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.

A contemplation by Asaph.

1 Hear my teaching, my people.

Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.

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,

telling to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh,

his strength, and his wondrous deeds that he has done.

5 For he established a covenant in Jacob,

and appointed a teaching in Israel,

which he commanded our fathers,

that they should make them known to their children;

6 that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born;

who should arise and tell their children,

7 that they might set their hope in God,

and not forget God’s deeds,

but keep his commandments,

8 and might not be as their fathers—

a stubborn and rebellious generation,

a generation that didn’t make their hearts loyal,

whose spirit was not steadfast with God.

9 The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows,

turned back in the day of battle.

10 They didn’t keep God’s covenant,

and refused to walk in his law.

11 They forgot his doings,

his wondrous deeds that he had shown them.

12 He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers,

in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

13 He split the sea, and caused them to pass through.

He made the waters stand as a heap.

14 In the daytime he also led them with a cloud,

and all night with a light of fire.

15 He split rocks in the wilderness,

and gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.

16 He brought streams also out of the rock,

and caused waters to run down like rivers.

17 Yet they still went on to sin against him,

to rebel against the Most High in the desert.

18 They tempted God in their heart

by asking food according to their desire.

19 Yes, they spoke against God.

They said, "Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

20 Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out,

and streams overflowed.

Can he give bread also?

Will he provide meat for his people?"

21 Therefore Yahweh heard, and was angry.

A fire was kindled against Jacob,

anger also went up against Israel,

22 because they didn’t believe in God,

and didn’t trust in his salvation.

23 Yet he commanded the skies above,

and opened the doors of heaven.

24 He rained down manna on them to eat,

and gave them food from the sky.

25 Man ate the bread of angels.

He sent them food to the full.

26 He caused the east wind to blow in the sky.

By his power he guided the south wind.

27 He also rained meat on them as the dust,

winged birds as the sand of the seas.

28 He let them fall in the middle of their camp,

around their habitations.

29 So they ate, and were well filled.

He gave them their own desire.

30 They didn’t turn from their cravings.

Their food was yet in their mouths,

31 when the anger of God went up against them,

killed some of their strongest,

and struck down the young men of Israel.

32 For all this they still sinned,

and didn’t believe in his wondrous works.

33 Therefore he consumed their days in vanity,

and their years in terror.

34 When he killed them, then they inquired after him.

They returned and sought God earnestly.

35 They remembered that God was their rock,

the Most High God, their redeemer.

36 But they flattered him with their mouth,

and lied to him with their tongue.

37 For their heart was not right with him,

neither were they faithful in his covenant.

38 But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and didn’t destroy them.

Yes, many times he turned his anger away,

and didn’t stir up all his wrath.

39 He remembered that they were but flesh,

a wind that passes away, and doesn’t come again.

40 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness,

and grieved him in the desert!

41 They turned again and tempted God,

and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

42 They didn’t remember his hand,

nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;

43 how he set his signs in Egypt,

his wonders in the field of Zoan,

44 he turned their rivers into blood,

and their streams, so that they could not drink.

45 He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them;

and frogs, which destroyed them.

46 He also gave their increase to the caterpillar,

and their labor to the locust.

47 He destroyed their vines with hail,

their sycamore fig trees with frost.

48 He also gave over their livestock to the hail,

and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.

49 He threw on them the fierceness of his anger,

wrath, indignation, and trouble,

and a band of angels of evil.

50 He made a path for his anger.

He didn’t spare their soul from death,

but gave their life over to the pestilence,

51 and struck all the firstborn in Egypt,

the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.

52 But he led out his own people like sheep,

and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

53 He led them safely, so that they weren’t afraid,

but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

54 He brought them to the border of his sanctuary,

to this mountain, which his right hand had taken.

55 He also drove out the nations before them,

allotted them for an inheritance by line,

and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

56 Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God,

and didn’t keep his testimonies,

57 but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers.

They were twisted like a deceitful bow.

58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places,

and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.

59 When God heard this, he was angry,

and greatly abhorred Israel,

60 so that he abandoned the tent of Shiloh,

the tent which he placed among men,

61 and delivered his strength into captivity,

his glory into the adversary’s hand.

62 He also gave his people over to the sword,

and was angry with his inheritance.

63 Fire devoured their young men.

Their virgins had no wedding song.

64 Their priests fell by the sword,

and their widows couldn’t weep.

65 Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep,

like a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine.

66 He struck his adversaries backward.

He put them to a perpetual reproach.

67 Moreover he rejected the tent of Joseph,

and didn’t choose the tribe of Ephraim,

68 But chose the tribe of Judah,

Mount Zion which he loved.

69 He built his sanctuary like the heights,

like the earth which he has established forever.

70 He also chose David his servant,

and took him from the sheepfolds;

71 from following the ewes that have their young,

he brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob, his people,

and Israel, his inheritance.

72 So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart,

and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.