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Psalms 78:52
52But God led His own people forward like sheep And guided them in the wilderness like [a good shepherd with] a flock.
Psalms 78:52 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
- New International Version (NIV)But he brought his people out like a flock; he led them like sheep through the wilderness.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then he led out his people like sheep and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But He made His own people go forth like sheep, And guided them in the wilderness like a flock;
Context of Psalms 78:52
50He leveled a path for His anger [to give it free run]; He did not spare their souls from death, But turned over their lives to the plague. 51He killed all the firstborn in Egypt, The first and best of their strength in the tents [of the land of the sons] of Ham. But God led His own people forward like sheep And guided them in the wilderness like [a good shepherd with] a flock. 53He led them safely, so that they did not fear; But the sea engulfed their enemies. 54So He brought them to His holy land, To this mountain [Zion] which His right hand had acquired.
Read all of Psalms 78Psalms 78:52 word by word
וַיַּסַּ֣ע כַּצֹּ֣אן עַמּ֑וֹ וַֽיְנַהֲגֵ֥ם כַּ֝עֵ֗דֶר בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 78:52
- Psalms 77:20You led Your people like a flock By the hand of Moses and Aaron [to the promised goal].
- Psalms 105:37He brought the sons of Israel out [of Egypt] with silver and gold, And among their tribes there was not one who stumbled.
- Nehemiah 9:12And with a pillar of cloud You led them by day, And with a pillar of fire by night To light the way for them In which they were to go.
- Isaiah 63:11Then His people remembered the days of old, of Moses [and they said], Where is He who brought our fathers up out of the [Red] Sea, with the shepherds of His flock [Moses and Aaron]? Where is He who put His Holy Spirit in their midst,
- Psalms 95:7For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand. Today, if you will hear His voice,
- Psalms 100:3Know and fully recognize with gratitude that the Lord Himself is God; It is He who has made us, not we ourselves [and we are His]. We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
- Isaiah 40:11He will protect His flock like a shepherd, He will gather the lambs in His arm, He will carry them in His bosom; He will gently and carefully lead those nursing their young.
- Jeremiah 23:2Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, in regard to the shepherds who care for and feed My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them; hear this, I am about to visit and attend to you for the evil of your deeds,” says the Lord.
- Ezekiel 34:11For thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out.
- Luke 15:4“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one which is lost, [searching] until he finds it?
- John 10:11I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down His [own] life for the sheep.
Commentaries on Psalms 78:52
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 52But made his own people to go forth like sheep - That is, he was a shepherd to them. He defended them; provided for them; led them - as a shepherd does his flock. See the notes at Psalm 23:1-2.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 40-55Verses 40-55 Let not those that receive mercy from God, be thereby made bold to sin, for the mercies they receive will hasten its punishment; yet let not those who are under Divine rebukes for sin, be discouraged from repentance. The Holy One of Israel will do what is most for his own glory, and what is most for their good. Their forgetting former favours, led them to limit God for the future. God made his own people to go forth like sheep; and guided…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 40-55The Israelites rebelled even though the Lord had rescued them from powerful plagues.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 52-5452-54. made his ... forth--or, brought them by periodical journeys (compare Ex 15:1).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 78
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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