Psalms 78:55-64

55He also drove out the nations before the sons of Israel And allotted their land as an inheritance, measured out and partitioned; And He had the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents [the tents of those who had been dispossessed].

56Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God And did not keep His testimonies (laws).

57They turned back and acted unfaithfully like their fathers; They were twisted like a warped bow [that will not respond to the archer’s aim].

58For they provoked Him to [righteous] anger with their high places [devoted to idol worship] And moved Him to jealousy with their carved images [by denying Him the love, worship, and obedience that is rightfully and uniquely His].

59When God heard this, He was filled with [righteous] wrath; And utterly rejected Israel, [greatly hating her ways],

60So that He abandoned the tabernacle at Shiloh, The tent in which He had dwelled among men,

61And gave up His strength and power (the ark of the covenant) into captivity, And His glory into the hand of the enemy (the Philistines).

62He also handed His people over to the sword, And was infuriated with His inheritance (Israel).

63The fire [of war] devoured His young men, And His [bereaved] virgins had no wedding songs.

64His priests [Hophni and Phinehas] fell by the sword, And His widows could not weep.