1Give ear, O my people, to my instruction! Incline your ears to the words of my mouth!

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Isaiah 55:3, Isaiah 51:4, Isaiah 55:3, Isaiah 51:4, Psalms 49:1

2I will open my mouth in a psalm; I will utter sayings of ancient times.

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Matthew 13:34, Matthew 13:35, Matthew 13:34, Matthew 13:35, Mark 4:34

3What we have heard and learned, And our fathers have told us,

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Psalms 44:1, Psalms 44:1, Psalms 48:8, Exodus 13:8, Exodus 13:14

4We will not hide from their children; Showing to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, His might, and the wonders he hath wrought.

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Deuteronomy 11:19, Deuteronomy 11:19, Psalms 145:4, Psalms 145:6, Psalms 145:4

5For he appointed statutes in Jacob, And established a law in Israel, Which he commanded our fathers To make known to their children;

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Deuteronomy 6:7, Deuteronomy 6:7, Ephesians 6:4, Ephesians 6:4, Psalms 81:5

6So that the generation to come might know them; The children, which should be born, and rise up, Who should declare them to their children;

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Psalms 102:18, Psalms 102:18, Joel 1:3, Psalms 22:31, Psalms 145:4

7That they might put their trust in God, And not forget his deeds, But keep his commandments;

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Deuteronomy 5:29, Deuteronomy 5:29, Revelation 14:12, Revelation 14:12, 1 John 5:3

8And might not be, like their forefathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation,—A generation whose heart was not fixed upon God, And whose spirit was not steadfast toward the Almighty.

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Psalms 78:37, Psalms 78:37, Exodus 32:9, Exodus 32:9, 2 Kings 17:14

9The children of Ephraim were like armed bowmen, Who turn their backs in the day of battle.

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Deuteronomy 1:41, Deuteronomy 1:44, Joshua 17:16, Joshua 17:18, Deuteronomy 1:41

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

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Judges 2:10, Judges 2:12, Nehemiah 9:26, Nehemiah 9:29, Deuteronomy 31:16

11And forgot his mighty deeds, And the wonders he had shown them.

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Psalms 106:13, Psalms 106:13, Psalms 78:7, Jeremiah 2:32, Deuteronomy 32:18

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

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Numbers 13:22, Numbers 13:22, Ezekiel 30:14, Isaiah 19:11, Ezekiel 30:14

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

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Exodus 14:21, Exodus 14:21, Exodus 15:8, Exodus 15:8, Psalms 106:9

14By day he led them by a cloud, And all the night by a light of fire.

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Psalms 105:39, Psalms 105:39, Exodus 13:21, Exodus 13:22, Exodus 14:24

15He clave the rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink, as from the great deep.

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Psalms 105:41, Exodus 17:6, Numbers 20:11, Psalms 105:41, Exodus 17:6

16From the rock he brought flowing streams, And made water to run down like rivers.

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Deuteronomy 8:15, Numbers 20:10, Numbers 20:11, Numbers 20:8, Deuteronomy 8:15

17Yet still they sinned against him, And provoked the Most High in the desert.

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Isaiah 63:10, Isaiah 63:10, Deuteronomy 9:8, Psalms 106:13, Psalms 106:32

18They tempted God in their hearts, By asking food for their delight.

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Numbers 11:4, Deuteronomy 6:16, Numbers 11:4, Deuteronomy 6:16, 1 Corinthians 10:9

19Yea, they spake against God, and said, "Can God spread a table in the wilderness?

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Numbers 21:5, Numbers 21:5, Numbers 11:4, Numbers 11:4, Exodus 16:3

20Behold! he smote the rock, and the water flowed, And streams gushed forth: Is he also able to give bread? Can he provide flesh for his people?"

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Numbers 20:11, Numbers 20:11, Genesis 18:12, Genesis 18:14, Genesis 18:12

21When, therefore, the LORD heard this, he was wroth: So a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger arose against Israel.

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Numbers 11:1, Numbers 11:3, Numbers 11:1, Numbers 11:3, Jude 1:5

22Because they believed not in God, And trusted not in his aid.

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Hebrews 3:18, Hebrews 3:19, Hebrews 3:18, Hebrews 3:19, Hebrews 11:6

23Yet he had commanded the clouds above, And had opened the doors of heaven;

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Genesis 7:11, Genesis 7:11, Malachi 3:10, Malachi 3:10, 2 Kings 7:19

24And had rained down upon them manna for food, And had given them the corn of heaven.

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Exodus 16:4, Exodus 16:4, Psalms 105:40, Psalms 105:40, Exodus 16:14

25Every one ate the food of princes; He sent them bread to the full.

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Matthew 14:20, Matthew 15:37, Matthew 14:20, Matthew 15:37, Psalms 103:20

26Then he caused a strong wind to blow in the heavens, And by his power he brought a south wind;

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Numbers 11:31, Numbers 11:31, Psalms 135:7, Psalms 135:7

27He rained down flesh upon them as dust, And feathered fowls as the sand of the sea.

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Exodus 16:12, Exodus 16:13, Exodus 16:12, Exodus 16:13, Numbers 11:18

28He caused them to fall in the midst of their camp, Round about their habitations.

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29So they did eat, and were filled; For he gave them their own desire.

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Psalms 106:15, Psalms 106:15, Numbers 11:19, Numbers 11:20, Numbers 11:19

30Their desire was not yet satisfied, And their meat was yet in their mouths,

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Numbers 11:33, Numbers 11:34, Numbers 11:33, Numbers 11:34, Proverbs 1:32

31When the wrath of God came upon them, And slew their strong men, And smote down the chosen men of Israel.

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Isaiah 10:16, Isaiah 10:16

32For all this they sinned still, And put no trust in his wondrous works.

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John 12:37, Psalms 78:22, John 12:37, Psalms 78:22, Numbers 14:1

33Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, And their years in sudden destruction.

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Numbers 14:35, Numbers 14:29, Numbers 14:35, Numbers 14:29, Numbers 26:64

34When he slew them, they sought him; They returned, and sought earnestly for God;

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Hosea 5:15, Hosea 5:15, Numbers 21:7, Judges 3:12, Judges 3:15

35And remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High their redeemer.

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Deuteronomy 32:4, Deuteronomy 32:4, Exodus 15:13, Isaiah 41:14, Exodus 15:13

36But they only flattered him with their mouths, And spake falsely to him with their tongues.

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Ezekiel 33:31, Ezekiel 33:31, Isaiah 29:13, Isaiah 29:13, Psalms 18:44

37For their hearts were not true to him, Nor were they steadfast in his covenant.

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Acts 8:21, Psalms 78:8, Acts 8:21, Psalms 78:8, Psalms 51:10

38Yet, being full of compassion, he forgave their iniquity, And would not utterly destroy them; Often he restrained his indignation, And stirred not up all his anger.

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Numbers 14:18, Numbers 14:20, Isaiah 48:9, Numbers 14:18, Numbers 14:20

39He remembered that they were but flesh,—A breath, that passeth and cometh not back.

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Genesis 6:3, James 4:14, Job 7:7, Genesis 6:3, James 4:14

40How often did they provoke him in the wilderness! How often did they anger him in the desert!

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Ephesians 4:30, Ephesians 4:30, Psalms 95:8, Psalms 95:10, Psalms 95:8

41Again and again they tempted God, And offended the Holy One of Israel.

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Hebrews 3:8, Hebrews 3:11, Numbers 14:22, Hebrews 3:8, Hebrews 3:11

42They remembered not his hand, Nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy;

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Exodus 14:12, Judges 8:34, Jeremiah 32:21, Exodus 14:12, Judges 8:34

43What signs he had wrought in Egypt, And what wonders in the fields of Zoan.

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Deuteronomy 4:34, Deuteronomy 6:22, Psalms 135:9, Exodus 4:21, Psalms 105:27

44He turned their rivers into blood, So that they could not drink of their streams.

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Psalms 105:29, Psalms 105:29, Revelation 16:3, Revelation 16:6, Exodus 7:17

45He sent amongst them flies, which devoured them, And frogs, which destroyed them.

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Exodus 8:21, Exodus 8:24, Psalms 105:30, Psalms 105:31, Exodus 8:21

46He gave also their fruits to the caterpillar, And their labor to the locust.

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Psalms 105:34, Psalms 105:35, Exodus 10:12, Exodus 10:15, Psalms 105:34

47He destroyed their vines with hail, And their sycamore-trees with frost.

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Psalms 105:32, Psalms 105:33, Exodus 9:18, Exodus 9:34, Psalms 105:32

48He also gave up their cattle to hail, And their flocks to hot thunderbolts.

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Exodus 9:19, Exodus 9:28, Exodus 9:19, Exodus 9:28

49He sent against them the fierceness of his anger, Wrath, indignation, and woe,—A host of angels of evil.

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1 Kings 22:21, 1 Kings 22:22, Psalms 11:6, Exodus 12:13, Exodus 15:7

50He made a way for his anger, He spared them not from death, But gave up their lives to the pestilence.

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Ezekiel 7:4, Ezekiel 7:4, Romans 8:32, Ezekiel 8:18, 2 Peter 2:4

51He smote all the firstborn in Egypt; The first-fruits of their strength in the tents of Ham.

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Psalms 105:23, Psalms 105:23, Psalms 135:8, Psalms 106:22, Psalms 135:8

52But he led forth his own people like sheep, And guided them like a flock in the wilderness.

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Psalms 77:20, Psalms 77:20, Isaiah 63:11, Isaiah 63:14, Nehemiah 9:12

53He led them on safely, so that they feared not, While the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

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Exodus 14:19, Exodus 14:20, Exodus 14:19, Exodus 14:20, Exodus 15:10

54He brought them to his own sacred border, Even to this mountain which his right hand had gained.

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Psalms 44:3, Psalms 44:3, Exodus 15:17, Exodus 15:17, Ephesians 1:14

55He cast out the nations before them, And divided their land by a measuring-line, as an inheritance, And caused the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

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Joshua 13:7, Psalms 44:2, Joshua 13:7, Psalms 44:2, Nehemiah 9:22

56Yet they tempted and provoked God, the Most High, And kept not his statutes;

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Judges 2:11, Judges 2:12, Judges 2:11, Judges 2:12, 2 Kings 17:7

57Like their fathers they were faithless, and turned back; They turned aside, like a deceitful bow.

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Hosea 7:16, Hosea 7:16, Ezekiel 20:27, Ezekiel 20:28, Ezekiel 20:27

58They provoked his anger by their high places, And stirred up his jealousy by their graven images.

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Deuteronomy 32:21, Deuteronomy 32:21, Leviticus 26:30, Leviticus 26:30, Deuteronomy 12:2

59God saw this, and was wroth, And greatly abhorred Israel;

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Psalms 106:40, Psalms 106:40, Psalms 14:2, Psalms 14:5, Leviticus 26:44

60So that he forsook the habitation at Shiloh, The tabernacle where he dwelt among men,

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Joshua 18:1, Joshua 18:1, 1 Samuel 4:4, 1 Samuel 4:11, Jeremiah 26:6

61And delivered his strength into captivity, And his glory into the hand of the enemy.

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Psalms 132:8, Psalms 132:8, 1 Samuel 4:21, 1 Samuel 5:2, 1 Samuel 4:17

62His own people he gave up to the sword, And was wroth with his own inheritance.

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1 Samuel 4:2, 1 Samuel 4:10, 1 Samuel 4:11, Psalms 89:38, Isaiah 64:9

63Fire consumed their young men, And their maidens did not bewail them.

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Jeremiah 7:34, Jeremiah 7:34, Jeremiah 16:9, Jeremiah 16:9, Psalms 78:21

64Their priests fell by the sword, And their widows made no lamentation.

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1 Samuel 4:17, Job 27:15, 1 Samuel 4:17, Job 27:15, 1 Samuel 4:11

65But at length the Lord awaked as from sleep, As a hero who had been overpowered by wine;

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Psalms 44:23, Psalms 44:23, Psalms 7:6, Isaiah 42:13, Isaiah 42:14

66He smote his enemies, and drove them back, And covered them with everlasting disgrace.

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1 Samuel 5:6, 1 Samuel 5:6, Jeremiah 23:40, Job 40:12, Jeremiah 23:40

67Yet he rejected the tents of Joseph, And chose not the tribe of Ephraim;

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2 Samuel 6:17, 2 Samuel 6:2, 1 Samuel 6:21, 1 Samuel 7:1, 2 Samuel 6:17

68But chose the tribe of Judah, The Mount Zion which he loved;

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Psalms 87:2, Psalms 87:2, Psalms 132:12, Psalms 132:14, Psalms 132:12

69Where he built, like the heavens, his sanctuary; Like the earth, which he hath established for ever.

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1 Chronicles 29:1, 1 Chronicles 29:19, Revelation 20:11, 1 Samuel 2:8, Psalms 102:25

70And he chose David, his servant, And took him from the sheepfolds;

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1 Samuel 16:11, 1 Samuel 16:12, 1 Samuel 16:11, 1 Samuel 16:12, Acts 13:22

71From tending the suckling ewes he brought him To feed Jacob his people, And Israel his inheritance.

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2 Samuel 5:2, 2 Samuel 5:2, 1 Chronicles 11:2, 1 Chronicles 11:2, 1 Samuel 2:7

72He fed them with an upright heart, And guided them with skilful hands.

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1 Kings 9:4, 1 Kings 9:4, 2 Timothy 2:15, 2 Timothy 2:15, Isaiah 11:2