Psalm 78:1-4

Common English Bible

Psalm 78

A maskil^[a] of Asaph.

78 Listen, my people, to my teaching;
    tilt your ears toward the words of my mouth.
²I will open my mouth with a proverb.
    I’ll declare riddles from days long gone—
³        ones that we’ve heard and learned about,
        ones that our ancestors told us.
⁴We won’t hide them from their descendants;
    we’ll tell the next generation
    all about the praise due the Lord and his strength—
    the wondrous works God has done.

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Psalm 78:1 Perhaps instruction

Psalm 78:12-16

Common English Bible

¹²But God performed wonders in their ancestors’ presence—
    in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
¹³God split the sea and led them through,
    making the waters stand up like a wall.
¹⁴God led them with the cloud by day;
    by the lightning all through the night.
¹⁵God split rocks open in the wilderness,
    gave them plenty to drink—
    as if from the deep itself!
¹⁶God made streams flow from the rock,
    made water run like rivers.