CCP: The Psalms

Psalm 78, Part I
1	Hear my teaching, O my people;* incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
2	I will open my mouth in a parable;* I will declare the mysteries of ancient times.
3	That which we have heard and known, and what our forebears have told us,* we will not hide from their children.
4	We will recount to generations to come the praiseworthy deeds and the power of the Lord,* and the wonderful works he has done.
5	He gave his decrees to Jacob and established a law for Israel,* which he commanded them to teach their children;
6	That the generations to come might know, and the children yet unborn;* that they in their turn might tell it to their children;
7	So that they might put their trust in God,* and not forget the deeds of God, but keep his commandments;
8	And not be like their forebears, a stubborn and rebellious generation,* a generation whose heart was not steadfast, and whose spirit was not faithful to God.
9	The people of Ephraim, armed with the bow,* turned back in the day of battle;
10	They did not keep the covenant of God,* and refused to walk in his law;
11	They forgot what he had done,* and the wonders he had shown them.
12	He worked marvels in the sight of their forebears,* in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
13	He split open the sea and let them pass through;* he made the waters stand up like walls.
14	He led them with a cloud by day,* and all the night through with a glow of fire.
15	He split the hard rocks in the wilderness* and gave them drink as from the great deep.
16	He brought streams out of the cliff,* and the waters gushed out like rivers.
17	But they went on sinning against him,* rebelling in the desert against the Most High.
18	They tested God in their hearts,* demanding food for their craving.
19	They railed against God and said,* ‘Can God set a table in the wilderness?
20	‘True, he struck the rock, the waters gushed out, and the gullies overflowed;* but is he able to give bread or to provide meat for his people?’
21	When the Lord heard this, he was full of wrath;* a fire was kindled against Jacob, and his anger mounted against Israel;
22	For they had no faith in God,* nor did they put their trust in his saving power.
23	So he commanded the clouds above* and opened the doors of heaven.
24	He rained down manna upon them to eat* and gave them grain from heaven.
25	So mortals ate the bread of angels;* he provided for them food enough.
26	He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens* and led out the south wind by his might.
27	He rained down flesh upon them like dust* and winged birds like the sand of the sea.
28	He let it fall in the midst of their camp* and round about their dwellings.
29	So they ate and were well filled,* for he gave them what they craved.
30	But they did not stop their craving,* though the food was still in their mouths.
31	So God’s anger mounted against them;* he slew their strongest men and laid low the youth of Israel.
32	In spite of all this, they went on sinning* and had no faith in his wonderful works.
33	So he brought their days to an end like a breath* and their years in sudden terror.
34	Whenever he slew them, they would seek him,* and repent and diligently search for God.
35	They would remember that God was their rock,* and the Most High God their redeemer.
36	But they flattered him with their mouths* and lied to him with their tongues.
37	Their heart was not steadfast towards him,* and they were not faithful to his covenant.
38	But he was so merciful that he forgave their sins and did not destroy them;* many times he held back his anger and did not permit his wrath to be roused.
39	For he remembered that they were but flesh,* a breath that goes forth and does not return.