati-Nya dengan bukit-bukit pengorbanan mereka, membuat Dia cemburu dengan patung-patung mereka. 78:59 Ketika Allah mendengarnya, Ia menjadi gemas, Ia menolak Israel sama sekali; 78:60 Ia membuang kediaman-Nya di Silo kemah yang didiami-Nya di antara manusia; 78:61 Ia membiarkan kekuatan-Nya tertawan, membiarkan kehormatan-Nya jatuh ke tangan lawan; 78:62 Ia membiarkan umat-Nya dimakan pedang, dan gemaslah Ia atas milik-Nya sendiri. 78:63 Anak-anak teruna mereka dimakan api, dan anak-anak dara mereka tidak lagi dipuja dengan nyanyian perkawinan; 78:64 imam-imam mereka gugur oleh pedang, dan janda-janda mereka tidak dapat menangis. 78:65 Lalu terjagalah Tuhan, seperti orang yang tertidur, seperti pahlawan yang siuman dari mabuk anggur; 78:66 Ia memukul mundur para lawan-Nya, Ia menyebabkan mereka mendapat cela untuk selama-lamanya. 78:67 Ia menolak kemah Yusuf, dan suku Efraim tidak dipilih-Nya, 78:68 tetapi Ia memilih suku Yehuda, gunung Sion yang dikasihi-Nya; 78:69 Ia membangun tempat kudus-Nya setinggi langit, laksana bumi yang didasarkan-Nya untuk selama-lamanya; 78:70 dipilih-Nya Daud, hamba-Nya, diambil-Nya dia dari antara kandang-kandang kambing domba; 78:71 dari tempat domba-domba yang menyusui didatangkan-Nya dia, untuk menggembalakan Yakub, umat-Nya, dan Israel, milik-Nya sendiri. 78:72 Ia menggembalakan mereka dengan ketulusan hatinya, dan menuntun mereka dengan kecakapan tangannya.

78:1 <> Give ear, O my people, [to] my law; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
78:2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,
78:3 Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.
78:4 We will not hide [them] from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, And His strength and His wonderful works that He has done.
78:5 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;
78:6 That the generation to come might know [them], The children [who] would be born, [That] they may arise and declare [them] to their children,
78:7 That they may set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep His commandments;
78:8 And may not be like their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation [that] did not set its heart aright, And whose spirit was not faithful to God.
78:9 The children of Ephraim, [being] armed [and] carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle.
78:10 They did not keep the covenant of God; They refused to walk in His law,
78:11 And forgot His works And His wonders that He had shown them.
78:12 Marvelous things He did in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, [in] the field of Zoan.
78:13 He divided the sea and caused them to pass through; And He made the waters stand up like a heap.
78:14 In the daytime also He led them with the cloud, And all the night with a light of fire.
78:15 He split the rocks in the wilderness, And gave [them] drink in abundance like the depths.
78:16 He also brought streams out of the rock, And caused waters to run down like rivers.
78:17 But they sinned even more against Him By rebelling against the Most High in the wilderness.
78:18 And they tested God in their heart By asking for the food of their fancy.
78:19 Yes, they spoke against God: They said, "Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
78:20 Behold, He struck the rock, So that the waters gushed out, And the streams overflowed. Can He give bread also? Can He provide meat for His people?"
78:21 Therefore the LORD heard [this] and was furious; So a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger also came up against Israel,
78:22 Because they did not believe in God, And did not trust in His salvation.
78:23 Yet He had commanded the clouds above, And opened the doors of heaven,
78:24 Had rained down manna on them to eat, And given them of the bread of heaven.
78:25 Men ate angels' food; He sent them food to the full.
78:26 He caused an east wind to blow in the heavens; And by His power He brought in the south wind.
78:27 He also rained meat on them like the dust, Feathered fowl like the sand of the seas;
78:28 And He let [them] fall in the midst of their camp, All around their dwellings.
78:29 So they ate and were well filled, For He gave them their own desire.
78:30 They were not deprived of their craving; But while their food [was] still in their mouths,
78:31 The wrath of God came against them, And slew the stoutest of them, And struck down the choice [men] of Israel.
78:32 In spite of this they still sinned, And did not believe in His wondrous works.
78:33 Therefore their days He consumed in futility, And their years in fear.
78:34 When He slew them, then they sought Him; And they returned and sought earnestly for God.
78:35 Then they remembered that God [was] their rock, And the Most High God their Redeemer.
78:36 Nevertheless they flattered Him with their mouth, And they lied to Him with their tongue;
78:37 For their heart was not steadfast with Him, Nor were they faithful in His covenant.
78:38 But He, [being] full of compassion, forgave [their] iniquity, And did not destroy [them]. Yes, many a time He turned His anger away, And did not stir up all His wrath;
78:39 For He remembered that they [were but] flesh, A breath that passes away and does not come again.
78:40 How often they provoked Him in the wilderness, [And] grieved Him in the desert!
78:41 Yes, again and again they tempted God, And limited the Holy One of Israel.
78:42 They did not remember His power: The day when He redeemed them from the enemy,
78:43 When He worked His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the field of Zoan;
78:44 Turned their rivers into blood, And their streams, that they could not drink.
78:45 He sent swarms of flies among them, which devoured them, And frogs, which destroyed them.
78:46 He also gave their crops to the caterpillar, And their labor to the locust.
78:47 He destroyed their vines with hail, And their sycamore trees with frost.
78:48 He also gave up their cattle to the hail, And their flocks to fiery lightning.
78:49 He cast on them the fierceness of His anger, Wrath, indignation, and trouble, By sending angels of destruction [among them].
78:50 He made a path for His anger; He did not spare their soul from death, But gave their life over to the plague,
78:51 And destroyed all the firstborn in Egypt, The first of [their] strength in the tents of Ham.
78:52 But He made His own people go forth like sheep, And guided them in the wilderness like a flock;
78:53 And He led them on safely, so that they did not fear; But the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
78:54 And He brought them to His holy border, This mountain [which] His right hand had acquired.
78:55 He also drove out the nations before them, Allotted them an inheritance by survey, And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.
78:56 Yet they tested and provoked the Most High God, And did not keep His testimonies,
78:57 But turned back and acted unfaithfully like their fathers; They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
78:58 For they provoked Him to anger with their high places, And moved Him to jealousy with their carved images.
78:59 When God heard [this], He was furious, And greatly abhorred Israel,
78:60 So that He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent He had placed among men,
78:61 And delivered His strength into captivity, And His glory into the enemy's hand.
78:62 He also gave His people over to the sword, And was furious with His inheritance.
78:63 The fire consumed their young men, And their maidens were not given in marriage.
78:64 Their priests fell by the sword, And their widows made no lamentation.
78:65 Then the Lord awoke as [from] sleep, Like a mighty man who shouts because of wine.
78:66 And He beat back His enemies; He put them to a perpetual reproach.
78:67 Moreover He rejected the tent of Joseph, And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
78:68 But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which He loved.
78:69 And He built His sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which He has established forever.
78:70 He also chose David His servant, And took him from the sheepfolds;
78:71 From following the ewes that had young He brought him, To shepherd Jacob His people, And Israel His inheritance.
78:72 So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart, And guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.

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