## Psalms Chapter 78

###### Psalms 78:1
[Psalms 78:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:1)

מַשְׂכִּ֗יל לְאָ֫סָ֥ף הַאֲזִ֣ינָה עַ֭מִּי תּוֹרָתִ֑י הַטּ֥וּ אׇ֝זְנְכֶ֗ם לְאִמְרֵי־פִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A Maskil of Asaf. Give ear, O my people, to my Tora: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A maskil of Asaf. Hear, my people, my Torah. Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.


###### Psalms 78:2
[Psalms 78:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:2)

אֶפְתְּחָ֣ה בְמָשָׁ֣ל פִּ֑י אַבִּ֥יעָה חִ֝יד֗וֹת מִנִּי־קֶֽדֶם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will open my mouth with a parable: I will utter riddles concerning ancient times:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I shall open my mouth in parable [(words of Torah)]; I shall speak in riddles from [days of] yore,


###### Psalms 78:3
[Psalms 78:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:3)

אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׁ֭מַעְנוּ וַנֵּדָעֵ֑ם וַ֝אֲבוֹתֵ֗ינוּ סִפְּרוּ־לָֽנוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
of that which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
which we heard and we knew, and which our fathers related to us.


###### Psalms 78:4
[Psalms 78:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:4)

לֹ֤א נְכַחֵ֨ד**׀** מִבְּנֵיהֶ֗ם לְד֥וֹר אַחֲר֗וֹן מְֽ֭סַפְּרִים תְּהִלּ֣וֹת יְהֹוָ֑ה וֶעֱזוּז֥וֹ וְ֝נִפְלְאֹתָ֗יו אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָֽׂה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
We will not hide them from their children, relating to the latter generation the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he has done.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
We shall not hide it [(what they related to us)] from their sons, to the last generation relating the praises of the L rd, and His strength, and the wonders that He wrought.


###### Psalms 78:5
[Psalms 78:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:5)

וַיָּ֤קֶם עֵד֨וּת**׀** בְּֽיַעֲקֹ֗ב וְתוֹרָה֮ שָׂ֤ם בְּיִשְׂרָ֫אֵ֥ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִ֭וָּה אֶת־אֲבוֹתֵ֑ינוּ לְ֝הוֹדִיעָ֗ם לִבְנֵיהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For he established a Testimony in Ya῾aqov, and appointed a Tora in Yisra᾽el, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He set up testimony in Jacob and placed Torah in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to make known to their sons.


###### Psalms 78:6
[Psalms 78:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:6)

לְמַ֤עַן יֵדְע֨וּ**׀** דּ֣וֹר אַ֭חֲרוֹן בָּנִ֣ים יִוָּלֵ֑דוּ יָ֝קֻ֗מוּ וִיסַפְּר֥וּ לִבְנֵיהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
that the generation to come might know them, the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
So that the latest generation know [to impart it to] the sons that they beget, [and these, in turn,] arise and relate it to their sons.


###### Psalms 78:7
[Psalms 78:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:7)

וְיָשִׂ֥ימוּ בֵאלֹהִ֗ים כִּ֫סְלָ֥ם וְלֹ֣א יִ֭שְׁכְּחוּ מַ֥עַלְלֵי־אֵ֑ל וּמִצְוֺתָ֥יו יִנְצֹֽרוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
So that they place their hope in G d, and not forget the deeds of the Almighty, and keep His mitzvoth.


###### Psalms 78:8
[Psalms 78:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:8)

וְלֹ֤א יִהְי֨וּ**׀** כַּאֲבוֹתָ֗ם דּוֹר֮ סוֹרֵ֢ר וּמֹ֫רֶ֥ה דּ֭וֹר לֹא־הֵכִ֣ין לִבּ֑וֹ וְלֹֽא־נֶאֶמְנָ֖ה אֶת־אֵ֣ל רוּחֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and that they might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not steadfast with God.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And so that they not be as their ancestors [(the generation of Egypt and the desert)], a deviant and rebellious generation, with unreadied heart, and spirit not trusting to G d.


###### Psalms 78:9
[Psalms 78:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:9)

בְּֽנֵי־אֶפְרַ֗יִם נוֹשְׁקֵ֥י רֽוֹמֵי־קָ֑שֶׁת הָ֝פְכ֗וּ בְּי֣וֹם קְרָֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The children of Efrayim were as archers, carrying bows, who turned back in the day of battle.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[Though they saw that] the men of Efraim [(who left Egypt prematurely)], [fully] armed, [skilled] archers, turned [from the enemy] in the day of battle [(having trusted to their arms instead of to the L rd [viz. I Chronicles 7:20-21])],


###### Psalms 78:10
[Psalms 78:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:10)

לֹ֣א שָׁ֭מְרוּ בְּרִ֣ית אֱלֹהִ֑ים וּ֝בְתוֹרָת֗וֹ מֵאֲנ֥וּ לָלֶֽכֶת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to follow his Tora;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
they did not keep the covenant of G d and refused to walk in His Torah.


###### Psalms 78:11
[Psalms 78:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:11)

וַיִּשְׁכְּח֥וּ עֲלִילוֹתָ֑יו וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יו אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֶרְאָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and forgot his works, and his wonders that he had shown them.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they forgot His acts and the wonders that He showed them.


###### Psalms 78:12
[Psalms 78:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:12)

נֶ֣גֶד אֲ֭בוֹתָם עָ֣שָׂה פֶ֑לֶא בְּאֶ֖רֶץ מִצְרַ֣יִם שְׂדֵה־צֹֽעַן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Marvellous things he did in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Miżrayim, in the field of Żo῾an.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[And, when the time for the redemption from Egypt arrived,] before their fathers He wrought wonders, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Tzoan. [(The patriarchs came to the Red Sea and G d showed them how He was redeeming their sons)].


###### Psalms 78:13
[Psalms 78:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:13)

בָּ֣קַע יָ֭ם וַיַּעֲבִירֵ֑ם וַֽיַּצֶּב־מַ֥יִם כְּמוֹ־נֵֽד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand like a heap.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He split the sea and passed them through. He stood up the waters as a heap.


###### Psalms 78:14
[Psalms 78:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:14)

וַיַּנְחֵ֣ם בֶּעָנָ֣ן יוֹמָ֑ם וְכׇל־הַ֝לַּ֗יְלָה בְּא֣וֹר אֵֽשׁ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He led them with a cloud by day, and all the night by the light of fire.


###### Psalms 78:15
[Psalms 78:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:15)

יְבַקַּ֣ע צֻ֭רִים בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר וַ֝יַּ֗שְׁקְ כִּתְהֹמ֥וֹת רַבָּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He split rocks in the desert [viz. Exodus 17:16] and gave them to drink out of great depths. [(Even when they walked in the midst of the salty sea, He sweetened fountains for them in the midst of the depths)].


###### Psalms 78:16
[Psalms 78:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:16)

וַיּוֹצִ֣א נוֹזְלִ֣ים מִסָּ֑לַע וַיּ֖וֹרֶד כַּנְּהָר֣וֹת מָֽיִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He brought forth liquid from rock and brought down water [from the well] like rivers [(separately, to each tribe)].


###### Psalms 78:17
[Psalms 78:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:17)

וַיּוֹסִ֣יפוּ ע֭וֹד לַחֲטֹא־ל֑וֹ לַֽמְר֥וֹת עֶ֝לְי֗וֹן בַּצִּיָּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And they sinned yet more against him, rebelling against the most High in the wilderness.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
But they sinned against Him even more, provoking G d on the dry land.


###### Psalms 78:18
[Psalms 78:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:18)

וַיְנַסּוּ־אֵ֥ל בִּלְבָבָ֑ם לִֽשְׁאׇל־אֹ֥כֶל לְנַפְשָֽׁם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And they tempted God in their heart by asking food for their craving.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they tried the L rd in their hearts, asking food for their souls.


###### Psalms 78:19
[Psalms 78:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:19)

וַֽיְדַבְּר֗וּ בֵּאלֹ֫הִ֥ים אָ֭מְרוּ הֲי֣וּכַל אֵ֑ל לַעֲרֹ֥ךְ שֻׁ֝לְחָ֗ן בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And they spoke against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they spoke against G d, saying: Can the Almighty set a table in the desert?


###### Psalms 78:20
[Psalms 78:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:20)

הֵ֤ן הִכָּה־צ֨וּר**׀** וַיָּז֣וּבוּ מַיִם֮ וּנְחָלִ֢ים יִ֫שְׁטֹ֥פוּ הֲגַם־לֶ֭חֶם י֣וּכַל תֵּ֑ת אִם־יָכִ֖ין שְׁאֵ֣ר לְעַמּֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide meat for his people?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
True, He smote a rock and water flowed, and streams flooded forth. But will He be able to give bread, too? Will He prepare flesh for His people?


###### Psalms 78:21
[Psalms 78:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:21)

לָכֵ֤ן**׀** שָׁמַ֥ע יְהֹוָ֗ה וַֽיִּתְעַ֫בָּ֥ר וְ֭אֵשׁ נִשְּׂקָ֣ה בְיַעֲקֹ֑ב וְגַם־אַ֝֗ף עָלָ֥ה בְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore the Lord heard this, and was angry: so a fire was kindled against Ya῾aqov, and anger also came up against Yisra᾽el;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Therefore, the L rd heard, and He burned [in wrath]; as fire did He burn against Jacob. And wrath, too, rose against Israel.


###### Psalms 78:22
[Psalms 78:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:22)

כִּ֤י לֹ֣א הֶ֭אֱמִינוּ בֵּאלֹהִ֑ים וְלֹ֥א בָ֝טְח֗וּ בִּישׁוּעָתֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For they did not believe in G d, and they did not trust in His help.


###### Psalms 78:23
[Psalms 78:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:23)

וַיְצַ֣ו שְׁחָקִ֣ים מִמָּ֑עַל וְדַלְתֵ֖י שָׁמַ֣יִם פָּתָֽח׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
though he commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
But He had [already] commanded the skies and opened the doors of heaven.


###### Psalms 78:24
[Psalms 78:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:24)

וַיַּמְטֵ֬ר עֲלֵיהֶ֣ם מָ֣ן לֶאֱכֹ֑ל וּדְגַן־שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם נָ֣תַן לָֽמוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and rained down manna upon them to eat, and gave them of the corn of heaven.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And He had rained down upon them manna to eat, and He had given them the grain of heaven.


###### Psalms 78:25
[Psalms 78:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:25)

לֶ֣חֶם אַ֭בִּירִים אָ֣כַל אִ֑ישׁ צֵידָ֬ה שָׁלַ֖ח לָהֶ֣ם לָשֹֽׂבַע׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Man ate the bread of angels: he sent them provision to the full.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The bread of the mighty [(of angels)] did each man eat; food did He send them to satiety.


###### Psalms 78:26
[Psalms 78:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:26)

יַסַּ֣ע קָ֭דִים בַּשָּׁמָ֑יִם וַיְנַהֵ֖ג בְּעֻזּ֣וֹ תֵימָֽן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He caused an east wind to blow in the sky: and by his power he brought on the south wind.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He moved the east wind in the skies [viz. Numbers 11:20], and He led the south wind in His strength.


###### Psalms 78:27
[Psalms 78:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:27)

וַיַּמְטֵ֬ר עֲלֵיהֶ֣ם כֶּעָפָ֣ר שְׁאֵ֑ר וּֽכְח֥וֹל יַ֝מִּ֗ים ע֣וֹף כָּנָֽף׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he rained meat upon them like dust, and feathered birds like the sand of the sea:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And He rained upon them flesh as the dust, and as the sands of the sea, wingèd birds.


###### Psalms 78:28
[Psalms 78:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:28)

וַ֭יַּפֵּל בְּקֶ֣רֶב מַחֲנֵ֑הוּ סָ֝בִ֗יב לְמִשְׁכְּנֹתָֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And He made them fall in the midst of their camp, around their dwellings.


###### Psalms 78:29
[Psalms 78:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:29)

וַיֹּאכְל֣וּ וַיִּשְׂבְּע֣וּ מְאֹ֑ד וְ֝תַאֲוָתָ֗ם יָבִ֥א לָהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they ate and were exceedingly sated, and their lust was accorded them.


###### Psalms 78:30
[Psalms 78:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:30)

לֹא־זָ֥רוּ מִתַּאֲוָתָ֑ם ע֝֗וֹד אׇכְלָ֥ם בְּפִיהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
they were not yet sated with their lust: whilst their meat was still in their mouths,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They were not estranged from their lust [(all of it being satisfied)]. Their food was yet in their mouths


###### Psalms 78:31
[Psalms 78:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:31)

וְאַ֤ף אֱלֹהִ֨ים**׀** עָ֘לָ֤ה בָהֶ֗ם וַֽ֭יַּהֲרֹג בְּמִשְׁמַנֵּיהֶ֑ם וּבַחוּרֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל הִכְרִֽיעַ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
the wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the young men of Yisra᾽el.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
and the wrath of the L rd rose against them; and He killed their choice ones and bowed down the youths of Israel.


###### Psalms 78:32
[Psalms 78:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:32)

בְּכׇל־זֹ֥את חָֽטְאוּ־ע֑וֹד וְלֹֽא־הֶ֝אֱמִ֗ינוּ בְּנִפְלְאוֹתָֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For all this they sinned still, and did not believe in his wondrous works.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
With all this, they sinned yet again and did not believe in His wonders.


###### Psalms 78:33
[Psalms 78:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:33)

וַיְכַל־בַּהֶ֥בֶל יְמֵיהֶ֑ם וּ֝שְׁנוֹתָ֗ם בַּבֶּהָלָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore he ended their days with emptiness, and their years with trouble.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And He ended their days in vanity and their years in terror.


###### Psalms 78:34
[Psalms 78:34](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:34)

אִם־הֲרָגָ֥ם וּדְרָשׁ֑וּהוּ וְ֝שָׁ֗בוּ וְשִֽׁחֲרוּ־אֵֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and earnestly inquired after God.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If He slew them, then they [the remainder] sought Him, and repented, and prayed to the Almighty.


###### Psalms 78:35
[Psalms 78:35](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:35)

וַֽ֭יִּזְכְּרוּ כִּֽי־אֱלֹהִ֣ים צוּרָ֑ם וְאֵ֥ל עֶ֝לְי֗וֹן גֹּאֲלָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They mentioned that G d is their Rock, and the Almighty G d, their Redeemer.


###### Psalms 78:36
[Psalms 78:36](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:36)

וַיְפַתּ֥וּהוּ בְּפִיהֶ֑ם וּ֝בִלְשׁוֹנָ֗ם יְכַזְּבוּ־לֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouths, and they lied to him with their tongues.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[In all this, however,] they appeased Him with their mouths, but with their tongues they lied to Him.


###### Psalms 78:37
[Psalms 78:37](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:37)

וְ֭לִבָּם לֹא־נָכ֣וֹן עִמּ֑וֹ וְלֹ֥א נֶ֝אֶמְנ֗וּ בִּבְרִיתֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For their heart was not steadfast with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Their hearts were not [(as their mouths)] attuned to Him, and they did not trust in His covenant, [in spite of which]


###### Psalms 78:38
[Psalms 78:38](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:38)

וְה֤וּא רַח֨וּם**׀** יְכַפֵּ֥ר עָוֺן֮ וְֽלֹא־יַֽ֫שְׁחִ֥ית וְ֭הִרְבָּה לְהָשִׁ֣יב אַפּ֑וֹ וְלֹא־יָ֝עִ֗יר כׇּל־חֲמָתֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But he was full of compassion, forgiving iniquity, and he did not destroy them: often he turned away his anger, not stirring up all his wrath.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He was merciful [to them] and forgave [their] sin [always] and did not destroy [them]. And He acted often to turn back His anger, and [(even if He did exact punishment of them)], He did not stir up [against them] all of His wrath,


###### Psalms 78:39
[Psalms 78:39](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:39)

וַ֭יִּזְכֹּר כִּֽי־בָשָׂ֣ר הֵ֑מָּה ר֥וּחַ ה֝וֹלֵ֗ךְ וְלֹ֣א יָשֽׁוּב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passes away, and comes not again.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
for He remembered that they are flesh [and invested with an evil inclination], a spirit that departs [at their death] and does not return [with them at the resurrection].


###### Psalms 78:40
[Psalms 78:40](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:40)

כַּ֭מָּה יַמְר֣וּהוּ בַמִּדְבָּ֑ר יַ֝עֲצִיב֗וּהוּ בִּישִׁימֽוֹן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
How often did they rebel against him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
How many [times] did they rebel against Him in the desert, did they grieve Him in the wasteland!


###### Psalms 78:41
[Psalms 78:41](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:41)

וַיָּשׁ֣וּבוּ וַיְנַסּ֣וּ אֵ֑ל וּקְד֖וֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל הִתְוֽוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They turned back also and tempted God, and pained the Holy One of Yisra᾽el.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They repeatedly tried the Almighty, asked for signs from the Holy One of Israel.


###### Psalms 78:42
[Psalms 78:42](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:42)

לֹא־זָכְר֥וּ אֶת־יָד֑וֹ י֝֗וֹם אֲֽשֶׁר־פָּדָ֥ם מִנִּי־צָֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They did not remember His hand on the day He redeemed them from the foe [Egypt],


###### Psalms 78:43
[Psalms 78:43](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:43)

אֲשֶׁר־שָׂ֣ם בְּ֭מִצְרַיִם אֹתוֹתָ֑יו וּ֝מוֹפְתָ֗יו בִּשְׂדֵה־צֹֽעַן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
How he had wrought his signs in Miżrayim, and his wonders in the field of Żo῾an:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
His signs that He sent against Egypt, His wonders in the field of Tzoan.


###### Psalms 78:44
[Psalms 78:44](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:44)

וַיַּהֲפֹ֣ךְ לְ֭דָם יְאֹרֵיהֶ֑ם וְ֝נֹזְלֵיהֶ֗ם בַּל־יִשְׁתָּיֽוּן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and had turned their canals into blood; and their floods, so that they could not drink.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Turning their rivers to blood so that their waters could not be drunk.


###### Psalms 78:45
[Psalms 78:45](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:45)

יְשַׁלַּ֬ח בָּהֶ֣ם עָ֭רֹב וַיֹּאכְלֵ֑ם וּ֝צְפַרְדֵּ֗עַ וַתַּשְׁחִיתֵֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He sent swarms of gnats among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Sending the mixed multitude against them, which devoured them; the frog, which destroyed them [(pulling off their testicles)].


###### Psalms 78:46
[Psalms 78:46](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:46)

וַיִּתֵּ֣ן לֶחָסִ֣יל יְבוּלָ֑ם וִ֝יגִיעָ֗ם לָאַרְבֶּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He gave also their increase to the destroying locust, and their labour to the swarming locust.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Giving their produce to the locust and their toil to the [locust] swarm.


###### Psalms 78:47
[Psalms 78:47](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:47)

יַהֲרֹ֣ג בַּבָּרָ֣ד גַּפְנָ֑ם וְ֝שִׁקְמוֹתָ֗ם בַּחֲנָמַֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore trees with frost.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He broke their vines with hail, and their sycamores with chanamal [(locusts)].


###### Psalms 78:48
[Psalms 78:48](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:48)

וַיַּסְגֵּ֣ר לַבָּרָ֣ד בְּעִירָ֑ם וּ֝מִקְנֵיהֶ֗ם לָרְשָׁפִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He gave over their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He delivered their beasts to the hail and their livestock to the brands.


###### Psalms 78:49
[Psalms 78:49](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:49)

יְשַׁלַּח־בָּ֨ם**׀** חֲר֬וֹן אַפּ֗וֹ עֶבְרָ֣ה וָזַ֣עַם וְצָרָ֑ה מִ֝שְׁלַ֗חַת מַלְאֲכֵ֥י רָעִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, an embassy of evil messengers.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He sent against them His burning wrath, fury, scorn, and affliction, the deputation of evil angels.


###### Psalms 78:50
[Psalms 78:50](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:50)

יְפַלֵּ֥ס נָתִ֗יב לְאַ֫פּ֥וֹ לֹא־חָשַׂ֣ךְ מִמָּ֣וֶת נַפְשָׁ֑ם וְ֝חַיָּתָ֗ם לַדֶּ֥בֶר הִסְגִּֽיר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He levelled a path for his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He paved a path for His wrath [(each plague performing its own mission)]. He spared not their souls from death and yielded up their bodies to the pestilence.


###### Psalms 78:51
[Psalms 78:51](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:51)

וַיַּ֣ךְ כׇּל־בְּכ֣וֹר בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם רֵאשִׁ֥ית א֝וֹנִ֗ים בְּאׇהֳלֵי־חָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and smote all the firstborn in Miżrayim; the first of their strength in the tents of Ḥam:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And He smote all the first-born of Egypt, the first of their strength in the tents of Cham.


###### Psalms 78:52
[Psalms 78:52](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:52)

וַיַּסַּ֣ע כַּצֹּ֣אן עַמּ֑וֹ וַֽיְנַהֲגֵ֥ם כַּ֝עֵ֗דֶר בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
but made his own people to go out like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And He took out His people as sheep, and led them as a flock in the desert.


###### Psalms 78:53
[Psalms 78:53](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:53)

וַיַּנְחֵ֣ם לָ֭בֶטַח וְלֹ֣א פָחָ֑דוּ וְאֶת־א֝וֹיְבֵיהֶ֗ם כִּסָּ֥ה הַיָּֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And He led them securely; they did not fear. And the sea covered their foes.


###### Psalms 78:54
[Psalms 78:54](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:54)

וַ֭יְבִיאֵם אֶל־גְּב֣וּל קׇדְשׁ֑וֹ הַר־זֶ֝֗ה קָנְתָ֥ה יְמִינֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he brought them to his holy border, to the mountain, which his right hand had purchased.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And He brought them to the bound of His holy [habitation], to this mount [(Zion)] that His right hand acquired.


###### Psalms 78:55
[Psalms 78:55](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:55)

וַיְגָ֤רֶשׁ מִפְּנֵיהֶ֨ם**׀** גּוֹיִ֗ם וַֽ֭יַּפִּילֵם בְּחֶ֣בֶל נַחֲלָ֑ה וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֥ן בְּ֝אׇהֳלֵיהֶ֗ם שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He cast out nations before them, and apportioned to them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Yisra᾽el to dwell in their tents.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And He drove nations away before them, and He cast [(land) lots for each tribe], as an inheritance with the [measuring] line. And He made dwell in their [(the seven nations’)] tents the tribes of Israel.


###### Psalms 78:56
[Psalms 78:56](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:56)

וַיְנַסּ֣וּ וַ֭יַּמְרוּ אֶת־אֱלֹהִ֣ים עֶלְי֑וֹן וְ֝עֵדוֹתָ֗יו לֹ֣א שָׁמָֽרוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Yet they tempted and rebelled against the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And [(in the days of the judges)] they tried [G d] and rebelled against the Almighty G d and did not keep His testimonies.


###### Psalms 78:57
[Psalms 78:57](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:57)

וַיִּסֹּ֣גוּ וַֽ֭יִּבְגְּדוּ כַּאֲבוֹתָ֑ם נֶ֝הְפְּכ֗וּ כְּקֶ֣שֶׁת רְמִיָּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
but turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they backslid and were as traitorous as their fathers. They turned [(from one direction to another)] as a deceiving bow [(which always misses the target)].


###### Psalms 78:58
[Psalms 78:58](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:58)

וַיַּכְעִיס֥וּהוּ בְּבָמוֹתָ֑ם וּ֝בִפְסִילֵיהֶ֗ם יַקְנִיאֽוּהוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their carved idols.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they angered Him with their bamoth [(sacrificial mounds)] and incited Him with their images.


###### Psalms 78:59
[Psalms 78:59](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:59)

שָׁמַ֣ע אֱ֭לֹהִים וַֽיִּתְעַבָּ֑ר וַיִּמְאַ֥ס מְ֝אֹ֗ד בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Yisra᾽el:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The L rd heard and burned [in wrath] and He greatly despised Israel.


###### Psalms 78:60
[Psalms 78:60](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:60)

וַ֭יִּטֹּשׁ מִשְׁכַּ֣ן שִׁל֑וֹ אֹ֝֗הֶל שִׁכֵּ֥ן בָּאָדָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
so that he forsook the tabernacle of Shilo, the tent where he made his dwelling among men;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And He forsook the sanctuary of Shiloh, the tent which He had inhabited among men.


###### Psalms 78:61
[Psalms 78:61](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:61)

וַיִּתֵּ֣ן לַשְּׁבִ֣י עֻזּ֑וֹ וְֽתִפְאַרְתּ֥וֹ בְיַד־צָֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy’s hand.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And He yielded His strength [(the ark and the tablets)] to captivity [(the Philistines)], and His glory to the hand of the foe.


###### Psalms 78:62
[Psalms 78:62](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:62)

וַיַּסְגֵּ֣ר לַחֶ֣רֶב עַמּ֑וֹ וּ֝בְנַחֲלָת֗וֹ הִתְעַבָּֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He gave his people over also to the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And He delivered His people to the sword and burned against His inheritance.


###### Psalms 78:63
[Psalms 78:63](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:63)

בַּחוּרָ֥יו אָכְלָה־אֵ֑שׁ וּ֝בְתוּלֹתָ֗יו לֹ֣א הוּלָּֽלוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The fire consumed their young men; and their virgins had no marriage song.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Fire [(the fire of His wrath)] devoured His youths, and His maidens knew not the bridal canopy [(their betrothed dying in battle)].


###### Psalms 78:64
[Psalms 78:64](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:64)

כֹּ֭הֲנָיו בַּחֶ֣רֶב נָפָ֑לוּ וְ֝אַלְמְנֹתָ֗יו לֹ֣א תִבְכֶּֽינָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
His priests [Chofni and Pinchas] fell by the sword, and his [Pinchas’s] widow could not bewail [him (viz. I Samuel 4:19)].


###### Psalms 78:65
[Psalms 78:65](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:65)

וַיִּקַ֖ץ כְּיָשֵׁ֥ן׀אֲדֹנָ֑י כְּ֝גִבּ֗וֹר מִתְרוֹנֵ֥ן מִיָּֽיִן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then the Lord awoke as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouts by reason of wine.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L rd awoke as a sleeper, as a hero shouting [himself into wakefulness] from [his] wine.


###### Psalms 78:66
[Psalms 78:66](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:66)

וַיַּךְ־צָרָ֥יו אָח֑וֹר חֶרְפַּ֥ת ע֝וֹלָ֗ם נָ֣תַן לָֽמוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he smote his enemies backward: he put upon them a perpetual reproach.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And He smote His foes from behind [(with hemorrhoids)], branding them with perpetual disgrace.


###### Psalms 78:67
[Psalms 78:67](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:67)

וַ֭יִּמְאַס בְּאֹ֣הֶל יוֹסֵ֑ף וּֽבְשֵׁ֥בֶט אֶ֝פְרַ֗יִם לֹ֣א בָחָֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he rejected the tabernacle of Yosef, and chose not the tribe of Efrayim:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And He spurned the tent of Joseph [(the sanctuary of Shiloh in Joseph’s portion)], and He did not choose the tribe of Efraim.


###### Psalms 78:68
[Psalms 78:68](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:68)

וַ֭יִּבְחַר אֶת־שֵׁ֣בֶט יְהוּדָ֑ה אֶֽת־הַ֥ר צִ֝יּ֗וֹן אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָהֵֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
but chose the tribe of Yehuda, the mount Żiyyon which he loved.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.


###### Psalms 78:69
[Psalms 78:69](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:69)

וַיִּ֣בֶן כְּמֽוֹ־רָ֭מִים מִקְדָּשׁ֑וֹ כְּ֝אֶ֗רֶץ יְסָדָ֥הּ לְעוֹלָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he built his sanctuary like the high heavens, like the earth which he has established for ever.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And He built His Temple as [He built] the heights [(heaven and earth, viz. Isaiah 48:13)]. He founded it forever as the earth.


###### Psalms 78:70
[Psalms 78:70](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:70)

וַ֭יִּבְחַר בְּדָוִ֣ד עַבְדּ֑וֹ וַ֝יִּקָּחֵ֗הוּ מִֽמִּכְלְאֹ֥ת צֹֽאן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And He chose David His servant [to be king] and took him from the sheep-folds.


###### Psalms 78:71
[Psalms 78:71](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:71)

מֵאַחַ֥ר עָל֗וֹת הֱבִ֫יא֥וֹ לִ֭רְעוֹת בְּיַעֲקֹ֣ב עַמּ֑וֹ וּ֝בְיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל נַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
from following the ewes that gave suck, he brought him to be shepherd of Ya῾aqov his people, and Yisra᾽el his inheritance.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
From behind the suckling sheep He brought him to graze His people, Jacob; His inheritance, Israel.


###### Psalms 78:72
[Psalms 78:72](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/78:72)

וַ֭יִּרְעֵם כְּתֹ֣ם לְבָב֑וֹ וּבִתְבוּנ֖וֹת כַּפָּ֣יו יַנְחֵֽם׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
So he tended them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he grazed them in the innocence of his heart and led them with understanding hands.