Psalm 78

Attendite, popule

Hear my teaching, O my people; *

incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

I will open my mouth in a parable; *

I will utter dark sayings of old,

Which we have heard and known, *

and such as our forefathers have told us;

That we should not hide them from the children of the generations to come, *

but show the honor of the Lord, his mighty and wonderful works that he has done.

He made a covenant with Jacob, and gave Israel a law, *

which he commanded our forefathers to teach their children;

That their posterity might know it, *

and the children which were yet unborn;

With the intent that when they came up *

they might show it to their children,

That they might put their trust in God, *

and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments;

And not be as their forefathers, a faithless and stubborn generation, *

a generation that did not set their heart aright, and whose spirit did not cleave steadfastly to God;

Like the children of Ephraim, archers carrying bows, *

who turned back in the day of battle.

They did not keep the covenant of God, *

and would not walk in his law;

But forgot what he had done, *

and the wonderful works that he had shown them.

Marvelous things he did in the sight of our forefathers, *

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

He divided the sea and let them go through; *

he made the waters to stand in a heap.

In the daytime he led them with a cloud, *

and all the night through with a light of fire.

He split the hard rocks in the wilderness *

and gave them drink in abundance, as out of the great deep.

He brought waters out of the stony rock, *

so that it gushed out like the rivers.

Yet for all this they sinned more against him, *

and provoked the Most High in the wilderness.

They tested God in their hearts *

and demanded food for their craving.

They spoke against God, saying, *

“Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

Indeed, he smote the stony rock, so that water gushed out, and the streams overflowed; *

but can he give bread also, or provide meat for his people?”

When the Lord heard this, he was full of wrath; *

so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and there flared up fierce anger against Israel,

Because they did not believe in God, *

and did not put their trust in his help.

So he commanded the clouds above *

and opened the doors of heaven.

He rained down manna upon them to eat *

and gave them food from heaven.

So mortals ate the bread of angels; *

for he sent them food enough.