Salmos 78

A salvação que Deus concedeu a Israel apesar da sua infidelidade

Masquil de Asafe

1 *Is 51.4Escutai, povo meu, a minha lei;

*Is 55.3inclinai os vossos ouvidos às palavras da minha boca.

2 *Sl 49.4;Mt 13.35Abrirei numa parábola a minha boca,

*Pv 1.6proferirei enigmas tirados dos tempos antigos.

3 As coisas que temos ouvido e sabido

*Sl 44.1e que nossos pais nos têm contado,

4 *Sl 145.4;Êx 12.26;Dt 11.19;Jó 15.18;Is 38.19;Jl 1.3não as ocultaremos a seus filhos,

narrando *Sl 22.30às gerações vindouras os louvores de Jeová,

e a sua força, e *Sl 26.7;71.17;Jó 37.16as maravilhas que ele tem obrado.

5 Porque ele estabeleceu um *Sl 19.7;81.5;Is 8.20testemunho em Jacó

e instituiu *Sl 147.19uma lei em Israel,

as quais coisas *Dt 6.4-9mandou a nossos pais

que as *Dt 4.9fizessem conhecer a seus filhos,

6 para que a soubesse a geração vindoura, a saber, *Sl 22.31os filhos que houvessem de nascer,

os quais se levantassem e *Dt 11.19as contassem a seus filhos;

7 a fim de que pusessem a sua confiança em Deus

*Dt 4.9;6.12;8.14e não se esquecessem das obras de Deus,

*Dt 4.2;5.1-29;27.1;Js 22.5mas guardassem os seus mandamentos;

8 *2Cr 30.7;Ez 20.18e que não fossem como seus pais,

*Dt 9.7,24;31.27;Jz 2.19;Is 30.9geração contumaz e rebelde;

geração *Sl 78.37;Jó 11.13que não regeu bem o coração,

e cujo espírito *Sl 51.10não foi fiel a Deus.

9 Os filhos de Efraim, *1Cr 12.2armados de arcos,

*Sl 78.57;Jz 20.39bateram em retirada no dia da batalha.

10 *Jz 2.20;1Rs 11.11;2Rs 18.12Não guardaram a aliança de Deus

e recusaram *Sl 119.1;Jr 32.23;44.10,23andar na sua lei;

11 *Sl 106.13esqueceram-se dos seus feitos

e das obras maravilhosas que ele lhes tinha mostrado.

12 *Sl 106.22;Êx 7.12Maravilhas fez ele à vista de seus pais,

na terra do Egito, *Sl 78.43;Nm 13.22;Is 19.11;30.4;Ez 30.14no campo de Zoã.

13 *Sl 74.13;136.13;Êx 14.21Dividiu o mar e fê-los passar;

fez parar as águas *Sl 33.7;Êx 15.8como um montão.

14 *Sl 105.39;Êx 13.21Também os guiou, de dia, por uma nuvem

e, durante a noite toda, por *Êx 14.24um clarão de fogo.

15 *Sl 105.41;114.8;Êx 17.6;Is 48.21;1Co 10.4Fendeu rochas no deserto

e deu-lhes a beber abundantemente como de abismos.

16 *Nm 20.8,10-11Fez sair da penha torrentes

e fez correr águas como rios.

17 Todavia, ainda prosseguiram em pecar contra ele,

*Dt 9.22;Is 63.10rebelando-se contra o Altíssimo no deserto.

18 *Sl 78.41,56;95.9;106.14;Dt 6.16;1Co 10.9Tentaram a Deus nos seus corações,

*Nm 11.4pedindo comida segundo o seu apetite.

19 Falaram contra Deus,

disseram: *Êx 16.3;Nm 11.4;20.3;21.5Porventura, pode Deus preparar uma mesa no deserto?

20 Eis que *Sl 78.15-16feriu a rocha, e brotaram águas,

e torrentes trasbordaram.

Pode ele também dar pão?

Acaso, fornecerá *Nm 11.18carne ao seu povo?

21 Portanto, Jeová, ao ouvir isso, *Nm 11.1ficou irado.

Acendeu-se fogo contra Jacó,

também se levantou ira contra Israel;

22 porque *Dt 1.32;9.23;Hb 3.18não creram em Deus

e não confiaram na sua salvação.

23 Contudo, ordenou às nuvens lá em cima

*Gn 7.11;Ml 3.10e abriu as portas do céu;

24 sobre eles *Êx 16.4fez chover maná para comer

e deu-lhes do *Sl 105.40;Jo 6.31trigo do céu.

25 Comeu cada qual o pão dos poderosos;

ele lhes enviou comida *Êx 16.3a fartar.

26 *Nm 11.31Fez soprar no céu o vento do Oriente

e, pelo seu poder, conduziu o vento sul.

27 Sobre eles fez também chover carne como poeira

*Sl 105.40;Êx 16.13e aves de asas, como areia dos mares;

28 fê-las cair no meio do arraial deles,

ao redor das suas habitações.

29 Assim, eles *Nm 11.19-20comeram e se fartaram bem,

pois ele lhes trouxe o que cobiçavam.

30 Não se apartavam da sua cobiça.

Ainda a comida lhes estava na boca,

31 quando *Nm 11.33-34;Jó 20.23a ira de Deus se levantou contra eles,

matou *Is 10.16dos mais vigorosos deles

e prostrou os mancebos de Israel.

32 Apesar de tudo isso *Nm 14.16-17continuaram a pecar

*Nm 14.11e não creram nas suas maravilhas.

33 Por isso, *Nm 14.29,35acabou com os dias deles em um sopro,

e os anos, num terror repentino.

34 Quando ele os fazia morrer, então, *Nm 21.7;Os 5.15o buscavam;

voltavam e, *Sl 63.1de manhã, procuravam a Deus.

35 Lembraram-se de que Deus era a sua *Dt 32.4Rocha,

e o Deus Altíssimo, o seu *Sl 74.2;Êx 15.13;Dt 9.26Redentor.

36 Eles, porém, o *Êx 24.7-8;Ez 33.31lisonjeavam com a sua boca

e, com a sua língua, lhe *Êx 32.7-8;Is 57.11mentiam.

37 Pois o coração deles não *Sl 51.10;78.8era constante para com ele,

nem eram fiéis na sua aliança.

38 Mas ele é *Êx 34.6cheio de compaixão, *Nm 14.20revela a iniquidade e não destrói;

muitas vezes, desvia a sua ira

e não dá largas a todo o seu furor.

39 *Sl 103.14;Jó 10.9Lembrava-se de que eles eram *Gn 6.3carne,

*Jó 7.7;Sl 103.14;Tg 4.14um vento que passa e não volta mais.

40 Quantas vezes se *Sl 106.43;107.11rebelaram contra ele no deserto

e o *Sl 95.10;Is 63.10;Ef 4.30agravaram no *Sl 106.14ermo!

41 Eles voltaram, e *Nm 14.22tentaram a Deus,

e provocaram *Sl 89.18;2Rs 19.22o Santo de Israel.

42 *Jz 8.34Não se lembraram *Sl 44.3do poder dele,

nem do dia em que os *Sl 106.10remiu do adversário;

43 de como fez no Egito *Sl 105.27os seus sinais

e os seus *Êx 4.21;7.3prodígios, no campo de Zoã,

44 *Sl 105.29convertendo em sangue os rios deles

e as suas correntes, para que delas não bebessem.

45 Enviou-lhes enxames de *Sl 105.31;Êx 8.24moscas, que os devoraram,

*Sl 105.30;Êx 8.6e rãs, que os destruíram.

46 Entregou *Sl 105.34;1Rs 8.37às lagartas as novidades deles

e aos *Êx 10.14gafanhotos, os frutos do seu trabalho.

47 Destruiu com *Sl 105.32;Êx 9.23saraiva as vinhas deles

e os seus sicômoros, com chuva de pedra.

48 Entregou à saraiva o *Êx 9.19gado deles

e aos raios, os seus rebanhos.

49 Sobre eles *Êx 15.7lançou o furor da sua ira,

cólera, indignação e calamidade —

tropel de anjos importadores de males.

50 Deu livre curso à sua ira;

*Jó 27.22não poupou da morte a alma deles,

*Êx 12.29-30mas a sua vida a entregou à pestilência.

51 *Sl 105.36;135.8;136.10Feriu todos os primogênitos no Egito,

*Gn 49.3primícias da força deles nas tendas de *Sl 105.23,27;106.22Cam.

52 Mas ele *Êx 15.22fez partir o seu povo como ovelhas

e guiou-os no deserto *Sl 77.20como um rebanho.

53 Conduziu-os *Êx 14.19-20em segurança, de modo que não tiveram medo;

mas aos seus inimigos, *Sl 106.11;Êx 14.27-28o mar os submergiu.

54 *Êx 15.17Levou-os à sua santa fronteira,

*Sl 68.16;Is 11.9a região montanhosa que a sua destra adquirira.

55 *Sl 44.2Expulsou as nações de diante deles

e fez que elas lhes caíssem *Sl 105.11;135.12;Js 23.4em herança

e que as tribos de Israel habitassem nas tendas delas.

56 Contudo, *Sl 78.18tentaram, e *Sl 78.40resistiram ao Deus Altíssimo,

e não guardaram os seus testemunhos.

57 Mas voltaram para trás, e *Ez 20.28se houveram traiçoeiramente como seus pais,

e desviaram-se como um arco enganoso.

58 Pois o *Dt 4.25;1Rs 14.9;Is 65.3provocaram à ira com os *Lv 26.30;1Rs 3.2;2Rs 16.4;Jr 17.3seus altos

e o *Dt 32.16,21;1Rs 14.22incitaram a zelos com as suas *Êx 20.4;Lv 26.1;Dt 4.25imagens de escultura.

59 Quando Deus ouviu isso, *Sl 106.40;Dt 1.34;9.19ficou indignado

e sobremaneira *Lv 26.30;Dt 32.19;Am 6.8abominou a Israel;

60 de sorte que *Sl 78.67;1Sm 4.11;Jr 7.12,14;26.6abandonou o tabernáculo de Siló,

a tenda que estabeleceu entre os homens,

61 dando ao cativeiro *Sl 63.2;132.8a sua força

e *1Sm 4.17às mãos do adversário, a sua glória.

62 *Jz 20.21;1Sm 4.10Entregou à espada o seu povo

e rompeu em cólera contra a sua herança.

63 Aos mancebos deles, *Nm 11.1;21.28;Is 26.11;Jr 48.45devorou-os o fogo,

e as suas *Jr 7.34;16.9;Lm 2.21donzelas não foram festejadas com canto nupcial.

64 Os seus *1Sm 4.17;22.18sacerdotes caíram à espada,

e as suas *Jó 27.15;Ez 24.23viúvas não fizeram pranto.

65 Então, o Senhor *Sl 44.23;73.20despertou, como quem acaba de dormir,

como um *Is 42.13valente que brada, excitado pelo vinho.

66 *1Sm 5.6Fez recuar a golpes os seus adversários,

infligiu-lhes eterna ignomínia.

67 Demais, *Sl 78.60rejeitou a tenda de José

e não escolheu a tribo de Efraim;

68 mas elegeu a tribo de Judá,

*Sl 87.2;132.13o monte Sião que ele amou.

69 *1Rs 6.1-38Edificou o seu santuário como os lugares elevados,

como a terra que para sempre fundou.

70 *1Sm 16.12Escolheu a Davi, seu servo,

e o tirou dos currais das ovelhas.

71 *2Sm 7.8 Tirou-o de andar atrás de ovelhas e *Gn 33.13suas crias,

*2Sm 5.2;1Cr 11.2;28.9para apascentar a Jacó, seu povo, e a Israel, *1Sm 10.1sua herança.

72 Assim, ele os apascentou segundo a *1Rs 9.4integridade do seu coração

e os guiou com a perícia das suas mãos.

Maschil of Asaph.

1 Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.*78.1 Maschil…: or, A Psalm for Asaph to give instruction

2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.

4 We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.

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:

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

7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:

8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.*78.8 that…: Heb. that prepared not their heart

9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.*78.9 carrying: Heb. throwing forth

10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;

11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.

12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

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

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

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

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

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

18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

19 Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?*78.19 furnish: Heb. order

20 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?

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

22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:

23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,

24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.

25 Man did eat angels’ food: he sent them meat to the full.*78.25 Man…: or, Every one did eat the bread of the mighty

26 He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.*78.26 to blow: Heb. to go

27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:*78.27 feathered…: Heb. fowl of wing

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

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

30 They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,

31 The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.*78.31 smote…: Heb. made to bow*78.31 chosen…: or, young men

32 For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.

33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.

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

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

36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.

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

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

39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!*78.40 provoke: or, rebel against

41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.

42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.*78.42 from…: or, from affliction

43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:*78.43 wrought: Heb. set

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

45 He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.

46 He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.

47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.*78.47 destroyed: Heb. killed*78.47 frost: or, great hailstones

48 He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.*78.48 gave…: Heb. shut up*78.48 hot…: or, lightnings

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

50 He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;*78.50 He made…: Heb. He weighed a path*78.50 life…: or, beasts to the murrain

51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

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

53 And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.*78.53 overwhelmed: Heb. covered

54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.

55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:

57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

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

59 When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;

61 And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy’s hand.

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

63 The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.*78.63 given…: Heb. praised

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

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

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

67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:

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

69 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.*78.69 established: Heb. founded

70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

71 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.*78.71 following: Heb. after

72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.