Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 78:52
52He led his people out like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.
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 cleared a path for his anger. He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague. 51He struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the first progeny of the tents of Ham. He led his people out like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness. 53He led them safely, and they were not afraid; but the sea covered their enemies. 54He brought them to his holy territory, to the mountain his right hand 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.
- Psalms 105:37Then he brought Israel out with silver and gold, and no one among his tribes stumbled.
- Nehemiah 9:12You led them with a pillar of cloud by day, and with a pillar of fire by night, to illuminate the way they should go.
- Isaiah 63:11Then he remembered the days of the past, the days of Moses and his people. Where is he who brought them out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he who put his Holy Spirit among the flock?
- Psalms 95:7For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, the sheep under his care. Today, if you hear his voice:
- Psalms 100:3Acknowledge that the Lord is God. He made us, and we are his— his people, the sheep of his pasture.
- Isaiah 40:11He protects his flock like a shepherd; he gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them in the fold of his garment. He gently leads those that are nursing.
- Jeremiah 23:2“Therefore, this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend my people: You have scattered my flock, banished them, and have not attended to them. I am about to attend to you because of your evil acts” — this is the Lord’s declaration.
- Ezekiel 34:11“‘For this is what the Lord God says: See, I myself will search for my flock and look for them.
- Luke 15:4“What man among you, who has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open field and go after the lost one until he finds it?
- John 10:11“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his 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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