Psalm 76-80

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⁴ Glorious are you, more majestic
    ^(H)than the mountains full of ^(I)prey.
^5 (J)The stouthearted were stripped of their spoil;
    ^(K)they sank into sleep;
all the men of war
    were unable to use their hands.
⁶ At your rebuke, O God of Jacob,
    both ^(L)rider and horse lay stunned.

^7 (M)But you, you are to be feared!
    Who can ^(N)stand before you
    when once your anger is roused?
⁸ From the heavens you uttered judgment;
    ^(O)the earth feared and was still,
⁹ when God ^(P)arose to establish judgment,
    to save all the humble of the earth. Selah

¹⁰ Surely ^(Q)the wrath of man shall praise you;
    the remnant^[a] of wrath you will put on like a belt.
^11 (R)Make your vows to the Lord your God and perform them;
    let all around him ^(S)bring gifts
    to him who ^(T)is to be feared,
¹² who ^(U)cuts off the spirit of princes,
    who ^(V)is to be feared by the kings of the earth.

⁴ You hold my eyelids open;
    I am so ^(AE)troubled that I cannot speak.
⁵ I consider ^(AF)the days of old,
    the years long ago.
⁶ I said,^[b] “Let me remember my ^(AG)song in the night;
    let me ^(AH)meditate in my heart.”
    Then my spirit made a diligent search:
⁷ “Will the Lord ^(AI)spurn forever,
    and never again ^(AJ)be favorable?
⁸ Has his steadfast love forever ceased?
    Are his ^(AK)promises at an end for all time?
^9 (AL)Has God forgotten to be gracious?
    ^(AM)Has he in anger shut up his compassion?” Selah

¹⁰ Then I said, “I will appeal to this,
    to the years of the ^(AN)right hand of the Most High.”^[c]

¹¹ I will remember the deeds of the Lord;
    yes, I will ^(AO)remember your wonders of old.
¹² I will ponder all your ^(AP)work,
    and meditate on your ^(AQ)mighty deeds.
¹³ Your way, O God, is ^(AR)holy.
    ^(AS)What god is great like our God?
¹⁴ You are the God who ^(AT)works wonders;
    you have ^(AU)made known your might among the peoples.
¹⁵ You ^(AV)with your arm redeemed your people,
    the children of Jacob and Joseph. Selah

¹⁶ When ^(AW)the waters saw you, O God,
    when the waters saw you, they were afraid;
    indeed, the deep trembled.
¹⁷ The clouds poured out water;
    the skies ^(AX)gave forth thunder;
    your ^(AY)arrows flashed on every side.
^18 (AZ)The crash of your thunder was in the whirlwind;
    ^(BA)your lightnings lighted up the world;
    the earth ^(BB)trembled and shook.
¹⁹ Your ^(BC)way was through the sea,
    your path through the great waters;
    yet your footprints ^(BD)were unseen.^[d]
20 You ^(BE)led your people like a flock
    by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

⁵ He established ^(BN)a testimony in ^(BO)Jacob
    and appointed a law in ^(BP)Israel,
which he commanded our fathers
    to teach to their children,
⁶ that ^(BQ)the next generation might know them,
    the children yet unborn,
and arise and tell them to their children,
⁷     so that they should set their hope in God
and not forget ^(BR)the works of God,
    but ^(BS)keep his commandments;
⁸ and that they should not be ^(BT)like their fathers,
    ^(BU)a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation ^(BV)whose heart was not steadfast,
    whose spirit was not faithful to God.

⁹ The Ephraimites, armed with^[f] the bow,
    ^(BW)turned back on the day of battle.
¹⁰ They ^(BX)did not keep God's covenant,
    but refused to walk according to his law.
¹¹ They ^(BY)forgot his works
    and ^(BZ)the wonders that he had shown them.
¹² In the sight of their fathers ^(CA)he performed wonders
    in the land of Egypt, in ^(CB)the fields of Zoan.
¹³ He ^(CC)divided the sea and let them pass through it,
    and made the waters ^(CD)stand like a heap.
^14 (CE)In the daytime he led them with a cloud,
    and all the night with a fiery light.
¹⁵ He ^(CF)split rocks in the wilderness
    and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep.
¹⁶ He made streams come out of ^(CG)the rock
    and caused waters to flow down like rivers.

¹⁷ Yet they sinned still more against him,
    ^(CH)rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
¹⁸ They ^(CI)tested God in their heart
    by demanding the food they craved.
¹⁹ They spoke against God, saying,
    ^(CJ)“Can God ^(CK)spread a table in the wilderness?
^20 (CL)He struck the rock so that water gushed out
    and streams overflowed.
Can he also give bread
    or provide meat for his people?”

²¹ Therefore, when the Lord heard, he was full of wrath;
    ^(CM)a fire was kindled against Jacob;
    his anger rose against Israel,
²² because they ^(CN)did not believe in God
    and did not trust his saving power.
²³ Yet he commanded the skies above
    and ^(CO)opened the doors of heaven,
²⁴ and he ^(CP)rained down on them manna to eat
    and gave them ^(CQ)the grain of heaven.
²⁵ Man ate of the bread of ^(CR)the angels;
    he sent them food ^(CS)in abundance.
²⁶ He ^(CT)caused the east wind to blow in the heavens,
    and by his power he led out the south wind;
²⁷ he rained meat on them like ^(CU)dust,
    winged birds like ^(CV)the sand of the seas;
²⁸ he ^(CW)let them fall in the midst of their camp,
    all around their dwellings.
²⁹ And they ^(CX)ate and were well filled,
    for he gave them what they ^(CY)craved.
³⁰ But before they had satisfied their craving,
    ^(CZ)while the food was still in their mouths,
³¹ the anger of God rose against them,
    and he killed ^(DA)the strongest of them
    and laid low ^(DB)the young men of Israel.

³² In spite of all this, they ^(DC)still sinned;
    ^(DD)despite his wonders, they did not believe.
³³ So he made ^(DE)their days ^(DF)vanish like^[g] a breath,^[h]
    and their years in terror.
³⁴ When he killed them, they ^(DG)sought him;
    they repented and sought God earnestly.
³⁵ They remembered that God was their ^(DH)rock,
    the Most High God their ^(DI)redeemer.
³⁶ But they ^(DJ)flattered him with their mouths;
    they ^(DK)lied to him with their tongues.
³⁷ Their ^(DL)heart was not ^(DM)steadfast toward him;
    they were not faithful to his covenant.
³⁸ Yet he, being ^(DN)compassionate,
    ^(DO)atoned for their iniquity
    and did not destroy them;
he restrained his anger often
    and did not stir up all his wrath.
³⁹ He ^(DP)remembered that they were but ^(DQ)flesh,
    ^(DR)a wind that passes and comes not again.
⁴⁰ How often they ^(DS)rebelled against him in the wilderness
    and ^(DT)grieved him in ^(DU)the desert!
⁴¹ They ^(DV)tested God again and again
    and provoked ^(DW)the Holy One of Israel.
⁴² They ^(DX)did not remember his power^[i]
    or the day when he redeemed them from the foe,
^43 (DY)when he performed his ^(DZ)signs in Egypt
    and his ^(EA)marvels in ^(EB)the fields of Zoan.
⁴⁴ He ^(EC)turned their rivers to blood,
    so that they could not drink of their streams.
⁴⁵ He sent among them swarms of ^(ED)flies, which devoured them,
    and ^(EE)frogs, which destroyed them.
⁴⁶ He gave their crops to ^(EF)the destroying locust
    and the fruit of their labor to the locust.
⁴⁷ He destroyed their vines with ^(EG)hail
    and their sycamores with frost.
⁴⁸ He gave over their ^(EH)cattle to the hail
    and their flocks to thunderbolts.
⁴⁹ He let loose on them his burning anger,
    wrath, indignation, and distress,
    a company of ^(EI)destroying angels.
⁵⁰ He made a path for his anger;
    he did not spare them from death,
    but gave their lives over to the plague.
⁵¹ He struck down every ^(EJ)firstborn in Egypt,
    the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of ^(EK)Ham.
⁵² Then he led out his people ^(EL)like sheep
    and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
^53 (EM)He led them in safety, so that they ^(EN)were not afraid,
    but ^(EO)the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
⁵⁴ And he brought them to his ^(EP)holy land,
    ^(EQ)to the mountain which his right hand had ^(ER)won.
⁵⁵ He ^(ES)drove out nations before them;
    he ^(ET)apportioned them for a possession
    and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

⁵⁶ Yet they ^(EU)tested and ^(EV)rebelled against the Most High God
    and did not keep his testimonies,
⁵⁷ but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers;
    they twisted like ^(EW)a deceitful bow.
⁵⁸ For they ^(EX)provoked him to anger with their ^(EY)high places;
    they ^(EZ)moved him to jealousy with their ^(FA)idols.
⁵⁹ When God heard, he was full of ^(FB)wrath,
    and he utterly rejected Israel.
⁶⁰ He ^(FC)forsook his dwelling at ^(FD)Shiloh,
    the tent where he dwelt among mankind,
⁶¹ and delivered his ^(FE)power to captivity,
    his ^(FF)glory to the hand of the foe.
⁶² He ^(FG)gave his people over to the sword
    and ^(FH)vented his wrath on his heritage.
^63 (FI)Fire devoured their young men,
    and their young women had no ^(FJ)marriage song.
⁶⁴ Their ^(FK)priests fell by the sword,
    and their ^(FL)widows made no lamentation.
⁶⁵ Then the Lord ^(FM)awoke as from sleep,
    like a strong man shouting because of wine.
⁶⁶ And he ^(FN)put his adversaries to rout;
    he put them to everlasting shame.

⁶⁷ He rejected the tent of ^(FO)Joseph;
    he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
⁶⁸ but he chose the tribe of Judah,
    Mount Zion, which he ^(FP)loves.
⁶⁹ He ^(FQ)built his sanctuary like the high heavens,
    like the earth, which he has founded forever.
⁷⁰ He ^(FR)chose David his servant
    and took him from the sheepfolds;
⁷¹ from ^(FS)following the nursing ewes he brought him
    to ^(FT)shepherd Jacob his people,
    Israel his ^(FU)inheritance.
⁷² With ^(FV)upright heart he shepherded them
    and ^(FW)guided them with his skillful hand.

^5 (GI)How long, O Lord? Will you be angry ^(GJ)forever?
    Will your ^(GK)jealousy ^(GL)burn like fire?
^6 (GM)Pour out your anger on the nations
    that ^(GN)do not know you,
and on the kingdoms
    that ^(GO)do not call upon your name!
⁷ For they have devoured Jacob
    and laid waste his habitation.

^8 (GP)Do not remember against us ^(GQ)our former iniquities;^[j]
    let your compassion come speedily to meet us,
    for we are ^(GR)brought very low.
^9 (GS)Help us, O God of our salvation,
    for the glory of your name;
deliver us, and ^(GT)atone for our sins,
    for your ^(GU)name's sake!
^10 (GV)Why should the nations say,
    “Where is their God?”
Let ^(GW)the avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants
    be known among the nations before our eyes!

¹¹ Let ^(GX)the groans of the prisoners come before you;
    according to your great power, preserve those ^(GY)doomed to die!
¹² Return ^(GZ)sevenfold into the ^(HA)lap of our neighbors
    the ^(HB)taunts with which they have taunted you, O Lord!
¹³ But we your people, the ^(HC)sheep of your pasture,
    will ^(HD)give thanks to you forever;
    from generation to generation we will recount your praise.

^3 (HN)Restore us,^[k] O God;
    ^(HO)let your face shine, that we may be saved!

⁴ O ^(HP)Lord God of hosts,
    ^(HQ)how long will you be angry with your people's prayers?
⁵ You have fed them with ^(HR)the bread of tears
    and given them tears to drink in full measure.
^6 (HS)You make us an object of contention for our ^(HT)neighbors,
    and our enemies laugh among themselves.

^7 (HU)Restore us, O God of hosts;
    let your face shine, that we may be saved!

⁸ You brought ^(HV)a vine out of Egypt;
    you ^(HW)drove out the nations and planted it.
⁹ You ^(HX)cleared the ground for it;
    it took deep root and filled the land.
¹⁰ The mountains were covered with its shade,
    the mighty cedars with its branches.
¹¹ It sent out its branches to ^(HY)the sea
    and its shoots to ^(HZ)the River.^[l]
12 Why then have you ^(IA)broken down its walls,
    so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?
^13 (IB)The boar from the forest ravages it,
    and all that move in the field feed on it.

¹⁴ Turn again, O God of hosts!
    ^(IC)Look down from heaven, and see;
have regard for this vine,
¹⁵     the stock that your right hand planted,
    and for the son whom you made strong for yourself.
¹⁶ They have ^(ID)burned it with fire; they have ^(IE)cut it down;
    may they perish at ^(IF)the rebuke of your face!
¹⁷ But ^(IG)let your hand be on the man of your right hand,
    the son of man whom you have made strong for yourself!
¹⁸ Then we shall not turn back from you;
    ^(IH)give us life, and we will call upon your name!

^19 (II)Restore us, O Lord God of hosts!
    Let your face shine, that we may be saved!