Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter enigmas of old,

We will not hide them from their sons, showing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD and his strength and his wonderful works that he has done.

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 sons:

How often did they provoke him in the wilderness and grieve him in the desert!

and caused manna to rain upon them to eat and gave them wheat of the heavens.

He chose David also his slave and took him from the sheepfolds,

So he fed them out of the integrity of his heart and guided them by the intelligence of his hands.

He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation and trouble by sending evil angels among them.

Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep and like a mighty man that shouts by reason of wine.

But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them; many a time turned he his anger away and did not stir up all his wrath.

Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God and did not keep his testimonies:

For all this they sinned still and did not give him credit for his wondrous works.

And they turned back and tempted God and limited the Holy One of Israel.

That the generation to come might know them, even the sons which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their sons

He did marvellous things in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

and he commanded the clouds of above and opened the doors of the heavens

And they remembered that God was their rock and the high God their redeemer.

In the daytime also he led them with a cloud and all the night with a light of fire.

When he slew them, then they sought him, and they returned and enquired early after God.

The sons of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.

that they might set their hope in God and not forget the works of God but keep his commandments

For he remembered that they were but flesh: a wind that passes away and does not come again.

which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.

How he had wrought his signs in Egypt and his wonders in the field of Zoan

Man did eat the food of the strong; he sent them food to the full.

And they spoke against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?

God heard this and was wroth and greatly abhorred Israel:

And they tempted God in their heart by asking for food according to the desires of their soul.

He clave the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as out of the great depths.

and smote all the firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of Ham:

and might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that did not set their heart aright and whose spirit was not steadfast with God.

But chose the tribe of Judah, the Mount Zion which he loved.

And he built his sanctuary in preeminence like the earth which he has established for ever.

They did not keep the covenant of God and refused to walk in his law

He destroyed their vines with hail and their wild fig trees with stones.

But made his own people to go forth like sheep and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.

For this reason he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent in which he dwelt among men

Moreover he refused the tent of Joseph and did not choose the tribe of Ephraim:

For their heart was not right with him, neither were they steadfast in his covenant.

Nevertheless they flattered him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.

He made a way to his anger; he did not spare their soul from death but gave their life over to the pestilence

For they provoked him to anger with their high places and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

He divided the sea and caused them to pass through, and he made the waters to stand as a heap.

and forgot his works and his wonders that he had showed them.

And he brought them into the borders of his holiness, into this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.

He cast out the Gentiles also before them and divided them an inheritance by line and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their habitations.

Therefore the LORD heard this and was wroth, so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel

from following the ewes great with young, he brought him to feed Jacob his people and Israel his inheritance.

He sent swarms of flies among them, which devoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them.

And he led them on safely, so that they feared not; but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

and delivered his strength into captivity and his glory into the enemy's hand.

because they had not believed God, nor had they trusted in his saving health;

He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven, and by his power he brought in the south wind.

They did not remember his hand, nor the day when he ransomed them from anguish.

But turned back and rebelled like their fathers; they became like a deceitful bow.

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?

the wrath of God came upon them and slew the fattest of them and smote down the chosen of Israel.

He rained flesh also upon them as dust and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:

He gave also their fruits unto the caterpillar and their works unto the locust.

He brought streams also out of the rock and caused waters to run down like rivers.

The fire consumed their young men; and their virgins were not honored in marriage songs.

He gave up their cattle also to the hail and their flocks to thunderbolts of fire.

Therefore he consumed their days in vanity and their years in tribulation.

And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts; he put them to a perpetual reproach.

and had turned their rivers into blood and their floods, that they could not drink.

So they did eat and were well filled; for he gave them their own desire;

they were not estranged from their lust. But while their food was yet in their mouths,

Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.

He gave his people over also unto the sword and was wroth with his inheritance.

And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.