Psalms 78
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Psalms 78:49-59

49He 1sent upon them His burning anger, Fury and indignation and trouble, 2A band of destroying angels.50He leveled a path for His anger; He did not spare their soul from death, But 3gave over their life to the plague,51And 4smote all the firstborn in Egypt, The 5first issue of their virility in the tents of 6Ham.52But He 7led forth His own people like sheep And guided them in the wilderness 8like a flock;53He led them 9safely, so that they did not fear; But 10the sea engulfed their enemies.

54So 11He brought them to His holy 12land, To this 1314hill country 15which His right hand had gained.55He also 16drove out the nations before them And 17apportioned them for an inheritance by measurement, And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.56Yet they 1819tempted and 20rebelled against the Most High God And did not keep His testimonies,57But turned back and 21acted treacherously like their fathers; They 22turned aside like a treacherous bow.58For they 23provoked Him with their 24high places And 25aroused His jealousy with their 26graven images.59When God heard, He 27was filled with 28wrath And greatly 29abhorred Israel;

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Notes

  1. 1. Psalms 78:49 Ex 15:7 ↩
  2. 2. Psalms 78:49 Lit A deputation of angels of evil ↩
  3. 3. Psalms 78:50 Ex 12:29, 30 ↩
  4. 4. Psalms 78:51 Ex 12:29; Ps 105:36; 135:8; 136:10 ↩
  5. 5. Psalms 78:51 Gen 49:3 ↩
  6. 6. Psalms 78:51 Ps 105:23, 27; 106:22 ↩
  7. 7. Psalms 78:52 Ex 15:22 ↩
  8. 8. Psalms 78:52 Ps 77:20 ↩
  9. 9. Psalms 78:53 Ex 14:19, 20 ↩
  10. 10. Psalms 78:53 Ex 14:27, 28; Ps 106:11 ↩
  11. 11. Psalms 78:54 Ex 15:17 ↩
  12. 12. Psalms 78:54 Lit border, territory ↩
  13. 13. Psalms 78:54 Or mountain ↩
  14. 14. Psalms 78:54 Ps 68:16; Is 11:9 ↩
  15. 15. Psalms 78:54 Ps 44:3 ↩
  16. 16. Psalms 78:55 Josh 11:16-23; Ps 44:2 ↩
  17. 17. Psalms 78:55 Josh 13:7; 23:4; Ps 105:11; 135:12 ↩
  18. 18. Psalms 78:56 Or put to the test ↩
  19. 19. Psalms 78:56 Ps 78:18 ↩
  20. 20. Psalms 78:56 Judg 2:11-13; Ps 78:40 ↩
  21. 21. Psalms 78:57 Ezek 20:27, 28 ↩
  22. 22. Psalms 78:57 Hos 7:16 ↩
  23. 23. Psalms 78:58 Deut 4:25; Judg 2:12; 1 Kin 14:9; Is 65:3 ↩
  24. 24. Psalms 78:58 Lev 26:30; 1 Kin 3:2; 2 Kin 16:4; Jer 17:3 ↩
  25. 25. Psalms 78:58 Deut 32:16, 21; 1 Kin 14:22 ↩
  26. 26. Psalms 78:58 Ex 20:4; Lev 26:1; Deut 4:25 ↩
  27. 27. Psalms 78:59 Or became infuriated ↩
  28. 28. Psalms 78:59 Deut 1:34; 9:19; Ps 106:40 ↩
  29. 29. Psalms 78:59 Lev 26:30; Deut 32:19; Amos 6:8 ↩

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