¹Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.

¹(En Maskil af Asaf.) Lyt, mit folk til min lære, bøj eders øre til ord fra min Mund;

²I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,

²jeg vil åbne min Mund med Billedtale, fremsætte Gåder fra fordums Tid,

³Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.

³hvad vi har hørt og ved, hvad vore Fædre har sagt os;

⁴We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, his strength, and his wondrous works that he has done.

⁴vi dølger det ikke for deres Børn, men melder en kommende Slægt om HERRENs Ære og Vælde og Underne, som han har gjort.

⁵For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;

⁵Han satte et Vidnesbyrd i Jakob, i Israel gav han en Lov, idet han bød vore Fædre at lade deres Børn det vide,

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

⁶at en senere Slægt kunde vide det, og Børn, som fødtes siden, stå frem og fortælle deres Børn derom,

⁷that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments,

⁷så de slår deres Lid til Gud og ikke glemmer Guds Gerninger, men overholder hans Bud,

⁸and 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.

⁸ej slægter Fædrene på, en vanartet, stridig Slægt, hvis Hjerte ikke var fast, hvis Ånd var utro mod Gud

⁹The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.

⁹- Efraims Børn var rustede Bueskytter, men svigted på Stridens Dag -

¹⁰They didn’t keep God’s covenant, and refused to walk in his law.

¹⁰Gudspagten holdt de ikke, de nægtede at følge hans Lov;

¹¹They forgot his doings, his wondrous works that he had shown them.

¹¹hans Gerninger gik dem ad Glemme, de Undere, han lod dem skue.

¹²He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

¹²Han gjorde Undere for deres Fædre i Ægypten på Zoans Mark;

¹³He split the sea, and caused them to pass through. He made the waters stand as a heap.

¹³han kløvede Havet og førte dem over, lod Vandet stå som en Vold;

¹⁴In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, and all night with a light of fire.

¹⁴han ledede dem ved Skyen om Dagen, Natten igennem ved Ildens Skær;

¹⁵He split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.

¹⁵han kløvede Klipper i Ørkenen, lod dem rigeligt drikke som af Strømme,

¹⁶He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

¹⁶han lod Bække rinde af Klippen og Vand strømme ned som Floder.

¹⁷Yet they still went on to sin against him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert.

¹⁷Men de blev ved at synde imod ham og vække den Højestes Vrede i Ørkenen;

¹⁸They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.

¹⁸de fristede Gud i Hjertet og krævede Mad til at stille Sulten,

¹⁹Yes, they spoke against God. They said, “Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

¹⁹de talte mod Gud og sagde: "Kan Gud dække Bord i en Ørken?

²⁰Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed. Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?”

²⁰Se, Klippen slog han, så Vand flød frem, og Bække vælded ud; mon han også kan give Brød og skaffe kød til sit Folk?"

²¹Therefore Yahweh heard, and was angry. A fire was kindled against Jacob, anger also went up against Israel,

²¹Det hørte HERREN, blev vred, der tændtes en Ild mod Jakob, ja Vrede kom op mod Israel,

²²because they didn’t believe in God, and didn’t trust in his salvation.

²²fordi de ikke troede Gud eller stolede på hans Frelse.

²³Yet he commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven.

²³Da bød han Skyerne oventil, lod Himlens Døre åbne

²⁴He rained down manna on them to eat, and gave them food from the sky.

²⁴og Manna regne på dem til Føde, han gav dem Himmelkorn;

²⁵Man ate the bread of angels. He sent them food to the full.

²⁵Mennesker spiste Englebrød, han sendte dem Mad at mætte sig med.

²⁶He caused the east wind to blow in the sky. By his power he guided the south wind.

²⁶Han rejste Østenvinden på Himlen, førte Søndenvinden frem ved sin Kraft;

²⁷He rained also flesh on them as the dust; winged birds as the sand of the seas.

²⁷Kød lod han regne på dem som Støv og vingede Fugle som Havets Sand,

²⁸He let them fall in the midst of their camp, around their habitations.

²⁸lod dem falde midt i sin Lejr, rundt omkring sine Boliger;

²⁹So they ate, and were well filled. He gave them their own desire.

²⁹Og de spiste sig overmætte, hvad de ønskede, lod han dem få.

³⁰They didn’t turn from their cravings. Their food was yet in their mouths,

³⁰Men før deres Attrå var stillet, mens Maden var i deres Mund,

³¹when the anger of God went up against them, killed some of their fattest, and struck down the young men of Israel.

³¹rejste Guds Vrede sig mod dem; han vog deres kraftige Mænd, fældede Israels Ynglinge.

³²For all this they still sinned, and didn’t believe in his wondrous works.

³²Og dog blev de ved at synde og troede ej på hans Undere.

³³Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror.

³³Da lod han deres Dage svinde i Tomhed og endte brat deres År.

³⁴When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.

³⁴Når han vog dem, søgte de ham, vendte om og spurgte om Gud,

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

³⁵kom i Hu, at Gud var deres Klippe, Gud den Allerhøjeste deres Genløser.

³⁶But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.

³⁶De hyklede for ham med Munden, løj for ham med deres Tunge;

³⁷For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant.

³⁷deres Hjerter holdt ikke fast ved ham, hans Pagt var de ikke tro.

³⁸But 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.

³⁸Og dog er han barmhjertig, han tilgiver Misgerning, lægger ej øde, hans Vrede lagde sig Gang på Gang, han lod ikke sin Harme fuldt bryde frem;

³⁹He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away, and doesn’t come again.

³⁹han kom i Hu, de var Kød, et Pust, der svinder og ej vender tilbage.

⁴⁰How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and grieved him in the desert!

⁴⁰Hvor tit stod de ham ikke imod i Ørkenen og voldte ham Sorg i det øde Land!

⁴¹They turned again and tempted God, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

⁴¹De fristede alter Gud, de krænkede Israels Hellige;

⁴²They didn’t remember his hand, nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;

⁴²hans Hånd kom de ikke i Hu, de Dag han friede dem fra Fjenden,

⁴³how he set his signs in Egypt, his wonders in the field of Zoan,

⁴³da han gjorde sine Tegn i Ægypten, sine Undere på Zoans Mark,

⁴⁴he turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, so that they could not drink.

⁴⁴forvandlede deres Floder til Blod, så de ej kunde drikke af Strømmene,

⁴⁵He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.

⁴⁵sendte Myg imod dem, som åd dem, og Frøer, som lagde dem øde,

⁴⁶He gave also their increase to the caterpillar, and their labor to the locust.

⁴⁶gav Æderen, hvad de avlede, Græshoppen al deres Høst,

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

⁴⁷slog deres Vinstokke ned med Hagl, deres Morbærtræer med Frost,

⁴⁸He gave over their livestock also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.

⁴⁸prisgav Kvæget for Hagl og deres Hjorde for Lyn.

⁴⁹He threw on them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, indignation, and trouble, and a band of angels of evil.

⁴⁹Han sendte sin Vredesglød mod dem, Harme, Vrede og Trængsel, en Sendefærd af Ulykkesengle;

⁵⁰He made a path for his anger. He didn’t spare their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence,

⁵⁰frit Løb gav han sin Vrede, skånede dem ikke for Døden, gav deres Liv til Pris for Pest;

⁵¹and struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.

⁵¹alt førstefødt i Ægypten slog han, Mandskraftens Førstegrøde i Kamiternes Telte,

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

⁵²lod sit Folk bryde op som en Hjord, ledede dem som Kvæg i Ørkenen,

⁵³He led them safely, so that they weren’t afraid, but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

⁵³ledede dem trygt, uden Frygt, mens Havet lukked sig over deres Fjender;

⁵⁴He brought them to the border of his sanctuary, to this mountain, which his right hand had taken.

⁵⁴han bragte dem til sit hellige Land, de Bjerge, hans højre vandt,

⁵⁵He 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.

⁵⁵drev Folkeslag bort foran dem, udskiftede ved Lod deres Land og lod Israels Stammer bo i deres Telte.

⁵⁶Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and didn’t keep his testimonies;

⁵⁶Dog fristed og trodsede de Gud den Allerhøjeste og overholdt ikke hans Vidnesbyrd;

⁵⁷but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

⁵⁷de faldt fra, var troløse som deres Fædre, svigtede som en slappet Bue,

⁵⁸For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.

⁵⁸de krænkede ham med deres Offerhøje, æggede ham med deres Gudebilleder.

⁵⁹When God heard this, he was angry, and greatly abhorred Israel;

⁵⁹Det hørte Gud og blev vred følte højlig Lede ved Israel;

⁶⁰So that he forsook the tent of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;

⁶⁰han opgav sin Bolig i Silo, det Telt, hvor han boede blandt Mennesker;

⁶¹and delivered his strength into captivity, his glory into the adversary’s hand.

⁶¹han gav sin Stolthed i Fangenskab, sin Herlighed i Fjendehånd,

⁶²He also gave his people over to the sword, and was angry with his inheritance.

⁶²prisgav sit Folk for Sværdet, blev vred på sin Arvelod;

⁶³Fire devoured their young men. Their virgins had no wedding song.

⁶³Ild fortærede dets unge Mænd, dets Jomfruer fik ej Bryllupssange,

⁶⁴Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows couldn’t weep.

⁶⁴dets Præster faldt for Sværdet, dets Enker holdt ikke Klagefest.

⁶⁵Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep, like a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine.

⁶⁵Da vågnede Herren som en, der har sovet, som en Helt, der er døvet af Vin;

⁶⁶He struck his adversaries backward. He put them to a perpetual reproach.

⁶⁶han slog sine Fjender på Ryggen, gjorde dem evigt til Skamme.

⁶⁷Moreover he rejected the tent of Joseph, and didn’t choose the tribe of Ephraim,

⁶⁷Men han fik Lede ved Josefs Telt, Efraims Stamme udvalgte han ikke;

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

⁶⁸han udvalgte Judas Stamme, Zions Bjerg, som han elsker;

⁶⁹He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he has established forever.

⁶⁹han byggede sit Tempel himmelhøjt, grundfæstede det evigt som Jorden.

⁷⁰He also chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;

⁷⁰Han udvalgte David, sin Tjener, og tog ham fra Fårenes Folde,

⁷¹from following the ewes that have their young, he brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and Israel, his inheritance.

⁷¹hentede ham fra de diende Dyr til at vogte Jakob, hans Folk, Israel, hans Arvelod;

⁷²So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.

⁷²han vogtede dem med oprigtigt Hjerte, ledede dem med kyndig Hånd.